In an effort to talk about what lies at the heart of Russian unit traditions and psychology Cody goes down the rabbit hole of the first year of WW2 for Russia. A quick glimpse at what it was like for these soldiers and what they went through paves a drastic path for things to come if someone is to defeat Russia in conventional war.

How did Columbine lead to the creation of Wagner PMC? In this episode, Cody goes down the rabbit hole to talk about mercenaries and two of the most effective ones in recent history: Blackwater and Wagner.

With Matt still gone Cody and Poseidon S2 go into the depths of Intelligence Agencies and Spooky stuff that happens in the world whether its Private Intelligence or Private military. *PART 2 ON PATREON*

CW4 Schwalm, 33 year army veteran with 24 years in 5th special forces group. Chief Schwalm has been in the gulf War, Horn of Africa, Invasion of Afghanistan, Invasion of Iraq, and the War on ISIS.

Matt's taking a bit of leave, he'll be back. The boys talk about the world and cool things.

"thank you all for sticking around" - Matt

The boys sit down with a current serving French Foreign Legionnaire who walks us through their recruitment pipeline, TTPs, blending into a melting pop military organization and his visit to "the farm".

Cody and Matt talk to Rima, a former lobbyist, and current NGO spearhead inside Ukraine. Want to know who's brining the beans bullets and Band-Aids? She'll tell you.

Support her work at https://foblueyellowukraineusa.org/

Talkin Aussies and parties with The Dirty Dingo (@the.dirtydingo)

We are joined by Posidon S2 (@posidon_s2). Listen to boat stuff with us <3

So guys and gals, we were going to do just a one-hour basic episode on Russia but it was getting really long so we decided mid-way to make it a 2 part podcast.

Enjoy the tease,

You can find part 2 on the Patreon!