Episodes

Send us a text On todays Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Patrick Hopkins former Royal Australian Army Medic. Pat was born in the UK and migrating as a young kid with his family to Queensland. Pat enlisted into catering corps as a cook in 1999 . Post training cycle he was then posted to 3RAR an infantry airborne unit. During this time the unit was deployed to East Timor in which shortly after arrive into the battalion Pat deployed to East Timor. After a couple of years in the role as a cook Pat ...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio by Craig Hamburger former Australian Special Forces 2nd Commando Regiment operator. Craig enlisted into the Defence Force 1999 into the infantry and after completing recruit and initial employment training he was posted to then 4RAR. During this period 4RAR at the time were transitioning into becoming a specific special forces unit in which Craig completed all training to become a qualified commando. He deployed on multiple...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio for a chat by Deb Wallace by former Detective Superintendent 36 year NSW Police veteran. Deb joined the NSW Police in 1983 and quickly found herself gaining notoriety early in her career, when she was involved in the investigation into the murder of 26-year-old nurse Anita Cobby. From this she was invited to undertake Detective training which led to an extensive career commanding various specialist squads, including the Sout...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I have a chat with Jeff Casson former Australian Army Armoured Corps Cavalryman and Queensland Police Officer. After being rejected on his first attempt to enlist into the defence force due to a previous knee injury after successful appeal Jeff enlisted into the Australian Defence Force in 2005 as a cavalryman within the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. After the completion of basic training and initial employment training at the school of armour he ...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio with Brad Dawes NSW Police Officer from the Protection Operations Unit. Brad spent over 20 years serving in the New South Wales Police predominatley spending the majority of his career within the Protection Operations Unit. The unit specialises in close personal protection with coordinating security operations within NSW for Internationally Protected Persons and public dignitaries. Brad has provide close protection for a lar...

Send us a text On today’s Zero Limits Podcast I speak with Australian Army veteran Adam Kelly from the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. Adam enlisted into defence late 90s however on his first attempt after 14 weeks at Kapooka he was medically discharged. After finding legislation allowing him to try again he eventually successfully reenlisted and completed all training to be an infantry soldier. In previous podcasts with the “The Dentist” aka Karl Fabreschi and Kyle Wilson we spoke abou...

Send us a text The Debrief hosted and moderated by Zero Limits Podcast host Matty Morris and panel guests are Shaun O'Gorman former Queensland Police K9 Unit Police Officer and Jason Semple former NSW Police TOU, Australian Federal Police SRG and Private Security Contractor. Today's discussion we have set a time limit of 1 hour to chat about all things the world and current main topic Police. We chat about the current events unfolding in the middle east with the Israel - Palestinian conflict. T...

Send us a text On todays Zero Limits Podcast I chat with "DAVE" former 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment and current forgein fighter with Chosen Company Ukraine. Dave joned the Australian defence force joining as an infantry soldier posting to the 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. After dishchargin Dave headed to the Ukraine and enlisted to serve with the chosen company which is made up of foreign fighter assisting in the efforts against the russian invasion. However since recording...

Send us a text On todays Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Arin Hanohano former United States Marine Corps Crew chief and current US Police Officer. Arin enlisted into the United States Marine Corps in 2009 aircrew contract and after completing the basic aircrew school he was selected to be a Huey crew chief. In 2012 Arin deployed to Afghanistan as a crew chief in the UH-1Y Super Huey. During his deployment the unit was tasked with supporting Task Force 66 (TF66) Australian Special Forces more sp...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio by John Breda former NSW Police Detective Sergeant Child Abuse Squad. John served in the Police force for the past 25 years, dealing with serious criminal offence’s involving gangs, drugs, guns, murder and physical and sexual offences against children. During the arrest of sex offender nick newman who was facing six counts of aggravated sexual assault of a person under 16, indecent assault and intentionally choking a person,...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Jon Wynn former Commando Australian Special Forces 2nd Commando Regiment. Jon's journey in health and fitness started when he was young. Jon was very active in Athletics, and was selected to compete in the World U18 titles in Javelin. Jon received an injury shortly after, and that finished his athletics career. Jon played rugby league for a few years and then enlisted in the Australian Military at age 20 into the Special Forces direct ent...

Send us a text The Debrief hosted and moderated by Zero Limits Podcast host Matty Morris and panel guests are Shaun O'Gorman former Queensland Police K9 Unit Police Officer and Jason Semple former NSW Police TOU, Australian Federal Police SRG and Private Security Contractor. Today's discussion we have set a time limit of 1 hour to chat about all things the world and Police. We chat about the current events unfolding in the middle east with the Israel - Palestinian conflict which led onto the il...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio Kyle Wilson former Australian Army infantry soldier from the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. Kyle served roughly 5 years within the army serving at 2RAR joining the army through the "Gap Year" program. Upon completion of the gap year he then enlisted as a fulltime soldier remaining posted at 2RAR. During his service he ran into to some trouble during an incident which had him serve time at the Defence Force Correct...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with former Australian Army 5/7 RAR, Victoria Police and current Fire Rescue Victoria. Bradley joined the Royal Australian Infantry in 2005, deployed to Iraq in 2006 and East Timor in 2008 as a Section Commander. After those missions he then joined Victoria Police where he was part of the Critical Incident Response Team (C.I.R.T.). Brad is currently an operational firefighter. Brad runs Police Fit a personal training company that was created t...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Taylor Cavanaugh former US Navy and current French Foreign Legionnaire. Taylor had his sights set on becoming a seal at a young age however getting in trouble with the law on multiple occasions which attended a recruiting station and was refused to enlist. To expedite the probation process he spent 4 months in a penitentiary and after completing his time he was allowed to join the Navy. Completing BUD/s and SQT class 284, graduating Jul 2...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Robin Horsfall former 22 SAS British Army operator. Robin Horsfall joined the Army at the age of 15. He became a full member of the Parachute Regiment in 1974 and served three tours of Northern Ireland. In 1978 he volunteered for SAS selection and passed on his second attempt in March 1979. He went on to qualify as a Paramedic and Sniper. He was a member of the SAS counter terrorist team that assaulted the Iranian Embassy in London in 198...

Send us a text On the next Zero Limits Podcast dropping tomorrow I chat with Simon Jones former infantry soldier from the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. Simon served 12 years as an infantry soldier posting to both 2RAR and 8/9 RAR when it was raised from the ground up. During his military career Simon deployed on 5 operations Solomon Islands, East Timor, Timor Leste and two rotations to Afghanistan as part of the Special Operations Task Group as the mobility Sgt for the Bushmasters wor...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast recorded in the gardens of the Australian War Memorial Canberra, I chat with Ant Plater a Veteran of the Australian Defence Force for 27 years, Begining his military career as an infantry soldier posting to the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) however 17 of those years were with the 2nd Commando Regiment reaching the rank of Warrant Officer. Ant had an extensive career within defence deploying to Somalia, Bougainville, East Timor, Iraq ...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Ewen Jenkins 21 year Royal Australian Navy Chief Petty Officer Boatswain Mate aka Seamanship and Small Arms Specialist. Ewen having served in several operational theatres including multiple deployments conducting Maritime Interdiction Operations in the Middle East and many years Protecting Australia’s Maritime Sovereign Border’s domestically. He also did and MEAO Deployment 2014, Counter Narcotics Ops off the horn of Africa. Ewen now ru...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined with Malcolm Goodwin former 2nd Commando Regiment Australian Special Forces operator. Malcolm joined the Australian Army in 2004 enlisting into Transport Corps and after completing training he was posted to 26 TPT SQN – Royal Australian Corp of Transport (RACT) After finding about the Australian special forces more specifically SASR he attempted SASR selection however was well under prepared and failed. After gaining more knowledge of th...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio with a former 29-year NSW Police Sergeant Dallas Leven. Dallas spent a total of 29years within the NSW Police which included working in multiple locations throughout NSW. During this time he was involved in an officer involved shooting which he shot and killed a drug-affected and psychotic man who lunged at officers with a knife during a stand-off. The offender died after being shot twice following a violent rampage during...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Ashley Semmens former Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diver. Ashley spent 18 years in the Australian navy enlisting in 2005 into the direct entry program as a Clearance Diver. Ashley deployed multiple times which included Op Resolute Border Security, OP Manitou, a human remains recovery in Tongan deep waters and two deployments to Afghanistan on OP Slipper providing Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Reconnaissance to the Infantry combat...

Send us a text On todays Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio with a RAAF Officer Luke Shepherd. Luke spent almost 15 years in the Royal Australian Airforce joining as a Operations Officer. During his service he deployed on a couple of operations inckduing Op Resolute and Op Slipper supporting the troops on the ground. He now is currently still a reservist and still works within the defence space. Luke fills his free time with the running of his not for profit organisation (Harbour Comb...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio with "Vinnie" current Royal Australian Airforce F35 Fighter Pilot. Vinnie joined the Defence Force shortly after leaving school. After partly growing up in Newcastle where Williamtown RAAF base is located he seen a couple of jets fly over Newy beach which sparked interests in becoming a pilot. After successfully completing years of training he graduated as a RAAF Fighter Pilot flying the FA 18 fast jet. During his service in...