Warriors and Wardens (Formerly Origin K9 Podcast)

Enjoy this episode of The Warriors and Wardens podcast with Samantha Sanders-Lucero, former Corrections Officer, former SWAT Operator, Deputy and current K9 Handler. Check out our website: ⁠⁠ www.warriorsandwardens.com⁠⁠ Reach out to our host, Tom Brown, for keynote speaking and workshops for bridging emotional performance gaps in high-accountability teams. #operationalreadiness #longevity #mental...

Enjoy this episode of The Warriors and Wardens podcast with Quinn Hanley, former teacher, Iraq War veteran, Marine, Police K9 Handler and SWAT officer. Check out our website: ⁠⁠ www.warriorsandwardens.com⁠⁠ Reach out to our host, Tom Brown, for keynote speaking and workshops on emotional well-being and sharing lived experience for military and first responder teams. #operationalreadiness #longevit...

Enjoy this episode of The Warriors and Wardens podcast with Declan Redmond, former 2nd Commando Regiment operator, Afghanistan and East Timor veteran, small business owner and proud father. Check out our website: ⁠⁠ www.warriorsandwardens.com ⁠⁠ Reach out to our host, Tom Brown, for keynote speaking and workshops on emotional well-being and sharing lived experience for military and first responder...

Enjoy this episode of The Warriors and Wardens podcast with Brian Riebeling, US Marine, Iraq War Veteran, and Police K9 handler. Check out our website: ⁠⁠www.warriorsandwardens.com ⁠⁠Reach out to our host, Tom Brown, for keynote speaking and workshops on emotional well-being and sharing lived experience for military and first responder teams. #operationalreadiness #longevity #mentalhealth #firstre...

Enjoy this episode of The Warriors and Wardens podcast with Chuck Scott, former Corrections officer, Police officer, SWAT negotiator, Peer Support Officer, and Private Security K9 handler. Check out our website: ⁠⁠ www.warriorsandwardens.com ⁠⁠Reach out to our host, Tom Brown, for keynote speaking and workshops on emotional well-being and sharing lived experience for military and first responder t...

Enjoy this episode of The Warriors and Wardens podcast with Darren Hurtford, former Australian Army Infantry soldier, and current owner of 'Part of The Section' running military based resilience workshops. Check out our website: ⁠⁠ www.warriorsandwardens.com⁠⁠ Reach out to our host, Tom Brown, for keynote speaking and workshops on emotional well-being and sharing lived experience for milit...

Enjoy this episode of The Warriors and Wardens podcast with Jeff Tiegs, former US Army Ranger, 10th Special Forces Group Officer, Delta Force Commander, founder of Skull Games, and veteran of Panama, Iraq and Afghanistan. Check out our website: ⁠⁠ www.warriorsandwardens.com⁠⁠ Reach out to our host, Tom Brown, for keynote speaking and workshops on emotional well-being and sharing lived experience f...

Enjoy this episode of The Warriors and Wardens podcast with Josh Alpen, former Australian Army Combat Engineer, Afghanistan Veteran, and current serving Fire Fighter. Check out our website: ⁠ www.warriorsandwardens.com ⁠ Reach out to our host, Tom Brown, for keynote speaking and workshops on emotional well-being and sharing lived experience for military and first responder teams.  #operationalread...

Enjoy this episode of The Warriors and Wardens podcast. Check out our website: ⁠ www.warriorsandwardens.com⁠ Reach out to our host, Tom Brown, for keynote speaking and workshops on emotional well-being and sharing lived experience for military and first responder teams. #operationalreadiness #longevity #mentalhealth #firstresponder #emergencyservices #depression #anxiety #ptsd #trauma #military #s...

Enjoy this episode of The Warriors and Wardens podcast.  Check out our website: ⁠www.warriorsandwardens.com⁠ Reach out to our host, Tom Brown, for keynote speaking and workshops on emotional well-being and sharing lived experience for military and first responder teams.  #operationalreadiness #longevity #mentalhealth #firstresponder #emergencyservices #depression #anxiety #ptsd #trauma #military #...

Enjoy this episode of The Warriors and Wardens podcast.  Check out our website: ⁠www.warriorsandwardens.com⁠ Reach out to our host, Tom Brown, for keynote speaking and workshops on emotional well-being and sharing lived experience for military and first responder teams.  #operationalreadiness #longevity #mentalhealth #firstresponder #emergencyservices #depression #anxiety #ptsd #trauma #military #...

Enjoy this episode of The Warriors and Wardens podcast. Check out our website: ⁠ www.warriorsandwardens.com⁠ Reach out to our host, Tom Brown, for keynote speaking and workshops on emotional well-being and sharing lived experience for military and first responder teams.  #operationalreadiness #longevity #mentalhealth #firstresponder #emergencyservices #depression #anxiety #ptsd #trauma #military #...

Tony Sanborn is a current serving K9 handler with the Scottsdale Police Department in Arizona. He is also the President of the Arizona Law Enforcement Canine Association (ALECA), an organisation obsesses with empowering its members to be better police officers and K9 handlers. Tony started life with exposure to violence and insecurity, with his father being a Vietnam War Veteran, suffering from th...

Josh Bailey started life rough, living with violence from his Step-Father, to being removed from custody, living in a family refuge centre and eventually being placed in the care of his Grandparents. He also lived a life of service, from the 1st Commando Regiment, Air Marshalls, Protective Services, Australian Federal Police and the Australian Army. His career with the Federal Police came to an en...

Jason Semple served in the NSW Police force for 2 weeks before almost losing his life in a stabbing attack that took the life of his partner, Peter Forsyth. Jason then went on to serve more years as a beat cop, before being selected for the elite Tactical Operations Unit, where he served with distinction before undertaking contracting in Iraq at the height of the conflict. Upon return, he was recr...

Pete is a former Special Forces soldier of the 2nd Commando Regiment and now owns Cardinal Advisors, an advising company for business owners.  He earned his way into the 2nd Commando Regiment through the Direct Recruitment Scheme (DRS) and completed multiple SOTG rotations to Afghanistan, spent a number of years with the Tactical Assault Group (EAST) as well as a tour of Iraq and a Private Securit...

Shane is a former member of the Victoria Police. He spent time on the road as a general duties officer before moving into the elite Special Operations Group (SOG), a unit dedicated to Counter Terrorism. We discuss how his time on the road influenced his desire to be a CT specialist and hunt the worst of Australian society. He was also significantly injured in a rappelling accident which saw him ba...

Glenn Cooke is a veteran of the working canine world in Australia. His early impressions in the training world left him insatiably curious and thirsty for knowledge, which he continues to this day which means Glenn presents as an extremely technical, capable and knowledgeable trainer. He worked the streets of Melbourne in the late 80s and 90s with violence all around him as a Security K9 handler,...

Colton is a former United States Marine Corp K9 handler. After a 5 year career, he transitioned to the contracting world, working for the US State Department where he completed multiple deployments to the Middle East in Iraq and Afghanistan, clearing routes for diplomats and providing security in venues as an advance element. After several near death experiences, he transitioned full time to the c...

Paul Warren is a former Australian Infantry soldier who was deployed to and subsequently wounded in Afghanistan in 2009. He joined the Army relatively late at 27 years old after a professional fighting career in an effort to serve something greater than himself. After the blast that took his leg and killed his friend Pte Benjamin Ranaudo, he has dedicated his life to serving others by sharing his...

John Devine is a former US Navy SEAL, the US Navy’s special forces direct action unit. John has multiple deployments to warzones both in a direct combat capability as well as advising host nation forces in their fight against terrorism. After his first deployment John was trained as a K9 handler where he went on to complete more deployments to Afghanistan against the Taliban. He speculated that he...

Scott is a South African born Australian, with extensive experience in protection dog training both in Australia and overseas. . He has spent time developing protection K9 as well as anti poaching K9s in South Africa. He worked abroad in Dubai attempting to break into the dog market and eventually settled on the Gold Coast of Australia where he trains and develops pet dogs. Scott has an extensive...

Mia Skogster is an elite international IGP dog sport competitor from Finland. She has been in the sport since her mid teens and has won multiple world titles competing against the best in the industry, including Ivan Balanaov. After a media scandal in Finland with false allegations made against her, she has been threatened and harassed by overzealous activist groups such as PETA. These included ph...

Benny Olson was a Direct Support K9 handler for the Tier 1 Navy SEAL team, the Naval Special Warfare Development Group. He deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan during the GWOT with various K9s on direct action missions. Most of his deployments occurred AFTER he was blown up on a target in Iraq that killed another of his comrades and left him severely injured. His physical and mental rec...

Rod Petrovic served in Canada’s most elite Military unit, The Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2).  He has seen multiple deployments with both the Canadian Infantry and Special Forces during the GWOT.  During his time at JTF2 he was employed as a Combat Assault Dog handler and deployed to Iraq multiple times in the fight against the Islamic State.  Rod now owns and runs a private K9 training business, Vikin...