H-Hour Podcast #188 Stu Hale – sniper, mine strike survivor

Stuart Hale is a former sniper who lost his leg during a mine strike incident in Kajaki, Helmand Province on the 6th September 2006 – the “Day of Days”, during which several others were wounded and one solider was killed – Mark Wright, posthumously awarded the George Cross. In 2008, Stuart became the first amputee to return to the front line in Afghanistan.

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H-Hour Podcast #186 Sam Howell – Emergency Nurse, MS sufferer

Sam Howell is an Emergency Nurse and Wild Swimmer. Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2016 and since then have been harnessing the power of cold water and nature by swimming the bodies of water along the Dragons Back to raise awareness of MS and the effect of PTSD upon the neuroendocrine system and autoimmune conditions.

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H-Hour Podcast #182 Quinton Richards – founder of Verenigma

Quinton is a practicing barrister, a former environmental scientist, and the founder of Verenigma: a mobile app service which provides insight into your mental health. Verenigma is designed to help users to self-manage their mental health far more effectively.

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H-Hour Podcast #181 Jody Mitic – Canadian former politician, Master Sniper

Jody Mitic is a Canadian former politician, an author, and a retired Master Sniper. While serving with the Canadian Army, Mitic lost both of his legs in a landmine incident while fighting in the War in Afghanistan in 2007. He served as an Ottawa City Councillor, representing Innes Ward in Ottawa’s east end, from 2014 until 2018.

Jody is also the founder of Green Army Coffee, and has authored his first book: “Unflinching: The Making of a Canadian Sniper”

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H-Hour Podcast 179 Rachel and Clare – Just a Mum Podcast

Rachel and Clare are former British Army Nurses (QARANC) who host the Just a Mum Podcast “Two Nurse Veterans walk into a podcast and talk about mental health and whether mental illness is a choice”

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/just-a-mum/id1617084416

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H-Hour Podcast #174 Savannah Thompson – host of Through Veterans Thoughts

Savannah Thompson is ex Army, now campaigning for better access to mental health support for veterans. She is in the process of developing an app which connects veterans and charities together – with some fantastic charities already lined up to use it – and is completing a Fan Dance Olympic Triathlon in October to raise awareness and funds. In the interim, she has created the Through Veterans Thoughts podcast, solely revolving around veteran mental health. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/through-veterans-thoughts/id1621897865?i=1000568591713

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H-Hour Podcast #173 Christie Vincent – Falklands veteran, ex-under cover police officer

Christie was just 17 when he passed out of Para depot and deployed weeks after joining 3 Para, to recapture the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, following the Argentine invasion in 1982. After leaving the British Army, Christie became one of the UK’s chosen few Level 1 undercover Police operatives, regularly deploying into some of the most dangerous criminal environments in Britain, fighting serious and violent crime, playing the role of drug dealer, gangster and gun man, contract killer, thief, robber and handler of stolen goods. Early in his career as a UC he took it upon himself to redesign the Level One UCO course, transforming it into arguably the toughest police training programme in the UK. https://www.instagram.com/therealchristievincent/

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H-Hour Podcast #172 Joseph Mitcham – Author, ex-regular British Army Paras and Sigs

Joseph Mitcham served with the British military, in elite and technical units, for over 16 years. His service not only gave him a thorough tactical and technical understanding of some of the techniques and processes employed in his stories, but it also provided him with the opportunity to develop himself, earning a first-class honours degree in business leadership. Find Joseph’s books at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Joseph-Mitcham/e/B0822SRK9H%3F

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H-Hour Podcast #171 Krishna Thapa – ex 22 SAS, founder of HST Adventures

Krishna Thapa is ex-22 SAS and the Royal Gurkha Regiment. He is a legendary mountaineer who has helped mentally or physically ill veterans and civilians summit some of the most difficult peaks in the world, recently completing a world first by guiding a double above knee amputee to trek to Everest basecamp. Krishna is also the founder of HST Adventures ( https://hstadventure.com ) – a company providing trekking, climbing and mountaineering trips in Nepal and around the world.

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