We recently passed the 50th anniversary of the Tet Offensive.  As such a pivotal point in time to understand, we continue our sit down with COL (ret) Greg Daddis and discuss the factors that led to America’s losses in Vietnam and how those lessons are still so important today.

4:50 – Nation building in Syria

14:37 – Veteran sizzle reel

19:05 – Trump admin’s new national security strategy

28:40 – Changing the rules about VA Individual Unemployability – Check out Ep 5.0 for recent news on the VA involving medical marijuana and using veterans as props.

38:00 – The use of special operations forces in the war on terror

52:52 – Part 2 of our sit down with COL (ret) Greg Daddis on the anniversary of the Tet Offensive and the lessons Vietnam can teach us about the War on Terror.

America in search of an un-Geneva on Syria – War on the rocks – Sam Heller

Military investigating shooting in newly leaked Afghan combat video – Politico – Wesley Morgan

Fact Check: Did Donald Trump’s 2018 Budget Proposal Cut Support for Disabled Veterans? – Snopes

Trump’s National Defense Strategy Has the Pentagon Popping Champagne – The American Conservative – Andrew Basevich

Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Coming Year in Special Ops

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