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The Dark Side Of The Military | Ben Close #384

Posted on 23 October 202323 October 2023 by Chris Thrall

The Dark Side Of The Military, features Ben Close who suffered with PTSD after serving with the Coldstream Guards in Iraq & Afghanistan.

The Dark Side Of The Military

The Dark Side Of The Military features Ben Close who served with the Coldstream Guards. He discusses the dark side of military life, PTSD and the lack of support for many when back on civvie street.

Transcript from ‘The Dark Side Of The Military’ podcast

Ben – What hurt the most was while he’s physically abusing my brother, sister and my mother, he was so shit scared of my dad. He never used to do it to me, so it used to mentally affect me as well. Sometimes I just used to wish that he’d lay a finger on me because I could have strung him up. Luton police all got involved and the guy even tried to get me arrested for assault at the age of fifteen. Protecting my mom I hit him and he tried to get me arrested. I remember like it was yesterday, you know what I mean? The trauma was terrible and my father rang me on the house phone. I was in Luton and he basically just said to me, where does this guy live?

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The Sound Of Freedom | Human Trafficking Interpreter #357

Posted on 20 July 202320 July 2023 by Chris Thrall

The Sound Of Freedom, features Richard Aviles, who served in the US Army with the military police & worked on child abuse cases.

The Sound Of Freedom | Human Trafficking Interpreter

The Real Sound Of Freedom, features Richard Aviles who is a former military policeman in the US Army. Serving as a Special Reactions Team operator, he saw duty in Iraq. He has spent years handling many cases regarding mistreated children.

Transcript from ‘The Sound Of Freedom’ podcast

Richard – It was there that I had my first encounter with a child trafficking victim. We ended up finding a lot of them and we started like triangulating their whereabouts. We’d say, okay they’re only shooting from these two spots, so we’ve got to put security here. We’re finding the bodies at this time and we end up running into this car where the kid didn’t want to keep his hands up. We end up pegging the car. When we checked inside, we found out it’s a 16 year old. When we did ballistics, we checked everything including checking fingerprints. It was him, he was the guy who was killing our guys and he was what’s called a child of war. Which means they’re part of the branch of human trafficking.

It was shocking to see a kid that age, who was willing to commit such crimes. When we sat him down and we started talking to him, he just openly admitted to everything.

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How I Became A Welsh Guards Army PTI | Sean Molino #335

Posted on 17 April 202317 April 2023 by Chris Thrall

How I Became A Welsh Guards Army PTI, features Sean Molino who served in the Welsh Guards and went onto form Forces Fitness.

How I Became A Welsh Guards Army PTI

Sean spent 6 years with 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, serving as a PTI and one year with the reserves. Sean holds the positions of Managing Director of Forces Fitness Ltd, Founder of the Veterans Awards CIC and is also an ambassador for the Welsh Governments’ Big Ideas Wales program.

Transcript from ‘How I Became A Welsh Guards Army PTI’ podcast

Sean – I went to the careers office and I was 18 years of age. I said, look I want to join the best Welsh regiment and who is it? This Welsh guards recruiting sergeant said, it’s the Welsh Guards son, so you come with me. Off I went to training and the first phase was Pirbright with the second phase up in Catterick. So plenty of hill training. I passed out after training, obviously and I remember getting off the train station in St James’s Park. If you know London very well, it’s near enough to Buckingham Palace. The first year of my military career was spent at Wellington Barracks, literally a stone’s throw away from Buckingham Palace.