Prep Your Standard NATO
Sharing stories from West Australian veterans and their families. Join host, Ashayla Webster, as she has a chinwag over a brew with whoever will sit down and have a chat with her. They share the stories they want to share.
Episodes
April 16, 2019 • 18 mins
Neville has never spoken about his time in Japan as part of the Allied Occupation Forces....until now.
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April 9, 2019 • 9 mins
What does building a surfboard have to do with veterans? Greg, the owner of Bodhi Tree Surfboards, chats about a program that is assisting veterans in Western Australia in their recovery.
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April 2, 2019 • 20 mins
After 17 years of service in the Australian Defence Force, Wayne found the transition back to civilian life to be a struggle. That is until he found Ultra-Marathons.
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March 26, 2019 • 6 mins
Hannah is one of the recipients of the 2019 Long Tan Bursary Scholarship.
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March 19, 2019 • 14 mins
Angela Bond, the first female CO of HMAS Stirling, discusses career, family and submarines.
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March 11, 2019 • 22 mins
Ashayla chats with Mary Ambrose about her service as a WRAAF Phone Operator during WW2.
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March 5, 2019 • 52 mins
Annette "Tina" Webster has been at the forefront of women in the Defence Force post-1980's. From one of the first female Naval cadets to being one of the first women to train with the men in the Royal Australian Air Force, Tina's journey hasn't been an easy one. She's deployed as a mother, served as a submariner's wife and helped build the family support services we know today.
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February 26, 2019 • 18 mins
Meet Andy and Zoe, the creators of PTSD Resurrected.
This husband and wife duo took 17 years of Army service, multiple deployments to Afghanistan and PTSD and turned this lived experience into a program helping veterans up and down the east coast.
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February 19, 2019 • 51 mins
Ashayla chats with Captain Gardiner of the Army Museum of WA about the history of the musuem, the stories behind some of the exhibitions and the great battle of '99.
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February 12, 2019 • 25 mins
Originally from the UK, ex-Army Mick and ex-Police Claire are shaking things up in Butler, offering military-style fitness and training sessions at Peak 1 Boxing. Tune in to hear about their journey and how the club is assisting veterans and emergency services personnel.
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February 5, 2019 • 17 mins
Meet Liz Jackman; Army wife, entrepreneur and dog lover. After her husband was injured in Afghanistan, leaving him with a medical discharge, PTSD and little support, it was a dog called Whiskey that came to the rescue. Now Liz and her husband run a small charity, Whiskey’s Wish, providing service dog training to veterans, first responders & correctional officers suffering from PTSD.
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January 30, 2019 • 27 mins
Overwatch Australia is a boots on the ground, rapid response organisation tasked with supporting members of the ADF - past and present.
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January 22, 2019 • 27 mins
When family tragedy struck, Adrian made the tough decision to discharge. Little did he know that this immediate change from soldier to civilian would lead to a one of a kind app designed to help other veterans during and after their transition. Tune in to hear Adrian discuss Swiss 8.
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January 15, 2019 • 30 mins
Ashayla chats with ex-Federal Police Officer Travis Hocart about his passion for history and what inspired him to begin his small business, Kokoda Crossing.
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January 8, 2019 • 19 mins
Cam's Cause is a small charity doing big things for the veteran community in honour of the late Cameron Baird VC MG. Listen in to hear Daniel Carroll, Vice President and childhood friend of Cam, discuss the charity and the life of a truly amazing man.
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December 18, 2018 • 32 mins
Tune in to this week's episode of "Prep Your Standard NATO" for a fascinating discussion with local historian Andrew Pittaway, author of "Fremantle Voices of the Great War".
Andrew's hobby is to uncover missing soldiers on the Western Front in order to apply for War Graves under the name of Fallen Diggers Incorporated.
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December 11, 2018 • 38 mins
Imagine a place that you could go to find out everything you could possibly want to know about a West Australian serviceman or woman. That is exactly what Sandra Playle has been working on for the past few years. Tune in to hear just how significant this project is and how it led to her current project, the Boy Soldiers of WA. Also mentioned is local historian Andrew Pittaway and the Gallipoli Trench Project in Geraldton.
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December 4, 2018 • 23 mins
On this week's episode of Prep Your Standard NATO, Vince Cusworth shares stories from his family at Gallipoli and the Western Front that lead to the publishing of his book "Jum's Luck". He also discusses with Ashayla the disconnect between the French and Australian reverence for, and treatment of, the graves of our fallen veterans.
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November 27, 2018 • 18 mins
On this week's episode of 'Prep Your Standard NATO', RSLWA's very own podcast, Ashayla chats with Julianne from the Old Court House Law Museum about their exhibition 'From Law to War to Peace'.
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November 20, 2018 • 12 mins
Unfortunately we had some technical issues when recording our episode of Prep Your Standard NATO with Lyndon and Janette from Baldivis War Memorial.
You see, it was a very hot day and we cranked the air con...which resulted in distortion in the recording. We've decided to upload it anyway. Please bear with the distortion so that you can learn more about this project.
You can listen in via our website, iTunes, iHeartRadio, Spotify...
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