[quote]I've read almost all of Andy McNab's stuff during my four months of basic. Great for getting yourself pumped up for the next day's cycle of BS, but not exactly books I'd read over and over again.[/quote]

I've read Bravo Two Zero, and then a few of his fiction books as well - the main thing I took away from them is that he can't write characters at all - they're not [i]actually[/i] about the same guy... but they're totally about the same guy. The main character has almost all the same character traits and attitudes toward everything, and is generally kind of plain and lifeless. Like you said, they're okay, but not really engaging or memorable. 

Glad you all liked the little bits of humour I put in there - Scott's personality coming through. It's kind of based on ex-squaddies I've met and known. All of them seem to have pretty good senses of humour about even the most grim of things, so that's kind of worked into Scott as well.