
Lead Wasps is a podcast discussing all things Infantry, including previous operation deployments, training, life, and banter from all over the world. All the people involved have spent significant time in the military and we will delve into their individual career experiences.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 54 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Categories | Personal JournalsSociety & Culture | ||||

Ssgt. Jay Amra served in the United States Marine Corps from 2008 - 2017. He served two combat tours in Afghanistan and a third on the 22nd MEU while assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marines as a machine gunner. During these deployments, he progressed ... more
CSM RET. Donald (Mac) McAlister served over 24 years in the US Army. He has multiple combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, where he deployed from Squad Leader through SGM. He spent the majority of his career with the 82nd ABN DIV. While deploye... more
Dave Brooks is a former Royal Marines Commando who served in 40 Commando and the United Kingdom Landing Force Command Support Group RM. Dave was on a training exercise in the Mediterranean with 40 Commando as part of the Amphibious Ready Group during... more
Lt Col (retired) Perry Blackburn served in multiple roles throughout his time in the US Army. He spent a significant portion of his time with 5th SFG(A), deploying to multiple theatres including the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. Perry was an ODA ... more
Chris VanSant is a retired 20+ year Special Operations Veteran with service on four continents and in 17 countries. Chris's service includes time in the 75th Ranger Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, the 82nd Airborne Division, and 11 combat deployment... more
Episode 42 is with Lars Hove-Olesen (Captain, retired) who served in the Danish Army from the early nineties until 2019 and in his time, he deployed both as a private and officer. His deployments have taken him to the Balkans and Afghanistan His mili... more
Cope Wilson served with the Canadian Army deploying to Kabul before he passed selection and joined Canadian Special Operations Regiment - CSOR. He spent a number of years working a gun before moving on to becoming a JTAC and then a JTAC instructor. C... more
Simon 'Hawks' Hawken served with 2/4 RAR (Royal Australian Regiment) and 2 RAR and spent 20 years running the gauntlet of mainstream Infantry roles from Section Commander, Recon Platoon Sergeant and more. He has a wealth of experience as well as some... more
Really enjoying the podcast, my old man is a vet, listening to this gives me some real prospective with what he went through.
Great podcast and so glad l found it, even better is it’s a fellow Jock that’s the host.
Great guests and interviews, Sean Buck Rogers is a must listen.
Keep up the great work David 👍🏼
Please get JTF2 operators if you can!
I have my own podcast and came across The Leads Wasps Podcast through a mutual guest. Really enjoy what David is doing here, interesting and great perspective, I highly recommend this podcast. Keep up the good work mate. Hawks.
David does a great job listening and just letting his guests talk. Keep the episodes coming!!! For you veterans this podcast goes great with a bourbon and cigar.
This podcast is it,real raw uncensored and keeps getting better.keep it up lad
This is a great podcast Davie
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