Zero Limits Podcast

While serving his first tour in Iraq, retired U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant John Peck suffered a traumatic brain injury from an improvised explosive device (IED). Once healed, John was determined to rejoin his brothers. Two years later, he returned to his unit in Afghanistan.  On May 24, 2010 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Peck was clearing an empty compound, searching for explosives. He was the f...

On todays Zero Limits Podcast we speak to Kelly Roby a combat veteran who served over ten years in US Army Special Operations, as both a Ranger and a Tier 1 Operator. Kelly began his career in 2nd Ranger Battalion, 75 Ranger Regiment. At 22 years old, he was the youngest (at the time) to earn a place in SFOD-D. As an operator, Kelly was involved in over 350 direct action mission chasing down some...

Born and raised in New York City and for some crazy reason was drawn to the military from an early age, specifically the Marine Corps. Despite a few set backs, after a few tries, I was accepted to Marine Corps OCS.  He was commissioned a 2Lt  in the USMC in May 1984 after graduating from college. Upon completion of The Basic School at Quantico, VLuckily the Navy was short pilots and they gave abou...

Colonel Kim “KC” Campbell served in the Air Force for 24 years as a fighter pilot and senior military leader. Kim is a keynote speaker sharing her story about a life changing combat experience while weaving in ideas and lessons about leadership, teamwork, perseverance, and decision making in stressful environments. Kim has flown 1,800 hours in the A-10 Warthog, including more than 100 combat missi...

Major "AT" is an A-10C Instructor Pilot and Intelligence Formal Training Instructor.  AT enlisted in the Air Force in the Sumer of 1998.  After Basic Military Training, he entered the Pararescue Indoctrination and completed the demanding 18 month training pipeline.  He graduated the Pararescue Apprentice Course, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, in July of 2000 and was assigned to the...

Born Jan. 19, 1946, John Stryker Meyer entered the Army Dec. 1, 1966, completed basic training at Ft. Dix, N.J., advanced infantry training at Ft. Gordon, Ga., jump school at Ft. Benning, Ga., and graduated from the Special Forces Qualification Course in Dec. 1967. John Stryker Meyer served two tours of duty (a total of 19 months) in Vietnam as a member of the US Army Special Forces (Green Berets)...

Enlisted in February 2008 as a Military Police Soldier and completed One Station Unit Training at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Serving in a wide verity of duty positions to include a Driver, Gunner, Platoon Medic, Team Leader, Designated Squad Marksman, Squad Leader, MMS NCO, Special Reaction Team NCOIC and Platoon Sergeant. Two combat deployments to Afghanistan. Two Bronze Stars with Valor and Purple H...

Mike Maroney was a Pararescueman in the United States Air Force from 1996 to 2017. He enlisted on September 11, 1996, after 2 years in the Pararescue/Combat Control Pipeline. He graduated in 1998, was assigned to his first duty station at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia and was stationed there from 1998 to 2002 with the 41st  RQS (Rescue Sqadron) which would later become the 38th RQS.  During his...

Matt Hall is a third generation pilot, a former RAAF Fighter Combat (Top Gun) Instructor and Iraq combat veteran.  Matt Hall Racing (MHR) is the only Australian aviation organisation to have competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, and Matt Hall is the current air race world champion.  Hall is a highly credentialed and skilled pilot with over 1500 Hornet hours, 500 hours in the F-15E...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast we have a retired Royal Navy Sailor Giani "Codz" Codognotto. Better known as "Codz" by his fellow sailors, he served in both the Royal Navy and the Australian Navy. During his Royal Navy service as a 17 year old, the ship he was posted on HMS Coventry at the time was on a training exercise which was diverted to the Falkland Islands. On 25 May...

Dan Luna is a retired United States Navy SEAL and now Leadership expert,  CEO of 3LX.  Dan was a member of SEAL Team One where he served ten years completing five deployments, including two tours in Iraq, two tours in Afghanistan. In 2010 he became a member of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DevGru) Better known around the world as Seal Team SIX. His decorations include 2 Bronze Stars...

Joel Struthers is a former French Foreign Legionnaire and since living the Legion he is now a father, and a commercial helicopter pilot. When not preparing his children's school lunch, he is a helicopter pilot and a partner in a Canadian risk mitigation firm that solves difficult problems in challenging environments. There’s probably no other military unit shrouded in so much legend, myth and...

Jason A. Ramos has devoted twenty-six years of his life to the fire service. His career began at the age of 17 as a volunteer with the Riverside County Fire Department, then progressed to wildland firefighting in Southern California. Smokejumpers are highly trained wildland firefighters who parachute into remote areas to fight fires. They also can be called upon to assist in search and rescue miss...

On Todays episode we have an Angel from above Albert Winks former US Army MEDEVAC Helicopter Pilot. With a lifetime of experiences from growing up on a Texas cattle ranch; being a young competitive gymnast; becoming a gymnastics/tumbling coach for 13 years; 10 years in the army mostly as a Medical Service Corps Helicopter Pilot, flying over 260 combat missions and evacuating more than 350 patients...

Born and raised in Revere, Massachusetts Joe enlisted into the Marine corps in 1981. During his service he deployed to Lebanon as a result of the terrorist attack on the BLT Headquaters. Discharging in 1986, Joe joined the police in 1991 and attended academy training in Topsfield, Massachusetts where he served as a patrol officer for a Community Policing Program. Upon being promoted to Sergeant, h...

On today's episode with have Brad Thomas  a retired veteran Army Ranger and Delta Force operator. Brad was with the Ranger Battalion at the Battle of Mogadishu in October 1993 and went on to spend 12 years with Delta Force with operational deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq.  After 20 years of service to his country, he started a band of veteran musicians made up of veterans, "Silence &...

Jarryd McNeil grew up in Kerang, Australia, and began riding dirtbikes at 2 and a half years old. About six years later, Jarryd began his career as a motocross racer, where he went on to win multiple state and national championships before turning pro. At 18, his interest shifted to freestyle, and he began investing the majority of his time in FMX. In 2010, he received an invite to the X Games and...

ANZAC DAY BONUS EPISODE To follow up on Curtis McGrath's incident in Afghanistan, we have a chat with a very special human and what we call an Australian Hero Sergeant Steven Court. He was the Combat First Aider first to arrive at the IED blast site in which Curtis was severely injured and was almost killed. We get a in depth view of the steps taken to ensure Curtis had a chance to survive hi...

Curtis McGrath OAM has served in the Australian Army as a combat engineer for 6 years where he served with honour in East Timor, Indonesia and Afghanistan. On the 23rd of August, 2012, young Sapper Curtis McGrath’s life changed forever. The decorated Sapper was three months into a tour of insurgent-rife areas of Afghanistan when he stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED). The then 24-year-...

On todays episode of Zero Limits Podcast we have ex British Paratrooper/Counter Terrorism Operator and Private Security Contractor Brian Hewitt. Brian joined the British military in the early 2000's posting to 2 Para. After a deployment to Iraq he was posted to 1 Para Special Forces Support Group. Brian deployed 4 times to Afghanistan spending roughly 2 years in country fighting the war on te...

On today's episode we speak to Paul De Gelder. As a teenager Paul ran rampart with his friends and became involved in drinking, fighting and stealing. It was the year 2000 when he joined the Royal Australian Army as a Paratrooper in search of a better life. In 2005 Paul attempted the Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diver selection process after a year of diver he was accepted on the dive team...

On today's podcast we have BMX legend and Nitro Circus Athlete Jed "Warrior" Mildon. Long known to the New Zealand riding community as a solid shredder with a mad man go for it philosophy. A former welder he had invested everything he has into Franklin Farm an action sports facility he owns which is like a Woodward camp in New Zealand. He hasn't slowed down since making history...

On todays episode of Zero Limits podcast rather then the boys talking to high charging zero limit people from around the world, as requested the boys talk about their lives growing up, life in the military and life post military. Listeners can get an insight of the Army and Navy life also a glimpse of the lives of both the hosts of Zero Limits Podcast. Lets Go! Send us a text however note we canno...

On this episode we are speaking to a US Army, Afghanistan war veteran turned Nitro Circus athlete Tyler Pynnonen. Tyler grew up in Grand Rapids, Minnesota and had the military bloodline in which he decided to join the US Army and serve his country. He later deployed to Afghanistan to kick some bad guys butt and since returning he has been touring with Nitro Circus. Tyler is the first person to lan...

On todays episode we are speaking to the person that completed the first ever and only triple backflip at Travis Pastrana's house done on motorbike Josh Sheehan, better known as the Unicorn. Sheeny talks us through growing up on apple farm in WA to being one of the best FMX athletes to date and also the downside of injuries including multiple concussions which led to further issues. Sheeny ta...