2nd Commando Regiment

Inspired by his grandfather's military history, Damien joined the Australian Defense For- Defense Force at just 24, achieved his dream of becoming a commando.

While serving in Afghanistan in the sec- with the 2nd Commando Regiment, Damien's life changed forever.

In April 2009, whilst on night patrol in southern Afghanistan, Damien suffered horrendous injuries in the explosion, which resulted in both of his legs being amputated.

The damage to his body was so severe that his medic- the medical team claim it was a miracle he wasn't killed.

I think there's a degree of rivalry there, and there's a spectrum of special operations, and we both sit with overlapping responsibilities on that spectrum.

The feeder unit that has the most men that have gone across to SAS have come from 2nd Commando and 4th Battalion Commando Regiment, so there's a lot of my friends are over there.

Uh, I think the media portrays at times that there is a more unhealthy relationship perhaps than there was.

Having said that, there was fuckwits over there, and there was fuckwits where I came from, and a fuckwit's still a fuckwit no matter what unit they're in.