My guest today is Anthony ‘Harry’ Moffitt, a recently retired veteran of the Australian Defence Force where he served for nearly 30 years. Most of that time, he has spent in the Special Air Service Regiment, more commonly known as the SAS. During his time, he completed 11 active service deployments amassing nearly 1000 days on Special Operations globally.

Since leaving the Army, Harry has become a registered psychologist and runs a human performance consultancy working with sports teams, the military and industry. He is also the Asia-Pacific Director for the Mission Critical Team Institute. He is also the lead singer and songwriter for the rock band The Externals.

Harry also recently authored his memoir, 'Eleven Bats', which is a book about his military service, the SAS and his love of cricket. Along with the book, some of the other topics we covered are:

Harry's journey into the SAS

The first years of the war in Afghanistan 

How strategy translates into tactics or how it fails to do so

Importance of understanding the human terrain

Change in how the SAS came to be used 

The price of war paid by those most-vulnerable

Selecting the right people for the SAS

The act of killing and its aftermath 

Ethics of war and its link to mental wellbeing

The price paid by family members of those who serve

The power of cricket on deployments 

The role of education in a soldier's life 


This was a hugely satisfying and rich discussion and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did recording it. 

Harry's book 'Eleven Bats' is available at:

https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/eleven-bats-by-anthony-harry-moffitt-9781760877842

Harry's podcast with Deane-Peter Baker that we mentioned is available as episode #18 at: https://missioncti.com/teamcast/

Finally, the Externals recently released their new single 'The Hell Beyond' on Spotify. You can find it at: https://open.spotify.com/album/5NNRcziDrTnwr6orAT6R3N