Combat Story (Ep 47): Wes ‘H’ Hennessey | Australian Special Forces Commando

Combat Story (Ep 47): Wes ‘H’ Hennessey | Australian Special Forces Commando | Seven Horses Co

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Today we hear the Combat Story of Wes ‘H’ Hennessey, a retired Australian Special Forces Commando and 20 year veteran who deployed on numerous occasions to Afghanistan, Iraq, East Timor, and Somalia.
He fought for years at the upper echelons of the Australian special operations community and was on joint operations with US-equivalents like DEVGRU in critical missions.
He was later recognized with two U.S. Bronze Star Medals, one with Valor, for his efforts, in addition to the coveted Australian Conspicuous Service Medal.
Since leaving the military, H has gone on to become a sought after brand ambassador, public speaker, and, most importantly, Veteran advocate.
He stands out from the crowd with a down to earth, honest, and truth-to-power personality and I hope you enjoy his Combat Story as much as I did.
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Intro Song: Sport Rock from Audio Jungle
Show Notes
0:00 - Intro
1:05 - Guest bio for Wes “H” Hennessey
1:55 - Interview begins
3:41- What US State is Queensland like?
6:24 - Aussie Commandos vs SAS
16:32 - Communication once in the elite units
30:14 - The Commando pipeline
32:46 - Kit check was a favorite
38:26 - Can you tell who will make it through selection?
47:28 - The weight of leadership
51:35 - First deployment: Somalia
56:59 - First mission outside the wire
1:03:29 - Left a boy. Returned a man.
1:12:57 - Sent to Kandahar
1:24:04 - Honing the American accent
1:27:56 - Surviving a helicopter crash
1:56:49 - When the near death experiences build up
2:01:06 - Seven Horses Co and H’s next mission
2:10:55 - What did you carry into combat with you?
2:11:45 - Would you do it all again?
2:13:07 - Listener comments and shout outs!

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@mammothkiwi 2 жыл бұрын

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

@sheilalarkin1291 2 жыл бұрын

Aussies, one of my favorite allies. SAS also served with the US in Vietnam. Good interview, thanks!

@lancet.346 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@zico1583 Жыл бұрын

Same as 2000 great bunch

@KILOXSILENCER 2 жыл бұрын

Bro I'm loving these Aussie guys, keep this up.

@rp4712 2 жыл бұрын

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

@mandoperthstacker 2 ай бұрын

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.

@md8590 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Aussie flag in the background. Would love to hear you interview more Aussies, this was one of the best ones yet

@brad9336 2 жыл бұрын

Prob the best Interview so far! Very detailed and honest account. Thanks for your Service mate.

@jonsmallwood1657 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@brandonblackfyre5783 2 жыл бұрын

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 💪💪💪💪💯💯💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤❤❤

@kiwisf2363 2 жыл бұрын

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..

@nirajnaidu1680 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome interview Ryan! And H - you always do these sessions justice 👍🏾

@markkinney3714 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome 👏 big respect ✊ to are Australian brothers in arms... and great job on the interview

@brandonblackfyre5783 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@tombradshaw5164 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@mick_0359 8 ай бұрын

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…

@connormay7263 2 жыл бұрын

Best start to my weekend. Thank you as always!

@BHenz2011 2 жыл бұрын

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!!!

@surenaiman5512 2 жыл бұрын

oh my, wow, this is such a awesome suprise, thank you combat stories,

@tonykeast9966 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@kristynorman916 9 ай бұрын

H is an amazing man. We're very thankful to have him.🇦🇺

@garydaly 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@garydaly 2 жыл бұрын

@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.

@ms767210 2 жыл бұрын

Your doing a good job with this channel Ryan. Enjoyed every interview I've watched so far. 👍

@CombatStory 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@samwest8293 2 жыл бұрын

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

@rueridge7597 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@deesfunkyart2762 2 жыл бұрын

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

@surenaiman5512 2 жыл бұрын

the man, the legend, H, thank u combat story

@Walter_E_Kurtz 2 жыл бұрын

Much respect to our Australian allies and brothers.

@xxyy4517 2 жыл бұрын

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

@bartbug1 2 жыл бұрын

Great interview, and a great bloke.

@chrismiles8225 2 жыл бұрын

Loved it! Sunday listen! ✌

@masonthomas8210 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for reaching out and getting a Commando on the show

@dragon3allzdeep325 2 жыл бұрын

I’d love to see you on jockos podcast one day. Always nice to see the interviewer being interviewed.

@mc9805 2 жыл бұрын

Love the podcast - thanks to Ryan and H

@retro161 2 ай бұрын

I served with Wes back when he was in 1RAR reconnaissance platoon. Always a top soldier great to see him doing well.

@JohnSmith-uv4ox 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy the show, thanks for all of it.

@mrshoashe Жыл бұрын

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.

@genepanasenkostraightunfiltere 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent episode!

@jasonbuzard7464 6 ай бұрын

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.

@aussiefella4668 2 жыл бұрын

H is a straight up Aussie legend 🇦🇺

@GTS300Coupe Жыл бұрын

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

@CodeNameV13 Жыл бұрын

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.

@terrenceb.9860 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent! It just keeps getting better! How do you find these guys?

@wcpgorkda2003 6 ай бұрын

Awesome! Again.

@DaleKallio-jk9wo 6 ай бұрын

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.

@bigboy-gb6xs 2 жыл бұрын

Good yarn. Also, nice business idea. Kinda reminds me of the farm that FFL vets go to.

@competitionpatiocoversscre856 2 жыл бұрын

Killer show.....

@brandonblackfyre5783 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@alexlanning712 2 жыл бұрын

amazingly honest

@julianshalders6047 Жыл бұрын

Podcasts are excellent Ryan, would like to hear your story mate😃

@DaleBernardoQueLio 2 жыл бұрын

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?

@mylifeinthailand8751 2 жыл бұрын

This is a really good interview, definitely not the same as the Royal Marine Commandos

@chrismcauliffe9037 2 жыл бұрын

Love the show man. Get mike glover on. And mike Ritland two badass no bullshit dudes

@lukphom5590 2 жыл бұрын

The man himself H glad you finally had him on 🙏

@leetamaki129 2 жыл бұрын

5 star great story by"H" awsum experiences told .

@chrislydon1337 2 жыл бұрын

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!!!

@garyjohnstone6422 11 ай бұрын

excellent interview, glad he`s not chasing me!

@sauljahboi5965 2 жыл бұрын

@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.

@kevinporter3212 2 жыл бұрын

Combat Support Arms in the UK is Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery and Royal Signals

@diggergaming7174 2 жыл бұрын

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

@diggergaming7174 2 жыл бұрын

@@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

@diggergaming7174 2 жыл бұрын

@@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

@ouchouch7887 2 жыл бұрын

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

@brandonblackfyre5783 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@badbob2876 2 жыл бұрын

Honest dude

@julianshalders6047 Жыл бұрын

We are proud of you wes, hope your good mate , true professional, never rat on your mates

@timmydlookatme 2 жыл бұрын

500 meters off Base TSV Wes. Looking forward to this one. #Aussie

@surenaiman5512 2 жыл бұрын

we want a part 2

@benhartley8598 2 жыл бұрын

Love the interviews, probably quite difficult but it would be great to see some British SAS/SBS guys

@lukebrown4001 2 жыл бұрын

Yes like Christian craighead

@looseorlsdown 2 жыл бұрын

theres one with robin horsfall

@MyScotty7 2 жыл бұрын

@@looseorlsdown legend

@looseorlsdown 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyScotty7 mans got a list of bare UKSF operators that should be interviewed by ryan. The likes of dean stott, lindsay bruce etc…

@benhartley8598 2 жыл бұрын

@@looseorlsdown yeah fully bro. Love the see the uk being represented and hearing mad story’s

@gunnar4554 2 жыл бұрын

You should bring him back, there is clearly a lot more to cover.

@hdaman100 2 жыл бұрын

SAS is the Scalpel 2CMD is the Hammer 🔨

@wattlebough 2 жыл бұрын

I prefer to think of the 2nd Commandos as the centre punch. 🙂

@cheekboy7247 Жыл бұрын

@@wattlebough Why?

@wattlebough Жыл бұрын

@@cheekboy7247 It’s much more precise and used in a strategically measured way than a hammer.

@MrMr-mq8yd Жыл бұрын

“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.

@CodeNameV13 Жыл бұрын

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 😂

@NPC-fl3gq 8 ай бұрын

As a former New South Welshman... trust me, It's derogatory!! 😅😅😅 - Signed, proud banana-bender!!

@brandonblackfyre5783 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@sugandesenuds6663 Жыл бұрын

damn, pics of KSK. Dope.

@brandonblackfyre5783 2 жыл бұрын

I've always wondered why we call the Toyota Trucks and small trucks that have DSHKA and other machine guns mounted on top, Technicals?

@dannyotter7247 2 жыл бұрын

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 :-).

@MyScotty7 2 жыл бұрын

Can you please get billy billingham 22 SAS he spent 20+ years in the "UNIT".

@c-v-n3322 2 жыл бұрын

Best part of his story 1:57:44

@paulp1450 Жыл бұрын

Lest we forget.

@screwby6583 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@wattlebough 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@screwby6583 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@screwby6583 2 жыл бұрын

@@wattlebough but I will look more into the Special operations of FFL, and understand more.

@screwby6583 2 жыл бұрын

@@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

@nickjohnson710 2 жыл бұрын

@@screwby6583 there's a French SAS also.............

@dwightlight 2 жыл бұрын

"Randy" sure sounds like one of the distinctive former guests on this podcasts

@brandonblackfyre5783 2 жыл бұрын

*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!

@jasoar1563 2 жыл бұрын

we're the "non fail mission"

@cdcarias95 2 жыл бұрын

He's def involved in Alien Crash Retrieval

@brandonblackfyre5783 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@budgibson185 2 жыл бұрын

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

@wattlebough 2 жыл бұрын

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 KZfaq and swipe to 39:33

@BarefeetB Жыл бұрын

Really good book called "phantoms of the jungle" on this topic 👍

@jimwilson6506 2 жыл бұрын

Where is part 2?

@lukebrown4001 2 жыл бұрын

Ryan, have you herd of kyle lamb from delta force

@jasoncameron186 2 жыл бұрын

What was the first Rule of Archers in TK..LOL

@bradthackston2323 2 жыл бұрын

A good question for a foreign warrior like him would be what was 9/11 like in there home country.

@talondantes366 Жыл бұрын

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

@lesflynn4455 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@chrisjackson7137 2 жыл бұрын

Heaps of Aussies especially from 2CR are embedded with CAG & DEV because there one of the most effective tier 1 units in the world

@kristynorman916 9 ай бұрын

🇦🇺 ❤

@oskytel3780 7 ай бұрын

Combat Wombat 😘

@sb1806 2 жыл бұрын

Alaska is about a quarter of the size of Australia.

@ArsenicApplejuice 2 жыл бұрын

Texas is a third of the size of Queensland.

@shanevillis4079 2 жыл бұрын

Banana bender = a person living in Queensland.

@shanevillis4079 2 жыл бұрын

Brumby = mustang

@darren1093 2 жыл бұрын

What's CAG is it the unit/delta ?

@JamesSmith-qv9qo 2 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@paulywalnutz5855 2 жыл бұрын

3:45 qld = a bunch of two heads runnin round drinking horse wee

@MikeHunt-rw4gf 2 жыл бұрын

Algorithm.

@brandonblackfyre5783 2 жыл бұрын

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 🤣

@aussiefarmer4955 18 күн бұрын

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.

@sleepingninjaquiettime Жыл бұрын

PG? you're interviewing combat vets about their military and combat experience, there is no PG over here.

@natrone23 2 жыл бұрын

Do Ausssies call Helicopters …Jets? Or is it just Wes.

@RenegadeRanga 2 жыл бұрын

Appears to be just Wes mate. I found that odd that they weren't called choppers.

@micksmith-vt5yi 2 ай бұрын

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..

@gullybull5568 2 жыл бұрын

whats with the black islamic star

@clarehagley2165 2 жыл бұрын

It’s the Camo Australian Flag 🇦🇺

@robman2095 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Scoobz187 2 жыл бұрын

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.