KILLER COMMANDO: America Poaches Australia's Toughest Man -- News.com.au
* Paul Cale to train special forces in US
* Aussie commando strangled Taliban commander
* 'We train people like we train dogs'
BEING forced to strangle a Taliban commander during hand-to-hand combat drove one of the country's most elite warriors to change the way our special forces train for modern warfare.
Australian Commando Paul Cale, an elite soldier from 2 Commando Regiment, created a world-leading close-quarter fighting course after he was caught in a "scuffle" during a night mission while on deployment to Afghanistan in 2007.
This is the first time he has been publicly identified.
"We made entry on some compounds where Taliban leadership was," he said.
"They basically hid where there were little holes in the wall and we had to clear that, then the next minute they were on top of us so it became a hand-to-hand battle.
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Update: Diggers defend killer Commando Sergeant Paul Cale -- Herald Sun
My Comment: He is taking personal and practical experience and applying it to a training program. Kudos to his work for I am sure that it will be saving the lives of soldier's in future combat.
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