On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Peter Robins NSW Police Highway Patrol. Peter served 29 years in the NSW Police joining in 1994 going through the academy in Class 258. Peter spent most of his career within the Highway Patrol positing to many locations throughout NSW. During His career he has been the victim in over 170 events over 29 years as listed on the COPS system. These include being assaulted, resisted, physical injury or recipient of threats as a result of his duties. Peter was...
Oct 06, 2024•4 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 186
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Sam O’Neill 1RAR & 5RAR - Managing Director of not for profit Never Alone Fight Together Limited (NAFT) Sam is a proud Indigenous Australian veteran of 8 years in the Army serving in the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. In 2006 Sam was posted to 1RAR in Townsville, where he deployed to Timor Leste. After severely injuring his shoulder whilst deployed Sam was sent home for a shoulder reconstruction. This would see him being posted to the Combat Train...
Sep 30, 2024•2 hr 46 min•Season 3Ep. 185
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Shane Cav 3RAR and 2nd Commando Regiment. Shane Cav is a veteran of the Australian Defence Force serving 17 years, enlisting into the infantry in 2006. Post training he was posted as a paratrooper to the 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. During his time at 3RAR, Shane deployed to Timor Leste and Afghanistan. In 2011 Shane completed selection and training in the 2nd Commando Regiment to become a qualified special forces operator. Shane deployed on...
Sep 22, 2024•2 hr 29 min•Season 3Ep. 184
On the next Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Doug Sheridan Special Air Service Regiment & Australian Federal Police. Doug enlisted into the regular army in 1991 posting to 5/7 RAR. In 1997 Doug attempted and completed SASR selecting. He served 33 years in the Australian Army and Special Operations in both full-time and reserve capacities. During his service he deployed to various locations, including Tonga, Malaysia, East Timor, the Solomon Islands, and Afghanistan. Additionally, he served wi...
Sep 15, 2024•3 hr 16 min•Season 3Ep. 183
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Wayne Weeks Special Air Service Regiment operator retiring after reaching the position of RSM SASR. Wayne joined the military on the 6th April 1988, after completing year 12 and served a total of 33 years . Wayne started out his career in the Corps of Signals for the first couple of years and during his time at Signals, He heard about the SAS and what you had to do to get there, as well as the roles and tasks they performed. Wayne attempted and passed s...
Sep 08, 2024•3 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 182
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Lucas Atkins Australian Federal Police Close Protection Officer. Lucas served 12 years within the Australian Federal Police as a close protection officer starting his career looking after the US and Israeli Ambassador including VIP's like the Dalai Lama. After a few years on the job Lucas was offered a position on the top job providing fulltime protection for the Prime Ministers of Australia Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. During 2012 Australia Day Lucas ...
Sep 01, 2024•3 hr 45 min•Season 3Ep. 181
The Debrief hosted and moderated by Zero Limits Podcast host Matty Morris and panel guests Jason Semple former NSW Police TOU/Australian Federal Police SRG/ Private Security veteran episode 75 and US Police SWAT/Private Security Veteran Greg Lapin episode 95. Today's discussion we have a chat about the most recent assassination attempt on the former president and current presidential candidate of the United States Donald Trump. On July 13, 2024, Donald Trump, a former president of the United Sta...
Aug 04, 2024•1 hr 5 min
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with former Australian Special Forces soldier Scott Ryder from the 2nd Commando Regiment and Author of “Forged in Fire : An Australian commando’s story of life and death on the frontline” Scott served 22 years with the Australian Army, after enlisting as a paratrooper and deploying to East Timor with 3 RAR, Scott attempted special forces selection, passed and completed special forces training to become an operator at the 2nd Commando Regiment spending 16 yea...
Jul 23, 2024•2 hr 57 min•Season 3Ep. 180
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Chuck Bronson former US Police Officer and US Marine Corps Veteran. Co Host of the War Stories podcast. Chuck spent 4 years in the Marine Corps as an Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) crew chief. After leaving the Marine Corps he later became a Police Officer in the state of California serving 12 years in the uniform. During this time as a Cop in Los Angeles, Chuck was involved in an officer involved shooting and had a kid die in his arms from a street s...
Jun 30, 2024•2 hr 33 min•Season 3Ep. 179
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Mike Durant former 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment aka Night Stalkers. Mike deployment to Somalia was portrayed in the Hollywood movie Blackhawk down. Durant was a member of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Night Stalkers) as a Chief Warrant Officer 3. He retired from the U.S. Army as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 Blackhawk helicopter Master Aviator in the 160th SOAR after participating in combat operations Prime Chance, Just Cause...
Jun 23, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 178
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with airforce veteran Jesse Newman former Royal Australian Airforce Air Battle Manager formerly known as an Air Defence Officer. Jesse enlisted into the airforce in 2004 as an Air Defence Officer now known as an Air Battle Manager. In 2011 Jesse posted to 2sqn wedgetail for conversion. The E-7A Wedgetail provides Australia with one of the most advanced airspace battle management capabilities in the world. The Wedgetail combines long-range surveillance radar,...
Jun 16, 2024•2 hr 21 min•Season 3Ep. 177
On todays Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Greg Putnam retired U.S. Navy Seal and owner operator of Little Belt Cattle Company. Greg Putnam spent nine years of active duty as a US Navy SEAL stationed out of Hawaii. In 2020, amidst the global pandemic, Putnam partnered with a fellow veteran and friend, Tim Sheehy, to make this vision a reality. Connecting three different properties nestled at the foot of the Little Belt Mountains in central Montana, they founded Little Belt Cattle Company together...
Jun 09, 2024•2 hr•Season 3Ep. 176
On todays Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Mark Wales, a former Australian SASR (Special Air Service Regiment) officer. Mark spent 16 years in the Australian Military, including six years in the elite SAS. He led special operators as a Troop Commander and completed 10 deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, East Timor, Lebanon, and the Solomon Islands. After separating from the military, Mark battled depression and stress disorders but found a way to power through and turn his life around. Mark would g...
Jun 02, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Season 3Ep. 175
On today’s Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Travis Howze US Marine Corps Veteran, US Police Officer and Firefighter. Travis spent 14 years in the military and emergency services as a U.S. Marine, Police Officer and Firefighter. He was a Charleston firefighter who responded to the deadly Sofa Superstore Charleston 9 fire in 2007 which took the lives of 9 fellow firefighters (This was the deadliest firefighter disaster in the US since the September 11 attacks) Author of Create Your Own Light, Travi...
May 26, 2024•2 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 174
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Sean Lanigan MG former infantry soldier form the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. In the year 2000 Sean enlisted in the Australian Army as a Rifleman and after completing recruit and initial employment training, he was posted to the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment in Townsville. Sean deployed to East Timor on Operation Tanager in 2001,as part of the United Nations led peace keeping mission , and also on Operation Anode to the Solomon Isl...
May 19, 2024•3 hr 46 min•Season 3Ep. 173
On today’s Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Chris Fields a former member of the Oklahoma City Fire Department involved in the Oklahoma City Bombing. Chris joined the fire department on July 12, 1985, promoting through the ranks and retiring as a Major March 1, 2017, serving the citizens of Oklahoma City for 31yrs and 7 months. The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, on April 19, 1995. Chri...
May 12, 2024•1 hr 53 min•Season 3Ep. 172
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Chris Burson veteran of the Australian Defence Force both as an Engineer and Loadmaster with Army Aviation also Victorian Police Force. Chris joined the Army in Dec 2002 as a Combat Engineer at 3CER and he then transfered corps to army aviation in Sydney as a Loadmaster at 171 Aviation Squadron with deployments to Timor Leste. After discharging from the army Chris joined Victoria Police and served in both PORT (Public Order Response Team) and CIRT (Crit...
May 05, 2024•3 hr 18 min•Season 3Ep. 171
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Heath Jamieson veteran of the 2nd Commando Regiment. Heath left high school and went to uni to study geology. After 4 years at uni, Heath got a degree in Geology and began work as a geologist in which he spent doing for around 5 years before joining the army reserves in 2006. After a year he applied for direct recruitment scheme for special forces, more specifically 2CDO. During this time he deployed to Afghanistan as part of the SOTG (Special Operation...
Apr 28, 2024•3 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 170
On today’s Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Shemtov Hollinger a IDF reservist with the Duvdevan Unit which is a counter terrorism commando unit within the Israel Defense Forces . In his civilian life outside IDF reservist deployments he is a certified nurse. He currently works at a gaming tech company in account management and he was also a pro basketball player who played for a few Division 3 teams. Shemtov has just finished a forth round of in reserve duty in the current war against Hamas since...
Apr 21, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Season 3Ep. 169
On today's Zero Limits Podcast part 2 podcast with Craig “Spins” Turnball. Spins was a K9 Handler in the Incident Response Regiment (IRR) now known as SOER and also spent time in 2 CER and 3 CER (Combat Engineer Regiment) Craig enlisted into the army reserve in 1990 whilst still at school and spent a couple years at 5/11 regt RAA as a FO Sig. In 1994 he enlisted into the regular army and was posted to the transport corps. After 12 months in transport he put in his transfer to become a combat eng...
Apr 14, 2024•2 hr 19 min•Season 3Ep. 168
On today's Zero Limits Podcast in a 2 part podcast I chat with Craig “Spins” Turnball. Spins was a K9 Handler in the Incident Response Regiment (IRR) now known as SOER and also spent time in 2 CER and 3 CER (Combat Engineer Regiment) Craig enlisted into the army reserve in 1990 whilst still at school and spent a couple years at 5/11 regt RAA as a FO Sig. In 1994 he enlisted into the regular army and was posted to the transport corps. After 12 months in transport he put in his transfer to become ...
Apr 07, 2024•3 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 168
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Connor “The Controller” Matthews United States Airforce Combat Controller Veteran and currently an American professional mixed martial artist in the UFC featherweight division. Connor spent 6 years in the United States Airforce in special operations as a combat controller. Connor deployed to Afghanistan working alongside some of the most elite units in the world. Connor fought on @contender_series_dwtcs to win a UFC contract. Send us a text however note...
Apr 01, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 167
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined for a chat by David Nielsen former US Army Ranger and Delta Force Operator and podcast host of the @thechristologypodcast Dave Nielsen served in the U.S. Army for 16 years. The majority of that time was spent in Special Operations. Dave served in the 75th Ranger Regiment before passing selection to serve in the Army’s Special Missions Unit, where he would deploy numerous times. Dave worked in various roles at the Unit, including as an assaulter, breache...
Mar 24, 2024•2 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 166
This podcast episode will delve into the life of David Packouz, a former American arms dealer, musician, and inventor born 1982. Packouz joined forces with Efraim Diveroli in September 2005 at AEY Inc., an arms company that quickly secured numerous contracts worth millions. Their notable achievement was a nearly $300 million contract in 2007 to supply the Afghan Army with vast quantities of ammunition, which controversially included prohibited Chinese ammunition, leading to significant legal and...
Mar 17, 2024•1 hr 58 min•Season 3Ep. 165
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I have a chat with Paddy Baker former 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment and now blacksmith of axes and knives with his own business called Jack and The Bear. Paddy joined the Army Reserve in 2006 while completing his carpentry apprenticeship. After some time in reserves Paddy completed his civilian apprenticeship and enlisted into the regular army posting to 2RAR. Paddy deployed to Timor and the Paddy was on the same deployment as previous guests such as @cor...
Mar 10, 2024•2 hr 52 min•Season 3Ep. 164
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Dustin Watts former NZ Police Special Tactics Group (STG) and Private Security Contractor. Dustin joined the NZ Police in 1996 and spent 8 years as a general duties officer and in 2003 Dustin successfully completed selection and training to become an Operator in the Special Tactics Group. However one month into his STG career he was suspended from duties due to an incident he was involved in whilst a general duties officer. After being cleared from the ...
Feb 26, 2024•2 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 163
On today’s Zero Limits Podcast I am joined for a chat with Mitch Ashworth NSW Police K9 Unit Handler. Mitch is a 16 year veteran of NSW starting in Goulburn as 20yr old in 2006 and finishing in 2007 in biggest ever NSW Police intake. Spending 10 years as a K9 handler in the Police K9 Unit. During training Mitch was paired up with police dog “Kane”. Kane had multiple bites which also led to multiple arrests of offenders. Kane retired and Mitch ended up with another dog Yap. Mitch trained him up a...
Feb 18, 2024•3 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 162
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Victorian Police Sergeant Mark Thomas and founder of the Code 9 Foundation. Mark joined the Victorian Police in 1996 and spent over 23 years in the force. However over the course of his career with the Victorian Police Force, Mark had attended many distressing scenes and usually recovered well, that is until he was called out to a suicide. Nearly a decade later, the situation came to a head and Mark was hospitalised. During this period, he was diagnosed...
Feb 11, 2024•1 hr 59 min•Season 3Ep. 161
On today’s Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Hagar Quirke former Royal Australian Infantry Warrant Officer. Hagar enlisted into defence in 1996 as a reservists. After time in reserves Hagar enlisted into the Australian Regular army as an infantry soldier posting to the 1st Battalion. Hagar deployed to East Timor in 2000, 2003 and 2006. In 2007 Hagar deployed as a section commander from the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment as the first regular army Mortar section to Afghanistan. In 2011 Haga...
Feb 04, 2024•4 hr 56 min•Season 3Ep. 160
On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio by Mark Direen former SASR Australian Special Forces operator. Mark enlisted into the military in 1993 and after completing infantry training he was posted to the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. Mark applied for, and was selected to join the elite ranks of the Australian Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment. Serving in the SAS for over 10 years, Mark specialised in mobility operations, sniping, personal protection duties, special re...
Jan 28, 2024•2 hr 30 min•Season 3Ep. 159
