
HAVOC-06
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"You shit shot," swearing at myself under my breath. My teeth were clenched and I was pissed off at my own incapability with a rifle, however, I realised I had a primarily role to play and that was as the Platoon JTAC.
Havoc-06 is the call sign of former Australian Combat Controller, Troy Knight. As a Royal Australian Air Force Airfield Defence Guard, Troy had not found the military adventure he sought; combat operations. His thirst for overseas deployment saw him privately contract his services in Iraq and South East Asia, but when he got whiff that the Australian Defence Force was raising a new defence capability, he couldn't help but want to be part of it.
The new Defence capability, termed the 'Special Tactics Project,' would see Troy undertaking the gruelling Commando Selection course and passing, making him one of Australia's first Combat Controllers attached to the Australian Army 2nd Commando Regiment.
As a member of the Special Forces unit, Troy's lifelong dream of taking part in combat operations would come to fruition, but the reality of his dream would also play havoc on his life.
Havoc-06 is the untold story of the Australian Combat Controller, but it is also Troy's personal story and one that will resonate with so many.
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Person
It was Troy's boundary pushing and risk taking that fuelled his thirst for adventure and made him walk into the Townsville Defence Force Recruiting office in 1999, just after the East Timor crisis had kicked off.
Deflated at being told that Army Recruit training was bottlenecked for eight months, Troy was stopped by an Air Force Sergeant who asked if he knew about the RAAF Airfield Defence Guards. It was this sliding door moment, that would see Troy subsequently travel to Afghanistan, Iraq and beyond and become one of Australia's first Combat Controllers attached to the Australian Special Forces.
Co-authored by Australian Author, Brooke Strahan. Brooke is a veteran, author, blogger and farmer with a large U.S. following.
Content
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Copyright
- Title
- Contents
- Foreword: Murray Turner
- Foreword: Dan Schilling
- Author's Note: by Brooke Strahan
- Author's Note: by Troy Knight
- To my children
- To my fallen mates
- Introduction: Norm, Norm, but Different
- 1 A Dirty RAAFie
- 2 Lantana
- 3 Nitro Circus, Iraq
- 4 Schulzy
- 5 Up Close and Personal
- 6 A Very Pleasant Cruise
- 7 Contracted
- 8 The Murder of Darren Hoare
- 9 Pirates and Kiwis and Seals, Oh my!
- 10 Nasi Goreng
- 11 Selected
- 12 Fuck it, We Are Going Live!
- 13 Walking the Blue Pipeline
- 14 Red Dust Beginnings
- 15 Fuckery and 500-Pounders
- 16 Luck of the Irish, but I'm not Irish
- 17 Dzangal
- 18 Vegas, Baby!
- 19 On a Wing and a Chook
- 20 Kesh Mesh Khan
- 21 A Dangerously Close Day
- 22 Mark One Eyeball
- 23 Only in Iraq
- 24 Human Performance and a Parallel Universe
- 25 Welcome to the Jungle
- 26 The Rockstar that Wasn't
- Postscript: 4SQN: The Origins
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