Voodoo Medics

Sergeant Jonathan Walter sits down with Kristin Shorten for a chat about his time in Afghanistan and East Timor, receivi... Read more

The role of a combat medic has changed dramatically over the decades with war zone healers tasked with keeping up or bec... Read more

Mark Donaldson was the first Australian to be awarded a Victoria Cross in almost four decades, but the former SASR Opera... Read more

Despite 14 “invigorating” years in the military, the deaths of three soldiers on the battlefields of Afghanistan sent Ma... Read more

Jeremy Holder patched up dozens of civilians and soldiers while deployed as a combat medic in Afghanistan and now his ba... Read more

The differences between Afghanistan and Australia became clear on the operating table for Voodoo Medic Brad Watts who ha... Read more

If you couldn’t be saved by a medic in the field in Afghanistan, you weren’t going to be saved. It’s that simple, accord... Read more

Chad Elliott was one of the first Australian soldiers to be seriously wounded in Afghanistan. It is a day that the forme... Read more

Former military psychologist Clint Marlborough has described combat medics as “unflappable” soldiers who in most cases, ... Read more

Corporal Tom Newkirk had an advantage while settling into life after 10 years in the military; his wife Kate who also de... Read more