#103 - Former SAS Captain Mark Wales - Immigration, War & Australia’s Future
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What insights does Mark Wales share about his military career?
Hi guys, welcome back to 2 Old Squad Podcast. On today's episode, we have former SAS Captain, Mark Wales. I hope you guys enjoy. And mate, we're away. No debating today. Nice. Just, I'm looking forward to a smooth conversation, unlike the last one. But mate, Mark Wales, welcome to 2 Old Squad Podcast.
How are you? Good, thanks for having us.
How did Mark Wales experience combat deployments and operational challenges?
No, no dramas. Came in from Melbourne. Melbourne. Yeah, a little bit more freezing than Adelaide.
No, it's a bit erratic here most of the year. Yeah. But then I'm a Perth boy as well, and I've seen Perth's been slammed, so it looks like everyone's getting a bit of winter.
Is that where you grew up, Perth?
Perth, mostly, and regional kind of WA, like born up north in Newman and lived in Geraldton for a bit and then Perth, so...
Is that why you wanted to go Perth as in West? Mate, it helps.
I wanted to do it anyway, but just the fact that it was in Perth was gold. And the base, the actual Swanbourne base, it's the best bit of real estate in WA pretty much. So it was a good bonus to be back home.
I was recently in Perth for a podcast called The Hard Yarns. They're good people, those guys that run that. And I went over there for a weekend. I didn't realize how beautiful Perth was.
Mate, it's a ripper. I didn't realize.
What are the allegations surrounding Australian Special Forces?
It's probably the best kept secret around. But it's hard to get there from it pretty much anywhere. It's the most isolated city around.
Yeah. Someone said to me a long time ago that most people from Perth has been to Bali over Sydney or Melbourne.
What's that?
They've all been to, it's like if you talk to people from Perth, they're like, they've all been to Bali and or Thailand, but have never been to Sydney or Melbourne. It's just too far.
And Sydney and Melbourne is just called over east. Like it's all just lumped into the one. Oh, you're from over east. So yeah, it's a funny place, but they're, and totally different culturally, just they're all, you know,
What do you mean?
Culturally, well, they're all very business-focused, entrepreneurial, not a lot of social issues that you'll see canvassed in the other major cities. So, yeah, it's pretty easy living.
How is public perception of war crimes affecting veterans?
And the mining boom. The mining boom built that town.
Mining, for sure. I did a bit of work and was embedded in one of the top miners for about six months when I was with a consoling firm. So, kind of saw some of that firsthand. It was pretty interesting stuff.
Yeah, it's like the major, one of the major buildings in Perth. You look across and it's got the BHB on the side of it. Yeah. You're like, I know what town this is.
Yeah. Spent a bit of time in that one.
But it's beautifully beautiful. That nice big lake that comes through the middle. And it just like, in the afternoon, the sun hits and then you get that pickup off the water. And I was over the other side on the southern side of the city across the lake. Oh, yeah, nice. Looking across at night and I'm like- Dude, it's magic. It's beautiful. Beautiful, beautiful.
Did you get to the beach when you were there?
Not really. We were only there for two days, but we did get up... Where was it? We got up to... bit north of the city and they had this like it was almost like a bit out of you know european greece and they had this beach and it was beautiful and oh yeah not um on the coast was it yeah it wasn't like uh hillary's or anything like that maybe yeah maybe but it was beautiful but um mate so you started off in one hour hour then you went to sas and you spent a whole bunch of time there and now you're out doing what are you doing now
What are the implications of immigration on Australia's national identity?
I do corporate speaking mostly. I do leadership and resilience training for companies. Yep. And just use time in the SAS and then time in... and just talk about what out of those two worlds kind of works best.
I don't know how much you can comment on it, but we'll see how we go. What's your thoughts across all of this stuff with Ben and these war crime stuff?
Yeah, so I've talked about it publicly I think about two or three times. The first time it came out, and this was very early on, I talked less about his case, more about the broader conditions of the war.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What insights does Mark Wales share about his military career?
0:14–0:33
2
How did Mark Wales experience combat deployments and operational challenges?
0:33–1:25
3
What are the allegations surrounding Australian Special Forces?
1:25–2:15
4
How is public perception of war crimes affecting veterans?
2:15–3:41
5
What are the implications of immigration on Australia's national identity?
3:41–5:11
6
How does leadership play a role in crisis situations?
5:11–6:45
7
What challenges does Australia face regarding accountability and service?
6:45–7:58
8
What does Mark Wales predict for Australia's future in light of current events?
7:58–1:26:31
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