As a New Zealander living in the US it's great to hear some of the SO boys from down under telling their stories! As always Ryan, you did a great job asking the right questions!! Keep it up
As an American from The USA, I rarely hear anything about the Australian Special Forces and even their conventional forces. It's super cool to hear more about the Australian SF and general military. I would love to see some more Australian military personnel interviews along with some more foreign military personnel interviews because over here in The USA you never really hear about other militaries besides the UK military every once in a while. The Australians always get over looked when it comes to their military power and military capabilities... Australians are extremely good fighters and helped turn the tide of many wars, especially WWII. They also were a tremendous help over in The Middle East during the USA's war on terrorism. I seen a video showing how the Australians would take out whole compounds of terrorist without any extra help or air support. The Australians are damn good fighters and we are lucky to have them as an ally.
We like to keep a low profile when it comes to our military. We're relatively small, yes, but that's to be expected, given our population is only about 26 million. However, anyone who has fought against or alongside us knows we can fight, and fight hard. U.S troops come here to train with us periodically, and I think they get a real surprise. They go home with one thought in mind: Don't f... with the Aussies; they are extremely well trained, tough, resilient, unafraid, hard-as-nails soldiers who don't know the meaning of defeat or surrender. Our allies are glad we're on their side. Anyway, have a nice day there. Cheers!
Cheers mate very well put Aussie military along with SO regiments are highly trained warriors of the bravest kind… I personally think they’re par with the majority of other nations tier 1 SO when it comes to pure fighting skills… The only thing that’s lacking would be the lack of funding compared to the US… So military assets training facilities military infrastructure isn’t the best being only a nation populated with 30 million citizens the budget allocated is limited … We hold our own in any battle never backed down to no enemy in war… Thanks for the very kind words in regards to Australia’s SO warriors and the armed forces as a whole…
I really appreciate that our commandos get more light than before or usual and I really appreciate it. From my end I see a similarity of that note of certain units not getting much light. Even more towards like some certain units in the navy, media has zero idea and coverage on - so zero coverage. I think it's meant to be that way. But having left it, and now have time on my hands, it does leave a taste in the mouth that no one in the internet space has any concept of what RAN's very niche units have accomplished over the many decades.
I love it when I finish one of these and think - that might have been the best guy on yet! I've thought that thought loads of times now. This fella is up there in the top few for sure! He definitely deserves a part 2. Amazing commando and a class talker and character. Amazing couple of hours, thanks again Ryan. What a show!! A tier one show for sure.
Anyone else see a tough, younger, Ausie Jeff Daniels? Obviously no disrespect. Cheers, I’ve been listening to veterans for a year or so now. Alot of it is wow look what THIS bloke did when they were young. These tier one vet interviews are really helping me put in a better effort in life and make my friendships with the few vets I know heaps better. Plus getting heaps of history straight.
There is a very logical framework, based on mission set that this veteran expounds on that presents two interesting aspects. Number one, is the incredible receptivity of Aussie mindset and how well that binds with mission accomplishment.. Number two: Is how a vision for joint operations is clearly something that has matured👏🏻🤝🏻👍🏻. Love the mention of that contract..why I self eliminated🫡. So many times in Central America I was the 'drug deal' agent (colloquially)😂 1:26:24 I got to meet a SF guy on Veracruz Beach ..he missed direct action and went back to the Rangers to pass on knowledge and kick ass. A great force multiplier (experience pays off)...an airborne JTAC coordinator? ..satellite lag compensation seems a likely candidate. IFF command issues and synchronicity also spark the imagination.
I am extremely happy that The Australians are the USAs allies because The Australians are extremely talented and great fighters. They had huge roles in WWII and even huge rules in Vietnam, where they were used as "Tunnel Rats" and would go into small tunnels of the NVA and Vietcong with only a pistol and flash light. It took a certain type of man and a certain type of bravery to go into those tunnels during the Vietnam war.... it was no easy feat and tons of people got lost and got their life taken from going in those tunnels.
I was in the Australian army 1989-1993 trained as a medic, posted to 1RAR 1991, posted out 1991 (admin error as I was posted as a private instead of corporal to 1 RAR). Newbie in the army I did a good job at 1Fd. Hospital during 1990, attended simply by chance to a very serious Mog (truck) accident at Holsworthy Barracks. Performed well with multiple casualties. My first real experience of trauma as a private medic and I was on my own. The civilian doctor on call mentioned my efforts to our RSM. (Vietnam Veteran). Following day RSM spoke to me, asked me what I wanted to do in the army. I said my goal was to be a battalion medic. Got a sudden posting to 1 RAR. Though 1 RAR not interested in ‘newbie’ in the RAP. Got swapped out with a new corporal from 2Fd. Ambulance. Gulf War started and Australia was hardly involved. In March 1991, Australian contingent sent to Iraq. My name was pulled out and I was picked to go. At 2Fd. Ambulance there was much consternation that, again a ‘newbie’ was chosen to deploy. The night before I left Townsville for Sydney (stage one of deployment) I was surprised by a visit from three experienced members of 2Fd. Ambulance and we proceeded to have a blue on the second floor of the barracks. All three were at me, I had to fucking fight for my life as the three including a corporal wanted to hurt me so I couldn’t deploy! Purely they were irritated by the fact that I was deploying and that Australian army in those days went nowhere and did nothing. So to deploy (1 of 76) to Iraq was a slap in the face to thousands of bored and frustrated soldiers. The fight ended in exhaustion and the three simply walked away. I never reported the incident because I would have lost my place in the deployment. The Australian Army at that time was filled with young men (including myself) who wanted nothing more than to deploy and serve. I was given an earlier than normal posting to 1 RAR, because of my efforts helping at the Holsworthy mog accident. That was taken away from me. When we left Townsville for Iraq at the airbase the senior medical officer (I think his name was Major Smedley) came up to me and said, “I hope this makes up for losing your 1 RAR posting.” It did.
@No Shame this accident was in early 1990 and it was on the military area of Holsworthy barracks. we had two serious head injuries (one was particularly worse) they were treated firstly on site then taken to the RAP at 1st Field Hospital at Ingleburn then after stabilised by the civilian doctor (Dr. Gary Ewing). The badly injured (three members) were transported to a civilian general hospital. I saw the soldier with the bad head injury at 1Fd. Hospital a couple of times at the RAP throughout the year of 1990. Unfortunately he did not recover fully. The driver’s head injury, which I with Dr. Gary Ewing assisted to stabilise at 1Fd. Hospital RAP was the most serious injury of the day. By the way did you know a medic at 5/7 1992-? Nick Newman. I’ve been looking for him for years as we did our training together.
These yarns are gold. Awesome stuff. Wish I had watched these prior to being a part of New Zealand Defence force. Love hearing from these Aussie blokes
I've worked with the commando regiments but not the SASR, and there was still a fair bit of unit competition during 2008, it felt like the commandos were the heavy hitter door kickers, while sasr had been sitting om a feature the last two weeks gathering intelligence for the commando units to come and hit
@@ReanuKeevesAus I agree! I think I was on the mre for 2 at cultuna in 2009 not 08, so potentially if you ever worked in cultuna I mighta been with ya lol I remember they had bushys Crewed by armour, and there own lrpvs
@@ReanuKeevesAus nah I was a reservist at the time no idea how I got called up for the mre as a general duties/ actor lol playing rhe ANA the Taliban and all sorts of stuff also got some good insight and lessons but my mre was for a winter rotation I think in 09... and yeh was a highlight for me too just getting a inside look of how small army works compared to big army lol
Thank you for such an amazing interview. Would it be possible to get more Australian SF on the podcast? They're relatively unknown compared to the US community and I would love to learn more. Greetings from Canada
Thank you Ryan for everything that you do and continue to do! It's always good to hear former Operators stories'. As a fmr. Operator, it really feels great to know everything has kept moving forward and nothing has gone stagnant. They are still hard charging SOB's that getting after it!!!! Thanks again Ryan!!!
“Banana bender - job is to put the bends in bananas” is slang for a Queenslander. As a Queenslander I find this is a term used mostly by people from other states of Australia, almost derogatory.
My mum was born in Ayr, met my old boy in Townsville when he was stationed at Lavarak. Old man is a Sandgroper. Mums family were sugar cane farmers, never saw bananas in QLD. Plenty of mangos. The old girl doesn't see being called a Banana Bender as an insult, especially from a Sandgroper son 😂
Oh wow, somehow I stumbled upon this, Wes, we were neighbours back in Collie Court at Wattle Grove (another lifetime away!!) Dane, my son, and your son, Duke were great friends back then. So much in life has changed since those days
Another outstanding job on both hands on the microphone. Glad to see others who spend time in the TARIN KOWT area. For many years it was the hottest area of Afghanistan even though it was never covered the way the Pakistani border was. . Mullah Omar hometown in area so always something brewing.
Mr. 'H', you have a wonderful blend professionalism, practicality, responsibility, and empathy. Looking for any nerdy guys with a passion for marksmanship, CQB, martial arts and command style comms?
Interesting he set a standard above the bar for selection. You should have asked H would he have passed selection if his standards had been applied. Remember when H did selection he was not the person the run selection
It's a shame when a solider says "we really don't know why we were there because we did not have any national interest" A soldier should always know what hes fighting for, when you sacrifice your self for your country and fellow allies and countrymen then you deserve to know why you are risking and sacrificing your life. When it comes down to the Battlefield and when bullets start flying then the only thing that matters is the guy next to you and keeping him alive.
Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos and interview these amazing warriors!! These stories need to be shared before they are lost forever. We really need to talk to more people that were in WWII and The Korean War because sadly those warriors are starting to move onto their next life and their stories will be lost forever if they aren't talked about and shared or written down somewhere. I loved the video you did with the WWII Veteran recently and even with the audio problems it was still a great interview but I really can't wait till you can interview him again in person or get the audio working better because we need those stories that he wants to share. Really looking forward to seeing some other WWII and Korean War Vets come on the channel! There are some great men out there who have done a lot of interviews and videos already so I am sure they would love to come on the show 💪💪💪💪💯💯💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤❤❤
Great show as always Ryan, thank you both for sharing. Curious to know if you could perhaps host a Canadian on here in the future, if at all possible. Looking forward to the next one
When he was talking about how it was going into the military while being 17-18 years old and how it was makes me think about all the WWII soliders who said they went into the service during WWII when they were 13 years old! A lot of soldiers will lie on their paper work so they can join. It does suck when they lie about their age because then when you go to find out information or visit their grave you have a hard time finding them because of the age being different then their real age.
Fascinating - I do wonder how the septics deal with the Aussies (i’m a limey/pomme) but I suspect the universal thing of being a solid operator makes it a fun environment, banter must be amazing :-).
*THE HARDEST PART OF BEING A SOLDIER IS KNOWING WHEN TO TURN IT OFF* A lot of soliders toughest times are when they get out of the service and go back into regular day civilian life, they say that's harder then War itself. Escpially if you don't have a wife or a significant other to help you through the times you feel like you are alone. It gets bad when you are alone at night and your mind starts racing, that's when things get serious and you need to be strong willed. Luckily now the governements are starting to take care of their soliders and service men a lot better then they used to. The people who risk and sacrifice their life for their country should be treated like royalty... at least now people are more aware of how bad PTSD is... and how PTSD can effect anyone no matter if you were in the service or a war. A lot of people from the inner cities like my city of Baltimore are getting PTSD from all the killings. Thank you for a great interview once again! Looking forward to seeing more foreign military members come on the show!
You can definitely understand why he didn't/couldn't do SAS. An amazing soldier but definitely not a 'big picture' type or emotionally stable. Great episode
Didn’t the rangers and Aussies run ops in Nam? Sounds like at the end he is under the impression they were something different in The Blackhawk down era
The SEALs, Green Berets and MACV SOG worked with the Australian SASR routinely in Vietnam. See Jocko Willinks interview of Roger Hayden in Jocko Podcast 37 on UA-cam and swipe to 39:33
Would love to see you get a hold of some mercenaries and PMC (Private Military Contractor) members, like Firat and the British man who went and fought ISIS and joined the YPG without being in the Milirary People like PMCs really do not get interviewd a lot. Unless they work for a huge company like Black Water. PMCs usually get a very bad reputation because they operate outside of the law, at least most of the time they disregard law... that could be a good and bad thing because the rules of engagement are pretty dumb when it comes to war. A lot of PMCs saved a lot of American lives and their ally's lives. Would love to hear from some of them. I know Shawn Ryan aka Vigilance Elite had the Blackwater guys on the show and talked to them but a lot of other PMCs never get a interview. I am sure they have some amazing stories and fights.
They, the NSW police and government should have used these guys the 2nd commando regiment in the Lindt cafe siege in 2014, when a Islamic extremist gunman stormed the Lindt cafe in Sydney and held hostages over days, but instead the NSW police force wanted to reap the glory, they bumbled and cost innocent people their lives.
Wow, what a story. H finds himself on the boss' shitlist and gets moved off the Aussie Commando base, then somehow finds himself embedded with a JSOC taskforce??? WTF.
Nice to see the upgrade in camera equipment. Great going good sir, keep up the good work. Love the foreign operators. Like the directions you going with, would love to see operators like “Grom”, “GSGIN” “KSK” “French Foreign Legion”. “South African Counter terror” and or African special operations. Maybe even a Private Military Field operator. Maybe would love to see some home love from my branch and some Army Special Electronics Warfare. Any and everything is appreciated, keep up the great work 👍🏻. Love the great community, but a ultimate request that would make my day and maybe others. is a joint podcast between SOFREP which is another similar channel, they have been getting outstanding guest, such as Rhodesian operator. Really great stuff, once again keep up the amazing work, stay safe, stay free. Love from a 11-bravo.
Including the French Foreign Legion as special forces is like saying United States Marine Corps. It’s a large umbrella term. The Marines have FORECON and MARSOC, which are elite units, but The Marines can mean anything from the cook to the rifleman. Same with the French Foreign Legion. But if you mean an elite unit within the FFL then you might want to hear from a former member of the Legion’s 2e REP and the GCP.
@@wattlebough Any form of a government sanctioned force that you get a new passport, and name and identity. Is at some form “special” and or elite. So no it’s nothing like the department of navy Marines, now you are at some form right though, and make a great point. But yeah I wasn’t necessarily saying that I only want to hear special forces wether it be From a national manner of just a unique. This applies to international, but no in no way or form are they the same, I’m not a professional, but I feel like it’s five times harder to be a legionnaire, than a marine. Maybe I’m being ignorant to a bigger picture and such, but yeah. I’m not comparing Grom or GSGIN to the legion as the same in anyway other than being unique and interesting, they all have there own intended operational capabilities.
@@wattlebough I will say though I do enjoy the little challenge on perspective, thank you for taking the time in which so to inform me about special operations in the FFL I was never aware of the level of structure
He was pretty bad at describing QLD. it is similar to Florida in weather we are tropical and very humid. mountains in the south and rainforests. Americans used to get sent to QLD or Townsville part to climatise and train for the Pacific jungles for WW2..
Man Hennesy really missed out on his chance to be a famous rapper or a advocate for Hennesy Liqour, considering his last name 🤣 Could for sure seeing his rap name being "Mr. Hennessy The MC." He should make Mr. Hennessy his name on social media so people think hes in love with Hennessy or works with/for Hennessy 🤣
Well, i sure appreciate your work and channel, but it is too much SOF stuff. Let the normal grunts tell their stories too. Hell, maybe even some POG´s might have worthwhile stories to tell.
@@Hyperstorm-es4yq thats a lame excuse for such a close and small community tbh...Australia has a bad problem in its hands withmembers of this unit murdering surrendered people.
SASR is under investigation not 2 Commando are being investigated for war crimes. Remember they are innocent until proven guilty. The military Brereton report into potential war crimes in Afghanistan by Australian forces only shows that a trial is needed because of the likely hood of these events having happened. The report has a lower standard of proof than a civilian trial. Soldiers are human and are susceptible to the same failure in the rest of society.
Would have served with my uncle who was 2CDO and SASR platoon Sgt. He had a mischief with a Black Hawk in Afghanistan and lost 2 operators. He is a mentor with the QLD RSL.
As a New Zealander living in the US it's great to hear some of the SO boys from down under telling their stories! As always Ryan, you did a great job asking the right questions!! Keep it up
Aussies, one of my favorite allies. SAS also served with the US in Vietnam. Good interview, thanks!
Bro I'm loving these Aussie guys, keep this up.
I had the opportunity to work with the Aussies in East Timor in 2000. Such a great bunch of dudes. Really looking forward to this one, Ryan!
Same as 2000 great bunch
Love the Aussie flag in the background. Would love to hear you interview more Aussies, this was one of the best ones yet
As an American from The USA, I rarely hear anything about the Australian Special Forces and even their conventional forces. It's super cool to hear more about the Australian SF and general military. I would love to see some more Australian military personnel interviews along with some more foreign military personnel interviews because over here in The USA you never really hear about other militaries besides the UK military every once in a while. The Australians always get over looked when it comes to their military power and military capabilities... Australians are extremely good fighters and helped turn the tide of many wars, especially WWII. They also were a tremendous help over in The Middle East during the USA's war on terrorism. I seen a video showing how the Australians would take out whole compounds of terrorist without any extra help or air support. The Australians are damn good fighters and we are lucky to have them as an ally.
We like to keep a low profile when it comes to our military. We're relatively small, yes, but that's to be expected, given our population is only about 26 million. However, anyone who has fought against or alongside us knows we can fight, and fight hard. U.S troops come here to train with us periodically, and I think they get a real surprise. They go home with one thought in mind: Don't f... with the Aussies; they are extremely well trained, tough, resilient, unafraid, hard-as-nails soldiers who don't know the meaning of defeat or surrender. Our allies are glad we're on their side. Anyway, have a nice day there. Cheers!
Cheers mate very well put Aussie military along with SO regiments are highly trained warriors of the bravest kind… I personally think they’re par with the majority of other nations tier 1 SO when it comes to pure fighting skills… The only thing that’s lacking would be the lack of funding compared to the US… So military assets training facilities military infrastructure isn’t the best being only a nation populated with 30 million citizens the budget allocated is limited … We hold our own in any battle never backed down to no enemy in war… Thanks for the very kind words in regards to Australia’s SO warriors and the armed forces as a whole…
Thank you so much for highlighting the commandos , a lot of the times the SAS is more of the known ones. With the commandos receiving less credit
I really appreciate that our commandos get more light than before or usual and I really appreciate it.
From my end I see a similarity of that note of certain units not getting much light. Even more towards like some certain units in the navy, media has zero idea and coverage on - so zero coverage. I think it's meant to be that way. But having left it, and now have time on my hands, it does leave a taste in the mouth that no one in the internet space has any concept of what RAN's very niche units have accomplished over the many decades.
I love it when I finish one of these and think - that might have been the best guy on yet! I've thought that thought loads of times now. This fella is up there in the top few for sure! He definitely deserves a part 2. Amazing commando and a class talker and character. Amazing couple of hours, thanks again Ryan. What a show!! A tier one show for sure.
H is an amazing man. We're very thankful to have him.🇦🇺
Anyone else see a tough, younger, Ausie Jeff Daniels?
Obviously no disrespect.
Cheers, I’ve been listening to veterans for a year or so now. Alot of it is wow look what THIS bloke did when they were young. These tier one vet interviews are really helping me put in a better effort in life and make my friendships with the few vets I know heaps better. Plus getting heaps of history straight.
There is a very logical framework, based on mission set that this veteran expounds on that presents two interesting aspects. Number one, is the incredible receptivity of Aussie mindset and how well that binds with mission accomplishment.. Number two: Is how a vision for joint operations is clearly something that has matured👏🏻🤝🏻👍🏻. Love the mention of that contract..why I self eliminated🫡. So many times in Central America I was the 'drug deal' agent (colloquially)😂 1:26:24 I got to meet a SF guy on Veracruz Beach ..he missed direct action and went back to the Rangers to pass on knowledge and kick ass. A great force multiplier (experience pays off)...an airborne JTAC coordinator? ..satellite lag compensation seems a likely candidate. IFF command issues and synchronicity also spark the imagination.
I am extremely happy that The Australians are the USAs allies because The Australians are extremely talented and great fighters. They had huge roles in WWII and even huge rules in Vietnam, where they were used as "Tunnel Rats" and would go into small tunnels of the NVA and Vietcong with only a pistol and flash light. It took a certain type of man and a certain type of bravery to go into those tunnels during the Vietnam war.... it was no easy feat and tons of people got lost and got their life taken from going in those tunnels.
I was in the Australian army 1989-1993 trained as a medic, posted to 1RAR 1991, posted out 1991 (admin error as I was posted as a private instead of corporal to 1 RAR). Newbie in the army I did a good job at 1Fd. Hospital during 1990, attended simply by chance to a very serious Mog (truck) accident at Holsworthy Barracks. Performed well with multiple casualties. My first real experience of trauma as a private medic and I was on my own. The civilian doctor on call mentioned my efforts to our RSM. (Vietnam Veteran). Following day RSM spoke to me, asked me what I wanted to do in the army. I said my goal was to be a battalion medic. Got a sudden posting to 1 RAR. Though 1 RAR not interested in ‘newbie’ in the RAP. Got swapped out with a new corporal from 2Fd. Ambulance. Gulf War started and Australia was hardly involved. In March 1991, Australian contingent sent to Iraq. My name was pulled out and I was picked to go. At 2Fd. Ambulance there was much consternation that, again a ‘newbie’ was chosen to deploy. The night before I left Townsville for Sydney (stage one of deployment) I was surprised by a visit from three experienced members of 2Fd. Ambulance and we proceeded to have a blue on the second floor of the barracks. All three were at me, I had to fucking fight for my life as the three including a corporal wanted to hurt me so I couldn’t deploy! Purely they were irritated by the fact that I was deploying and that Australian army in those days went nowhere and did nothing. So to deploy (1 of 76) to Iraq was a slap in the face to thousands of bored and frustrated soldiers. The fight ended in exhaustion and the three simply walked away. I never reported the incident because I would have lost my place in the deployment. The Australian Army at that time was filled with young men (including myself) who wanted nothing more than to deploy and serve. I was given an earlier than normal posting to 1 RAR, because of my efforts helping at the Holsworthy mog accident. That was taken away from me. When we left Townsville for Iraq at the airbase the senior medical officer (I think his name was Major Smedley) came up to me and said, “I hope this makes up for losing your 1 RAR posting.”
It did.
@No Shame this accident was in early 1990 and it was on the military area of Holsworthy barracks. we had two serious head injuries (one was particularly worse) they were treated firstly on site then taken to the RAP at 1st Field Hospital at Ingleburn then after stabilised by the civilian doctor (Dr. Gary Ewing). The badly injured (three members) were transported to a civilian general hospital. I saw the soldier with the bad head injury at 1Fd. Hospital a couple of times at the RAP throughout the year of 1990. Unfortunately he did not recover fully. The driver’s head injury, which I with Dr. Gary Ewing assisted to stabilise at 1Fd. Hospital RAP was the most serious injury of the day. By the way did you know a medic at 5/7 1992-? Nick Newman. I’ve been looking for him for years as we did our training together.
Much respect to our Australian allies and brothers.
Your doing a good job with this channel Ryan. Enjoyed every interview I've watched so far. 👍
Really appreciate this! It takes some time but it's worth it to share two hours with these heros. Thanks for taking the time to share.
I have a lot of respect for this guy and his force! He's the unheard force that helped. He's just as good as devgru and delta.
H has been my hero the last few years he’s an absolute beast,stoked to see him spreading more of his story’s out there..
Awesome 👏 big respect ✊ to are Australian brothers in arms... and great job on the interview
These yarns are gold. Awesome stuff. Wish I had watched these prior to being a part of New Zealand Defence force. Love hearing from these Aussie blokes
I've worked with the commando regiments but not the SASR, and there was still a fair bit of unit competition during 2008, it felt like the commandos were the heavy hitter door kickers, while sasr had been sitting om a feature the last two weeks gathering intelligence for the commando units to come and hit
@@ReanuKeevesAus I agree! I think I was on the mre for 2 at cultuna in 2009 not 08, so potentially if you ever worked in cultuna I mighta been with ya lol I remember they had bushys Crewed by armour, and there own lrpvs
@@ReanuKeevesAus nah I was a reservist at the time no idea how I got called up for the mre as a general duties/ actor lol playing rhe ANA the Taliban and all sorts of stuff also got some good insight and lessons but my mre was for a winter rotation I think in 09... and yeh was a highlight for me too just getting a inside look of how small army works compared to big army lol
Thank you for such an amazing interview. Would it be possible to get more Australian SF on the podcast? They're relatively unknown compared to the US community and I would love to learn more. Greetings from Canada
H is a straight up Aussie legend 🇦🇺
Awesome interview Ryan! And H - you always do these sessions justice 👍🏾
I really enjoyed hearing H’s story. These podcasts of these incredible stories of overcoming so much are so motivational. Thank you for doing these!
I served with Wes back when he was in 1RAR reconnaissance platoon.
Always a top soldier great to see him doing well.
Thank you Ryan for everything that you do and continue to do! It's always good to hear former Operators stories'. As a fmr. Operator, it really feels great to know everything has kept moving forward and nothing has gone stagnant. They are still hard charging SOB's that getting after it!!!! Thanks again Ryan!!!
“Banana bender - job is to put the bends in bananas” is slang for a Queenslander. As a Queenslander I find this is a term used mostly by people from other states of Australia, almost derogatory.
My mum was born in Ayr, met my old boy in Townsville when he was stationed at Lavarak. Old man is a Sandgroper. Mums family were sugar cane farmers, never saw bananas in QLD. Plenty of mangos. The old girl doesn't see being called a Banana Bender as an insult, especially from a Sandgroper son 😂
As a former New South Welshman... trust me, It's derogatory!! 😅😅😅
- Signed, proud banana-bender!!
Oh wow, somehow I stumbled upon this, Wes, we were neighbours back in Collie Court at Wattle Grove (another lifetime away!!) Dane, my son, and your son, Duke were great friends back then. So much in life has changed since those days
Best start to my weekend. Thank you as always!
@1:17:33 Jared Van Aalst - former guest Jack Murphy (formerly of SOFREP and now Team House podcast) has written and spoken extensively on Jared.
Another outstanding job on both hands on the microphone. Glad to see others who spend time in the TARIN KOWT area. For many years it was the hottest area of Afghanistan even though it was never covered the way the Pakistani border was. .
Mullah Omar hometown in area so always something brewing.
I’d love to see you on jockos podcast one day. Always nice to see the interviewer being interviewed.
Love the show man. Get mike glover on. And mike Ritland two badass no bullshit dudes
Prob the best Interview so far! Very detailed and honest account. Thanks for your Service mate.
Mr. 'H', you have a wonderful blend professionalism, practicality, responsibility, and empathy. Looking for any nerdy guys with a passion for marksmanship, CQB, martial arts and command style comms?
Interesting he set a standard above the bar for selection. You should have asked H would he have passed selection if his standards had been applied. Remember when H did selection he was not the person the run selection
SAS is the Scalpel
2CMD is the Hammer 🔨
I prefer to think of the 2nd Commandos as the centre punch. 🙂
@@wattlebough Why?
@@cheekboy7247 It’s much more precise and used in a strategically measured way than a hammer.
It's a shame when a solider says
"we really don't know why we were there because we did not have any national interest"
A soldier should always know what hes fighting for, when you sacrifice your self for your country and fellow allies and countrymen then you deserve to know why you are risking and sacrificing your life. When it comes down to the Battlefield and when bullets start flying then the only thing that matters is the guy next to you and keeping him alive.
Enjoy the show, thanks for all of it.
Great interview, and a great bloke.
Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos and interview these amazing warriors!! These stories need to be shared before they are lost forever. We really need to talk to more people that were in WWII and The Korean War because sadly those warriors are starting to move onto their next life and their stories will be lost forever if they aren't talked about and shared or written down somewhere. I loved the video you did with the WWII Veteran recently and even with the audio problems it was still a great interview but I really can't wait till you can interview him again in person or get the audio working better because we need those stories that he wants to share. Really looking forward to seeing some other WWII and Korean War Vets come on the channel! There are some great men out there who have done a lot of interviews and videos already so I am sure they would love to come on the show 💪💪💪💪💯💯💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤❤❤
We are proud of you wes, hope your good mate , true professional, never rat on your mates
I've always wondered why we call the Toyota Trucks and small trucks that have DSHKA and other machine guns mounted on top, Technicals?
Love the interviews, probably quite difficult but it would be great to see some British SAS/SBS guys
Yes like Christian craighead
theres one with robin horsfall
@@looseorlsdown legend
@@MyScotty7 mans got a list of bare UKSF operators that should be interviewed by ryan. The likes of dean stott, lindsay bruce etc…
@@looseorlsdown yeah fully bro. Love the see the uk being represented and hearing mad story’s
The man himself H glad you finally had him on 🙏
5 star great story by"H" awsum experiences told .
This is a really good interview, definitely not the same as the Royal Marine Commandos
Thanks for reaching out and getting a Commando on the show
Great show as always Ryan, thank you both for sharing. Curious to know if you could perhaps host a Canadian on here in the future, if at all possible. Looking forward to the next one
When he was talking about how it was going into the military while being 17-18 years old and how it was makes me think about all the WWII soliders who said they went into the service during WWII when they were 13 years old! A lot of soldiers will lie on their paper work so they can join. It does suck when they lie about their age because then when you go to find out information or visit their grave you have a hard time finding them because of the age being different then their real age.
500 meters off Base TSV Wes.
Looking forward to this one.
#Aussie
Fascinating - I do wonder how the septics deal with the Aussies (i’m a limey/pomme) but I suspect the universal thing of being a solid operator makes it a fun environment, banter must be amazing :-).
Lest we forget.
Honest dude
excellent interview, glad he`s not chasing me!
Killer show.....
Can you please get billy billingham 22 SAS he spent 20+ years in the "UNIT".
Podcasts are excellent Ryan, would like to hear your story mate😃
Awesome! Again.
Excellent episode!
*THE HARDEST PART OF BEING A SOLDIER IS KNOWING WHEN TO TURN IT OFF*
A lot of soliders toughest times are when they get out of the service and go back into regular day civilian life, they say that's harder then War itself. Escpially if you don't have a wife or a significant other to help you through the times you feel like you are alone. It gets bad when you are alone at night and your mind starts racing, that's when things get serious and you need to be strong willed. Luckily now the governements are starting to take care of their soliders and service men a lot better then they used to. The people who risk and sacrifice their life for their country should be treated like royalty... at least now people are more aware of how bad PTSD is... and how PTSD can effect anyone no matter if you were in the service or a war. A lot of people from the inner cities like my city of Baltimore are getting PTSD from all the killings. Thank you for a great interview once again! Looking forward to seeing more foreign military members come on the show!
You should bring him back, there is clearly a lot more to cover.
amazingly honest
Excellent! It just keeps getting better! How do you find these guys?
Ryan, have you herd of kyle lamb from delta force
You can definitely understand why he didn't/couldn't do SAS. An amazing soldier but definitely not a 'big picture' type or emotionally stable. Great episode
Loved it! Sunday listen! ✌
Good yarn. Also, nice business idea. Kinda reminds me of the farm that FFL vets go to.
Some awesome and real stories, I woukd live too see the seven horses corp bear fruit!! That sounds like it would be a good time in australia!!!
Didn’t the rangers and Aussies run ops in Nam? Sounds like at the end he is under the impression they were something different in The Blackhawk down era
The SEALs, Green Berets and MACV SOG worked with the Australian SASR routinely in Vietnam. See Jocko Willinks interview of Roger Hayden in Jocko Podcast 37 on UA-cam and swipe to 39:33
Really good book called "phantoms of the jungle" on this topic 👍
Love the podcast - thanks to Ryan and H
Best part of his story 1:57:44
damn, pics of KSK. Dope.
Would love to see you get a hold of some mercenaries and PMC (Private Military Contractor) members, like Firat and the British man who went and fought ISIS and joined the YPG without being in the Milirary People like PMCs really do not get interviewd a lot. Unless they work for a huge company like Black Water. PMCs usually get a very bad reputation because they operate outside of the law, at least most of the time they disregard law... that could be a good and bad thing because the rules of engagement are pretty dumb when it comes to war. A lot of PMCs saved a lot of American lives and their ally's lives. Would love to hear from some of them. I know Shawn Ryan aka Vigilance Elite had the Blackwater guys on the show and talked to them but a lot of other PMCs never get a interview. I am sure they have some amazing stories and fights.
"Randy" sure sounds like one of the distinctive former guests on this podcasts
He's def involved in Alien Crash Retrieval
Where is part 2?
They, the NSW police and government should have used these guys the 2nd commando regiment in the Lindt cafe siege in 2014, when a Islamic extremist gunman stormed the Lindt cafe in Sydney and held hostages over days, but instead the NSW police force wanted to reap the glory, they bumbled and cost innocent people their lives.
Wow, what a story. H finds himself on the boss' shitlist and gets moved off the Aussie Commando base, then somehow finds himself embedded with a JSOC taskforce??? WTF.
Heaps of Aussies especially from 2CR are embedded with CAG & DEV because there one of the most effective tier 1 units in the world
Nice to see the upgrade in camera equipment. Great going good sir, keep up the good work. Love the foreign operators. Like the directions you going with, would love to see operators like “Grom”, “GSGIN” “KSK” “French Foreign Legion”. “South African Counter terror” and or African special operations. Maybe even a Private Military Field operator. Maybe would love to see some home love from my branch and some Army Special Electronics Warfare. Any and everything is appreciated, keep up the great work 👍🏻. Love the great community, but a ultimate request that would make my day and maybe others. is a joint podcast between SOFREP which is another similar channel, they have been getting outstanding guest, such as Rhodesian operator. Really great stuff, once again keep up the amazing work, stay safe, stay free. Love from a 11-bravo.
Including the French Foreign Legion as special forces is like saying United States Marine Corps. It’s a large umbrella term. The Marines have FORECON and MARSOC, which are elite units, but The Marines can mean anything from the cook to the rifleman. Same with the French Foreign Legion. But if you mean an elite unit within the FFL then you might want to hear from a former member of the Legion’s 2e REP and the GCP.
@@wattlebough Any form of a government sanctioned force that you get a new passport, and name and identity. Is at some form “special” and or elite. So no it’s nothing like the department of navy Marines, now you are at some form right though, and make a great point. But yeah I wasn’t necessarily saying that I only want to hear special forces wether it be From a national manner of just a unique. This applies to international, but no in no way or form are they the same, I’m not a professional, but I feel like it’s five times harder to be a legionnaire, than a marine. Maybe I’m being ignorant to a bigger picture and such, but yeah. I’m not comparing Grom or GSGIN to the legion as the same in anyway other than being unique and interesting, they all have there own intended operational capabilities.
@@wattlebough but I will look more into the Special operations of FFL, and understand more.
@@wattlebough I will say though I do enjoy the little challenge on perspective, thank you for taking the time in which so to inform me about special operations in the FFL I was never aware of the level of structure
@@screwby6583 there's a French SAS also.............
What was the first Rule of Archers in TK..LOL
Alaska is about a quarter of the size of Australia.
Texas is a third of the size of Queensland.
What's CAG is it the unit/delta ?
Yes.
3:45 qld = a bunch of two heads runnin round drinking horse wee
Banana bender = a person living in Queensland.
Brumby = mustang
we're the "non fail mission"
Combat Wombat 😘
A good question for a foreign warrior like him would be what was 9/11 like in there home country.
He was pretty bad at describing QLD. it is similar to Florida in weather we are tropical and very humid. mountains in the south and rainforests. Americans used to get sent to QLD or Townsville part to climatise and train for the Pacific jungles for WW2..
Algorithm.
Man Hennesy really missed out on his chance to be a famous rapper or a advocate for Hennesy Liqour, considering his last name 🤣
Could for sure seeing his rap name being "Mr. Hennessy The MC." He should make Mr. Hennessy his name on social media so people think hes in love with Hennessy or works with/for Hennessy 🤣
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Do Ausssies call Helicopters …Jets? Or is it just Wes.
Appears to be just Wes mate. I found that odd that they weren't called choppers.
PG? you're interviewing combat vets about their military and combat experience, there is no PG over here.
whats with the black islamic star
It’s the Camo Australian Flag 🇦🇺
The star is white on the real Australian flag, 7 points, one for each of six states and one for the territories. Def not an islamic star.
Well, i sure appreciate your work and channel, but it is too much SOF stuff. Let the normal grunts tell their stories too. Hell, maybe even some POG´s might have worthwhile stories to tell.
Arent these guys under investigation for murder and other missbehaviors?
A very small amount of them it’s the same in every other country’s military
@@Hyperstorm-es4yq thats a lame excuse for such a close and small community tbh...Australia has a bad problem in its hands withmembers of this unit murdering surrendered people.
@@acoustic5738 so why ask the question?
@@acoustic5738 2CDO isn't the one in the spotlight. The main unit under investigation is SASR.
SASR is under investigation not 2 Commando are being investigated for war crimes. Remember they are innocent until proven guilty.
The military Brereton report into potential war crimes in Afghanistan by Australian forces only shows that a trial is needed because of the likely hood of these events having happened. The report has a lower standard of proof than a civilian trial.
Soldiers are human and are susceptible to the same failure in the rest of society.
Would have served with my uncle who was 2CDO and SASR platoon Sgt. He had a mischief with a Black Hawk in Afghanistan and lost 2 operators. He is a mentor with the QLD RSL.
You sound just like Gerald from the Crowder podcast.
Take his place. You're way more interesting