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Tonight's Guest: Reagan Roberts Reagan founded Mission Essential Gear was founded in August of 2019. He served as a United States Marine and started the company while still on Active Duty. During his last year on active duty he was taken off deployment and took this time to start his vision of a company out of the garage of his home. During all of this Reagan was going to college full time to get his bachelors degree in business and attending an evening fire academy to set himself up with a career after military service. The most recent portion of Reagan's business ventures has led to starting a Nonprofit to give back to the Military, Fire/EMS, and Law Enforcement communities. Out of his own pocket, the past few years Reagan has sent thousands of care packages overseas to forward deployed units. Reagan continues to run this business for the right reasons and carry the legacy of those communities. Check out his store here: www.megearco.com

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Tonight's Special Guest: CW Lemoine

C.W. Lemoine is the author of military/espionage thriller novels. A Louisiana native, Lemoine is a graduate of the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University in New Orleans. After graduating college, Lemoine joined the Air Force Reserve where he flew the F-16 and accumulated one thousand hours including a combat tour in Iraq. Lemoine later transferred to the Navy Reserve where he flew F/A-18 Hornets for four years. He currently flies the 737-800 for a legacy U.S. airline and T-38s for the Air Force Reserve as an Adversary Pilot. C.W. started a YouTube channel in 2018, hosting a weekly show called "MONDAYS WITH MOVER." Since then, the channel has grown to over 300,000 subscribers.

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Tonight we will start with the usual weekly recap of IW events and veteran themed news of the week.

Special Guest is Jarred Prewitt. He and fellow Marine Matt Gregorio are currently writing a book called "Deathwalker Marines" to immortalize the actions of their unit during the Global War on Terror. Jarred was a Designated Marksman in Second Platoon, Cold Steel (Charlie Company) for Ramadi, Iraq Sept 2006-May 2007. Anbar Awakening. He was a Squad Leader in Garmser, Afghanistan March 2008-October 2008. A part of two "Surges".

In Jarred's words:

"We want to interview as many 1/6 Marines/Attachments/Co-Units that worked with us during the time we were in along with those that came before and after us. We want to tell the story as honestly and completely as we can. Two perspectives can't tell the entire story of the Anbar Awakening. We'll never be able to get it all, but that's not going to keep us from trying anyways. Goals of the book: It's a multi-layered story of successes from the GWOT that were overlooked and/or forgotten about. The issue of mental health and the plague of suicide. We saw a lot of combat, our KIA list is long, but our post-war deaths at home list is three times as long. It's a serious problem. It can't be highlighted enough. The bevy of health issues that veterans deal with.

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Thanks for joining us for today's 21 Gun Podcast! This week we talk about upcoming IW announcements and recap the week's veteran related stories.

Special Guest:

LtCol Mitch "Taco" Bell joined the Marine Corps in 1986 and was winged a Naval Aviator in Jan of 1991. He flew the KC-130 in Cherry Point, NC, Okinawa Japan and Fort Worth TX in the Reserves. His primary duty has been on Recruiting duty for 9 of his 29 years in the Marine Corps before retiring in June of 2015. In 1998, he left active duty and was hired by American Airlines and currently fly's the Boeing 737. As a reservist, he was the Assistant Airboss and ran the airfield on an old Mig Base in TQ Iraq from 2005 to 2006. He followed this up with a billet in Kabul with the Afghan National Police for 8 months in 2008 and again for a short tour in 2009 with Prison Corrections over in Afghanistan. He currently assists with numerous charities and Veterans organizations in the DFW area including SkyBall, Snowball Express, Salute to the troops, Dallas Military Ball, Purple Hearts Reunited, Marine Corps Metroplex, Cow Town Warrior Ball and Gainesville Medal of Honor parade.

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Tonight's special guest is 21 Gun's own producer Jeremy Walton. We're going to take a deep dive to find out Jeremy's backstory from his childhood in California to becoming a Marine and eventually a soldier in the Army. Jeremy is one of many IW success stories and I think we're going have a good conversation with him tonight!

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Tonight's guest is Patrick Little, founder of 22 Sierra Coffee Co. Patrick served in the United States Air Force between 2011 and 2017, separating as a Cyber Transport Systems Supervisor. After basic training and tech school, he spent his entire enlistment at Barksdale AFB, LA. Patrick was deployed to Bagram AF, Afghanistan, from October 2015 to April 2016. He obtained his undergrad from Ashford University in 2014 and is an MBA Candidate at Boise State University, scheduled to graduate in the Spring of 2021. His passion to prevent suicide stems from the loss of two Air Force friends and co-workers along with several childhood friends. 22 Sierra Coffee Co. was founded by USAF veterans with a mission to help end veteran suicide. Based on recent VA studies, we lose an average of 17 to 22 Veterans to suicide each day. Since the 2011 VA study, the number 22 has become a symbol associated with veteran suicide awareness. No matter the current statistic, we believe that even one veteran dying by suicide is too many. Through our partners, we help connect veterans and first responders to mental health resources, support networks, and activities designed to build camaraderie and/or improve the symptoms of post-traumatic stress. Each month, we donate at least $1 from every coffee product sold online to our partners and other organizations sharing our Cause.

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I was lucky to have Joe Rogan Podcast alumni Dr. Mark Gordon and Andrew Marr on to discuss alternative treatments for TBI.

Dr. Gordon has been a strong advocate of Integrative and Functional Medicine and the promotion of wellness medicine thought the correction of underlying hormonal deficiencies. He was instrumental in promoting the recognition of Traumatic Brain Injury as a cause of hormonal deficiency in the hallmarked presentation on ESPN's Outside the Lines (Jan. 2007). His book, The Clinical Application of Interventional Medicine (2008), is recognized by his peers as a primer for the standards of care and assessment for Interventional Endocrinology. Andrew Marr is a husband, father, Retired Special Forces Green Beret, Co-Founder of Warrior Angels Foundation, TEDx Speaker, and best-selling co-author of TALES FROM THE BLAST FACTORY: A Brain Injured Special Forces Green Beret's Journey Back from the Brink. His book has been turned into an award-winning full feature documentary film under the direction of EMMY and Academy Award winners and is titled Quiet Explosions: Healing the Brain. If you want to hear Andrew's back story, you can listen to my one on one interview with him on episode #27 of 21 Gun or check out Quiet Explosions director Jerri Sher's interview episode #52.

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Tonight's guest is Ron Ripley! Ron is a San Diego based comedian that served 5 years in the United States Air Force and deployed to Iraq twice as a civil engineer. While you may recognize him from Anchorman 2, ​Ron is also the host of the Honorable Discharge podcast and was a writer and on-screen talent for VET Tv, best known for his comedy special, Mandatory Fun. When not writing or acting, Ron can be seen onstage at his home club, the La Jolla Comedy Store.

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We're back with the latest news and announcements from your beloved Silkies Wearing VSO Irreverent Warriors!

Tonight's guest, Steven Babin is the coordinator for the Baton Rouge Hike on 3/6... also the first hike of the 2021 season! He was a former Blackhawk flying Crew Chief. We talk about the Baton Rouge hike, his service and how innovative medical treatments helped him walk again after sustaining a catastrophic and career ending back injury while flying in Korea. Steven is a great dude and passionate about the IW Mission! He helped us out by hopping on the show last minute! Thanks Brother!!!

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We're back with all the latest news and info from your favorite veteran suicide prevention organization Irreverent Warriors.

Tonight's guest: Sean "Chief Pinkmist" Ambriz From Sean's site: I enlisted in February 2008 as a Military Police Soldier and completed One Station Unit Training at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Since that time I have served a wide verity of duty positions to include a Driver, Gunner, Platoon Medic, Team Leader, Designated Squad Marksman, Squad Leader, MMS NCO, Special Reaction Team NCOIC and Platoon Sergeant. My duty assignment locations thus far have been at Fort Carson, Schofield Barracks, Joint Base Lewis-McChord and Fort Leonard Wood. I have also served in overseas assignments to include two tours in Afghanistan. Currently, I am assigned to the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence as an MP Senior Leader Course Instructor. I most recently have earned Criminal Justice Associates Degree and Bachelors Degree in Homeland Security. Some of my more significant career achievements include being inducted as number 9, into the Military Police Corps convent Commandants 100, selected in 2011 as All-American, Distinguished Leadership Awardee in BLC and ALC, the 4th Infantry Division NCO of the Quarter, Audie Murphy, receiving the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal and earning two Bronze Stars with Valor.

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