Vincent “Rocco” Vargas is a special operations combat veteran, former Homeland Security Federal Agent, actor, writer, and producer.

During his 12 years of service, Vincent went on three combat deployments with the 2nd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. After leaving active duty, he joined the Army Reserves as Sergeant First Class. In 2009, he became a Federal Agent with the Department of Homeland Security, where he worked extensively on the United States-Mexico border, serving as a medic with the Special Operations Group.

In an effort to help other veterans, Vincent founded Beteran, an apparel company where 50% of all proceeds go toward helping veterans seek treatment for trauma and transition back to civilian life.

As an actor, Vincent is known for his role as “Gilly” on Mayans MC, as well as in films including Range 15, Lucy Shimmers and the Prince of Peace, and Dark of Light. Today, Vincent is the Head of Marketing at the security services firm The North Group.

His new book, Borderline: Defending the Home Front, will be released in November.

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Today’s guest is legendary CIA paramilitary and operations officer Enrique “Ric” Prado.

Ric is a retired CIA operations officer who specialized in paramilitary, counter-terrorism and special/clandestine operations. Escaping Cuba as a child amidst the violence of Castro’s Cuban Revolution, he would go on to retire as the CIA equivalent of a two-star general after serving for twenty-four years in the nation’s premier intelligence service which included 36 months as the first CIA officer to live in the anti-Sandinista “Contra” camps and later as Deputy Chief of Station of the original Bin Laden Task Force.

His new New York Times bestselling memoir Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Officer takes a deep dive into a truly exceptional career filled with assassins, terrorists, spies and revolutionaries. Prado’s memoir highlights not only the complexities of America’s shadow wars, but the extreme courage, creativity and perseverance it takes to execute such missions inside the most demanding and hostile environments.

You can learn more about Ric Prado at ricprado.com

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Today’s guest is Nick Norris.

Nick is a Navy SEAL combat veteran, entrepreneur, and mental health advocate.

During his ten years with the Teams, Nick made several combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.

After suffering severe depression from his time in combat and the death of his brother, Nick sought help that did not involve antidepressants. He found help from Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS), a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide resources, research, and advocacy for U.S. military veterans seeking psychedelic-assisted therapies. Nick is now on the Board of Directors for the organization.

Nick is also the co-founder of the company Protekt with Navy veteran Tim Duba and waterman Mark Healey.

Protekt is a wellness company that offers supplements to help improve hydration, immunity, sleep, performance, and brain function. They also offer sun protection and skin care products as well as apparel.

Learn more about Protekt on their website protekt.com. You can follow them on Instagram @protektproducts 

You can find more about VETS on their website vetsolutions.org and follow them on Instagram @veteransolutions.

You can follow Nick on Instagram @nick_norris1981 

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Today’s guest is former CIA case officer Doug Patteson.

Doug retired from the CIA after serving multiple overseas tours where he specialized in human intelligence and counterterrorism. He is currently a professor at the University of New Hampshire.

Doug has worked extensively in Hollywood as both a technical consultant and a producer for television and film. Notably, he can be seen lending his insights in the documentary The Lost Leonardo, which looks into the controversial $450 million “Salvator Mundi” painting.

As a published author, his work has focused on security, travel safety, and intelligence, including pieces for SpotterUp.com and three chapters of the book More Stories from Langley: Another Glimpse Inside the CIA.

Doug Patteson is President of the Board of Directors of the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, focused on global press freedoms and advocacy work on behalf of hostages.

Follow Doug on Instagram at @texasspydad or on Twitter @GrayManActual

You can check out Doug’s line of authentic intel community related products @ingloriousamateurs on Instagram.

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Today’s guest is former Army Special Mission Unit Operator and combat veteran Craig “Chili” Palmer.

Chili served in the 75th Ranger Regiment in both 1st Battalion and the Regimental Reconnaissance Company. A week after reporting to 1st Battalion he made his first combat jump into Panama for Operation Just Cause.  After two years as a Military Free Fall Instructor, he was selected for the U.S. Army’s top tier special mission unit where he served for another 17 years, making 13 combat deployments during the Global War on Terror. He retired as Sergeant Major. Post-military, he has worked in research-and-development on military technologies that benefit special operations forces. He is also a firearms instructor for SIG Sauer and Viking Tactics.

His extensive combat and weapons experience has made him a highly sought-after expert in Hollywood as a military technical advisor. Chili’s film credits include How It Ends, Extraction, The Gray Man, and Extraction 2, set for release in 2023.

Follow him on Instagram at @chilipalmershooting

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Kevin Owens is a special operations combat veteran and is currently the Training Manager at FieldCraft Survival.  Kevin served in the Irish Army’s Tier One Counter-Terrorist Unit before immigrating to the United States where he served for six years in the Infantry and 18 years as a Special Forces Soldier.

During his time in the U.S. Army, Kevin participated in multiple combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. He ran the Special Forces Sniper Course, and was in charge of all Force Modernization for Army Special Forces. Kevin also has the distinction of winning the 2020 NDIA Hatchcock Award for his significant contributions to the U.S. Military Sniper Community.

Today, Kevin is the Training Manager at FieldCraft Survival’s North Carolina Headquarters in Aberdeen, NC.

Kevin’s new podcast,  The Kevin Owens Podcast, is about resilience, training, and mindset told through lessons he learned from his time as a Green Beret.

You can find more about FieldCraft Survival at fieldcraftsurvival.com , follow them on Instagram @fieldcraftsurvival , and subscribe to their YouTube Channel.

You can follow Kevin on Instagram @kevin.p.owens

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Today’s guest is Chad Robichaux.

Chad is a United States Force Recon Marine veteran, author, MMA champion, keynote speaker, podcast host, founder of the Mighty Oaks Foundation, and co-founder of Save Our Allies.

After his military service, Chad founded the Mighty Oaks Foundation, a non-profit organization geared toward helping active duty, military veterans, and first responders combat PTSD through faith-based combat trauma and resiliency programs. 

Chad is also the co-founder of Save Our Allies, a non-profit organization focused on the evacuation of Americans and American allies trapped in Afghanistan. The organization has helped evacuate more than 17,000 people from Afghanistan. His new book, Saving Aziz, details that experience.

Chad has authored numerous books including The Truth About PTSD, Fight For Us, Path To Resiliency, Behind The Lines, his memoir An Unfair Advantage, Redeployed and Marriage Advance: Love Never Gives Up.

A former Mixed Martials Arts Champion, Chad has a professional record of 15-2. 

You can find out more about Chad at chadrobichaux.com. You can follow him on Instagram @chadrobo_official

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As the release date for ONLY THE DEAD quickly approaches, Danger Close listeners get exclusive access to the Audiobook prologue read by Ray Porter.

From the publisher:

Navy SEAL James Reece faces a devastating global conspiracy in this high-adrenaline thriller that is ripped from the headlines—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr.

In 1980, a freshman congressman was gunned down in Rhode Island, sending shockwaves through Washington that are still reverberating over four decades later.

Now, with the world on the brink of war and a weakened United States facing rampant inflation, political division, and shocking assassinations, a secret cabal of global elites is ready to assume control. And with the world’s most dangerous man locked in solitary confinement, the conspirators believe the final obstacle to complete domination has been eliminated. They’re wrong.

From the firms of Wall Street to the corridors of power in Washington, DC, and Moscow, secrets from the past have the uncanny ability to rise to the surface in the present. With the odds stacked against him, James Reece is on a mission generations in the making. Unfortunately for his enemies, the former SEAL is not concerned with odds. He is on the warpath. And when James Reece picks up his tomahawk and sniper rifle, no one is out of range.

From “a master novelist” (Ballistic Magazine), Jack Carr brings his signature authenticity to “create an incredibly vivid, emotional, action-packed tapestry of carnage and death” (Coffee or Die Magazine) in a plot that just might predict the headlines of tomorrow.

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Today’s guest is entrepreneur and U.S. Army special operations veteran Mike Glover.

Mike spent 18 years in the Army, followed by time as a contractor for the CIA. He served as a SGM in the Special Forces and was deployed to combat theaters of operation around the globe.

Following his time in the military, Mike founded FieldCraft Survival, a training company offering courses in firearms, survival, mobility, medicine, and preparedness. He also hosts the podcasts Mike Force and Fieldcraft Survival.

You can check out all that Fieldcraft Survival has to offer by visiting fieldcraftsurvival.com and stop by wolf21.com to shop their extensive line of supplements.

His book Prepared: A Manual for Surviving Worst-Case Scenarios is available for pre-order now.

Follow Mike on Instagram @mike.a.glover

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