Bob Breault was one of the first Air Force pilots to be assigned to fly the very dangerous "Wild Weasel" mission in Vietnam. Afer leaving the service, he would go on to become a global leader in the optics industry.

Ryan McDermott is a West Point graduate and earned the Ranger tab. He led an infrantry platoon during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ryan shares his motivation behind wrting " Downriver: Memoir of a Warrior Poet"

Base Camp for Veterans used equine theragpy to help heal Veteran families. Founders Deborah Plum and Theo Windish join us.

Michael Durant flew with the elite 160th SOAR "Night Stalkers". His helicopter would be the second shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu and he spent 11 days in Somali captivity.

The 9/11 attacks forced Navy Chaplain Larry Cripps to finally confront the trauma he had suppressed from his time in combat in Vietnam.

Michael Reyka undertook an 8 year project that culminated in physically retracing his father Steve's journey as he fought his way north through France as part of the 180th Infantry Regiment.

Jennifer Chan is the founder of the Pacific Atrocities organization. She has written several books about atrocities committed in the Pacific-Asia theatre during World War II.

We discuss the notorious Unit 731 and the lives of "Comfort Women".

Our last discussion of the year with Havok Journal owner Charles Faint focuses on leadership.

Command Chief Master Sergeant Kelvin Hatcher discusses the challenges military families face being separated during the holidays.

Brothers William and Phillip Taubman have written an insightful book that sheds new light on Robert Mcnamara, one of the most controversial figures during the Vietnam War. Co-Author of "MacNamara at War" William Taubman joins us for a discussion.