In Hindsight

This week on the WarriorU Podcast, I am the guest of Alex Lloyd on the Life On The Line Podcast. I talk briefly about my childhood, joining the Army, Recruit and Infantry training, Somalia with the 1st Battalion, Special Forces selection attempt one, Special Forces attempt two, Counter Terrorism training, Afghanistan, combat and a bunch of other stuff. Listen to the podcast here and then head over...

This week on the WarriorU Podcast Bram Connolly DSM talks with Reece Dewar OAM….basically two washed up old Special Forces Officers from the 2nd Commando Regiment answering Facebook Live Questions.  Some of the topics covered includes the Special Forces Direct Recruiting Scheme, eating Army rations for prolonged periods, what to say during selection boards, fight preparation for a special for...

This week on the WarriorU podcast Bram talks to Jeff Micklem. Jeff is one of the first modern qualified commandos from back in the late 1990s. He’s now a NSW Firefighter and he has his own YouTube channel and IG account of the same name @homebuiltbyjeff where he posts videos of himself restoring cars.  One of his videos, a 4 minute montage of him working on his Gulf Orange 1974 Porsche 911 ha...

This week on the WarriorU podcast, Bram talks to Dr Amantha Imber. Amantha is an innovation psychologist, founder of Australia’s leading innovation consultancy Inventium, and co-creator of the Australian Financial Review’s Most Innovative Companies list. With a PhD in organisational psychology, Amantha has helped companies such as Google, Apple, Disney, LEGO, Virgin Australia, Commonwealth Bank an...

This week on the WarriorU podcast, Bram talks to CrossFit Athlete Kari Pearce. Kari is a Halo Neuro Sport ambassador and she discusses training with the Halo product and how she prepares for the CrossFit open and the CrossFit Games. Kari finished 6th last year in the games and this year during the CrossFit open she placed 9th overall, earning herself another spot in the CrossFit games again this y...

In this episode of the WarriorU Podcast, Bram talks to Danny Holzman, the Business Partner Manager from Halo. Halo Neuroscience develops neurotechnology to unlock human potential. Their first product, Halo Sport, stimulates the motor cortex during athletic training to accelerate gains in strength, endurance, and skill. Halo Sport is now live with teams and athletes from the U.S. military, the Olym...

This week on the WarriorU Podcast; Bram talks to Adrian Sutter, the founder of an amazing wellness application called Swiss 8. In 2011, Adrian was given the news that his older sister had terminal cancer. He was an infantry section commander at the time and had a promising career ahead of him; but, as his sister’s health deteriorated his family needed him, so he chose to put his career on hold. He...

This week on the WarriorU Podcast, Bram talks to Brad Cooper, the CEO of US Corporate Wellness and Co-Founder of the Catalyst Coaching Institute. Brad is doing a PhD studying Mental Toughness; he’s a legitimate age group triathlete having completed KONA 5 times, and with his racing partner Jerry Schemmel, won the bike race across America (over 3000 miles). Bram and Brad discuss the pillars of ment...

This week on the WarriorU Podcast, Bram talks to Anthony Moorhouse. Anthony was one of the first Commando Officers to Serve in the then newly formed Tactical Assault Group, raised after the events of September 11, 2001 (TAG - East). After his service as the Land Platoon Commander he discharged from the Army and went on to build a highly successful Emergency Management Company, Dynamiq. In his own...

This week on the warriorU Podcast, Bram talks to Grammy Award winner Tony Rich. Singer, song writer, musician, producer and visual artist - Tony’s career has spanned more than three decades writing and producing songs for huge names in the music industry like Boys to Men, TLC, Elton John and many more. Settle back and enjoy the conversation, as Tony gives a rare glimpse into the elite mindset requ...

In this week’s episode of the WarriorU Podcast Bram talks to former Special Forces Physical Training Instructor Ricky Dumigan. As well as having served in the Navy and the Army for a total of 17 years, Ricky has also played representative rugby around the world. He is currently living in Japan where he’s the Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Ricoh Black Rams Rugby Team after working f...

In this week’s episode of the WarriorU Podcast, Bram Connolly talks to retired Special Air Service Regiment Major, Mark Wales. Mark is the founder and owner of KILL KAPTURE a fashion brand he founded to fill a gap that he identified, namely ’Tough Luxury Apparel’. Mark's experiences come through in his business venture, he deployed on operations 10 times in his Army Career to places such as Afghan...

This week on the WarriorU Podcast, Bram talks to Major David French. David had a distinguished career in the Royal Australian Infantry leading platoons and companies in both combat and support operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Timor Leste. Now David is the General Manager for BCT Solutions, a company that delivers cyber, electronic warfare, intelligence and technology outcomes for Government and...

This week Bram speaks to Adam McNamee, the Co-founder and Race Director of True Grit Australia. Like Bram, Adam was also a member of 4RAR (Cdo) and a founding member of 2nd Commando Regiment. They discuss Special Forces selection, the similar experiences that they both had as Sniper Platoon Commanders, relaxed grooming in Special Forces units, Close Personal Protection of Prime Ministers, the...

In this week's episode of the WarriorU podcast Bram recites a chapter from the book he is presently working on. The Chapter is called "Cultural Tolerance" and is a short story about a lunch meeting between Special Operations Task Group operators and the local police forces in Chora Valley. Everything was going well until Bram decided to take the goat's hoof and chew on it, apparently like a savage...

This week Bram talks to Geoffrey Woo, the co-founder and CEO of HVMN, a human performance research company that makes nutrition and supplements for elite performance in sport, cognition, and military. HVMN makes HVMN Ketone, the world's first ketone ester drink based on technology developed in a DARPA program to enhance soldier performance. The military applications are obvious, but what’s really...

In this episode of the WarriorU Podcast Bram talks to his old mate Cyrus Rustom. Cyrus developed a love for fitness as a British, Royal Marine Commando. After a tour of Afghanistan he left the Royal Navy and spent a few years training as a Muay Thai fighter in Thailand. Cyrus moved to Dubai and opened Crossfit Sands, he has ran legendary fat loss camps and is the personal trainer to the Dubai Roya...

Summary In this week’s episode Bram talks to Andrew Macdonald who is one of the co-founders, of the authentic Australian clothing company, Ringers Western. Ringers Western was conceived from a conversation around a camp fire on the cattle station El-Questro. Initially run from Andrew’s mother’s lounge room the brand has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the fashion industry. Andrew and Bram discuss; star...

In this episode of WarriorU, Bram shares the mic with Andre Obradovic; Former Solider and Officer, Ex Corporate Executive, Global Health Coach, Triathlete, Marathoner and Speaker. Andre has worn three suits in his lifetime:The Uniform of the Army, The Uniform of the Corporate World, and now the Uniform of the Triathlete and coach. After his time enlisted, Andre worked in the corporate world for a...

In this episode of WarriorU, Bram talks to Kristin Shorten. She's a journalist, mum and wife – and also just happens to be the creator of an uplifting new documentary about trauma, resilience and post-traumatic growth in the medics who served with our special forces in Afghanistan. Voodoo Medics unpacks the most defining experiences of six medics – affectionately referred to by their call sign ‘Ki...

Summary In this episode of The WarriorU Podcast Bram talks to Pete O’Hanlon, also known as Bad Tourist. Now spending his time pursuing an acting career, he joined the Australian military in July 1997at the age of 19. Shortly after in 1999, he was sent on his first deployment as a gunner with INTERFET in East Timor. Pete was promoted several times throughout his military career before leaving the f...

In this episode of WarriorU, Bram Connolly speaks to long time friend Rob Langdon. They served together in the 1st Battalion in the early 1990s and stayed in touch in the years that followed. Rob served for almost fifteen years in the Army, before becoming a security contractor working in Iraq and Afghanistan. In July 2009 Rob was protecting a convoy when he shot and killed an Afghan guard during...

In this episode of the WarriorU Podcast, Bram shares the mic with Hugh Riminton; Veteran, Former Foreign Correspondent and Author of “Minefields: A Life in the News Game,” among many other projects. Bram and Hugh were active during the Somali Conflict in the early 1990’s, and had plenty to reminisce. Both discuss the gruesome conditions of the Somali Conflict (for Soldiers and Journalists); includ...

In this episode of WarriorU Bram talks to the one and only Tara Pitt. Tara entered Australian Survivor (2017) for deeply personal reasons and eventually, after 55 days in the wilderness, she became the much loved runner-up on the show. She learnt much about herself in the process and in particular she used the time to reflect on the passing of her father. But, and I mean but.... don't think it was...

In this episode Bram talks to ex Commando Sergeant Paul Cale. The wine flows and they discuss the 2010 battle of Zabat Kalay, martial arts, the Army combatives program and various other topics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.