On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio chatting with Jason Kelly former Royal Australian Airforce Military Working Dog Hander and now owner of K9 Solutions Australia. Jason had an extensive career as a dog handler in the RAAF which included a support posting to the SASR as a kennel master. During his posting out west he was deployed to Afghanistan again as the kennel master for the SASR working with handlers like Ryan Wilson and Andy White both SASR. Having undergone numerous d...
Aug 23, 2023•1 hr 54 min•Season 3Ep. 131
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with U.S. Army Special Operations Medal of Honor Recipient Master Sgt. Earl Plumlee. Master Sgt. Earl Plumlee always wanted to be in the military. Influenced by Hollywood and his father’s service in Vietnam, Plumlee joined the Oklahoma National Guard while still in high school. With the help of a local sheriff, he joined the Marines after high school in the years before 9/11. Deployed to Okinawa, Plumlee spent the months after 9/11 longing to get into the ac...
Aug 20, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Season 3Ep. 130
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio for a chat with Mick F. former NSW Police Tactical Operations Unit Operator better know as the TOU. During his 14 plus year career Mick was involved in multiple incidents which includes being the officer involved shooting at the Kurnell siege in 2012. Only two years later Mick was alongside Officer A "Ben" at the Lindt Cafe Siege that was broadcasted live over every media outlet. The Lindt Café siege was a terrorist attack that occurred on...
Aug 13, 2023•4 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 129
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined by Matt Eversmann retired US Army Ranger. On October 3, 1993, Matt was placed in charge of a group of Army Rangers to lead a daytime raid against an eager enemy militia. Matt experienced the horrors of war when he and his fellow soldiers were trapped in a hostile district of Mogadishu and marked for death by an angry mob. His inspiring story of survival was immortalized in the epic film, Black Hawk Down , which recounts the harrowing experience. For his...
Aug 07, 2023•2 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 128
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Shilo Harris former US Army Cavalry Scout. Shilo Harris came from a family with deep roots in military service. As a son of a Vietnam veteran, Shilo always knew he wanted to be a soldier. On September 11th his life changed forever and shortly afterward he enlisted as a Cavalry Scout in the US Army. His first deployment was to Schweinfurt, Germany with the 1st Infantry Division. From Germany Shilo headed to war-torn Iraq. On his second deployment with th...
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 53 min•Season 3Ep. 127
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I’m joined in the studio with Arron Ferguson former 22 year NSW Police Detective and 24 year Australian Army 1st Commando Regiment Special Forces Operator. Arron joined the army first as a commando and two years later he was offered a spot on a deployment to Timor however at the same time the NSW Police offered a fulltime policing position at the academy which he took up. He lived a double life as both a Detective and army SF reserve soldier being involved in hundr...
Jul 30, 2023•3 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 126
On todays Zero Limits Podcast I am joined by Kyle Knight former US Army Forward Observer from 3rd Squadron 61st Cavalry Regiment. Kyle Knight was a Forward Observer in Red Platoon, Bravo Troop 3-61 Cav. Kyle offers an perspective of what life was like on Keating before October 3, 2009 the Command Outpost Keating in the Nuristan province of Afghanistan was attacked by more than 300 Taliban fighters. Kyle talks in depth about the hours fighting on the ground to win back American control of the com...
Jul 27, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Season 3Ep. 125
On todays Zero Limits Podcast I chat with former NSW Police Detective Craig Semple, now mental health advocate and Author of the book "The Cop Who Fell to Earth" Craig Semple was a career Detective within the NSW Police Force for 25 years until his retirement, at the rank of Detective Sergeant, in 2013. Craig's life and natural career progression suddenly jumped the tracks when his brother, a rookie police officer, was near-fatally stabbed by a drug dealer on the streets of Sydney. Now driven by...
Jul 23, 2023•3 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 124
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Jason Redman Retired US Navy Seal Wounded in Iraq, Motivational Speaker and Author. I also chat with his Wife Erica Redman about the accounts of being a Military spouse and being by Jason's side for the majority of his Seal career also receiving the phone call about the day he was shot. Jason spent his first two years in the Navy working as an Intelligence Specialist at Little Creek Amphibious Base, Virginia Beach, Virginia, home of the East Coast SEAL ...
Jul 19, 2023•2 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 123
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio with Mike Atkinson former Australian Army Pilot and Australian Airforce Pilot, Solo Adventurist, Survival Expert and a cast member on Alone Australia, the hit survival TV series on SBS Australia. For most of his career, Mike was a pilot in the Australian Defence Force both in the army and airforce flying helicopters, fast jets and big jets. Throughout that time also taught survival skills to pilots and members of NORFORCE, a predominately ...
Jul 16, 2023•2 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 122
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I have a chat with former Royal Australian Army Medical Corps Warrant Officer from the 2nd Commando Regiment Michael "Slatts" Slattery. Slatts enlisted in 1986 as a medic in the Australian Army serving 26years with multiple postings to different units. At the age of 36 Slatts attempted and passed the Commando Selection Training Course then completing the demanding Commando reinforcement cycle earning his beret qualifying as a special forces operator. During his car...
Jul 09, 2023•2 hr 56 min•Season 3Ep. 121
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Mike Glover Former US Army Green Beret, CIA Contractor and CEO Field Craft Survival. He has served in various positions during his 20 years in the US Army such as Weapons Sergeant, Sniper, Assaulter, JTAC, Freefall Jump Master, Sniper Team Sergeant, and Operations Sergeant Major in US Army Special Operations. Mike’s passion is in survival training which led to him start Fieldcraft Survival to offer a new perspective in the survival industry. He is an ex...
Jul 02, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Season 3Ep. 120
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Bryce Byington former US Marine Corps Military Police and Ukraine Volunteer Foreign Fighter. Bryce joined the United States Marine Corp and was transferred to the Military Police during training. He spent 4 years within the Marine Corps then discharging, over the next fews years until 2022 Bryce had a few jobs and tried to enlist back into the Marine Corps however because of tattoos he was denied. In 2022 he submitted an application to fight with the Uk...
Jun 25, 2023•2 hr 41 min•Season 3Ep. 119
On this episode on the Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Wes Masters former Royal Army Medical Corps combat medic and recipient of the Military Cross. Wes Masters was awarded the Military Cross by Her Majesty The Queen for his actions on the battlefield in Afghanistan on the 4th of July 2013. The two men were among 12 British soldiers taking part in a pre-dawn raid on the Taliban in their stronghold of Yakshal in Helmand province. Wes ran hundreds of metres across dangerous ground surrounded by Ta...
Jun 22, 2023•2 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 118
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Simon Moloney former British Army Household Cavalry Regiment Formation Reconnaissance Sniper. Moloney was serving with the Blues and Royals, part of the Household Cavalry, on his second tour of Afghanistan when he was nearly killed in July 2013 in Helmand province. He was part of a 12 man troop flown into a Taliban stronghold to seek out insurgents. The sniper and a machine gunner positioned themselves on the roof of a building to provide a watch and co...
Jun 18, 2023•2 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 117
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Chris May former Australian Army Armoured Corps crewman of the ASLAV and Bushmaster PMV. Chris joined the army at the age of 17 with his first posting was to Brisbane to C Squadron, 2nd 14th Light Horse Regiment ( Queensland Mounted Infantry). Chris's brother Scott was already posted there as he had joined in mid ‘05. He then posted to B Squadron 3rd / 4th Cavalry Regiment in Townsville in 2009 and was immediately attached to Bravo Company on Mentoring ...
Jun 12, 2023•2 hr 52 min•Season 3Ep. 116
Glenn Devitt is an Army veteran, a former member of the Homeland Security's H.E.R.O. (Human Exploitation Rescue Opertion) program, and is the CEO of the Sentinel Foundation. The organization exists for a single reason: to end underage children being exploited around the world. 11 years of experience in the United States Army with a background in Human Intelligence (HUMINT) and Counterintelligence (CI). During his military career he was deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan and was assigned to mu...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 115
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio with Rod Henderson former 3RAR Paratrooper & Army Aviation Loadmaster. Rod spent a total of 22 years within the Australian Defence Force both serving as a paratrooper then becoming a loadmaster. 1999, and Rod was serving with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, as part of Interfet, the Australian-led International Force East Timor. 3RAR, had arrived in Dili aboard HMAS Jervis Bay and HMAS Tobruk . It was responsible for secur...
Jun 04, 2023•2 hr 54 min•Season 3Ep. 114
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Chris Ramirez former 82nd Airborne Division Paratrooper. From a young age Chris had set his sights on joining the military. Under the guidance of a mentor he enlisted into the US Army and after completing parachute training he was posted to the 82nd Airborne Division as a paratrooper. On multiple occasions he was recalled to deploy on short notice tasks including BLM riots, Iraq and was part of the the withdrawal in Kabul Afghanistan securing HKIA aka H...
May 31, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 3Ep. 113
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I sat down with Justin Huggett MG former 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment soldier. Justin served around 14 years at 2RAR as a digger/lcpl/cpl in Charlie coy, pl sgt in delta and mortars, Alpha coy MFC. During this time he deployed to Timor, Solomon Islands, Afghanistan deployed on Exercise Long Look to British Grenadier Guards and then with MTF 3. During a small patrol of newly trained Afghan soldiers walked into an ambush in 2007, it was quickly pinned down...
May 28, 2023•2 hr 22 min•Season 3Ep. 112
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with with former Royal Australian Army Medical Corps Sergeant McQuilty Quirk NSC Coco enlisted into the Australian Army on 7 December 1999, into the Medical Corps. He wanted to save lives, and he was very good at his job. He would apply these lessons in East Timor in 2001 treating children and adults impacted by the conflict. All his training would not prepare him to see the horrors of war in Iraq in 2006 and his mind was injured. Upon returning home McQuilt...
May 24, 2023•2 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 111
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I head down to the famous Wiggle studio and sit down with Anthony Field aka the Blue Wiggle and former 5/7 RAR Australian Army infantry soldier. Anthony was born 8 May 1963 is an Australian musician, actor, songwriter and producer. He is best known as a leader of the children's group the Wiggles and a member of the 1980s and 1990s pop band the Cockroaches . While still a teenager, he helped found the Cockroaches with his brothers, Paul and John . The Cockroaches re...
May 21, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 3Ep. 110
On Today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Greg Lapin current Law Enforcement SWAT Operator and Lapin owns an exceptional jiu jitsu academy in Mandeville, Louisiana. Lapin spent eight years as a Louisiana Law Enforcement Officer with the majority of his time in Special Investigation and Narcotics units. He went on to work for Triple Canopy conducting high threat protection for the Department of State in conflict zones. Lapin was then recruited for a Department of Defense program in which he also...
May 17, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Season 3Ep. 109
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Shaun Kober former infantry sniper from the 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. Shaun left home at the age of 14, without completing high school, and went into the workforce where he worked as a labourer for many years. In 2003, as a 17-year-old who had been out of home already for a number of years, he was offered a form of scholarship to play rugby in Sydney, Australia. Shaun returned to Darwin, Northern Territory three years later with the inten...
May 14, 2023•2 hr 21 min•Season 3Ep. 108
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Trung Nguyen former 75th Ranger Regiment and Chicago Police Department SWAT. Trung immigrated to Chicago at 3 years old from Vietnam post war and had a interaction with a police officer at the age of 14 in the hood that ultimately left a good impression on him with him altering the direction in which his life was headed. Trung enlisted into the US Army with a ranger contract. Trung completed ranger training got his tan beret and posted to 2nd Battalion ...
May 10, 2023•1 hr 48 min•Season 3Ep. 107
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I sit down for a chat with Karl Fabreschi former Australian Army 2RAR Sniper & and the man behind CSRC - The Coral Sea Raiding Company. Karl served over 15 years in the Royal Australian Infantry posted to 2RAR reaching the rank of Sergeant. During one of his deployments to Timor he completed his sniper course and spent majority of his career within support company as a sniper. Karl deployed to Timor Leste 3 times providing peacekeeping operation and then a comb...
May 07, 2023•2 hr 44 min•Season 3Ep. 106
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Greg Hallgrimson former Police Chief in Greenwood Missouri. Greg Hallgrimson was a police chief in Greenwood Missouri, when a father came in ot the police station, and directed officers to an icy pond where he attempted to drown his 6 month old infant daughter. Hallgrimson and another officer rushed to the icy pond after Zicarelli said he had tried to drown his daughter. They found the infant floating face up in the pond, and she was treated for severe ...
May 03, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 105
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Matt Newlands former South Australian Police Officer. Matt is a former SAPOL officer whose life spiraled out of control when he was arrested at work. His lived experiences battling post-traumatic stress gives him the ability to tailor a message of resilience, mindset, and leadership that creates an engaging atmosphere and a touching experience that will stay with your team. Matt shares his own inspirational story about resilience and triumph over advers...
Apr 30, 2023•2 hr 32 min•Season 3Ep. 104
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Kegan Gill former US Navy F/A-18E strike fighter pilot. Kegan Gill’s life changed forever after narrowly surviving a jet crash in which he set the record for the fastest ejection in naval aviation history. In the process of ejecting, Kegan sustained catastrophic injuries that literally ripped his limbs apart along with a severe traumatic brain injury. His body landed in the ice cold waters of the Atlantic, and his wet suit had ripped open. With his para...
Apr 26, 2023•2 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 103
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I sit down in the studio with Christopher Korfias former Australian Army infantry 2RAR dig and 2nd Commando Regiment operator. Chris grew up in Sydney with the sights from a young age set on joining the army. In 2003 Chris joined up as a reservist however 18 months later he transferred to the regular army getting posted to the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment and deployed shortly after arriving to Timor Leste in 2006. Chris had his younger brother also serve...
Apr 23, 2023•4 hr 24 min•Season 3Ep. 102
