Episodes

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...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio with Jarryd Goundrey former Australian Army infantry soldier from 2RAR now turned social media influencer on tiktok and Australian Comedian. After serving in the Australian Army for seven years as an infantry soldier in the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. During his service he deployed to Timor Leste on peacekeeping operations. After discharging he left townsville and pursued a career as a chef in Melbourne workin...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I have a chat with John Dixon former infantry and 2nd Commando Regiment operator. John spent just shy of 17years in the Australian Army .During his postings at 1RAR and 6RAR he deployed to East Timor which gave him an introduction to military active deployments. After successfully completing SF selection and Commando training reinforcement cycle he was posted to Bravo Company 4RAR aka 2CDO. He soon deployed as an special forces operator to Afghanista...

Send us a text 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 under...

Send us a text 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 ...

Send us a text 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 t...

Send us a text 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 expe...

Send us a text 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 dep...

Send us a text 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 in...

Send us a text 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 con...

Send us a text 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...

Send us a text 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 E...

Send us a text 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, ...

Send us a text 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....

Send us a text 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 indust...

Send us a text 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 fi...

Send us a text 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 s...