GRP 121-Voodoo Medics: Australian Special Forces Medics in Afghanistan

Global Recon

John Hendricks

Government

4.8 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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On for this week’s podcast is Australian Journalist Kristin Shorten, and Australian Special Forces Medic veteran Jody Tieche. Shorten produced and published a documentary in conjunction with the Daily Telegraph called Voodoo Medics. This documentary chronicles the experiences of Australian Special Forces medics in Afghanistan in a very vivid and real way. We discussed Tactical Casualty Combat Care (TCCC), the process of creating the documentary, and Jody shared some of his experiences in combat. Enjoy. 0:00- into 5:10- Kristin Shorten Australian journalist and wife to a former Australian Special Forces Commando 14:56-Jody Tieche a Special Forces Medic or “Kilo” Here is the link to all of the Voodoo Medics videos and articles https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/voodoomedics Here is the link that will take viewers straight to Voodoo Medics Part I https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/voodoo-medics-on-the-ground-in-one-of-australias-most-intense-battles-of-the-afghanistan-war/news-story/95ffc44ea62a514267b6156f7fdcf815 Voodoo Medics podcast iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/voodoo-medics/id1440695248?mt=2 Voodoo Medics podcast Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5ghzqIphUdy3q9gEpqQl7g Follow Global Recon below: www.Globalrecon.net https://www.instagram.com/igrecon https://www.instagram.com/blackopsmatter www.twitter.com/igrecon https://www.facebook.com/GlobalReconPodcast/ Chantel Taylor: https://www.instagram.com/mission_critical https://www.instagram.com/altern8rv Tim Kolczak: www.thevetsproject.com  www.instagram.com/theveteransproject Music provided by Caspian: www.caspianmusic.net

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0:00.0	Your Excellency, to be presented the Victoria Cross for Australia, Corporal Daniel Kieran.
0:19.0	For the most conspicuous acts of gallantry
0:23.6	and extreme devotion to duty,
0:26.2	in action and circumstances of great peril
0:29.3	at Darapet, Oresgan Province, Afghanistan,
0:33.3	as part of the Mentoring Task Force won on Operation Slipper.
0:38.3	On 24 August 2010, Corporal Kieran of the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment was a member
0:46.3	of a partnered fighting patrol with soldiers of the Afghan National Army's First Kandak Fourth Brigade 205th Hero Corps,
0:57.0	which was engaged by a prolonged numerically superior and coordinated enemy attack for multiple
1:03.0	firing points.
1:05.0	Corporal Kieran, with complete disregard for his own safety, broke cover on multiple occasions to draw intense and
1:14.9	accurate enemy fire to identify enemy locations and direct return fire from Australian
1:22.0	and Afghan fire support elements during one of these occasions when his patrols sustained a casualty,
1:29.3	again on his own initiative and in an act of exceptional courage,
1:34.3	he moved from his position of cover to deliberately draw fire away from the team
1:41.3	who were treating the casualty.
1:43.3	Corporal Kieran remained exposed and under heavy fire
1:48.0	in order to direct suppressing fire
1:51.0	and then assist in the clearing of the landing zone
1:54.0	to enable the evacuation of the casualty.
1:57.0	These deliberate acts of exceptional courage
2:00.0	to repeatedly expose himself to accurate and intense enemy fire,
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