Ep 052: Maj Tony Hulton - British Army Veteran

Military Veterans Podcast

Tony joined the British Army in 1995, as a Probationary 2nd Lieutenant on a Short Service Limited Commission, and later joined both the Regular and Reserve services. He served a total of 19 years, reaching the rank of Major (Maj).
In this episode Tony talks about growing up and his ambition to join the British Army, sharing his journey with courses at Sandhurst on multiple occasions, and being part of Regular Army units as an officer. This included over seeing tasks for the 2001 country wide epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease, before seeing the impact of 9/11, and as a result deploying to Iraq.
Tony shares his deployment to Iraq and the return home, which included his transfer to the Army Reserves. Whilst carrying out his duties as part of the Army Reserves at home in the UK, he moved to the Philippines and worked with the British Embassy, and then later worked alongside the British Army in Afghanistan as the chief of operations in a civilian contractor capacity. After leaving the British Army he found a role with the charity Walking With The Wounded.
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Capíttulos

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Growing Up (00:02:52)

3. Joining the British Army (00:07:48)

4. Sandhurst (00:08:53)

5. Probationary 2nd Lieutenant (00:09:57)

6. University Officers' Training Corps & 4/73 Royal Artillery (00:14:30)

7. Officer Training (00:17:23)

8. Foot & Mouth (00:23:34)

9. 9/11 & Canada (00:26:42)

10. Iraq Tour (00:29:25)

11. Transferring to the Army Reserves (00:38:11)

12. Philippines & Afghanistan (00:43:44)

13. Leaving the British Army (00:50:21)

14. Walking With The Wounded (00:52:19)

15. Final Thoughts & Advice (00:57:04)