Michael Yon and Stuart McCarthy on The Dean Mackin Show - 15 July 2024

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GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Michael Yon is America's most experienced living combat correspondent and has covered many wars and conflicts including Iraq, Afghanistan, Thailand, Hong Kong, and the Chinese Communist Party's information war. He's the author of DANGER CLOSE, MOMENT OF TRUTH IN IRAQ, IRAQ INSIDE THE INFERNO, GATES OF FIRE: CLOSE COMBAT DURING THE BATTLE FOR MOSUL, IRAQ & DEUCE FOUR. He has since returned to U.S . Check out www.MichaelYon.com where you can donate to help defray the costs of Michael's work spanning the globe bringing you real reporting. Michael's last name is spelled Y-O-N. hIS TWITTER X handle is @Michael_Yon (please mention the underscore so people can find him).

GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Stuart McCarthy is a retired Australian Army officer whose 28 year military career included operational deployments to Bougainville (Papua New Guinea), Ethiopia & Eritrea, Indonesia, Iraq and Afghanistan. Since leaving the Army in 2017 he has been a vocal advocate for injured and disabled military veterans and their families, including the establishment of the ongoing Defence & Veteran Suicide Royal Commission. In 2021 he was a lead advocate for the repatriation of local Afghan interpreters who had worked for the Australian Defence Force, prior to the Taliban takeover. He has also been published in medical journals on the ethics of military drug trials and the adverse effects of quinoline antimalarial drugs. His more recent advocacy efforts have focused on high level command responsibility for alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. Stuart McCarthy now writes for MichaelWest.com