Peter McAleese was a Scottish soldier and mercenary. McAleese served in the British Army's Parachute Regiment and Special Air Service, the Rhodesian Special Air Service and British South Africa Police, and South Africa's 44 Parachute Brigade. As a mercenary or contractor, he worked in countries including South Africa, Angola, Colombia, Russia, Algeria and Iraq. McAleese was the author of the book No Mean Soldier.