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Mike Scotti is the author of The Blue Cascade: A Memoir of Life After War and the subject of the documentary film Severe Clear (released internationally as This is War). As a former U.S. Marine and veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, Mike has written Op-Eds for the New York Times and CNN.com and has appeared on various programs ranging from those at the BBC to Last Call with Carson Daly. He has spoken at The Council on Foreign Relations and Chicago Ideas Week and given numerous motivational keynote addresses across the country. He is also a regular storyteller at NPR's The Moth "Mainstage" Shows and is a founding board member of the military charity Reserve Aid.  He lives in Miami, Florida, and Helsinki, Finland and has just finished his first novel, If I Should Fall. 

You can find more info at http://www.mikescotti.com. 

 

 

In this second episide of the new joint venture partership between Stew and The Nunn and Unapologetically American we will spend an hour to discuss our Political Observations and Opinions of the Personalities of the December 15th, 2015 Republican Debate. 

Greg “RU TWISTED” Drobny is again partnered up with  Stew and The Nunn for this new political-inspired series that occurs here on Stew and The Nunn radio.

SSG (ret) Timothy Payne enlisted in the US Army October 2002 as an Infantry candidate. After Completing Infantry School, Airborne School and attended Ranger Indoctrination Program he went to the 82nd Airborne Division were he received his expert infantryman’s badge and deployed to Baghdad Iraq twice  

Later he was assigned to detailed corporal recruiting at the Syracuse Recruiting Battalion, while assigned he was among the top 10% of all recruiters in New York fiscal year 2007 and received the coveted Gold recruiter ring as well as being promoted meritoriously to Staff Sergeant. After Recruiting Staff Sergeant Payne attended SFAS (Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course) while assigned to the 173rd Airborne Division, he was injured as a result of training and reassigned to the Southern European Task Force working Personnel Recovery for the United States Army Africa Command. He was selected for Army Civil Affairs but was later reassigned to the 10th Mountain Infantry Division and deployed to Southern Afghanistan.

On July 3rd 2011 he was tasked to clear out dead space, thirty minutes into the patrol his unit was attacked with an IED which resulted in the loss of both his legs and severely damaging his left arm. As a result of the attack SSG Payne receive approximately 120 surgeries, 100 blood transfusions and a shattered mind set. He fell back onto the values he learned as a Private;  the values have an acronym L.D.R.S.H.I.P. and he took it to the extreme conquering smoking, medication addiction, depression and suicide. He had a near death experience and experienced things which pushes him to do the best of his ability.

Three years after Injury he retired, wrote his story and shares it with whoever is willing to listen. The book that Tim self-published is called "The Squad Leader's Bargain" and is avaialable on lulu.com. 

 

 

This week we will feature an interview with Tug Hartley who is portrayed as the main squad medic in the newly released movie Kilo Two Bravo. Tug was born into an Army family in 1980 and raised in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. He joined the Royal Engineers September 1997 (Age17) specialised in mine warfare, demolishions and communications. Tug then transferred to the Royal Army Medical Corps in 2003 and posted to 23 Air Assault Medical Sqn to support the Parachute Battalions.

He has had combat operational tours in Afghanistan-2004, Oman-2005, Afghanistan-2006, Lebanon-2006 and Afghanistan again in 2006 

Tug is now working in the security sector as a risk mitigation and medical instructor and is supporting a number of military charities. 

Tug is happily married and they have three great sons.  

Kerry Patton is an amazing writer, actor, director and producer.

As a true entertainer, Mr. Patton is also credited with writing two books based off his experiences abroad working as a contractor titled Contracted: America’s Secret Warriors and Contracted II: America’s Terror Trackers. He helped co-write the script for the movie Jack County Demons as well as created the story for the movie 9 Line. Today, he is finishing two more scripts for the movies Ex Umbra and another yet to be named.

Mr. Patton is a former trainer for the US Air Force Phoenix Raven Program where he taught their combatives program, ASP Baton, and Pressure Point Control Techniques along with small team tactics. He has a mixed martial arts background under Marco Perazzo (NJ MMA) and Phil Migliarese (Balance Studios). He is proficient in Muay Thai, Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Krav Maga, and Boxing.

Candyss Bryant is a board member of Gallant Few and has dedicated her life to working issues within the Tactical community. She is a major force behind Best Ranger Competition, has run other major events like International Sniper Competition and is a Team Captain for the Run Ranger Run event. http://www.runrangerrun.com/

Tune in and learn more about her and the efforts of The Gallant Few

LTC (ret) Jason Amerine was the Commander of Special Forces A-team 574 which was the team that brough Hamid Karzai into southern Afghanistan and then help cuase the collapse and surrender of the Taliban in 2001. For bravery in the invasion, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Purple Heart. He was also a "Real Hero" in the America's Army video game. 

After Amerine provided information to Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA) to assist the Congressman in preparing legislation to improve U.S. hostage freeing efforts in 2014, the Army received complaints from the FBI. In early 2015, the U.S. Army initiated what has been deemed by those close to Amerine as a retaliatory criminal investigation for his work aimed at improving hostage rescue procedures. In May 2015, Amerine's West Point Classmates initiated a Whitehouse.gov petition to “provide LTC Jason Amerine, SF, US Army, Whistleblower Protection and end all investigations and unfavorable actions.” On June 11, 2015 Amerine was one of five whistleblowers who testified before the U.S. Senate Committee when it convened a hearing on Federal whistleblowers. 

A couple of weeks ago, Jason was allowed to retire, had his secrity clearance restored recognized for his service to this country by being awarded a Legion of Merit.

During this first episide of the new joint venture partership between Stew and The Nunn and Unapologetically American we will spend half an hour to discuss our Political Observations and Opinions of the Personalities in the November 14th, 2015 Democratic Debate. 

Greg “RU TWISTED” Drobny will be joining Stew and The Nunn for this new series that will occur here on Stew and The Nunn radio.

Please join us for a couple of great special guests on this very special show. We will have BG Allyson R. Solomon, USAF (Ret.) who was the   former Assistant Adjutant General of the Maryland National Guard, and is now the newly appointed President of the National Guard Youth Foundation. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Gen. Solomon and her family immigrated to the United States in 1971. She enlisted in the Air National Guard after graduating from high school. Seven years after enlisting, she was selected to attend the Air National Guard Academy of Military Science, a training school for individuals to become officers in the Air National Guard.

We will also have Army Special Forces Major (Ret.) Rusty Bradley on as a guest. Major Bradley was wounded during the Battle of Sperwan Ghar in command of a Special Forces A-team, on his third combat tour as a Special Forces team leader. A native of North Carolina, he graduated from Mars Hill College and enlisted in the Army in 1993, serving as an infantryman for six years before earning his commission from Officer Candidate School in 1999. Major Bradley had a total of seven combat tours into Afghanistan before he recently retired.

Tonight is MOVIE NIGHT!

We have a very special guest from the soon to be released Kilo Two Bravo film will be on to follow up on our first interview about this awesome movie. Paul Katis (Director/Producer) is an extremely versatile award-winning director with extensive experience of a wide range of genres. He has worked in TV & commercial film production for over 25 years, and in that time has amassed a wealth of credits and experience. After initially editing then producing commercials, he has moved on to direct over 50 commercials before concentrating on longer form production. Learn more about this movie that will be out next week at http://www.kilotwobravomovie.com.

We will also be talking to Jason from another soon to be released indie film, Pech River Boys. In May 2010, Bravo Company / 3rd Platoon / 1-327IN of the legendary 101st Airborne Division was deployed to the Pech River Valley located in Afghanistan's Kunar province.  They were stationed at COP Michigan in the mouth of the deadly Korengal Valley.  Pech River Boys: Tales From Afghanistan will be a documentary film to preserve the events that these men experienced and to remember their fallen brother Spc Brian Tabada.This film is still being funded on gofundme.com and more info about the film can be found at https://www.facebook.com/pechriverboys.