Just as the excitement of being issued a Sandy Beret wears off, reality sets in: there is work to be done, personalities to negotiate, and sights to be set on getting ready to deploy to Vietnam. Mick Malone gets an education.

NOTE: If you are an Apple Podcasts subscriber, the enhanced features of this episode are not available. This is an extended video version of Never Die Wondering, which can be viewed on Spotify as a Video episode (⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4QZgsVna7MkvkMpN6DL6Qx?si=87b925fdcc314f37⁠) or on YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/@NeverDieWonderingPodcast⁠). Please look for the audio episode of the same name for the edited podcast version.

Just as the excitement of being issued a Sandy Beret wears off, reality sets in: there is work to be done, personalities to negotiate, and sights to be set on getting ready to deploy to Vietnam. Mick Malone gets an education.

SHOW NOTES

Subscribe to Never Die Wondering on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/never-die-wondering-mick-malone-in-his-own-words/id1833715593

Subscribe to Never Die Wondering on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4QZgsVna7MkvkMpN6DL6Qx 

Never Die Wondering, the Video Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NeverDieWonderingPodcast 

Mick Malone’s website: https://www.mickmalone.com.au/

Mick Malone on Wikipedia: ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Malone_(soldier)⁠

Never Die Wondering on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38023381/ 

Two Ranks on the Road: https://www.mickmalone.com.au/product-page/two-ranks-on-the-road-35-years-of-australian-special-forces-service 

Two Ranks on the Road, e-book: https://www.booktopia.com.au/two-ranks-on-the-road-michael-j-malone/ebook/9780648907138.html 

Two Ranks at Boffin’s Perth: https://www.boffinsbooks.com.au/books/9780648907121/two-ranks-on-the-road-35-years-of-australian-special-forces-service?srsltid=AfmBOooNlDpqew9_t6mIAt4mtJsTsedIW_N6zK3TmZi4al5NaaYsrAbf 

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Exhilarated from the parachute course, Mick and his mates hit the town and celebrate on their way back to Campbell Barracks.

NOTE: If you are an Apple Podcasts subscriber, the enhanced features of this episode are not available. This is an extended video version of Never Die Wondering, which can be viewed on Spotify as a Video episode (⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4QZgsVna7MkvkMpN6DL6Qx?si=87b925fdcc314f37⁠⁠) or on YouTube (⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@NeverDieWonderingPodcast⁠⁠). Please look for the audio episode of the same name for the edited podcast version.

Exhilarated from the parachute course, Mick and his mates hit the town and celebrate on their way back to Campbell Barracks.

SHOW NOTES

Subscribe to Never Die Wondering on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/never-die-wondering-mick-malone-in-his-own-words/id1833715593

Subscribe to Never Die Wondering on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4QZgsVna7MkvkMpN6DL6Qx 

Never Die Wondering, the Video Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NeverDieWonderingPodcast 

Mick Malone’s website: https://www.mickmalone.com.au/

Mick Malone on Wikipedia: ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Malone_(soldier)⁠

Never Die Wondering on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38023381/ 

Two Ranks on the Road: https://www.mickmalone.com.au/product-page/two-ranks-on-the-road-35-years-of-australian-special-forces-service 

Two Ranks on the Road, e-book: https://www.booktopia.com.au/two-ranks-on-the-road-michael-j-malone/ebook/9780648907138.html 

Two Ranks at Boffin’s Perth: https://www.boffinsbooks.com.au/books/9780648907121/two-ranks-on-the-road-35-years-of-australian-special-forces-service?srsltid=AfmBOooNlDpqew9_t6mIAt4mtJsTsedIW_N6zK3TmZi4al5NaaYsrAbf 

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For a kid who had barely flown in a plane before, Mick was up against it for the next stage of his SAS career: the vaunted Parachute course, as he prepared for his final steps in joining the regiment.

NOTE: If you are an Apple Podcasts subscriber, the enhanced features of this episode are not available. This is an extended video version of Never Die Wondering, which can be viewed on Spotify as a Video episode (⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4QZgsVna7MkvkMpN6DL6Qx?si=87b925fdcc314f37⁠) or on YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/@NeverDieWonderingPodcast⁠). Please look for the audio episode of the same name for the edited podcast version.

For a kid who had barely flown in a plane before, Mick was up against it for the next stage of his SAS career: the vaunted Parachute course, as he prepared for his final steps in joining the regiment.

SHOW NOTES

Subscribe to Never Die Wondering on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/never-die-wondering-mick-malone-in-his-own-words/id1833715593

Subscribe to Never Die Wondering on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4QZgsVna7MkvkMpN6DL6Qx 

Never Die Wondering, the Video Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NeverDieWonderingPodcast 

Mick Malone’s website: https://www.mickmalone.com.au/

Mick Malone on Wikipedia: ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Malone_(soldier)⁠

Never Die Wondering on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38023381/ 

Two Ranks on the Road: https://www.mickmalone.com.au/product-page/two-ranks-on-the-road-35-years-of-australian-special-forces-service 

Two Ranks on the Road, e-book: https://www.booktopia.com.au/two-ranks-on-the-road-michael-j-malone/ebook/9780648907138.html 

Two Ranks at Boffin’s Perth: https://www.boffinsbooks.com.au/books/9780648907121/two-ranks-on-the-road-35-years-of-australian-special-forces-service?srsltid=AfmBOooNlDpqew9_t6mIAt4mtJsTsedIW_N6zK3TmZi4al5NaaYsrAbf 

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Mick gets a sneaking suspicion that he might be cut out for this kind of thing after all: in the middle of the fabled SAS Cadre course, he has the starch to ask: "is that all there is?"

NOTE: If you are an Apple Podcasts subscriber, the enhanced features of this episode are not available. This is an extended video version of Never Die Wondering, which can be viewed on Spotify as a Video episode (⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4QZgsVna7MkvkMpN6DL6Qx?si=87b925fdcc314f37⁠) or on YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/@NeverDieWonderingPodcast⁠). Please look for the audio episode of the same name for the edited podcast version.

Mick gets a sneaking suspicion that he might be cut out for this kind of thing after all: in the middle of the fabled SAS Cadre course, he has the starch to ask: "is that all there is?"

SHOW NOTES

Subscribe to Never Die Wondering on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/never-die-wondering-mick-malone-in-his-own-words/id1833715593

Subscribe to Never Die Wondering on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4QZgsVna7MkvkMpN6DL6Qx 

Never Die Wondering, the Video Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NeverDieWonderingPodcast 

Mick Malone’s website: https://www.mickmalone.com.au/

Mick Malone on Wikipedia: ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Malone_(soldier)⁠

Two Ranks on the Road: https://www.mickmalone.com.au/product-page/two-ranks-on-the-road-35-years-of-australian-special-forces-service 

Two Ranks on the Road, e-book: https://www.booktopia.com.au/two-ranks-on-the-road-michael-j-malone/ebook/9780648907138.html 

Two Ranks at Boffin’s Perth: https://www.boffinsbooks.com.au/books/9780648907121/two-ranks-on-the-road-35-years-of-australian-special-forces-service?srsltid=AfmBOooNlDpqew9_t6mIAt4mtJsTsedIW_N6zK3TmZi4al5NaaYsrAbf 

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Things get serious as Mick and his fellow Cadre candidates are put through their paces in south-west Western Australia, and find out what happens when you don't toe the line.

NOTE: If you are an Apple Podcasts subscriber, the enhanced features of this episode are not available. This is an extended video version of Never Die Wondering, which can be viewed on Spotify as a Video episode (⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4QZgsVna7MkvkMpN6DL6Qx?si=87b925fdcc314f37⁠) or on YouTube (⁠https://www.youtube.com/@NeverDieWonderingPodcast⁠). Please look for the audio episode of the same name for the edited podcast version.

Things get serious as Mick and his fellow Cadre candidates are put through their paces in south-west Western Australia, and find out what happens when you don't toe the line.

SHOW NOTES

Subscribe to Never Die Wondering on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/never-die-wondering-mick-malone-in-his-own-words/id1833715593

Subscribe to Never Die Wondering on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4QZgsVna7MkvkMpN6DL6Qx 

Never Die Wondering, the Video Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NeverDieWonderingPodcast 

Mick Malone’s website: https://www.mickmalone.com.au/

Mick Malone on Wikipedia: ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Malone_(soldier)⁠

Two Ranks on the Road: https://www.mickmalone.com.au/product-page/two-ranks-on-the-road-35-years-of-australian-special-forces-service 

Two Ranks on the Road, e-book: https://www.booktopia.com.au/two-ranks-on-the-road-michael-j-malone/ebook/9780648907138.html 

Two Ranks at Boffin’s Perth: https://www.boffinsbooks.com.au/books/9780648907121/two-ranks-on-the-road-35-years-of-australian-special-forces-service?srsltid=AfmBOooNlDpqew9_t6mIAt4mtJsTsedIW_N6zK3TmZi4al5NaaYsrAbf 

Two Ranks at Nine Six Four: https://ninesixfourco.com/collections/all/products/signed-copies-simmo-a-biography-of-ray-simpson-vc-dcm-copy

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