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Send us a text 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 (S...

Send us a text 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 agai...

Send us a text 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 bec...

Send us a text 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 tra...

Send us a text 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. Website - ...

Send us a text 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 as...

Send us a text 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 signif...

Send us a text 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 gue...

Send us a text 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 c...

Send us a text 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 ...

Send us a text 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, ...

Send us a text 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 Afghanist...

Send us a text 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 d...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio by a former Royal Australian Infantry Sergeant Dean Caswell and Youtube digital content creator. Cas enlisted into the military as an infantry soldier posting to 2/4RAR after a couple of years he was then posted to the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment where he spent majority of his soldiering career. Cas deployed on four operational tours of duty which saw service in Rwanda 1995 Central Africa with UNAMIR 2, INTERFE...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with former NSW Police K9 Handler Paul Zubcic. Paul was born in Queensland however soon moving at a young age down to the NSW South Coast. After finishing school Paul went to University and completed a bachelor in Business Administration however had set his sights on becoming a Police Officer. Paul joined the NSW Police in 2012 and first posting was to City Central LAC. Up until joining the K-9 unit Paul became a weapons trainer, OSG Officer ...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Krishna Thapa former British Gurkha and 22 SAS operator. Krish grew up in mountains of Nepal, he applied to join the British Army's Royal Gurkha Rifles as a teenager and was successful. He spent 7 years in the Gurkhas before attempting SAS selection, becoming one of the first two Gurkhas to ever join the Regiment. Krish spent the next 17 years within the regiment rising to the rank of Warrant Officer. During that time he became the lead...

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 la...

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 ab...

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 recordin...