Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows

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After ending his naval career in 2016, Adeleke worked in film and television consulting, directing, writing, and acting, including the 2017 franchise film Transformers: The Last Knight. While he describes his role in SAS: WDW as “the one you do not want to cross”, Adekele’s story is one of redemption and never giving up. Middleton, Anthony; Fox, Jason; Ollerton, Matthew; Maclachlan, Colin (15 February 2016). Leadership Secrets from the Special Forces: SAS: Who Dares Wins. Headline. ISBN 9781472240729– via Google Books. When asked how she feels about his fame, he replies: “She takes it all in her stride. When she watched this Channel 4 documentary with me, she was like, ‘Wow, I am watching a programme of you being you.’” Outside of his military career, some of Fox's bigger adventures include rowing across the Atlantic Ocean from Lagos, Portugal to Macuro, Venezuela in 2016 with four of his friends including Oliver Bailey. Known as Team Essence, their expedition [12] took the crew 50 days over 3,308 nautical miles, and landed them a record for becoming the first team to row unsupported, crossing the Atlantic Ocean from east to west - from mainland Europe to South America, non-stop from mainland to mainland. Across the journey, Team Essence also raised money for the NSPCC.

Speaking of his fears during the jump, Foxy says: “Everyone thinks because of the job I do on SAS that I am immune to the extreme sh**. But I do get anxious. Outside of his military career, some of Fox’s bigger adventures include rowing across the Atlantic ocean from Lagos, Portugal to Macuro, Venezuela in 2016 with four of his mates Aldo Kane, Matthew Bennett, Ros Johnson and Oliver Bailey. Known as Team Essence, their expedition [13] took the crew 50 days over 3,308 nautical miles, and landed them a record for becoming the first team to row unsupported, crossing the Atlantic Ocean from east to west - from mainland Europe to South America, non-stop from mainland to mainland. Across the journey Team Essence also raised money for the NSPCC. SAS Star Jason Fox Would Have 'Probably' Killed Himself If He Hadn't Received Help With Mental Health". LADbible. Midgley, Carol. "The Final Mission: Foxy's War review — Foxy puts his demons to rest"– via www.thetimes.co.uk.His second book Life Under Fire: How to Build Inner Strength and Thrive Under Pressure [9] was released October 15, 2020. Having said that, Mr. Fox also seems to be a terrible father/partner. He goes through relationships in a manner that at least seems as hectic as his life in the SBS, first one partner and then another and then another. He has a daughter with his wife, the daughter has medical problems, but that is all we ever hear about her. Is he involved in her life? Does he carry out his fatherly duties as he wrestles with PTSD? Does he have any relationship at all with her? The reader will not know after they read this book. He has a second daughter with another partner and that is the last you hear of that daughter. For all I know, Mr. Fox may be the world's greatest father, but from reading this book, his daughters come across as an afterthought. Jason Fox is one of the directing staff on SAS: Who Dares Wins (Image: Channel 4) Read More Related Articles To admit all this and honestly lay out his struggles to overcome the PTSD takes great courage on Mr. Fox's part and he lays it all out honestly and bluntly. It's cool to see him, with the help of a shrink, overcome his PTSD and then go on to success on television and even set a record with some buddies, rowing across the Atlantic. Mr. Fox really is an extraordinary man.

Life does not go as planned or is an easy ride for anybody. Whatever you do, whoever you are, whatever you are aiming to be in life, it will not be easy.

Married twice and a dad to two ­daughters, Foxy is now in a ­relationship with Jules Hawkins, who works in TV. In 2017, Fox co-authored a book SAS: Who Dares Wins: Leadership Secrets from the Special Forces [7], with his fellow TV presenters and Special Forces soldiers Anthony Middleton, Matthew "Ollie" Ollerton and Colin Maclachlan.

Fox, with his co-star of SAS: Who Dares Wins, Ollie Ollerton, co-founded a corporate team building, training and events company. In 2019, Fox and Ollerton went on to launch the fitness and wellbeing app Battle Ready 360 – which focuses on personalised plans for individuals looking to balance mind, body and nutrition. And SAS: Who Dares Wins star Jason, known as Foxy, reveals he even feared the American comedian was going to die as he got confused over a safety harness during another stunt on a high wire. However, Fox explains very comfortably that you are not destined to be a set way. We can all work on different aspects of out life to make sure we get the best out of us in whatever we do in life.

Why did he leave the Special Forces?

Battle Scars tells the story of his career as an elite operator, from the gunfights, hostage rescues, daring escapes and heroic endeavours that defined his service, to a battle of a very different kind: the psychological devastation of combat that ultimately forced him to leave the military, and the hard reality of what takes place in the mind of a man once a career of imagined invincibility has come to an end. He wrote a best-selling book, Battle Scars, about his time serving in the military services and the effect it had on his mental health. The Royal Marines Charity". Archived from the original on 30 November 2020 . Retrieved 28 September 2021.