Tracy Offutt joins me again to catch up. Tracy is a retired Marine Infantryman and former Sergeant Major of 1st ANGLICO. If you haven't heard our previous episodes, make sure to check them out!

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Scott Campbell is a retired Marine infantry officer that served with 2nd Recon Battalion, 2nd ANGLICO, and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. This clip starts with the dumbest thing he's seen a Marine do before moving into a discussion about millennials in combat.

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Ian Fritz is a former USAF Airborne Cryptologic Linguist that was a crew member on the AC-130 W. Ian's more than 3 years of language training enabled him to listen in on enemy radio transmissions and update the AC-130 crew and ground forces in real-time. Ian attended the Defense Language Institute (DLI) to learn how to fluently speak Dari and Pashto before supporting the Air Force Special Operations Command during two deployments to Afghanistan.

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00:00:00 Intro | Joining the Air Force
00:09:59 Air Force Basic Training
00:13:44 Language Training
00:25:43 Maintaining Language Proficiency
00:32:27 AC-130 Gunship
00:36:47 Cryptologic Linguist's on an AC-130
00:40:24 Listening to the Enemy
00:47:43 First Mission
00:54:50 From Combat to Coffee | Aircrew Life
00:58:25 Finding an Outlet
01:14:14 Writing a Book Honestly
01:21:45 Fall of Afghanistan

Retired Master Gunnery Sergeant Michael Garcia describes one of the earliest engagements of the Gulf War that involved American units being briefly overrun by the Iraqi Army's 5th Mechanized Division. Elements from 1st ANGLICO and 3D ANGLICO fought back the Iraqi armor using close air support and artillery.

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Jeff Depatie is a retired Canadian special operations soldier that served with their equivalent of Delta Force, Joint Task Force 2 (JTF 2). Depatie reviews Canadian military history and goes into JTF 2 selection in this clip taken from Ep. 184 of the podcast. Check out the full interview now!

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Jay Dorleus is a retired US Army First Sergeant that served more than a decade as a Green Beret. Prior to joining Special Forces, Jay was a combat engineer that deployed twice to Iraq. Standby for our follow-up interview!

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00:00:00 Intro | Migrating to the US
00:09:14 Joining the Army
00:16:07 Army Basic Training
00:18:11 Army Combat Engineer
00:21:30 First Iraq Deployment
00:29:01 Second Iraq Deployment
00:32:19 Route Clearance Platoon
00:43:47 Losing Guys
00:48:33 Introduction to Special Forces
00:52:18 Stop Loss | Iraq Deployment Extension
00:55:35 Special Forces Selection
01:00:11 Phases of Special Forces Selection
01:06:06 Special Forces Engineer Training
01:13:56 Selection Never Stops
01:24:27 Most Challenging School
01:28:19 First Special Forces Deployment

Jaime Gallardo is a former Marine Corps EOD tech that served with MARSOC and MLG. Gallardo continues to work in the field as a civilian instructor and also runs the @financial.enabler Instagram account where he shares financial advice for service members.

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00:00:00 Intro | Motor T to EOD
00:07:17 EOD School Phases
00:15:03 Most Difficult Part of EOD School
00:20:32 First EOD Unit
00:23:27 Hazards of the Job
00:29:02 Social Media Influencer
00:42:19 EOD Officers
00:48:33 MARSOC EOD
01:07:49 MARSOC EOD Pre-Deployment Training
01:16:21 MARSOC Deployment
01:29:59 Military Money

Ed Darack is an American author of multiple books including the controversial Victory Point that provides more detail to the Navy Seal Lone Survivor story. Ed was embedded with 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines and interviewed multiple participants of Operation Red Wings. Ed has also written about the shoot down of Extortion 17 and has another book in the works.

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00:00:00 Intro | UAVs
00:09:00 Multi-Domain Combined Arms
00:18:48 Becoming a War Reporter
00:21:06 Meeting 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines
00:27:09 Getting the Marines Ambushed
00:29:39 Situation on the Ground
00:46:07 Operation Red Wings aka Lone Survivor
00:55:10 Communications Gear
00:59:03 Breakdown of Command and Control
01:06:17 Visiting the Attack Site
01:11:00 Debate Over the Accuracy of Lone Survivor
01:14:34 Threats for Telling the Story
01:18:38 Extortion 17
01:23:21 Joint Service Operations
01:37:46 Operaation Whalers
01:47:23 Why Write Victory Point?

Vishal Amin is a former United States Marine Corps F/A-18 weapon system officer (WSO) and enlisted military policeman. Following his 2014 deployment, Vishal was targeted on an !s!s attack list. Vishal now works at Microsoft and maintains a pulse on cyber security and emerging technologies.

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00:00:00 Intro
00:21:14 F/A-18 WSO Flight School
00:29:51 You Have to Take Vishal
00:41:18 What Does a Weapon System Officer Do?
00:47:37 Controlled Chaos
00:55:56 Gravity-induced Loss of Consciousness
01:01:22 Ejecting
01:06:31 2015 Deployment | !s!s Kill List
01:20:07 Cyber Security
01:29:39 Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence

Brett Crozier is a retired Navy captain that commanded the USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Blue Ridge. He is also a naval aviator that is qualified to fly both the SH-60 Seahawk and F/A-18 platforms. Brett also authored his book Surf When You Can: Lessons in Life, Loyalty, and Leadership from a Maverick Navy Captain.

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00:00:00 Intro | Top Gun
00:02:36 Naval Academy
00:14:26 Flight School
00:18:49 Selecting Which Platform to Fly
00:26:00 Hardest Part of Helicopter Flight Training
00:30:42 Close Air Support Training
00:37:52 Deploying on a Destroyer
00:45:55 Transition to the F/A-18
00:58:28 9/11 Happened
01:05:23 Shift in Aviation Tech
01:14:22 Iraq Deployment
01:19:35 Difference in Pilots
01:24:33 Becoming a Carrier Captain
01:31:24 Life as a Ship Captain
01:34:59 Setting Sail January 2020
01:38:46 COVID Strikes