War Stories - Mark Wales & Brett McLeod

On this episode Im joined by author, entrepreneur, winner of the TV show Survivor and of course former SAS officer Mark Wales, and award winning Channel 9 journalist and news presenter, who’s covered some of Australia’s and the worlds biggest news stories and has certainly experienced more than his fair share of war zones, Brett McLeod, to go Behind the Mask of War stories.

This episode includes:

-The war zones they’ve served in and reported from.

-Mark shares the sexual assault he experienced as a young boy.

-Brett shares the harrowing experience of witnessing the death toll of Thailand Tsunami.

-Mark witnessing his first fellow soldier dying.

-Brett reporting on the Today Show, rom Israel while a missile explosion happens directly above him.

-Mark opens up on why he became he was inspired to join the SAS.

-Brett discusses his very first hand experience of the ‘Red Shirt’ uprising in Thailand.

-The conflict in Afghanistan that led to Mark’s PTSD.

-Brett shares what it was like loosing his parents at such a young age and how that shaped his life.

-Mark shares his response to sound and silence since coming home from war.

-Brett shares how his family deals with the dangerous nature of what he does.

-Mark shares why he chose to write so candidly about his War experiences in his memoir SURVIVOR.

-Brett shares thoughts on Gaza and Israel.

-They both share what war has taught them about life.

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