Former Action Guys Podcast

Blake Flannery is a Reconnaissance Man in the United States Marine Corps and has been serving since July 2001. In addition to passing the grueling Basic Reconnaissance Course (BRC), Flannery has also completed Military Free Fall (MFF), Marine Combatant Diver, SERE, Foreign Weapons Instructor, and more.

The attacks on September 11th occurred while Flannery was in boot camp at Parris Island, SC and he hit the fleet running. He did his first deployment with Alpha Company of 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment during Operation Iraqi Freedom I (OIF I) and quickly returned with the Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) platoon from 1/5 in 2003 during OIF II.

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Lucas Merritt was a communications specialist in the United States Marine Corps and served with 1st ANGLICO and a Fleet Anti-Terrorism Team from the Marine Corps Security Force Regiment. Merritt deployed with 1st ANGLICO during their Operation Enduring Freedom tour and his Support Arms Liaison Team supported American and coalition forces during combat operations.

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SSgt Tony Musselman was a United States Marine JTAC and Fire Support Man that worked with 5th ANGLICO, 2D Battalion 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Battalion 6th Marine Regiment and Marine Raider Regiment.

Musselman deployed to Iraq with 5th ANGLICO before heading to 2/10 where he was selected to go to Tactical Air Control Party school to earn his Joint Terminal Attack Controller certification. Immediately following TACP school, Musselman was tapped as a combat replacement for Jason Calo. Calo was another 2/10 JTAC that had been killed in action while participating in Operation Moshtarak with 2/6. Following that deployment, Musselman was recruited to the Marine Raider Regiment to work as a JTAC on their special operations teams.

Musselman would conduct two deployments to Afghanistan with the Marine Raiders. On his first deployment, his team conducted village stability operations and on his second deployment, his team was tasked with conducting direct action raids. We wrap up the interview discussing mental health and some of the issues Musselman dealt with following his multiple combat deployments.

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Blake Flannery is a Reconnaissance Man in the United States Marine Corps and has been serving since July 2001. In addition to passing the grueling Basic Reconnaissance Course (BRC), Flannery has also completed Military Free Fall (MFF), Marine Combatant Diver, SERE, Foreign Weapons Instructor, and more.

The attacks on September 11th occurred while Flannery was in boot camp at Parris Island, SC and he hit the fleet running. He did his first deployment with Alpha Company of 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment during Operation Iraqi Freedom I (OIF I) and quickly returned with the Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) platoon from 1/5 in 2003 during OIF II.

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Rob Saale is a retired FBI Special Agent with 23 years of service. He is also the former director of the FBI's Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, a U.S. Government Interagency organization directly responsible to the President of the United States for coordinating recovery efforts for U.S. hostages held abroad. Prior to the FBI, Saale flew UH-60s for the United States Army.

in 23 years at the FBI, Saale worked cases ranging from white-collar crimes to bank robberies and conducted operations against Mexican drug cartels and terrorist organizations in multiple countries. We cover all of these topics before moving on to his time at the Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell and how American and ally governments work to repatriate their citizens after capture.

Specifically, we discuss the case of former Marine infantry officer turned freelance journalist, Austin Bennett Tice, and his 2012 capture in Syria while covering the conflict. The US government and the Tice family believe that Austin is still alive and being held by the Syrian government or their surrogates.

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Maj Thomas Schueman is a Marine Corps infantry officer and deployed as a platoon commander with Kilo Company of 3rd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment during their hard-fought 2010 deployment to the Sangin Valley. 3/5 lost 25 men killed and had almost 200 wounded during the deployment. Schueman teaches English at the United States Naval Academy and manages the Instagram page @kill.z0n3. His Instagram page brings together leadership lessons and literature relevant to the warrior poet.

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Julio Rosas has been witness to many of the country's more infamous events over the last year and joined me for a livestream on YouTube to discuss his coverage of riots in Portland, Kenosha, Capitol Hill, and more.

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SFC Matt Tardio is a retired Army Special Forces soldier and law enforcement officer. Tardio served as an Engineer Sergeant in the United States Army Special Forces. In addition to completing the Special Forces Qualification Course (Q Course) and follow-on engineer training, Tardio is also sniper qualified and a graduate of Ranger School, among others.

Tardio gives a good breakdown of his experience in Ranger school before we talk in general about his three deployments, two of which were to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Special Forces soldiers normally deploy to train and advise an indigenous force and we go through some of how that was applied to the Afghan National Army and villages they operated around.

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The homies Michael Farrell and Tracy Offutt are back on the show. This was originally a YouTube livestream where we sip some beer and whiskey while we catch up.

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Michael Cullen was a Marine Corps AH-1W Cobra pilot and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) veteran who also served with 1st ANGLICO as a Forward Air Controller. Cullen was one of the first ten guests on the podcast so hear about his entire Marine Corps career back on Ep. 006.

On this episode, we talk about him flying AH-1s in the Marine Corps Reserves, the University of Southern California's Masters of Business for Veterans (MBV) program that he recently graduated from, his job at PayPal and how his network made it happen, job hunting tips for those in the market for a corporate gig, and much more. Another great episode!

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