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#114 Marcus Thompson: Rising up to Major General in the Australian Army, Suprises about deployment in Afghanistan & Iraq + setting up the Information Warfare division

Dec 13, 2022
01:03:14

 Last week, we learnt this show ranked in the top 10% most shared podcasts by Spotify globally for 2022, all thanks to you!

In this final episode of the year, #114 w Marcus Thompson, learn about:

  • sunrise in Timboom, Country VIC
  • Mum’s influence to have self confidence and belief - “you must be proud of yourself”
  • How army interest began? Wanted to be an engineer
  • At its very core, the army is a training organisation
  • 17 moves in 34 years in the army
  • Behind the scenes of being deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq etc: how did he get picked, training and more
  • Reality vs perception of missions to Afghanistan
  • Week in the life on deployment
  • Becoming inaugural head of Information Warfare @ ADF
  • Rating Australia’s cyber defence capabilities
  • Protecting ourselves using Multi factor authentication

It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!

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