I was once given some excellent advice by a crusty old Army Warrant Officer, who had fought in Vietnam:
“Digger, you don’t have to wear uniform to be brave or a hero. Take people as they come.”
One man who is a real hero is Australian academic Dr Damien Kingsbury. He has risked his life in East Timor and other hotspots to get a better understanding of our crazy world. In a previous life, the motor cycle riding professor would have been a cross between writer George Orwell who had fought in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and British World War I military adventurer TE Lawrence of Arabia.
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But as Mark Day has mentioned above, society does not buy the media tough guy image. It is a concept past its use-by date. Tim Holding and Damien Kingsbury are what society wants and needs.
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About the Author
Sasha Uzunov graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, in 1991. He enlisted in the Australian Regular Army as a soldier in 1995 and was allocated to infantry. He served two peacekeeping tours in East Timor (1999 and 2001). In 2002 he returned to civilian life as a photo journalist and film maker and has worked in The Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. His documentary film Timor Tour of Duty made its international debut in New York in October 2009. He blogs at Team Uzunov.
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