Former Action Guys Podcast

Michael Golembesky is a former Marine JTAC that served with Kilo Battery 2nd Battalion 10th Marines and 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion. After serving with Marine Special Operations Team 8222, Michael wrote Level Zero Heroes and the follow-up Dagger 22 to detail the heroics of the Marine operators and enablers in the Bala Murghab valley.

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Michael's site
https://levelzeroheroes.com

00:00:00 Intro
00:06:54 French Artillery Training | Expeditionary Fire Support System
00:11:45 The Best Billet for Field Artillerymen
00:17:07 Artillery Maintenance in Combat
00:20:00 Effects of Max Charge Artillery Shots
00:24:02 Tube Artillery vs HIMARS
00:26:40 Modern Fire Support and Emergence of Tactical Drone Warfare
00:37:12 Disinterested Public
00:40:32 Air Drops in Gaza
00:46:33 MSOT 8222 | Aerial Resupply was the Only Option
00:56:10 MSOT 8222 | Fire Support in Afghanistan
01:04:02 MSOT 8222 | Taliban Tunnel Systems
01:10:37 War Porn
01:19:06 MSOT 8222 | No One Is Coming
01:23:33 Level Zero Heroes
01:33:52 Military Recruiting and Retention

Michael Durant is a former pilot with the 160th Special Operation Aviation Regiment and flew Super 64 during the Black Hawk Down incident of Operation Gothic Serpent. Mike was briefly held as a Prisoner of War after his UH-60 crashed. Hear his entire interview on Ep. 202 of the Former Action Guys Podcast.

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Mike's Book
https://www.amazon.com/Company-Heroes-Personal-Story-Behind/dp/0451219937

00:00:00 After the Crash
00:03:16 SERE Kicks In
00:05:44 Somali Doctor Arrives
00:07:06 Visit From the Red Cross
00:09:48 Receives a Radio
00:13:13 Treatment as a POW
00:15:27 Letters From a Warlord

Isaac Lee is a retired CH-53 pilot and WTI that served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Following his retirement, Lee wrote his memoir Hanger 4 based on his more than two decades of service as a Naval Aviator.

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Issac's Site
http://isaacglee.com/

00:00:00 CH-53 Crash in California
00:08:03 How an Accident Investigation is Handled
00:11:10 Path to Becoming a Pilot
00:26:43 CH-53 Upgrades
00:34:01 Learning to be a Better Pilot
00:40:22 Night Systems Instructor Qualification
00:43:20 Terrain Flying Instructor
00:48:26 Air Threats in Iraq
00:51:03 UDP | Iwo Jima
00:59:22 Sketchy Helo Flight
01:13:49 Preparing for OIF-1
01:19:33 First Combat Flight
01:30:51 The Danger of Being Too Good

Jeff Bodell is a Marine Corps military police officer that wrote The Warfighter's Lounge about a single patrol during his time as an Afghan police advisor in Marjah. He and his team were ambushed by Taliban forces during a day he and his team would never forget.

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVJF4CR3?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_ESWQKCGJNFGZ4QPD43VJ

Ryan Stevens; a former US Marine JTAC that served with ANGLICO, MARSOC, and DEVGRU; shares his firsthand account of Operation Lexington. Join him as he takes you through this collaboration between MSOT 8212, Army Special Forces, and DEA Foreign-Deployed Advisory and Support Teams (FAST) that ended with extracting casualties under enemy fire after one of the CH-47G helicopters crashed during the extract.

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Ryan's book
https://www.fullarmorfarm.com/products

Robert Keller is a former Army Ranger, Green Beret, and Delta Force Operator. Robert now owns Range Werx Florida and provides tactics instruction across the country.

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Robert's site:
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https://gamutresolutions.com/

00:00:00 The Plan
00:04:03 Combat is My Passion
00:09:20 Deploying with Special Forces
00:17:26 Ranger Battalion Pre-9/11
00:22:41 GWOT Green Berets
00:25:47 The Fighting was Better in Afghanistan
00:28:31 Are we Training the Enemy?
00:33:43 Prepping for Delta Force Selection
00:41:52 Passing Selection
00:45:22 SF Selection is Harder than Delta Force Selection
00:52:53 Operator Training Course
01:00:15 The Danger of Staying in CAG too Long
01:15:50 Ranger Werx

Bryan Buckley is a Marine Infantry Officer, Recon Marine, and MARSOC Raider. We relay our experiences with leadership failing to understand specialists designed to support their mission in this clip taken from Ep. 200.

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Shamus Flynn is a retired Marine First Sergeant that served with 2nd Raider Battalion, 1st Battalion 23rd Marines, FSSG, School of Infantry and others. His motor-t background opened up opportunities to serve in multiple roles in multiple units over his 20 year career.

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00:00:00 Intro | Family History
00:04:51 Joining the Marines
00:13:25 Young Marines Losing Motivation
00:21:11 Maintaining a Combat Mindset
00:33:00 Motor-T Gets in the Fight
00:36:39 Force Design 2030 Controversy
00:50:31 Recruitment and Retainment Issues
01:09:25 The Machine Doesn't Stop
01:18:10 Bad Monitor
01:21:33 Commandant for the Day
01:27:32 Military Education Benefits
01:30:58 Transition from Gunny to First Sergeant
01:34:57 Be Prepared | 2nd Raider Battalion
01:49:03 Combat Instructor
01:59:32 Being Present as a Leader

Dale Comstock is a former member of the US Army's elite Delta Force and describes the life and sacrifices of a tier one operator in this clip taken from Ep. 150.

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Michael is a former 160th SOAR Black Hawk pilot who served in Operations Prime Chance, Just Cause, Desert Storm, and Gothic Serpent. Michael was held captive after his Blackhawk was shot down in Mogadishu and wrote about the ordeal in his book In The Company of Heroes.

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00:00:00 Intro / Joining the Army
00:10:35 Drive to Become a Pilot
00:18:20 Midair Collision in Flight School
00:21:11 From OH-55s to Black Hawks
00:24:05 Learning to Fly From Vietnam Pilots
00:28:00 Medevac in Korea
00:37:39 Hearing About The 160th
00:42:01 Accidentally Checking into the 101st Airborne
00:50:09 Most Difficult Type of Flying
01:01:09 160th Assessment | Green Platoon
01:06:01 Surprised by the Mission | 1st Deployment with 160th
01:10:34 Black Hawk Armament
01:12:53 Operation Just Cause
01:21:27 Hunting Scuds in Iraq
01:28:45 Gothic Serpent | Mogadishu
01:38:34 Things are Starting to Go Wrong
01:43:34 Super 64 is Going Down
01:51:35 I Thought They Were the Rescue Force
01:54:02 Prisoner of War