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A weekly livestream/podcast hosted by Jack (former Ranger/Special Forces) and Dave (former Ranger/Paramilitary contractor) interviewing Special Operations and intelligence community professionals about their service.

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11.28.2022

We originally recorded this episode for Christmas, but we had a late cancelation. So here it is for Thanksgiving!! Enjoy! ——————————————————————— James M. Hawes completed BUD/S in 1963 and received orders to the newly formed SEAL Team 2. Hawes subsequently ...

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11.28.2022 SEAL Turned Maritime Branch Officer \| James Hawes \| Ep. 177 We originally recorded this episode for Christmas, but we had a late cancelation. So here it is for Thanksgiving!! Enjoy! ——————————————————————— James M. Hawes completed BUD/S in 1963 and received orders to the newly formed SEAL Team 2. Hawes subsequently ...
11.21.2022 Red Team Hacker, Cybersecurity Expert & DOD Advisor \| Matt Devost \| Ep. 176 Currently, Matt is the CEO & Co-Founder of OODA LLC. Prior to OODA, Matt was the EVP for Strategy and Operations at Tulco Holdings. Previously, Mr. Devost was a Managing Director at Accenture where he led the Global Cyber Defense ...
11.14.2022 CIA Deputy Director of the Counterterrorism Center \| Darrell Blocker \| Ep. 175 Darrell M. Blocker is a former American intelligence officer who served for 28 years with the Central Intelligence Agency. He held prominent positions including deputy director of the Counterterrorism Center (CTC), Chief of Africa Division, and Chief of Training at ...
11.10.2022 From MARSOC to the Mozart Group \| Andrew Milburn \| Ep. 174 Andrew Milburn returns from Ukraine Check out Andy and The Mozart Group here: https://www.themozartgroup.com/ To help support the show and for all bonus content including: -Ad FREE Video -Ad FREE Audio -Over 100 hours of Bonus segments with previous guests ...
11.07.2022 Air Force 24th Special Tactics Squadron Operator \| Chad McCoy \| Ep. 173 Chad McCoy served in the Air Force for over 22 years, 18 of which with the 24th STS. (24th Special Tactics Squadron). Chad has been on 17 deployments the majority of which with JSOC and earned the rank of Chief ...
11.03.2022 FBI Counterintelligence Agent \| Holden Triplett \| Ep. 172 Holden Triplett has extensive international and domestic experience in national security and intelligence matters, especially with respect to their impact on businesses and private enterprises. In addition to his work at Trenchcoat, Holden is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s ...
10.31.2022 FBI Hostage Rescue Team Operator \| Greg Shaffer \| Ep. 171 Greg is the author of the best-selling book, “Stay Safe – Security Secrets for Today‘s Dangerous World”, and is the host of Investigation Discovery Channel’s police drama, “Body Cam – Behind the Badge”. Greg served in the Federal Bureau of ...
10.24.2022 From Drug Cartels to The Hells Angels: Life Undercover with the DEA \| "Tio" \| Ep. 170 "Tio" grew up in Brooklyn before finding his way into the Marines and then law enforcement. He spent his career making undercover drug and gun busts, sometimes even getting wrapped up in counter-terrorism cases. He went under with the most ...
10.15.2022 Fighting ISIS with the Kurdish YPG \| John Foxx and Dr. Till Paasche \| Ep. 169 A unique assessment of American military involvement in Syria, written by three very different authors who between them participated in all large Kurdish operations between late 2014 and mid-2016, experiencing first-hand the impact America had on the battlefield. With America’s ...
10.12.2022 Special Ops Contractor Training Afghan Partners \| Joan Barker \| Ep. 168 Joan Barker is a consultant specializing in military language and culture training. She has worked on educational contracts for U.S. Special Operations Command and overseas as a trainer with partner forces in the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan. From 2017 ...
10.08.2022 Legacy of Ashes: The Secret History of the CIA \| Tim Weiner \| Ep. 167 Tim Weiner is a national security journalist who made six reporting tours running with the muj in Afghanistan, 1987 (Soviet occupation) to 2001 (American occupation) and war/conflict/crisis reporting from Sudan, Pakistan, Liberia, Haiti, and the Philippines. He won the Pulitzer ...
10.05.2022 Infantry Marine Turned Investigative Journalist \| James LaPorta \| Ep. 166 James LaPorta is an investigative reporter for The Associated Press covering national security, the intelligence community and the U.S. military. He is a military advisor to the award-winning television show This is Us on NBC. His reporting as garnered various ...
10.01.2022 13 Deployments, 1000+ Missions with the 75th Ranger Regiment \| Nicholas Moore \| Ep. 165 Sweeping from frozen mountaintops to dusty city streets, and everything in between, this is the gripping and deeply personal account of an elite Ranger who nearly lost his life “leading the way” in America's longest war. As part of an ...
09.24.2022 Commandos Marine Veteran (French Naval Special Warfare) \| Louis Saillans \| Ep. 164 Louis Saillans joined the marine commandos in 2010 and became group leader five years later. For nearly a decade, he participated in military operations in Africa and the Middle East aimed at freeing hostages, capturing jihadist leaders or neutralizing terrorists. ...
09.17.2022 …BRRRRT...A-10 Warthog Pilot \| Kim "KC" Campbell \| Ep. 163 Kim Campbell is a retired Air Force Colonel who served in the Air Force for over 24 years as a fighter pilot and senior military leader. She has flown 1,800 hours in the A-10 Warthog, including more than 100 combat ...
09.10.2022 Former China Analyst at the CIA \| Gail Helt \| Ep. 162 Gail's Bio: I came to King in 2014 after nearly a dozen years at the Central Intelligence Agency, where I worked on issues related to East Asian security, politics, and governance. I had the privilege of traveling the world, and ...
09.03.2022 Female Engagement Team/Cultural Support Team, Combat Camera, Mil Journalist \| Amy Forsythe \| Ep. 161 Amy Forsythe began her career as an enlisted military journalist in the U.S. Marine Corps and has included two tours of duty in Iraq and three in Afghanistan in addition to several other overseas locations. Amy is an award-winning journalist ...
08.27.2022 Marine Sniper, LRS, Security Contractor, & Cybersecurity Expert \| Ryan English \| Ep. 160 Ryan English served as a Marine Corps sniper, a Long Range Surveillance Assistant Team Leader in the Army, and worked the Department of State Worldwide Protective Service (Iraq) where he was assigned to the Ambassador’s Protective Detail. After sustaining an ...
08.20.2022 The Combat History of the AC-130 Gunship from Vietnam to Iraq \| William Walter \| Ep. 159 The AC-130 Gunship was quickly developed in 1968 to provide fire support for ground forces in Vietnam. Twenty-eight C-130 cargo aircraft were converted into AC-130s for night attack operations. The AC-130 was crude, ugly, ad hoc, and detested by many ...
08.13.2022 Senior CIA Officer Who Ran The Paramilitary Program in Afghanistan \| Milt Bearden \| Ep. 158 A landmark collaboration between a thirty-year veteran of the CIA and a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, The Main Enemy is the dramatic inside story of the CIA-KGB spy wars, told through the actions of the men who fought them. Based on ...
08.06.2022 Fire Force: Rhodesian Light Infantry \| Chris Cocks \| Ep. 157 Fireforce is the compelling, brutal but true account of Chris Cocks’ service in 3 Commando, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, during Zimbabwe’s bitter civil war of the ’70s—a war that came to be known almost innocuously as ‘the bush war’. ‘Fireforce’, ...
07.31.2022 Navy SEAL and Army SMU Operator \| Drew Mullins \| Ep. 156 Drew served as a Navy SEAL before assessing for an Army Special Mission Unit. He was deployed as a part of the Advanced Force Operations to Iraq prior to the 2003 invasion. Today's Sponsors: SAP Gear (Stately Asset Protection) https://SAPGEAR.com ...
07.25.2022 The Life & Death of One of America's Secret Soldiers: Michael Froede \| Kate Rocklein \| Jul Bonus Ep Dr. Kemplin earned her BNSc at Queen’s University, MScN and Doctorate in Nursing Practice at Loyola University (New Orleans), and PhD from Rush University (Chicago). Kate was a civilian emergency/trauma nurse specialist for the United States Army before becoming faculty ...
07.23.2022 Senior CIA Officer Weighs in on Ukraine and Syria \| Doug Wise \| Ep. 155 Doug Wise joins us for a second episode! Today's Sponsors: SAP Gear (Stately Asset Protection) https://SAPGEAR.com Veteran-owned company, Stately Asset Protection’s retail store specializes in handmade and unique survivability products. Use the code “TEAM” for 15% off your order! https://SAPGEAR.com ...
07.16.2022 160th Special Ops Aviator, MH-47 Pilot \| Alex Bertelli \| Ep. 154 Alex Bertelli flew MH-47 Chinook helicopters for the Army including the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), known as the Night Stalkers. After getting out of the military in 2014, he went to work in the Aerospace industry. Check out ...
07.09.2022 CIA Paramilitary Team Leader, Counter Terrorism Deputy Chief of Ops \| JR Seeger \| Ep. 153 JR Seeger served as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne and as a CIA officer for a total of 27 years federal service. Since his retirement, JR has written articles and book reviews in the CIA professional journal "Studies in ...
07.02.2022 Special Forces Captain in Vietnam Shares Toltec Wisdom \| Jim Morris \| Ep. 152 During his third tour of duty in Vietnam where he served as a Green Beret, Jim Morris was wounded badly enough to be retired from the army. He came home bitter, angry that his career had been ended. After reading ...
06.25.2022 From Delta Operator to Professional Mercenary \| Dale Comstock \| Ep. 151 Dale Comstock was the youngest operator in Delta Force when he joined from the 82nd Airborne and was the master breacher on the military's first successful hostage rescue mission, Operation Acid Gambit which rescued Kurt Muse from the clutches of ...
06.18.2022 The CIA's Head Spy Hunter \| James Olson \| Ep. 150 Professor James Olson received his law degree from the University of Iowa. He is a professor of the practice at the Bush School, where he teaches courses on intelligence and counterintelligence. He served for over thirty years in the Directorate ...
06.11.2022 School Safety & Presidential Security w/ a Former Secret Service Agent \| Bill Gage \| Ep. 149 Bill Gage joined the Secret Service in 2002 and soon found himself in a major national security investigation in cooperation with the CIA in which the IRA and North Korea were involved in counterfeiting US currency with such detail that ...
06.04.2022 MARSOC's First Deployment, and Subsequent Persecution \| Fred Galvin \| Ep. 148 Fred Galvin served twenty-seven years in the U.S. Marine Corps, beginning as a seventeen-year-old who rose from the enlisted ranks to become an officer. Serving in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, and elsewhere, he led the first special operations company in the ...
05.28.2022 CIA Senior Intelligence Service \| Douglas Wise \| Ep. 147 Douglas H. Wise retired from CIA as a member of CIA’s Senior Intelligence Service (SIS-6) in August 2016 completing nearly three decades of service. He finished his career with CIA in a Joint Duty Assignment as the Deputy Director of ...
05.21.2022 From Force Recon to MARSOC \| Peter Perry \| Ep. 146 Perry was on some of the first MARSOC deployments after spending some time in Marine Recon. He saw heavy combat in Afghanistan, and shares some of his experiences with us. For all bonus content including: -2 bonus episodes per month ...
05.14.2022 Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior \| Ric Prado \| Ep. 145 Enrique Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, his family fled their war-torn home for the hope of a better life in ...
05.07.2022 Legendary CIA Paramilitary Officer Jan “Dutch” Wierenga w/ Kim Kipling \| Ep. 144 Master Sergeant Jan W. “Dutch” Wierenga is a little known but highly respected Special Forces and CIA legend. He has served the USA for sixty years in total, in some of the most dangerous and difficult circumstances imaginable. Born in ...
04.30.2022 The First Green Beret in Afghanistan \| Justin Sapp \| Ep. 143 After the 9/11 attacks, small CIA paramilitary teams were secreted into Afghanistan to pave the way for a larger Special Forces deployment. Amongst them was Green Beret Justin Sapp who was the first U.S. Special Forces soldier to infiltrate into ...
04.23.2022 The Rise of the Navy SEALs \| Ben Milligan \| Ep. 142 Benjamin H. Milligan became a US Navy SEAL in 2001. He is a recipient of the Bronze Star and other awards. A native of Indianapolis, he currently lives in the Chicago area and has three sons. How did the US ...
04.16.2022 Army Special Mission Unit Operator \| Erick Miyares \| Ep. 141 Erick served for two decades in an Army compartmentalized Special Mission Unit, rising to the rank of Sergeant Major. Check out Erick here:
04.09.2022 Former Green Beret Live from Ukraine \| Ryan Hendrickson \| Ep. 140 Ryan Hendrickson is a Special Forces Engineer in the U.S. Army. Ryan transferred over to the Army in 2008 after completing enlistments in both the Navy and Air Force. Ryan has many military deployments including Iraq, Afghanistan, and several South ...
04.02.2022 Special Ops Cultural Support Teams (CST) \| Sam Juan \| Ep. 139 After immigrating to America, Samantha Juan joined the U.S. Army with limited options since she was not yet a U.S. citizen and served as a cook until she was able to transition to being a signals intelligence analyst attached to ...
03.26.2022 CIA Covert Operations in Ukraine \| Zach Dorfman \| Ep. 138 Zach Dorfman is a national security journalist who has written extensively about the intelligence community. With Team House host Jack Murphy, they published an in-depth article about the Soleimani assassination in Baghdad. Dorfman's recent work has been about CIA activities ...
03.19.2022 Deep Dive on Erik Prince's Global Operations \| Gregg Smith \| Ep. 137 After serving in the Marine Corps, Gregg went into business with the founder of Blackwater, Erik Prince which saw him as the CEO of Frontier Services Group. Today's Sponsors: Chill Boys Undies https://www.CHILLBOYS.com/ Save 15% on your first order by ...
03.12.2022 Code Over Country: The Tragedy and Corruption of SEAL Team Six \| Matthew Cole \| Ep. 136 From an award-winning investigative journalist, a hard-hitting exposé of the unchecked crimes of SEAL Team 6, revealing how the Navy SEAL forces were developed and then sacrificed in the service of American empire. The Navy SEALs are, for most Americans, ...
03.05.2022 Conflict In Ukraine Deep Dive \| Aaron Schwartzbaum \| Ep. 135 Today we're going to do a deep dive on the Ukraine conflict with Russia analyst Aaron Schwartzbaum. Aaron Schwartzbaum is a Fellow in the FPRI Eurasia Program, and is founder of the FPRI’s BMB Russia. He now works with the ...
02.26.2022 Recce: Small Team Missions Behind Enemy Lines \| Koos Stadler \| Ep. 134 A gripping first-hand account of the combat operations and life of a member of the secretive and elite South African Special Forces, known as ‘Recces’. South African Special Forces, known as the ‘Recces’, are an elite group of soldiers that ...
02.19.2022 Former Chilean Special Operations Officer \| John \| Ep. 133 On this episode we get a rare inside view from one of our foreign special ops partners, John who has served as an officer in the Special Operations community in Chile. We'll discuss his country's special ops, and a unique ...
02.18.2022 Former CIA Officer Marc Polymeropoulos \| In-Studio Bonus Episode Former CIA officer and friend of the stream, Marc Polymeropoulos joins us for an in-studio bonus episode this Wednesday at noon! Find Marc here
02.12.2022 Former Australian Diplomat Turned International Problem Solver \| Malcolm Brailey \| Ep. 132 Malcolm Brailey served in the Australian Army before becoming a diplomat, and later something of an international problem solver for his government and other parties. Today's Sponsors:
02.09.2022 History of U.S. Special Operations The history of U.S. Special operations from 1632-present. (Abridged) This video can be far longer we (Jack) tried his best to capture some of the highlights. If you like this kind of content let us know by liking, subscribing, and ...
02.06.2022 Relentless Strike: The Unauthorized History of JSOC \| Sean Naylor (part 2) \| Ep. 131 Sean Naylor is a national security journalist who wrote Relentless Strike about the history of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and many other journalistic works. In part two of our interview with him we will pick up where we left ...

Older episodes

11.28.2022 SEAL Turned Maritime Branch Officer \| James Hawes \| Ep. 177 We originally recorded this episode for Christmas, but we had a late cancelation. So here it is for Thanksgiving!! Enjoy! ——————————————————————— James M. Hawes completed BUD/S in 1963 and received orders to the newly formed SEAL Team 2. Hawes subsequently ...
11.21.2022 Red Team Hacker, Cybersecurity Expert & DOD Advisor \| Matt Devost \| Ep. 176 Currently, Matt is the CEO & Co-Founder of OODA LLC. Prior to OODA, Matt was the EVP for Strategy and Operations at Tulco Holdings. Previously, Mr. Devost was a Managing Director at Accenture where he led the Global Cyber Defense ...
11.14.2022 CIA Deputy Director of the Counterterrorism Center \| Darrell Blocker \| Ep. 175 Darrell M. Blocker is a former American intelligence officer who served for 28 years with the Central Intelligence Agency. He held prominent positions including deputy director of the Counterterrorism Center (CTC), Chief of Africa Division, and Chief of Training at ...
11.10.2022 From MARSOC to the Mozart Group \| Andrew Milburn \| Ep. 174 Andrew Milburn returns from Ukraine Check out Andy and The Mozart Group here: https://www.themozartgroup.com/ To help support the show and for all bonus content including: -Ad FREE Video -Ad FREE Audio -Over 100 hours of Bonus segments with previous guests ...
11.07.2022 Air Force 24th Special Tactics Squadron Operator \| Chad McCoy \| Ep. 173 Chad McCoy served in the Air Force for over 22 years, 18 of which with the 24th STS. (24th Special Tactics Squadron). Chad has been on 17 deployments the majority of which with JSOC and earned the rank of Chief ...
11.03.2022 FBI Counterintelligence Agent \| Holden Triplett \| Ep. 172 Holden Triplett has extensive international and domestic experience in national security and intelligence matters, especially with respect to their impact on businesses and private enterprises. In addition to his work at Trenchcoat, Holden is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s ...
10.31.2022 FBI Hostage Rescue Team Operator \| Greg Shaffer \| Ep. 171 Greg is the author of the best-selling book, “Stay Safe – Security Secrets for Today‘s Dangerous World”, and is the host of Investigation Discovery Channel’s police drama, “Body Cam – Behind the Badge”. Greg served in the Federal Bureau of ...
10.24.2022 From Drug Cartels to The Hells Angels: Life Undercover with the DEA \| "Tio" \| Ep. 170 "Tio" grew up in Brooklyn before finding his way into the Marines and then law enforcement. He spent his career making undercover drug and gun busts, sometimes even getting wrapped up in counter-terrorism cases. He went under with the most ...
10.15.2022 Fighting ISIS with the Kurdish YPG \| John Foxx and Dr. Till Paasche \| Ep. 169 A unique assessment of American military involvement in Syria, written by three very different authors who between them participated in all large Kurdish operations between late 2014 and mid-2016, experiencing first-hand the impact America had on the battlefield. With America’s ...
10.12.2022 Special Ops Contractor Training Afghan Partners \| Joan Barker \| Ep. 168 Joan Barker is a consultant specializing in military language and culture training. She has worked on educational contracts for U.S. Special Operations Command and overseas as a trainer with partner forces in the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan. From 2017 ...
10.08.2022 Legacy of Ashes: The Secret History of the CIA \| Tim Weiner \| Ep. 167 Tim Weiner is a national security journalist who made six reporting tours running with the muj in Afghanistan, 1987 (Soviet occupation) to 2001 (American occupation) and war/conflict/crisis reporting from Sudan, Pakistan, Liberia, Haiti, and the Philippines. He won the Pulitzer ...
10.05.2022 Infantry Marine Turned Investigative Journalist \| James LaPorta \| Ep. 166 James LaPorta is an investigative reporter for The Associated Press covering national security, the intelligence community and the U.S. military. He is a military advisor to the award-winning television show This is Us on NBC. His reporting as garnered various ...
10.01.2022 13 Deployments, 1000+ Missions with the 75th Ranger Regiment \| Nicholas Moore \| Ep. 165 Sweeping from frozen mountaintops to dusty city streets, and everything in between, this is the gripping and deeply personal account of an elite Ranger who nearly lost his life “leading the way” in America's longest war. As part of an ...
09.24.2022 Commandos Marine Veteran (French Naval Special Warfare) \| Louis Saillans \| Ep. 164 Louis Saillans joined the marine commandos in 2010 and became group leader five years later. For nearly a decade, he participated in military operations in Africa and the Middle East aimed at freeing hostages, capturing jihadist leaders or neutralizing terrorists. ...
09.17.2022 …BRRRRT...A-10 Warthog Pilot \| Kim "KC" Campbell \| Ep. 163 Kim Campbell is a retired Air Force Colonel who served in the Air Force for over 24 years as a fighter pilot and senior military leader. She has flown 1,800 hours in the A-10 Warthog, including more than 100 combat ...
09.10.2022 Former China Analyst at the CIA \| Gail Helt \| Ep. 162 Gail's Bio: I came to King in 2014 after nearly a dozen years at the Central Intelligence Agency, where I worked on issues related to East Asian security, politics, and governance. I had the privilege of traveling the world, and ...
09.03.2022 Female Engagement Team/Cultural Support Team, Combat Camera, Mil Journalist \| Amy Forsythe \| Ep. 161 Amy Forsythe began her career as an enlisted military journalist in the U.S. Marine Corps and has included two tours of duty in Iraq and three in Afghanistan in addition to several other overseas locations. Amy is an award-winning journalist ...
08.27.2022 Marine Sniper, LRS, Security Contractor, & Cybersecurity Expert \| Ryan English \| Ep. 160 Ryan English served as a Marine Corps sniper, a Long Range Surveillance Assistant Team Leader in the Army, and worked the Department of State Worldwide Protective Service (Iraq) where he was assigned to the Ambassador’s Protective Detail. After sustaining an ...
08.20.2022 The Combat History of the AC-130 Gunship from Vietnam to Iraq \| William Walter \| Ep. 159 The AC-130 Gunship was quickly developed in 1968 to provide fire support for ground forces in Vietnam. Twenty-eight C-130 cargo aircraft were converted into AC-130s for night attack operations. The AC-130 was crude, ugly, ad hoc, and detested by many ...
08.13.2022 Senior CIA Officer Who Ran The Paramilitary Program in Afghanistan \| Milt Bearden \| Ep. 158 A landmark collaboration between a thirty-year veteran of the CIA and a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, The Main Enemy is the dramatic inside story of the CIA-KGB spy wars, told through the actions of the men who fought them. Based on ...
08.06.2022 Fire Force: Rhodesian Light Infantry \| Chris Cocks \| Ep. 157 Fireforce is the compelling, brutal but true account of Chris Cocks’ service in 3 Commando, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, during Zimbabwe’s bitter civil war of the ’70s—a war that came to be known almost innocuously as ‘the bush war’. ‘Fireforce’, ...
07.31.2022 Navy SEAL and Army SMU Operator \| Drew Mullins \| Ep. 156 Drew served as a Navy SEAL before assessing for an Army Special Mission Unit. He was deployed as a part of the Advanced Force Operations to Iraq prior to the 2003 invasion. Today's Sponsors: SAP Gear (Stately Asset Protection) https://SAPGEAR.com ...
07.25.2022 The Life & Death of One of America's Secret Soldiers: Michael Froede \| Kate Rocklein \| Jul Bonus Ep Dr. Kemplin earned her BNSc at Queen’s University, MScN and Doctorate in Nursing Practice at Loyola University (New Orleans), and PhD from Rush University (Chicago). Kate was a civilian emergency/trauma nurse specialist for the United States Army before becoming faculty ...
07.23.2022 Senior CIA Officer Weighs in on Ukraine and Syria \| Doug Wise \| Ep. 155 Doug Wise joins us for a second episode! Today's Sponsors: SAP Gear (Stately Asset Protection) https://SAPGEAR.com Veteran-owned company, Stately Asset Protection’s retail store specializes in handmade and unique survivability products. Use the code “TEAM” for 15% off your order! https://SAPGEAR.com ...
07.16.2022 160th Special Ops Aviator, MH-47 Pilot \| Alex Bertelli \| Ep. 154 Alex Bertelli flew MH-47 Chinook helicopters for the Army including the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), known as the Night Stalkers. After getting out of the military in 2014, he went to work in the Aerospace industry. Check out ...
07.09.2022 CIA Paramilitary Team Leader, Counter Terrorism Deputy Chief of Ops \| JR Seeger \| Ep. 153 JR Seeger served as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne and as a CIA officer for a total of 27 years federal service. Since his retirement, JR has written articles and book reviews in the CIA professional journal "Studies in ...
07.02.2022 Special Forces Captain in Vietnam Shares Toltec Wisdom \| Jim Morris \| Ep. 152 During his third tour of duty in Vietnam where he served as a Green Beret, Jim Morris was wounded badly enough to be retired from the army. He came home bitter, angry that his career had been ended. After reading ...
06.25.2022 From Delta Operator to Professional Mercenary \| Dale Comstock \| Ep. 151 Dale Comstock was the youngest operator in Delta Force when he joined from the 82nd Airborne and was the master breacher on the military's first successful hostage rescue mission, Operation Acid Gambit which rescued Kurt Muse from the clutches of ...
06.18.2022 The CIA's Head Spy Hunter \| James Olson \| Ep. 150 Professor James Olson received his law degree from the University of Iowa. He is a professor of the practice at the Bush School, where he teaches courses on intelligence and counterintelligence. He served for over thirty years in the Directorate ...
06.11.2022 School Safety & Presidential Security w/ a Former Secret Service Agent \| Bill Gage \| Ep. 149 Bill Gage joined the Secret Service in 2002 and soon found himself in a major national security investigation in cooperation with the CIA in which the IRA and North Korea were involved in counterfeiting US currency with such detail that ...
06.04.2022 MARSOC's First Deployment, and Subsequent Persecution \| Fred Galvin \| Ep. 148 Fred Galvin served twenty-seven years in the U.S. Marine Corps, beginning as a seventeen-year-old who rose from the enlisted ranks to become an officer. Serving in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, and elsewhere, he led the first special operations company in the ...
05.28.2022 CIA Senior Intelligence Service \| Douglas Wise \| Ep. 147 Douglas H. Wise retired from CIA as a member of CIA’s Senior Intelligence Service (SIS-6) in August 2016 completing nearly three decades of service. He finished his career with CIA in a Joint Duty Assignment as the Deputy Director of ...
05.21.2022 From Force Recon to MARSOC \| Peter Perry \| Ep. 146 Perry was on some of the first MARSOC deployments after spending some time in Marine Recon. He saw heavy combat in Afghanistan, and shares some of his experiences with us. For all bonus content including: -2 bonus episodes per month ...
05.14.2022 Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior \| Ric Prado \| Ep. 145 Enrique Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, his family fled their war-torn home for the hope of a better life in ...
05.07.2022 Legendary CIA Paramilitary Officer Jan “Dutch” Wierenga w/ Kim Kipling \| Ep. 144 Master Sergeant Jan W. “Dutch” Wierenga is a little known but highly respected Special Forces and CIA legend. He has served the USA for sixty years in total, in some of the most dangerous and difficult circumstances imaginable. Born in ...
04.30.2022 The First Green Beret in Afghanistan \| Justin Sapp \| Ep. 143 After the 9/11 attacks, small CIA paramilitary teams were secreted into Afghanistan to pave the way for a larger Special Forces deployment. Amongst them was Green Beret Justin Sapp who was the first U.S. Special Forces soldier to infiltrate into ...
04.23.2022 The Rise of the Navy SEALs \| Ben Milligan \| Ep. 142 Benjamin H. Milligan became a US Navy SEAL in 2001. He is a recipient of the Bronze Star and other awards. A native of Indianapolis, he currently lives in the Chicago area and has three sons. How did the US ...
04.16.2022 Army Special Mission Unit Operator \| Erick Miyares \| Ep. 141 Erick served for two decades in an Army compartmentalized Special Mission Unit, rising to the rank of Sergeant Major. Check out Erick here:
04.09.2022 Former Green Beret Live from Ukraine \| Ryan Hendrickson \| Ep. 140 Ryan Hendrickson is a Special Forces Engineer in the U.S. Army. Ryan transferred over to the Army in 2008 after completing enlistments in both the Navy and Air Force. Ryan has many military deployments including Iraq, Afghanistan, and several South ...
04.02.2022 Special Ops Cultural Support Teams (CST) \| Sam Juan \| Ep. 139 After immigrating to America, Samantha Juan joined the U.S. Army with limited options since she was not yet a U.S. citizen and served as a cook until she was able to transition to being a signals intelligence analyst attached to ...
03.26.2022 CIA Covert Operations in Ukraine \| Zach Dorfman \| Ep. 138 Zach Dorfman is a national security journalist who has written extensively about the intelligence community. With Team House host Jack Murphy, they published an in-depth article about the Soleimani assassination in Baghdad. Dorfman's recent work has been about CIA activities ...
03.19.2022 Deep Dive on Erik Prince's Global Operations \| Gregg Smith \| Ep. 137 After serving in the Marine Corps, Gregg went into business with the founder of Blackwater, Erik Prince which saw him as the CEO of Frontier Services Group. Today's Sponsors: Chill Boys Undies https://www.CHILLBOYS.com/ Save 15% on your first order by ...
03.12.2022 Code Over Country: The Tragedy and Corruption of SEAL Team Six \| Matthew Cole \| Ep. 136 From an award-winning investigative journalist, a hard-hitting exposé of the unchecked crimes of SEAL Team 6, revealing how the Navy SEAL forces were developed and then sacrificed in the service of American empire. The Navy SEALs are, for most Americans, ...
03.05.2022 Conflict In Ukraine Deep Dive \| Aaron Schwartzbaum \| Ep. 135 Today we're going to do a deep dive on the Ukraine conflict with Russia analyst Aaron Schwartzbaum. Aaron Schwartzbaum is a Fellow in the FPRI Eurasia Program, and is founder of the FPRI’s BMB Russia. He now works with the ...
02.26.2022 Recce: Small Team Missions Behind Enemy Lines \| Koos Stadler \| Ep. 134 A gripping first-hand account of the combat operations and life of a member of the secretive and elite South African Special Forces, known as ‘Recces’. South African Special Forces, known as the ‘Recces’, are an elite group of soldiers that ...
02.19.2022 Former Chilean Special Operations Officer \| John \| Ep. 133 On this episode we get a rare inside view from one of our foreign special ops partners, John who has served as an officer in the Special Operations community in Chile. We'll discuss his country's special ops, and a unique ...
02.18.2022 Former CIA Officer Marc Polymeropoulos \| In-Studio Bonus Episode Former CIA officer and friend of the stream, Marc Polymeropoulos joins us for an in-studio bonus episode this Wednesday at noon! Find Marc here
02.12.2022 Former Australian Diplomat Turned International Problem Solver \| Malcolm Brailey \| Ep. 132 Malcolm Brailey served in the Australian Army before becoming a diplomat, and later something of an international problem solver for his government and other parties. Today's Sponsors:
02.09.2022 History of U.S. Special Operations The history of U.S. Special operations from 1632-present. (Abridged) This video can be far longer we (Jack) tried his best to capture some of the highlights. If you like this kind of content let us know by liking, subscribing, and ...
02.06.2022 Relentless Strike: The Unauthorized History of JSOC \| Sean Naylor (part 2) \| Ep. 131 Sean Naylor is a national security journalist who wrote Relentless Strike about the history of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and many other journalistic works. In part two of our interview with him we will pick up where we left ...

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SEAL Turned Maritime Branch Officer | James Hawes | Ep. 177

Red Team Hacker, Cybersecurity Expert & DOD Advisor | Matt Devost | Ep. 176

CIA Deputy Director of the Counterterrorism Center | Darrell Blocker | Ep. 175

From MARSOC to the Mozart Group | Andrew Milburn | Ep. 174

Air Force 24th Special Tactics Squadron Operator | Chad McCoy | Ep. 173

FBI Counterintelligence Agent | Holden Triplett | Ep. 172

FBI Hostage Rescue Team Operator | Greg Shaffer | Ep. 171

From Drug Cartels to The Hells Angels: Life Undercover with the DEA | "Tio" | Ep. 170

Fighting ISIS with the Kurdish YPG | John Foxx and Dr. Till Paasche | Ep. 169

Special Ops Contractor Training Afghan Partners | Joan Barker | Ep. 168

Legacy of Ashes: The Secret History of the CIA | Tim Weiner | Ep. 167

Infantry Marine Turned Investigative Journalist | James LaPorta | Ep. 166

13 Deployments, 1000+ Missions with the 75th Ranger Regiment | Nicholas Moore | Ep. 165

Commandos Marine Veteran (French Naval Special Warfare) | Louis Saillans | Ep. 164

…BRRRRT...A-10 Warthog Pilot | Kim "KC" Campbell | Ep. 163

Former China Analyst at the CIA | Gail Helt | Ep. 162

Female Engagement Team/Cultural Support Team, Combat Camera, Mil Journalist | Amy Forsythe | Ep. 161

Marine Sniper, LRS, Security Contractor, & Cybersecurity Expert | Ryan English | Ep. 160

The Combat History of the AC-130 Gunship from Vietnam to Iraq | William Walter | Ep. 159

Senior CIA Officer Who Ran The Paramilitary Program in Afghanistan | Milt Bearden | Ep. 158

Fire Force: Rhodesian Light Infantry | Chris Cocks | Ep. 157

Navy SEAL and Army SMU Operator | Drew Mullins | Ep. 156

The Life & Death of One of America's Secret Soldiers: Michael Froede | Kate Rocklein | Jul Bonus Ep

Senior CIA Officer Weighs in on Ukraine and Syria | Doug Wise | Ep. 155

160th Special Ops Aviator, MH-47 Pilot | Alex Bertelli | Ep. 154

CIA Paramilitary Team Leader, Counter Terrorism Deputy Chief of Ops | JR Seeger | Ep. 153

Special Forces Captain in Vietnam Shares Toltec Wisdom | Jim Morris | Ep. 152

From Delta Operator to Professional Mercenary | Dale Comstock | Ep. 151

The CIA's Head Spy Hunter | James Olson | Ep. 150

School Safety & Presidential Security w/ a Former Secret Service Agent | Bill Gage | Ep. 149

MARSOC's First Deployment, and Subsequent Persecution | Fred Galvin | Ep. 148

CIA Senior Intelligence Service | Douglas Wise | Ep. 147

From Force Recon to MARSOC | Peter Perry | Ep. 146

Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior | Ric Prado | Ep. 145

Legendary CIA Paramilitary Officer Jan “Dutch” Wierenga w/ Kim Kipling | Ep. 144

The First Green Beret in Afghanistan | Justin Sapp | Ep. 143

The Rise of the Navy SEALs | Ben Milligan | Ep. 142

Army Special Mission Unit Operator | Erick Miyares | Ep. 141

Former Green Beret Live from Ukraine | Ryan Hendrickson | Ep. 140

Special Ops Cultural Support Teams (CST) | Sam Juan | Ep. 139

CIA Covert Operations in Ukraine | Zach Dorfman | Ep. 138

Deep Dive on Erik Prince's Global Operations | Gregg Smith | Ep. 137

Code Over Country: The Tragedy and Corruption of SEAL Team Six | Matthew Cole | Ep. 136

Conflict In Ukraine Deep Dive | Aaron Schwartzbaum | Ep. 135

Recce: Small Team Missions Behind Enemy Lines | Koos Stadler | Ep. 134

Former Chilean Special Operations Officer | John | Ep. 133

Former CIA Officer Marc Polymeropoulos | In-Studio Bonus Episode

Former Australian Diplomat Turned International Problem Solver | Malcolm Brailey | Ep. 132

History of U.S. Special Operations

Relentless Strike: The Unauthorized History of JSOC | Sean Naylor (part 2) | Ep. 131