May 20, 2024
On this week’s podcast, I speak with former Australian Special
Forces 2nd Commando Regiment operator John Dixon.
John spent 16 years in the Australian Army. During his postings at
1RAR and 6RAR, he deployed to East Timor which gave him an
introduction to military active deployments. After completing
SF selection and the Commando reinforcement cycle, John was
posted to Bravo Company 4RAR Commando now the 2CDO regiment.
He was soon deployed as a special forces operator to
Afghanistan on a SOTG (Special Operations Task Group) on his
first combat deployment he was on ground the in
2007 the night when Luke Worsley was KIA. After this first
deployment, John went on to further highly kinetic operations
in Afghanistan in assault teams and as a sniper. He
deployed to Iraq in 2015 and the Philippines before discharging
the
military in 2016. We spoke about the hard transition that all
veterans and first responders face when they leave service and
finding purpose again after service.
Presenter: Adam Blum
Guest: John Dixon
Editor: Kyle Watkins
Investigative Consultant: Adam Holloway