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We’re excited to announce the eagerly awaited Season 2 of the Invisible Injuries Podcast. In the opening episode host we speak with guest Tony Quincee, and Afghanistan veteran Engineer come frontman for his band aptly named; Tony Q Band.
"It doesn't matter if you're a foot soldier or cavalry or you're a tradie, every single person, every person's job makes a difference to someone else." Tony Q
Headlining the Beat the Retreat 2020 event at Veterans Retreat, Andy had the opportunity to speak with Tony for an awesome special weekend podcast where he shared a glimpse of his Military experience spanning 14 years including his Trade selection for Electronics Technician, subsequent Australian postings and how his deployment to Afghanistan in 2012 with 2/14th Lighthorse came about. We discussed hitting the ground running in Tarin Kowt and personal reflections on how that went for him, an overview of improvised electronic devices (IED) and electronic countermeasures (ECM) commonly referred to as bubble or haze that overpowers the IED detonation signal. Tony's personal turning point was the incident involving three fellow comrades, Brothers-in-Arms, about 4 months into the tour while Tony was under secondment to a task away at another Forward Operating Base (FOB). The personal impact of returning to his base to learn that an Afghan soldier being trained by his Australian comrades having unloaded a magazine on his mates. He shares the processing of that incident, the subsequent Post Traumatic Stress and career implications that followed. His positive journey out has been by way of music and shares the opportunity for healing this pathway offers with others. Guest Speaker - Tony QuinceeCorps - Royal Australian EngineersWebsite: https://www.thetonyqband.com/)
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