Episodes

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio guest Brett Pennell former NSW Police TOU sniper. Sgt Brett Pennell, or "Fassi" to his mates, reflects upon a 20 year career spending majority of his career with the NSW Police Tactical Operations Unit as a sniper. In February 2001, police shot and killed Jim Hallinan after a 36-hour stand-off on a remote property at Adjungbilly . Nearly 100 tactical response police were called to the property after the mentally ill 57-year-...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with former Australian Army Special Forces, 2nd Commando Regiment, Warrant Officer Nick Hill. Nick served in Malaysia, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan as well as being deployed to other countries including Egypt, Israel and the United States of America. Nick spent his twenty-five-year career (1989-2014) predominately in the 2nd Commando Regiment. Nick was selected to be part of the stand-up of Tactical Assault Group – East (TAG-E). In late Ja...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I sit down with Andrew Murphy aka Raptor 13 former NSW Police Officer. Murphy spent just over 20 years serving as a NSW Police officer with multiple secondments to different sectors within the Police which includes general duties, operational service group (OSG), water police, highway patrol, licensing and strike force raptor. Murphy was involved in a serious vehicle accident with another officer which almost took his life with a extensive recovery ...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Dean Stott a former British Special Forces Soldier. After making it through the Special Forces gruelling 6 month selection process, Dean became one of the very first army members to join the SBS (Special Boat Service). Throughout his esteemed military career, he has conducted deployments to overseas hostile environments and been involved in Counter Terrorism operations; he has travelled to some of the toughest places in the world. Dean le...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast Matt Pepper a former Australian Army Officer and NSW Ambulance Intensive Care/Special Operations Paramedic shares his life sotry. Matt served seven years in the Australian Army, working across a number of combat corps roles, graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon and the Australian Defence Force Academy. In 2006 he transitioned to emergency services, where he has worked across multiple Australian ambulance services as a Special Operatio...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast we chat to Dave Parker former 2nd Commando Regiment operator. Dave joined the army reserves in 1999 and whilst at Kapooka he decided to join the regular army within the infantry and was posted to then 4RAR later becoming the 2nd Commando Regiment. Dave completed his reinforcement cycle in 2003 with the unit still establishing a special forces capability. Dave deployed on his first rotation to Afghanistan on SOTG 5 (Special Operations Task Group) then...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I sit down for a chat with Luke Smith former Australian Army veteran serving in both the Royal Australian Infantry at 2RAR and Royal Australian Armoured Corps 2nd/14th Light horse Regiment and 2nd Cavalry Regiment. During his military service Luke deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2011 he applied for the Queensland Fire Service for a position as a firefighter and was accepted. After finishing recruit training he was posted to Bowen where he spent ...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast we chat with Joe Piersante a 23-year veteran of the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration and provides presentations on overcoming adversity. During his time with the DEA, Special Agent Piersante was assigned to complex narcotics investigations, clandestine laboratory investigations and deployed with a DEA’s Foreign Advisory Support Team (FAST). Assigned to a Delta Team for three tours to Afghanistan and Honduras. While...

Send us a text On today’s Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Dustin Osborne current Queensland Police Officer and Co-Chair of the Law Enforcement Officer Medical Working Group at Australian Tactical Medical Association. Dusty has spent roughly 15 years as a police officer spending most of his time posted to the Fortitude Valley Police Station. Fortitude Valley is the smallest policing division in Queensland but has over 130 staff dedicated to policing the division. It’s a very diverse area and Dus...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast we have a very special co host Andrew Murphy aka Raptor 13 former NSW Police Officer, Murph aka Raptor13 aka Jug Head has known today's guest for quite sometime working alongside him in the NSW Police. Today's guest is Matt U'Brien former NSW Police Officer / NSW Fire & Rescue Retained Firefighter, he spent majority of his policing career within the Police rescue squad. During his 17 year policing career he conducted hundreds of rescues in both serv...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Damien "Beatdown" Brown former 2RAR Afghanistan Veteran and UFC Fighter. Damien was born in Albury, New South Wales, Australia. He was is a veteran of the Australian Army serving as an infantry soldier, who was deployed to Afghanistan in 2007, post service he became a correctional officer. After return from military service from Afghanistan with some injuries, Brown joined a local Kickboxing school as part of the rehab program to improve...

Send us a text On today's episode I sit down with the NSW Police Tactical Operations Unit Officer Ben Besant also known as "Officer A". He was the TOU officer who killed the Lindt Cafe terrorist and he tells us about the moment he came face-to-face with the killer who terrorised Sydney and how he also expected to die also airing his frustration as senior police hesitated while a hostage was executed. Due to the multiple current suppression orders Ben's full name and identity to an extent is sti...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I sat down with Andy MacFarlane a former NSW Police Officer. We spoke about his life and times over a 20 plus year roller coaster ride in policing that stretched across undercover roles in various agencies including the NSW Crime Commission, NSW Drug Enforcement Agency, CT Command and Australian Federal Police then finishing up in Dignitary Protection which leveraged him into private security across many countries. He talks about his pursuits of cont...

Send us a text On todays Zero Limits Podcast Matt chats with Liam Haven former Australian Infantry soldier from the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. Liam was deployed to Iraq as an infantry soldier and combat medic. He had been in Iraq for six months operating as part of the Overwatch Battle Group (West) - 4. When his Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle was on patrol near An Nasiriyah, in southern Iraq on 17 May 2008 when it was struck by an IED (Improvised Explosive Device). Liam suffe...

Send us a text On today's podcast Matt chats with Eddie Gallagher a retired Navy SEAL that served for 20 years served as a Navy Corpsman, Marine Scout Sniper and Navy SEAL completing 8 deployments, including tours to both Afghanistan and Iraq. On his last combat deployment to Iraq in 2017, Eddie led a platoon to successfully defeat ISIS in Mosul. For his performance and leadership, he was highly commended upon returning home. He was named the #1 Navy SEAL Chief, nominated for a Silver Star, an...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I sit down for a chat with Damien Thomlinson former 2nd Commando Regiment Operator, Author, Actor, Speaker and double amputee IED survivor. Inspired by the military history of his Grandfather, Damien joined the Australian Defence Force and at the age of just 24 achieved his dream of becoming a Commando. This elite group is tasked with the most physically demanding, mentally challenging and dangerous roles in the armed forces. He joined the Australian...

Send us a text On todays Zero Limits Podcast we chat with Dave “Boon” Benton, former US Marine Scout Sniper and Central Intelligence Agency Global Response Staff contractor, and Sarah Adams former Central Intelligence Agency Targeting Officer, as they recount their experience working in Benghazi, Libya and discuss the attacks on the American Diplomatic Compound and the nearby CIA Annex that killed four Americans. Dave and Sarah also share their insights about the attacker and talk about their fo...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast Matt has a face to face chat in the studio with Jason Semple former NSW Police TOU & Australian Federal Police SRG. Semps grew up in Newcastle and a few years into a local job he decided to apply for the NSW Police Force. Upon completion of police academy he was posted to the Sydney region. in 1998 after a short time on the job, semps and two fellow officers decided to head to a local pub for a cold brew in which along the way they were involved in a...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast we chat with owner of Origin K9 former 3RAR and 2nd Commando Regiment operator Thomas Brown. Growing up in Sydney Tom set his sights on joining the army which he decided he'd join the reserve forces. After two years he realised that he wanted more and want to transition to the fulltime army as an infantry soldier. After the career transition he was posted to the 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment and deployed to Afghanistan as an infantry battal...

Send us a text On today's episode I sit down for a face to face chat with "Mick" former 1RAR, 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment and 2nd Commando Regiment Special Forces Operator. Growing up in central Queensland Mick did terribly at school which he ended up leaving in year 10and shortly after he joined the local Army Reserve unit in his area serving two years before applying to enter the fulltime army. Mick was posted to the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment and deployed twice to East Timor, ...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast we chat with Matt Williams OAM aka Willy Beating Cancer Australian Army 7RAR, Current Public Speaker and Freelance Conflict Media Producer. Willy served in the Australian Army as an infantry soldier with the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. with a deployment to Afghanistan. Upon return on his 22nd birthday, he received a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer. He started what’s become a hugely popular Instagram page @willy.beating.cancer document...

Send us a text Today's podcast we chat with former SASR operator Dan Cooper. After underperforming at school, Dan joined the Army and 3 RAR deploying to Timor in 1999. A short time later Dan attempted SASR selection in 2001 and successfully completed the selection course. After Reo and 9-11, Dan (qualifying as a water operator) deployed straight away on the 2nd rotation to Afghan in 2002. Dan served in all 3 Sabre SQNs and OSS during his career. Between 2002-2016, Dan conducted a dozen ops to A...

Send us a text On today's podcast we chat to a current serving Australian Federal Police Agent "Officer B. Before joining the Federal Police, Officer B spent some time in the Royal Australian Airforce both as a photography and as a reservist airbase security. During this time he joined the Victorian Police Force in 1996 and then in 2013 laterally transferred to the Feds. On 23 September 2014, 18-year-old Abdul Numan Haider attacked police officers one being a plain clothes Victorian Police Offic...

Send us a text On the today's Zero Limits Podcast we chat with Damian Porter former NZSAS Commando, WA Police Officer and current WA Firefighter / Health and Wellness Coach. He was one of the first Personal Trainers in the world and has been professionally involved in the health and wellness space for over 28 years. During his younger years Damian was heavily involved in bodybuilding and the fitness industry however he soon applied to join the New Zealand Defence Force. Within a couple of years...