Matt 'Willy' Williams: On the Frontlines of the War in Ukraine - Danger Close with Jack Carr

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Today’s guest is Matt “Willy” Williams.
Matt is an Australian Army veteran, independent journalist, and content creator.
He served in the Australian Infantry with the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment from 2014-2021. At the age of 22, after returning to Australia from deployment in Afghanistan, Matt was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.
Following being discharged from the Australian Army, Matt discovered a passion for content creation. In 2022, he spent six and a half months as an independent war correspondent documenting the war in Ukraine. His KZread Channel @willyOAM contains insider analysis and interviews with those on the frontlines of the conflict.
He started his Instagram page @willy.beating.cancer to document his physical and mental journey.
Matt is a Queen’s Order of Australia Medal recipient and a 2020 SA Young Australian of the Year nominee.
To learn more about Matt, follow him on Instagram @willy.beating.cancer and subscribe to his KZread Channel @willyOAM
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  • @coreymitchell9132
    @coreymitchell91329 ай бұрын

    Man this reminds me of me a few years ago! I was diagnosed with stage 4 bone cancer at 34. Did chemo for a year and it was terrible at the time but looking back it could’ve been way worse. I’ve been clear for almost 9 years now but think about it every day. I’ve been blessed beyond measure. Great episode!

  • @chickenfishhybrid44

    @chickenfishhybrid44

    9 ай бұрын

    Hell yeah, stay healthy.

  • @SubvertTheState

    @SubvertTheState

    8 ай бұрын

    That's awesome man, glad you're still around.

  • @HegelsOwl

    @HegelsOwl

    6 ай бұрын

    We're the Survivors. Don't know if that's good or bad.

  • @hundun5604

    @hundun5604

    5 ай бұрын

    Good to hear that some patients do make it! Did you use cannabis oil as part of the treatment? It reduces and even prevent cancer cel growth. For some patients cannabis-oil (aka rick simpson oil) cured their cancer.

  • @noahway13

    @noahway13

    3 ай бұрын

    Thank science!!!

  • @authormikemontie250
    @authormikemontie2509 ай бұрын

    Great interview Jack. I have followed Willy now for close to a year. He does great work and is an excellent interviewer. Thank you for helping him expand his brand!

  • @jamesl3567
    @jamesl35676 ай бұрын

    I absolutely love the Aussie accent. The casual employment of a mixture of swear words and sense of humour made me crack up

  • @Wile_E._Wolf
    @Wile_E._Wolf8 ай бұрын

    I'm an Aussie from Adelaide too, deployed to Afghan in 2011, 2013 and 2015. In 2013 we had the SOER guys making alcohol from a makeshift still that they'd rigged up in Camp Russell at MNBTK. We had a plentiful supply and traded with the diggers and other nations outside Camp Russell at TK. We had a bar inside Camp Russell and for the most part head-shed left us alone so long as we didn't cause too much trouble. Couple of guys got us in shit after somebody over the fence had a go at them for carrying on, they threw beers over the wall at them without realising it was TK head-shed and so command cracked down on us after that.

  • @JLGolf26
    @JLGolf268 ай бұрын

    F-bombs in 3 hours......Jack-0 Willy 3752😂😂good interview,I listen to Willy a good bit.

  • @willyOAM
    @willyOAM9 ай бұрын

    Thankyou brother!

  • @mp33blades
    @mp33blades9 ай бұрын

    Aussie F Bombs! Nice work, Willy

  • @efdjr1963
    @efdjr19639 ай бұрын

    I love this guy. I listened to half of the podcast while cutting the grass and watched the second half on KZread. I enjoyed his stories about his army time, including his language! He was very inspirational when talking about his cancer diagnosis and how he intends to live his life. I will have to watch his KZread videos.

  • @austinmesnard6286

    @austinmesnard6286

    9 ай бұрын

    Been cuttin grass all day listening to it too! So good

  • @helenfromsun2009
    @helenfromsun20097 ай бұрын

    Willy I've become a huge fan of your work in Gaza. You have a very human & humane approach to things and humble too. My daughter is in the USAF and your description of boot camp is just what she went through. Leveling everyone to the same baseline. With a college degree she was on officer track but still got yelled at for having a food stain on her shirt after dinner. That is so important, to know you will be member of a team and no one is "better" than anyone else, just different roles & different jobs.

  • @andrewsullivan678
    @andrewsullivan6789 ай бұрын

    Absolutely love Willy's podcast! When the rest of the world forgot about Ukraine, he kept those of us who weren't in country informed about what was going on.

  • @dimmymackster431

    @dimmymackster431

    9 ай бұрын

    Nobody forgot about Ukraine... it's on every news channel constantly.

  • @chrispuckett5138
    @chrispuckett51388 ай бұрын

    Willy is top shelf.

  • @Justme99709
    @Justme997099 ай бұрын

    Brilliant

  • @diggergaming7174
    @diggergaming71749 ай бұрын

    what a legend, aussie grunts are the beeeest

  • @lyshakalexander
    @lyshakalexander7 ай бұрын

    I am Ukrainian, thank you so much for your sincerity and brutal honesty!

  • @craigwann6133
    @craigwann61339 ай бұрын

    what a great and colourful interview. interesting chap. love it

  • @boigercat
    @boigercat9 ай бұрын

    Lucky you uploaded a short of this because I almost missed it. Willy is an absolute legend I'm so happy you got him on. OI OI OI

  • @steveb8306
    @steveb83067 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear someone else bagging out the Steyr. I did my training on the SLR.

  • @CB-dx6hy
    @CB-dx6hy9 ай бұрын

    Nice to see big willie getting the jack carr nod

  • @jameslongcdr
    @jameslongcdr8 ай бұрын

    Great interview Jack. Matt is inspirational!👌

  • @zibabird
    @zibabird9 ай бұрын

    Thank you Sirs! Wishing you both continued success.

  • @powershift2024
    @powershift20249 ай бұрын

    Great to see Willie, always entertaining and informative.

  • @clncarpets
    @clncarpets9 ай бұрын

    Willy is such an awesome dude. Thanks Jack for the great conversation! I also heard more fucks than my whole time in the Air Force, but then again it was the Air Force.

  • @TMFShooting
    @TMFShooting8 ай бұрын

    Another Great Video 💯 Thanks Jack 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

  • @johnpawly1849
    @johnpawly18499 ай бұрын

    All you guys are an inspiration to a huge crowd. Great Job Willy and Jack

  • @MentalLapse09
    @MentalLapse099 ай бұрын

    The ship jacks referring to would of been Manoora or kanimbla. I was a crewman on the former.

  • @ShinobiHOG
    @ShinobiHOG9 ай бұрын

    I LOVE WILLY!!!!!

  • @southernhood5145
    @southernhood51459 ай бұрын

    I think that's why everyone loves Jack, and the Lord has blessed him. you can tell he's a genuine nice dude.

  • @Ropes33
    @Ropes338 ай бұрын

    ❤good stuff

  • @salemgrimmgaming1761
    @salemgrimmgaming17619 ай бұрын

    Willy!

  • @garybehun8841
    @garybehun88419 ай бұрын

    Big fan and supporter. But how does someone contact customer service for the item I buy off your site?

  • @jerryriggi1700
    @jerryriggi17009 ай бұрын

    Great work gentlemen!

  • @johnsmith12345
    @johnsmith123459 ай бұрын

    Nice

  • @michaelross2107
    @michaelross21079 ай бұрын

    Great and inspiring show. The best.

  • @JBmyi
    @JBmyi8 ай бұрын

    If you didn’t learn all the creative uses of the f-bomb after this pod, you didn’t listen closely enough. Listen again. Take notes.

  • @hundun5604
    @hundun56045 ай бұрын

    ~10:00-13:00 What weapons are they talking about? Can someone give me the official names?

  • @Kingadamstar
    @Kingadamstar9 ай бұрын

    Australia is a great country. I love when Jack mentioned The Gold Coast. Australia is genuinely a Great Country. Especially The Gold Coast in Queensland.

  • @RJTrezise1983

    @RJTrezise1983

    9 ай бұрын

    Are you actually from here mate?

  • @PD-we8vf

    @PD-we8vf

    8 ай бұрын

    If they were so great they would send their own tax billions to Ukraine.

  • @jordanchristie3617

    @jordanchristie3617

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@PD-we8vf if the u.s was so great they would send their own soldiers to fight russia instead of using ukrainians as a proxy 😂

  • @RJTrezise1983

    @RJTrezise1983

    8 ай бұрын

    @@jordanchristie3617 who mentioned America in this comment?

  • @docwoz
    @docwoz7 ай бұрын

    Approximately 500 Navy SEALS served in Vietnam. So far, I've met 3,000 of them.

  • @oregonsmalljaw3732
    @oregonsmalljaw37329 ай бұрын

    Willy is the man 🤘

  • @ambersykora352
    @ambersykora3528 ай бұрын

    Also look into the Gerson Institute...and Gerson Therapy. ANOTHER CURE.

  • @jopattix
    @jopattix9 ай бұрын

    "She'll be right, mate" still exists.

  • @jopattix

    @jopattix

    9 ай бұрын

    @@RealJackCarrUSA Messaged you

  • @michaelelmes6312
    @michaelelmes63127 ай бұрын

    Willy is a legend

  • @kyttraus
    @kyttraus7 ай бұрын

    Willy is one of the few boots on the ground independent journalists. Now he is in Gaza

  • @TheRealWilliamm
    @TheRealWilliamm8 ай бұрын

    Unreal I fuckin love Willy , watch him daily he’s amazing

  • @vaultsjan
    @vaultsjan8 ай бұрын

    2:14:00 Willy, how many tanks has EU sent vs how many has USA sent? how many artillery pieces?

  • @bradkempton7905
    @bradkempton79057 ай бұрын

    Holy shit, I've been watching WillyOAM since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, and I had no clue his first name was Matt.... I honestly thought it was Willy lol

  • @5xhschamp
    @5xhschamp3 ай бұрын

    How is willie so young? 😢 I can’t believe he’s under 30, and I don’t mean that at all in an he looks old way - just how he portrays himself and comes across. Fuckin’ a!

  • @javimurillo4618
    @javimurillo46188 ай бұрын

    What a shame! Keep pushing us to WWW3

  • @bradkempton7905
    @bradkempton79057 ай бұрын

    Hmmmm. The amount of times Willie said he didn't know anything about the Wagner march on Moscow and then the death of Perghozin makes me wonder if He actually does know something about them...🤔🤔🤔 lol

  • @Thesingledadsjourney
    @Thesingledadsjourney9 ай бұрын

    Thermal camera gun joystick fucking thing😂😂😂. That’s the real deal right there.

  • @yogi-um1eh
    @yogi-um1eh9 ай бұрын

    skanska will pick up the contract to fix roads, fo sho u legend

  • @daniel8728
    @daniel87286 ай бұрын

    So sad that the West pushed Ukraine into this

  • @CHEF007
    @CHEF0079 ай бұрын

    Nice ratio..lol. I'm glad people aren't buying the bs anymore.

  • @peterpaul7932
    @peterpaul79327 ай бұрын

    Served myself for several Years, 2 Tours with the AUG. Its definately not a Piece of S***e - as much as i like Matt, but that was no good Comment. The AUG is not for no Reason the Main Infantry Weapon since the 70s in so many Countries in the World. That tells you all i'd say. If you look at the Service Duration of a Infantry Weapon, you know its not Garbage. So again: I totally disagree with you on that Sir!

  • @MS-wz9jm
    @MS-wz9jm9 ай бұрын

    Good old Willy, as an aussie it was pretty disappointing to see him hanging around full on N.azi groups over there with the evil things they have done there over the last 9 years.

  • @mattgibson7650

    @mattgibson7650

    9 ай бұрын

    I think he's a good bloke, just terrified of the mob

  • @skepticalbadger

    @skepticalbadger

    9 ай бұрын

    Uh-huh. Like there are any fewer Nazis in fucking Russia.

  • @chickenfishhybrid44

    @chickenfishhybrid44

    9 ай бұрын

    Cope

  • @PD-we8vf

    @PD-we8vf

    8 ай бұрын

    As an Aussie do your tax dollars go to Ukraine? Did you get the clot shot? Did you wear a mask? Did you support your govt jailing the unvaxxed at Howard’s rock??

  • @PD-we8vf

    @PD-we8vf

    8 ай бұрын

    @@mattgibson7650giving in to the mob makes you a bad bloke.

  • @danomano1233
    @danomano12339 ай бұрын

    I'm 12 year Marine vet. I'm well accustomed to hearing and dropping F-bombs. That was just a little over top. It got redundant, and frankly, a boring turn off. Keep up the great work. I look forward to all of your podcasts. Semper Fi

  • @mp33blades

    @mp33blades

    9 ай бұрын

    ❄❄

  • @danomano1233

    @danomano1233

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@RealJackCarrUSAthanks for the reply. I'm honored!

  • @chickenfishhybrid44

    @chickenfishhybrid44

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@danomano1233it's a scammer brother

  • @vbcountryboy
    @vbcountryboy7 ай бұрын

    Willy would say something if Australia were invaded by Chinese. I find his crying about Russian dead problematic. He was in Ukraine for a few weeks/months, if you lived there you’d feel different.

  • @JohnSmith-px5nf

    @JohnSmith-px5nf

    4 ай бұрын

    Crying about dead Americans in Afghbastian is also problematic, right ?

  • @vbcountryboy
    @vbcountryboy7 ай бұрын

    I went to the U.S. consulate in Kyiv in 2009 and reported widespread Russian mil intel ops that I witnessed. He makes some huge assumptions about Ukraine. Maybe 10% of Ukrainians are pro Russian even as far as Kyiv. Kharkiv, mauripol yeah maybe 20% pro Russian now. Most pro Ruzz are paid agitators. No the people who stay in towns are not mostly pro Russian. God he’s full of shit in some regards. He’s not an expert on Ukraine. I lived there before and during the war. Yeah Kharkiv had a lot of agitators but not all that many were real. Many were propositioned. A Ukrainian can tell by the accent. Not all that many pro Russians are just language. Idk maybe 60% of volunteers speak Russian or a mix of it in 2022.

  • @MrZaleks
    @MrZaleks8 ай бұрын

    With all due respect, it’s just another opinion. He is a great guy, but he is so far away from reality, except corruption in Ukraine. Great interview as usually, another angles are needed important.

  • @vbcountryboy
    @vbcountryboy7 ай бұрын

    Still a child

  • @michaelr.stoddard3391
    @michaelr.stoddard33919 ай бұрын

    Boo NATO

  • @mp33blades

    @mp33blades

    9 ай бұрын

    Lol real account for sure

  • @user-vy4xx2qp3d

    @user-vy4xx2qp3d

    9 ай бұрын

    Defund Ukraine

  • @FJTx100

    @FJTx100

    9 ай бұрын

    @@mp33blades Slava Kokaine Smooth brain phuque

  • @FJTx100

    @FJTx100

    9 ай бұрын

    NATO is the most useless and expensive terrorist organization on the Planet.

  • @mp33blades

    @mp33blades

    9 ай бұрын

    @@FJTx100 lol is smooth brain the new Russian troll programmed insult? Seeing that one alot lately! Pathetic

  • @jackominty3633
    @jackominty36336 ай бұрын

    I'm glad you had compassion for the basement full of dead Russian soldiers, but you were wrong on one point. They were NOT on the wrong side of history.

  • @tallahassZ
    @tallahassZ8 ай бұрын

    Willy is a champ. Watch him daily.

  • @Dimka43
    @Dimka439 ай бұрын

    Willy is not good... He confuses people ... She goes from channel to channel and then she goes away because too much people don't like him... Or I should say misunderstand but she comes across as she always defends russians

  • @DARKSTAR-mn8ee
    @DARKSTAR-mn8ee9 ай бұрын

    Glory Freedom and Victory for the DPR and LPR Russian federation and allied forces 🤗❤️🇷🇺👍.

  • @no8637
    @no86377 ай бұрын

    Nice

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