Jun 16, 2025
Who Dares Wins
On today's podcast, I speak with Australian Special Forces
Special Air Service
Regiment operator, retired, Regimental Sergeant Major RSM ( RET)
Wayne Weeks.
Wayne joined the military in 1988, after completing year 12, and
served a total of 33
years. Wayne started out his career in the Corps of Signals
for the first couple of
years, and during his time at Signals, Wayne attempted and passed
selection in
1992, after which he completed a series of specialist courses that
were required to
become a qualified operator.
Wayne spent a couple of years in the UK (Special Boat Service) and
deployed with
them and SASR, with 15 overseas deployments with SASR. From Kuwait,
Timor,
Iraq, Afghanistan, Solomon Islands, Cambodia, and Bougainville and
other places
throughout the world, he managed peacekeeping efforts and
stabilisation operations
across multiple task missions. After 33 years of service, Wayne
discharged from the
army and moved into the corporate world, now working as the COO for
Executive
Risk Solutions, Wayne still serves in the Army Reserve. Recently,
Wayne, with other
SASR operators, has just wrapped up the documentary Bravery &
Betrayal.
The True Story of the S.A.S. in Afghanistan
After 9/11, our Nation sent the Aussie S.A.S. into harm’s way to
protect us. 25 years
later, their suffering continues. The S.A.S. now tell their story
of what really
happened in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Featuring exclusive, never-before-seen interviews with officers and
soldiers of the
S.A.S. As Prime Ministers Rudd, Howard, and Abbott tell for the
first time what they
knew, and the brave pilots of the American Army reveal what they
saw.
Most heartbreaking of all are the stories by the wives, mothers,
widows, and children
left behind.
This is their story, in their words, of the S.A.S. in the War on
Terror.
Presenter: Adam Blum
Guest: Wayne Weeks
Editor: Kyle Watkins