Bolton served in the Royal Hussars from 1979 to 1990, in both the UK and Germany.
After leaving the Army he joined the Territorial Army, and was commissioned in 1992 into the Wessex Regiment.[7] Two years later Bolton was promoted to captain.
Since leaving the regular army in 1990, he has undertaken security and policing roles. For eight years he was a police officer in the Thames Valley Police, during which time he received an award for outstanding bravery.[9] He worked with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, during which he was seconded to hostile environments including Afghanistan.
He was awarded the OBE in the 2013 New Year Honours "for services to international security and stabilisation" as a Stabilisation Team Leader, Provincial Reconstruction Team, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
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still doesn't explain how he's apparently so attractive to young women though