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Ex-Green Beret Michael Taylor remains in jail pending extradition for a crime that his lawyers argue he has not even been charged with. Then, the Army and Navy eSports teams flummoxed by questions about war crimes on Twitch.

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Jacky Murphy and I talk Satanic Nazis, the first woman Green Beret, retirees held to UCMJ, and what you should do if you're blackmailed by Chinese operatives!

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Connecting Vets reporter Jack Murphy joins me the show to talk about the bungled search for PFC Guillen, a potential Army coverup, and what are the boogaloo boys up to now?

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The DC National Guard might be helping guard monuments around the DC area but after the blowback from their role in recent protests, is this the right move for the Army? Also, a female Special Forces candidate is one step closer to earning her Green Beret. And the search continues for PFC Vanessa Guillen.

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Several Army installations are named after Confederate generals. Should we change their names? What does that mean to you? Connecting Vets reporters Abbie Bennett and Phil Briggs join me to talk about the racial tensions that have lead to this discussion, on this episode of The Back Brief!

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I talk with Connecting Vets reporters Elizabeth Howe and Jacky Murphy about what goes into changing a military base's name and is it a good idea. Also, National Guardsmen were videoed taking knees and putting down their shields with protesters. De-escalation tactic or were they participating in the protest?

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Connecting Vet reporter Jack Murphy takes us behind the lines of DC's riots to talk about Task Force 504 and their role in possibly protecting the White House. We also talk with Capitol Hill reporter Abbie Bennett about what Secretary of Defense Esper and former Secretary of Defense General James Mattis think of President Trump's handling of the nation's riots.

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In this episode, we’re talking about the veteran-related stories surrounding the coronavirus.

• “Billions more for VA in next emergency coronavirus spending package”
• “VA wants to  ‘pause’ the Mission Act for 90 days over coronavirus”
• “No those Humvee convoys are not coming to force you into quarantine”
• “How Veterans can ‘embrace the suck’ during social isolation"
• “Texas is pausing to remember the nation’s Medal of Honor recipients”
  
  

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This is The Back Brief for the week of 5 March 2020

• National Guard Chief Predicts thousands will be activated
• VA closes regional benefits offices
• Trump calls on Syrian government to free journalist, Marine Austin Tice
• Pentagon to provide respirators masks and ventilators to fight coronavirus 
• VA says COVID19 could affect 20% of it's patients

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This episode we’re talking about the Veteran related stories surrounding the coronavirus.

This week at Connecting Vets

• Troops can't travel to these countries for the next 60 days

• As colleges close over coronavirus, lawmakers file emergency bill to protect GI Bill benefits

• National Guard members still have to travel for drill amid coronavirus concerns

• Marine in Virginia tests positive for coronavirus
• DeCA increasing air shipments to overseas commissaries in response to coronavirus

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