In this second podcast we meet Captain Luke Murphy who deployed to Afghanistan from June 2016 to February 2017. He was the Operations Officer for the Force Protection element based at the Afghan National Army Academy as part of Operation HIGHROAD.

This short podcast series features members from the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment who highlight lessons learned during the Battalion’s ‘ready’ year and their deployment in the Middle East region. In this first podcast we meet Lieutenant John Pandoulis, who deployed to Afghanistan from June 2016 to February 2017 as a Force Protection Platoon Commander as part of Operation HIGHROAD.

In this final episode of Experiences on the Ground we again hear from Lieutenant Colonel Michael Scott. In this episode he reflects on his time as the Commanding Officer at the Academy.

In this eight episode we again hear from Warrant Officer Jorja Jones. Here she shares her thoughts on  ‘recruiting soldiers from challenging backgrounds’. Jorja wrote a paper on this topic and a copy of this is available in the 2017 WONCO-A papers.

In this next episode we hear from Warrant Officer Jason Rubie who is also a student on the Regimental Sergeant Major Course.

In this episode we hear the thoughts of Warrant Officer Carl Hemburg, a student on the Regimental Sergeant Major Course.

In the fifth episode we again hear from Lieutenant Colonel Michael Scott. In this episode he explains what to expect from a posting as an instructor at WONCO-A.

In this fourth episode we hear from Warrant Officer Jorja Jones who is an instructor on the Subject One for Corporal Course.

In this third podcast we meet Warrant Officer Matthew Dickson who is the Senior Instructor (SI) of the Warrant Officer Training Team; the Team responsible for delivering training to the Subject One for Warrant Officer and Regimental Sergeant Major courses.

In this first podcast we meet the 2017 WONCO-A Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Scott and Regimental Sergeant Major Warrant Officer Andrew Stuart, who tell us about the Academy and the courses conducted there.