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Veteran of the Day Shane Healey
Shane enlisted in the Australian Army in 1995. Between 2004 and 2008 he was a private military contractor in Iraq where he initially trained Iraqi Special Operations police who fought in the second battle of Fallujah which I was also involved in as part of the CMATT program.
Shane then reenlisted into the Australian Army in 2009 as a member of the Australian Intelligence Corps posted to SOCOMD.
He has been deployed twice to Afghanistan (2010/2011 and 2012) as part of Task Force 66 where he provided insurgent threat assessments. Shane's analytical efforts enabled numerous successful targeting operations of key leaders and disruption operations of IED networks.
When in Australia he was part of the Tactical Assault Group - East and West where he was involved in several real time terrorist incidents as well as providing CBRNE threat advics for the 2011 CHOGM and POTUS visits as well as the G20 in Brisbane.
In 2014 - 2015, Shane deployed to the UAE and Baghdad as part of the lead elements for TF632 (SOTG-Iraq rotation 1). Shane's intelligence reports and briefs were briefed at the highest levels of the coalition, including to commander of US central Command.
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By Steve PriceShane enlisted in the Australian Army in 1995. Between 2004 and 2008 he was a private military contractor in Iraq where he initially trained Iraqi Special Operations police who fought in the second battle of Fallujah which I was also involved in as part of the CMATT program.
Shane then reenlisted into the Australian Army in 2009 as a member of the Australian Intelligence Corps posted to SOCOMD.
He has been deployed twice to Afghanistan (2010/2011 and 2012) as part of Task Force 66 where he provided insurgent threat assessments. Shane's analytical efforts enabled numerous successful targeting operations of key leaders and disruption operations of IED networks.
When in Australia he was part of the Tactical Assault Group - East and West where he was involved in several real time terrorist incidents as well as providing CBRNE threat advics for the 2011 CHOGM and POTUS visits as well as the G20 in Brisbane.
In 2014 - 2015, Shane deployed to the UAE and Baghdad as part of the lead elements for TF632 (SOTG-Iraq rotation 1). Shane's intelligence reports and briefs were briefed at the highest levels of the coalition, including to commander of US central Command.