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Hollie McKay is a national bureau correspondent, human rights journalist, and global risk specialist. She frequently reports on affairs in Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen, and Myanmar from on the ground. Her work has been seen on Fox News. Additionally, she is an ambassador for Burnt Children Relief, who you can visit at http://helpbcrf.com . Her book "Only Cry for the Living: Memos From Inside the ISIS Battlefield" is available now, and her upcoming coffee table book "Afghanistan: The End of the US Footprint and the Rise of the Taliban Rule" with photographs taken by Jake Simkin is available for pre-order at https://www.diangelopublications.com/books/afghanistan . Follow Hollie on Twitter & Instagram @HollieSMcKay.

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Rob Jaber is a former Blackwater military contractor who survived one of the biggest car bombings in Baghdad during 2009. His story is featured in Kris Paronto's book "The Patriot's Creed: Inspiration and Advice for Living a Heroic Life." Currently he runs Blue Diamond Limousine transportation service which you can visit at http://bdlworldwide.com . You can also follow Rob on Instagram @RobJaber

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Willard F. Parish served as a Specialist 4 during Vietnam and was awarded a Silver Star for valor after his heroic actions. This was later portrayed in the major motion picture "We Were Soldiers." In 2016 he was inducted into the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame.

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We are at SHOT Show 2022 in Las Vegas. This episode features retired Navy SEAL Andy Stumpf, Chris Kael from Five Finger Death Punch, Army Ranger Howard "Mad Max" Mullen, Jason Piccolo from The Protectors Podcast, Ryan Douvier from Fort Scott Munitions, Phil Otto from Photonis Defense, Tory Brydges from Darn Tough, and Jason Kollander from Mid-Evil Industries. All right there from the SHOT Show floor!

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Ben Morgan is a lead firearms instructor with Battleline Tactical and a retired Army Ranger and private military contractor. His story was also documented in Kris Paronto's latest book, "The Patriot's Creed: Inspiration and Advice for Living a Heroic Life." Ben's most recent venture is with Tanto Vodka, which you can check out at http://tantovodka.com and on Instagram @RealTantoVodka

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We begin this episode discussing the latest going on in Iran. Our special guest who joins us for our interview portion is Tareq Azim, author of "Empower: Conquering the Disease of Fear," which is out tomorrow on Atria through Simon & Schuster everywhere that books are sold. Tareq has been an NFL trainer, combat sports coach, and created the Afghan Women's Boxing Federation in 2004. You can follow Tareq on Instagram @Tareq

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This is our second installment of Best of Badass Female Guests featuring excerpts from some of our favorite past shows with Elana Duffy, Pat Smith, Jade Struck, Cheryl Doltz, and Hollie McKay.

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John Bartolo is the host of The John Bartolo Show, the business owner behind Barrem Consulting, and a firearms instructor. John has also previously worked on the Trump campaign. John's show website is http://johnbartoloshow.com and you can follow him and the show on Instagram @John_Bartolo & @John_Bartolo_Show. His Twitter is @JJBartolo.

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We open the show discussing the recent story of Marine veteran GRS contractors for the CIA, Adam Carey & Bryon "Ink" Brockway being implicated in a contract killing plot in Nashville, TN. You can read more about this as reported by Jack Murphy for Connecting Vets with Audacy media: https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/ex-marines-implicated-in-nashville-contracting-killing

Joining us for our interview portion of the show is Chris Daikos. Daikos served as an Army Ranger (Airborne) with 2/75 and went on to become an educator. He now runs Continua Consulting in the field of education which he is the founder of. He also hosts the Schoolhouse Talk! Podcast. To learn more about Continua Consulting visit https://continuaconsulting.com/

We discuss post-traumatic stress and cognitive behavioral therapy on this show and advise you to reach out to the Veterans Crisis Line if you are struggling with any of the issues we get into. They can be reached at 1-800-273-8255 and press 1.

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Toby Harnden is the author of “First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11.” He also served in the British Royal Navy as an officer and retired as a lieutenant. The book is available now everywhere books are sold as well as through Audible. You can follow Toby on Twitter @TobyHarnden and on Instagram @TobyHarnden1

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