Gen. Audino's Comments: Update on injured Mukry (son of Gen. Yazdanpanna), grit in the military, USS Abraham Lincoln.

Special Guest: Lt. General (ret.) Jeffrey S. Buchanan has 37 years of Army military service on the front lines worldwide. He commanded troops at every level, from platoons to theater armies (more than 50,000 troops from all branches of the military). He served four combat tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. From 2016-2019, Jeff led the military response in support of FEMA for five major hurricanes (Matthew, Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Florence). He also led more than 6,000 soldiers and marines supporting the Department of Homeland Security for security of the southwest border. In 2021, The US House asked Jeff to analyze the security challenges and cultural and leadership failures of the US Capitol Police. Today, Jeff trains, consults, and mentors business leaders and others toward exceptional outcomes.

Website: JeffreySBuchanan.com

Gen. Audino's Comments: Strait of Hormuz irrelevent within 2 years? Iran warns Syria against troops in Lebanon.

Special Guest: Dr. Fouad Abu Nader is the former head of the Lebanese Forces. Fouad, a Christian, was kidnapped by Palestinians and wounded in action 3 times fighting the Palestinian insurgency and Syrian forces. He also survived an assassination attempt. He shares an assessment of the situation on the ground in Lebanon, including urgent threats facing Christians and democracy from Islamic extremists and others, and how things got to this point.

Gen. Audino's Comments: Prayers for Mukry (son of Gen. Yazdanpanna), why so much dealmaking and not enough warfighting in Iran?

Special Guest: As we approach the 5th anniversary of the fall of Kabul, which was overtaken by the Taliban on August 15, 2021, we're joined by Army Col. (ret.) John Kiel, a JAG who was on the ground in Afghanistan with TF180 early in the war. In this entertaining and insightful interview, hear all about what it's like to be an Army JAG, difficult things lawyers face in combat zones, and why the heck John had to survive on orange Fanta and goat meat for a period of time in Afghanistan.

Gen. Audino's Comments: The "surprise" Iranian attack on US troops, Saudi Arabia stepping up to the plate.

Special Guest: Ali Nazary is one of the founding members of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (successor to the Northern Alliance). He now serves as Head of Foreign Affairs for the NRF, the heart of the resistance against the Taliban and other terrorist groups wreaking havoc in Afghanistan. You don't want to miss this update on what's happened there since we withdrew our forces in August 2021.

Gen. Audino's Comments: Now is NOT the time to lift fires, Iranians angry at the regime?

Special Guest: Dr. Dan Diker is President of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs. As a counterterrorism and national security expert, he joins Gen. Audino to discuss what the US has done right in Iran, what mistakes have been made (and continue to be made) against the regime, and what winning in Iran looks like.

Website: jcfa.org

Gen. Audino's Comments: How NOT to turn Iran into Vietnam.

Special Guest: David Tafuri was with the State Dept in Baghdad in '06, and he still gets back and forth to all kinds of hotspots these days. He joins us from Kyiv, Ukraine to talk the current situation on the ground there, as well as discussing his experiences in Iraq and our military strategy against Iran.

Gen. Audino's Comments: Ceasefire over in Iran, damage update, operational vs political objectives (crutial differences), boots on the ground in Iran?

Special Guest: LTG Sean MacFarland (Army ret.) is the man who’s most credited with turning the tide on Al-Qaeda in Iraq. He led the fight in Ramadi, raised the Sons of Iraq (al Sahwah, the Sunni Awakening), and helped turn Sunni Arab tribes against their co-religionists in Al-Qaeda. Hear how he and his brigade did it, as well as lessons of the modern battlefield and what they might indicate for the changing character of war in 2026 and beyond.

Happy 250th Birthday, America! As we celebrate this momentus event, BG Ernie Audino looks back at how it all started and honors those who lost their lives fighting for our freedom during the American Revolution.

Special Guest: As part of an extensive military career, Army MG John McLaren (Ret.) was actually Ernie's commander in '05-'06 when he was embedded with the Kurdish Peshmerga in Iraq. In addition to catching up with some old war stories and 4th of July military memories, our show host and guest help us appreciate our nation's fight for independence, our Founding Fathers, and how lucky we are to live in the greatest country the world has ever seen!

Book: 80th Division in Iraq: Iraqi Army Advisors in Action

Gen. Audino's Comments from Budapest: Hungary's fight against the USSR, Iran turning into the next Vietnam!

Special Guest: Peter R. Heussy is one of our nation’s foremost authorities on nuclear weapons policy. He joins us to talk all things nuclear weapons: past, present, and future. Who has them and who doesn't? How bad was the Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) under Obama? How easily can Iran develop or procure nukes moving forward? Can an “agreement” actually produce a permanently non-nuclear Iran? Don't miss this episode!

Peter's Bio

Website: National Institute for Deterrence Studies (NIDS)

Gen. Audino's Comments: Why would the US enter into this ridiculous-looking Memorandum of Understanding with Iran?

Special Guest: Army vet Sam Faddis, former CIA operator and head of the WMD Unit at the CIA Counter Terrorism Center, has experience on the ground along the Iranian border, plus years of direct experience with Iran’s nuclear program. He joins us to break down the bad and the ugly in the 14-point MoU we entered into with Iran. How bad of a deal is it for the US? What were our negotiators thinking? Is the MoU even going to hold up?

Website: AND Magazine