Zero Limits Podcast

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Lucas Atkins Australian Federal Police Close Protection Officer. Lucas served 12 years within the Australian Federal Police as a close protection officer starting his career looking after the US and Israeli Ambassador including VIP's like the Dalai Lama. After a few years on the job Lucas was offered a position on the top job providing fulltime...

The Debrief hosted and moderated by Zero Limits Podcast host Matty Morris and panel guests Jason Semple former NSW Police TOU/Australian Federal Police SRG/ Private Security veteran episode 75 and US Police SWAT/Private Security Veteran Greg Lapin episode 95. Today's discussion we have a chat about the most recent assassination attempt on the former president and current presidential candidat...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with former Australian Special Forces soldier Scott Ryder from the 2nd Commando Regiment and Author of “Forged in Fire : An Australian commando’s story of life and death on the frontline” Scott served 22 years with the Australian Army, after enlisting as a paratrooper and deploying to East Timor with 3 RAR, Scott attempted special forces selection, passed...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Chuck Bronson former US Police Officer and US Marine Corps Veteran. Co Host of the War Stories podcast. Chuck spent 4 years in the Marine Corps as an Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) crew chief. After leaving the Marine Corps he later became a Police Officer in the state of California serving 12 years in the uniform. During this time as a Cop in Los...

On today's  Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Mike Durant former 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment aka Night Stalkers. Mike deployment to Somalia was portrayed in the Hollywood movie Blackhawk down. Durant was a member of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Night Stalkers) as a Chief Warrant Officer 3. He retired from the U.S. Army as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 Blackhawk hel...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with airforce veteran Jesse Newman former Royal Australian Airforce Air Battle Manager formerly known as an Air Defence Officer. Jesse enlisted into the airforce in 2004 as an Air Defence Officer now known as an Air Battle Manager. In 2011 Jesse posted to 2sqn wedgetail for conversion. The E-7A Wedgetail provides Australia with one of the most advanced ai...

On todays Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Greg Putnam retired U.S. Navy Seal and owner operator of Little Belt Cattle Company. Greg Putnam spent nine years of active duty as a US Navy SEAL stationed out of Hawaii.   In 2020, amidst the global pandemic, Putnam partnered with a fellow veteran and friend, Tim Sheehy, to make this vision a reality. Connecting three different properties nestled at the...

On todays Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Mark Wales, a former Australian SASR (Special Air Service Regiment) officer.  Mark  spent 16 years in the Australian Military, including six years in the elite SAS. He led special operators as a Troop Commander and completed 10 deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, East Timor, Lebanon, and the Solomon Islands. After separating from the military, Mark battled d...

On today’s Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Travis Howze US Marine Corps Veteran, US Police Officer and Firefighter. Travis spent 14 years in the military and emergency services as a U.S. Marine, Police Officer and Firefighter.  He was a Charleston firefighter who responded to the deadly Sofa Superstore Charleston 9 fire in 2007 which took the lives of 9 fellow firefighters (This was the deadliest...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Sean Lanigan MG former infantry soldier form the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. In the year 2000 Sean enlisted in the Australian Army as a Rifleman and after completing recruit and initial employment training, he was posted to the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment in Townsville. Sean deployed to East Timor on Operation Tanager in 2001...

On today’s Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Chris Fields a former member of the Oklahoma City Fire Department involved in the Oklahoma City Bombing. Chris joined the fire department on July 12, 1985, promoting through the ranks and retiring as a Major March 1, 2017, serving the citizens of Oklahoma City for 31yrs and 7 months. The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing of the...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Chris Burson veteran of the Australian Defence Force both as an Engineer and Loadmaster with Army Aviation also Victorian Police Force. Chris joined the Army in Dec 2002 as a Combat Engineer at 3CER and he then transfered corps to army aviation in Sydney as a Loadmaster at 171 Aviation Squadron with deployments to Timor Leste. After discharging from...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I  chat with Heath Jamieson veteran of the 2nd Commando Regiment. Heath left high school and went to uni to study geology. After 4 years at uni, Heath got a degree in Geology and began work as a geologist in which he spent doing for around 5 years before joining the army reserves in 2006. After a year he applied for direct recruitment scheme for special forces,...

On today’s Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Shemtov Hollinger a IDF reservist with the Duvdevan Unit which is a counter terrorism commando unit within the Israel Defense Forces .  In his civilian life outside IDF reservist deployments he is a certified nurse. He currently works at a gaming tech company in account management and he was also a pro basketball player who played for a few Division 3 tea...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast part 2 podcast  with Craig “Spins” Turnball. Spins was a K9 Handler in the Incident Response Regiment (IRR) now known as SOER and also spent time in 2 CER and 3 CER (Combat Engineer Regiment) Craig enlisted into the army reserve in 1990  whilst still at school and spent a couple years at 5/11 regt RAA as a FO Sig. In 1994 he enlisted into the regular army and wa...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast in a 2 part podcast I chat  with Craig “Spins” Turnball. Spins was a K9 Handler in the Incident Response Regiment (IRR) now known as SOER and also spent time in 2 CER and 3 CER (Combat Engineer Regiment) Craig enlisted into the army reserve in 1990  whilst still at school and spent a couple years at 5/11 regt RAA as a FO Sig. In 1994 he enlisted into the regular...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Connor “The Controller” Matthews   United States Airforce Combat Controller Veteran and currently an American professional mixed martial artist in the UFC featherweight division. Connor spent 6 years in the United States Airforce in special operations as a combat controller. Connor deployed to Afghanistan working alongside some of the most elite unit...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined for a chat by David Nielsen former US Army Ranger and Delta Force Operator and podcast host of the @thechristologypodcast Dave Nielsen served in the U.S. Army for 16 years. The majority of that time was spent in Special Operations. Dave served in the 75th Ranger Regiment before passing selection  to serve in the Army’s Special Missions Unit, where he...

This podcast episode will delve into the life of David Packouz, a former American arms dealer, musician, and inventor born 1982. Packouz joined forces with Efraim Diveroli in September 2005 at AEY Inc., an arms company that quickly secured numerous contracts worth millions. Their notable achievement was a nearly $300 million contract in 2007 to supply the Afghan Army with vast quantities of ammuni...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I have a chat with Paddy Baker former 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment and now blacksmith of axes and knives with his own business called Jack and The Bear. Paddy joined the Army Reserve in 2006 while completing his carpentry apprenticeship. After some time in reserves Paddy completed his civilian apprenticeship and enlisted into the regular army posting...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Dustin Watts former NZ Police Special Tactics Group (STG) and Private Security Contractor. Dustin joined the NZ Police in 1996 and spent 8 years as a general duties officer and in 2003 Dustin successfully completed selection and training to become an Operator in the Special Tactics Group. However one month into his STG career he was suspended from du...

On today’s Zero Limits Podcast I am joined for a chat with Mitch Ashworth NSW Police K9 Unit Handler.  Mitch is a 16 year veteran of NSW starting in Goulburn as 20yr old in 2006 and finishing in 2007 in biggest ever NSW Police intake. Spending 10 years as a K9 handler in the Police K9 Unit. During training Mitch was paired up with police dog “Kane”. Kane had multiple bites which also led to multip...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Victorian Police Sergeant Mark Thomas and founder of the Code 9 Foundation. Mark joined the Victorian Police in 1996 and spent over 23 years in the force. However over the course of his career with the Victorian Police Force, Mark had attended many distressing scenes and usually recovered well, that is until he was called out to a suicide.  Nearly a...

On today’s Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Hagar Quirke former Royal Australian Infantry Warrant Officer. Hagar enlisted into defence in 1996 as a reservists. After time in reserves Hagar enlisted into the Australian Regular army as an infantry soldier posting to the 1st Battalion. Hagar deployed to East Timor in 2000, 2003 and 2006. In 2007 Hagar deployed as a section commander from the 2nd Batta...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio by Mark Direen former SASR Australian Special Forces operator. Mark enlisted into the military in 1993 and after completing infantry training he was posted to the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. Mark applied for, and was selected to join the elite ranks of the Australian Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment. Serving in the SAS fo...