There Will Be Bourbon

Terry Schappert is a retired Green Beret with the United States Army and also a commentator on current events. He has hosted and appeared on several television shows and recently recorded the 5th season of Hollywood Weapons. He is an extremely thoughtful, well read, and articulate member of the warrior class in America who has fought and sacrificed far more than most in this nation. Listen to what he has to say and deliver through a mix of humor and sobering honesty.

Greg is a two time Army tourist of Iraq and served on a US Army Sniper team. After leaving the Army, he took on a variety of jobs and moved all over the country before finding his true calling as a father and family man. Greg and I discuss his time in Iraq, the challenges and rewards of home schooling his kids, his love of sports, as well as many other things brought forth through the bourbon. He is a passionate American with a wealth of stories and experiences worth listening to. He also has taken up a role with a veteran owned company that has been exploding in the past year that will be discussed in more detail in the future.

Sarah Blake Morgan is an award-winning journalist based in Charlotte, North Carolina. She currently covers the southeast region for The Associated Press. She has reported across the United States and around the world for local and international news organizations, shooting, writing and editing her stories. Sarah Blake's work has earned her eight EMMY nominations and RTDNAC's 2017 Multimedia Journalist of the Year. She has interviewed politicians, protesters marching through tear gas, mothers who have lost children to overdoses and embedded alongside soldiers in South America. Her extensive reporting on the military led Sarah Blake to her latest challenge. In March of 2021, she enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve and shipped off to Basic Combat Training at 31 years old. Sarah Blake graduated in June and will be attending Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia in October.

What a great American and human being Teresa is. She discusses her role in Operation Warp Speed and the Coronavirus vaccine as well as a variety of topics regarding political division in the media, the lack of authenticity in journalism, finding love in the White House, as well as some face time with our cats. Serious stuff here, America! Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon

Retired Navy SEAL Drew Mullins returns, unfortunately clean shaven, this time to discuss bourbon, behind the scenes action in Airborne School, Free Fall training in Antigua, as well as the concept of service and doing something bigger than yourself. Grab a glass!

Drew served the nation as a Navy SEAL for 23 years conducting high risk, low-visibility, and combat operations spanning 14 deployments in Bosnia, Iraq, The Caucuses, Afghanistan, and Somalia. Like me, he enjoys America's native spirit, Bourbon! We imbibed and talked through his time in the Navy, what SEAL training was like for him, as well as GI Jane stories involving Demi Moore. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon.

I imbibed in a glass with Father Dan Beeman. Ordained in 2007 after an unfulfilling banking career, Father Beeman was assigned a parish that serves the Naval community of Norfolk. To better minister to this population, he became certified in counseling for Combat Trauma and PTSD. He has worked extensively with the military community and has ministered to deployed military around the globe. Father Dan is passionate about Notre Dame, Oklahoma, and Navy on the football field, Bourbon in his glass, mountains that intimidate, and the abolition of Daylight Savings Time.

There Will Be Banter returns with a look into the Derek Chauvin trial. We get into deep waters over some personal experiences with police brutality and also provide an introspective look at personal accountability at times in those moments. You may not think like us but you probably think like one of us. Grab a glass!

Julio orders at the virtual bar to discuss what led him into the world of riot reporting and also recounts some of his most epic and eye catching moments from last summer in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He shares some insight into a two critical steps that are required to be successful in any field but most people never take. Julio is also a veteran of the United States Military and has marginal taste in apparel due to his unwavering loyalty to Grunt Style clothing. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon!

You've seen her for months on There Will Be Banter, now it's time to get a little more in depth. Kristina has worked for a variety of media outlets throughout her award winning career and currently covers the Pentagon for Breitbart. She's covered the wars in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, as well as security issues related to China, Japan, Asia, East Asia, and Taiwan. She also was almost an actress. Imagine that. Grab a glass and learn more about America's finest defense reporter! There Will Be Bourbon.