Paul Smyth

Paul Smyth is founder of River PR and works as a Major in a Territorial Army role in media operation for the British Army, having served in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2010 Smyth was the media ops centre director for the British Army at Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan. According to PR Week 'Smyth's main role is to chaperone journalists... However, if it is deemed too dangerous, he takes out a combat camera team to gather information and report back on the action.'

Background

According to PR Week:

Smyth decided to become a soldier relatively late in his life, after seven years spent in various PR roles in the UK. He recalls that it was a childhood ambition, but it was not until he realised he could transfer the skills he had achieved in his PR career to the Army that he decided to enlist. He has now completed tours in Iraq, Kosovo and Afghanistan. Despite telling his wife, with whom he has two children, that he 'just needed to get it out of his system', he is still loving the role seven years later: 'In terms of experiences, the things that I'm doing at the moment are once in a lifetime.'

Affiliations

• Media Operations Group (V)
• River PR

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Blog:http://helmandblog.blogspot.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/MajorPaulSmyth