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Tony, a British SBS operator, 25 November 2001, Qala-i Jangi, Afghanistan. Tony is wearing a Citizen Aqualand Dive Pro Master, which makes sense given that it was apparently issued to SBS “Z-Squadron" which specialised in underwater attack and insertion using Swimmer Delivery Vehicles (SDV). Tony, a medic, was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for his actions that day. Excerpts from "First Casualty, the Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11" "On the northwestern tower, Bass and Tony were busy kil.lin-g A Q fighters. Some were badly wounded but still fighting, some were firing R P.Gs, and a few were hurling gre nad,es. As the SEAL used his Diemaco to pick them off, a machine g,un behind him suddenly opened fire. It was Tony, sitting up on a Russian DShK, firing away, his legs off the ground because it had been set up for a taller man. It was the first time Tony had been in combat and, like David earlier in the day, he experienced many of the sounds of battle being filtered out and time decelerating. Despite the ordnance exploding all around." Stephen Bass, a Navy SEAL attached to the Special Boat Service, became the first SEAL to earn the Navy Cross since the invasion of Panama in 1989. Please check out Toby Harnden's book, First Casualty. -W.O.E. . . . . #watchesofespionage #citizenvintage #citizenaqualand #divewatches #citizenaqualandpromaster #milsub #SBS #Specialboatservice #citizenwatch #citizenwatches