MARSOC. Intelligence Hacking. Dagger Ops. For Staff Sergeant Michael Bloch, doing rad stuff is all in a days work. And after 12 years of service to our country as a Marine Corps. Raider, Bloch's been busy - he's served as a combat instructor, deployed as a contractor, and even founded his own company, EBS Defense Consulting, along with Project Vetworx, a veteran nonprofit. It's a lot for any one person to handle, much less a vet suffering post-traumatic stress. Fortunately, the V.A. has options for treatment like Nuvigil, a medication that's reported to promote wakefulness. But like any medication, too much of a good thing can quickly turn out bad. Just take it from Michael.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
09:29 - The Quintessential American Dream
20:44 - Kuwait to Babylon
29:42 - 63 Engagements a Month
36:15 - The No-Commms Christmas Eve Miracle
47:00 - The Last Day Patrol
01:00:31 - Six Months Home, Six Months Back
01:06:19 - Combat Instructing at Quantico
01:13:10 - MARSOC Selection
01:19:21 - A Raider in Senegal
01:29:57 - Defining the Dagger Op
01:37:32 - Family Matters
01:46:52 - Contracted Deployments
01:54:30 - Hacking and Cyber Warfare
02:05:25 - The COVID Mindset
02:16:45 - Starting EBS Defense Consulting
02:22:12 - On Nuvigil
02:43:12 - Bracing for Fallout
02:57:07 - Going to Trial

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