Two Dates and a Dash Podcast

Donald Wright has spent the last 20 plus years working as a contractor in the defense contracting world.  As a result of the continual decline of the American Idealism, he began to research, ask questions and challenge others in their beliefs.  This inlcination turned into a passion and has manifested itself into an amazing podcast called 1st Team America Podcast.  Donald shares his personal beliefs and those of his guests that cover a wide array of topics that challenge his listeners to think bigger and ask questions.  The 1st Team America Podcast is available now on most podcast listening platforms.

Gary Quesenberry was born in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, where his parents taught him the value of hard work, patriotism, and commitment to family. His passion for the outdoors and patriotic spirit led him to enlist in the United States Army at the age of seventeen, where he served in the 7th and 24th Infantry Divisions as an artilleryman. Gary is also a veteran of Operation Desert Storm. Shortly after leaving the Army, Gary began his law enforcement career with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He served as a correctional officer and Special Operations Response Team (SORT) member in FCI Beckley, West Virginia, and United States Penitentiary, Atwater, California. After the events of September 11th, 2001, Gary left the Bureau of Prisons to become a Federal Air Marshal. There, he traveled the world in the service of his country and devoted his time to studying the areas of violence and predatory behavior.

Now Gary is the CEO of Q-Series LLC and Quesenberry Personal Defense Training. There he has developed numerous basic and advanced level courses focused on firearms training, mental toughness, and defensive tactics. As a competitive pistol shooter, Gary has been featured on the History Channel’s hit television series Top Shot - Season 3 and Top Shot All-Stars. He has an extensive background in both domestic and foreign counter-terror training and has worked in both the private and corporate sectors to help educate others on the importance of situational awareness, and personal safety. For more information on Gary, his books or his holsters please visit www.garyquesenberry.com.

In this episode, former Hollywood Executive Producer (The Peanut Butter Falcon) and founder of The Awakened You, Aaron Scotti and I discuss all kinds of out of this world topics like: 3D to 5D Consciousness, The Christmas Star, Solar Flares, Time Travel, Extra Terrestrials and even the complexity of what is now simply called "2020". Aaron shares his story on how he became so acutely aware of the power of his own energy and how it lead him to now be on the forefront of helping others attain 5D Consciousness.

Mark Meincke is a Canadian Infantry Veteran, and the creator of Operation Tango Romeo, the trauma recovery podcast for Veterans, First Responders, & their families.

Operation TR is on a mission to save lives and relieve pain by making help for PTS Injuries easily accessible, with a vision of a world where the path to recovery is clear.

Those wounded with PTS Injuries are often disconnected from society, and even from their own lives. With this disconnection comes pain, loneliness, depression, and anger. All too often, the sense of disconnection results in reduced ability to create an income, homelessness, and even suicide.

Operation TR is an easily accessible lifeline for the wounded to RE-CONNECT. By reconnecting, the listeners knows that they are not alone. This connection creates a sense of hope that recovery is possible, and the content of OP TR provides the path to recovery.

For more information please visit www.operationtraumarecovery.org.

In this episode, Joe and I chat about politics, critical thinking, mental conditioning and threat detection and prevention. Joseph is a veteran of both US military and US government special operations units. He is a former Force Recon Marine, Army Special Forces “Green Beret”, and a former operator in a highly classified government counter-terrorist unit.

As an operative in this unit, he deployed to OIF (Operation Iraqi Freedom) in Iraq, and OEF (Operation Enduring Freedom) in Afghanistan and numerous other countries in the Middle East. He planned and conducted a broad range of DA (Direct Action) special operations missions covering the entire operational continuum. These missions gave the President of the United States an option when overt military and / or diplomatic actions were not viable or politically feasible. Operations of this nature required rapid response with surgical application of a wide variety of unique skills, while maintaining the lowest possible profile of U.S. involvement. He participated in numerous classified Direct Action missions with several Tier 1 units to include, US Army Delta Force, US Navy DEVGRU (SEAL Team 6), Australian and British SAS (Special Air Service) Regiments and Canada’s JTF 2. He has held a TOP SECRET-SCI with polygraph security clearance, the highest security clearance awarded by the U.S. government.

He has performed high-risk PSD (Personal Security Detail) operations in Afghanistan and Iraq for U.S. government and civilian clients. He was also a member of a U.S. State Department close protection team assigned to several high profile government officials and visiting diplomats in Israel. Working out of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, and the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, he operated in high risk areas throughout the country to include Ramallah, Abu Dis, Jericho, The Gaza Strip and the West Bank. He has extensive experience and training in fully armored vehicle operations, advance team operations, motorcade operations, CAT (Counter Assault Team) operations and surveillance/counter surveillance operations.

In 2009 he was hand selected to do a detailed assessment of the United Arab Emirates SOC (Special Operations Command). He was personally responsible for assessing and validating all SOC personnel to include foreign Tier 1 instructors at the SOC, equipment, training schedules, physical fitness standards and SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) as well as delivering a white paper as to how to better allocate their operational budget of $600M to the Prime Minister of the UAE.

Joseph attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas and studied for his Series 7 and 63 stockbroker licenses. He was a broker for the prestigious Wall Street firm, Bear Stearns for 5 years. While employed at Bear Stearns he also received his Register Investment Advisors certification.

He is the co-star of the hit TV show ‘Dual Survival’ on the Discovery Channel. He has survived in the most brutal environments on the plant. From the deserts of Oman to the glaciers of Norway to the jungles of Sri Lanka. He is acknowledged as a world renowned expert on wilderness and urban survival. He is an accomplished skydiver, scuba diver, climber and marksman. He has participated in numerous triathlons and is a professional athlete and brand ambassador for CardioStrong. For more information on Joe please visit www.tier1performancecoaching.com.

Beth J. Sanborn joined the Lower Gwynedd Police force in 1997. Since then, she has served as a Field Training Officer, Officer in Charge (OIC), and currently serves as a School Resource Officer assigned to the Wissahickon School District. Since 2015, she assumed responsibility for all juvenile cases, earning her the title of Juvenile Detective.

Beth earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice and Sociology from Widener University in 1996. She later earned her Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice from St. Joseph’s University in 2014. Most recently, Beth earned her Doctoral Degree in Public Administration from West Chester University in 2019. Her Doctoral dissertation is entitled “School Resource Officers as Mentor/Counselors, Including Levels of Intervention”. She actively volunteers with the Montgomery County Office of Children and Youth and Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center.

Beth sits on the executive board for PASRO, the Pennsylvania Association of School Resource Officers, is an instructor for NASRO, the National Association of School Resource Officers and is a Director & Policy Fellow for the International Center for Law Enforcement Studies.

In this episode, I talk shop with my buddy, Russ Hittle. Russ is a current 21 year veteran cop, U.S. Army veteran and founder of Dark Horse Law Enforcement Training. Russ is an expert in Criminal Interdiction and has taught thousands of cops how successfully detect, identify and arrest criminals who are subversively trying to commit crimes such as drug smuggling, human trafficking, high level theft rings, etc. along our highways. For more information please visit his website at www.darkhorsetraining.us.

In this episode, I was honored to have on the show the first Black Female Candidate for the United States Congress ever to run in the 4th Congressional District in PA as well as Tom Neafcy, who is running for the PA State Legislature in the 146th District. Both Kathy and Tom have incredible backgrounds in public service, are both strong conservatives and are trying to unseat Democratic incumbents who have not served their constituents well in their respective roles. Tune in to hear their amazing life stories so you can better understand who they are, why they are choosing to run for public office and how they will honor their oath of office and serve their constituents. For more information on Kathy Barnette, please visit www.kathybarnetteforcongress.com. For more information on Tom Neafcy, please visit www.neafcyforstaterep.com.

Tom Gersbeck served as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician in the U.S. Marine Corps, retiring in 2001 as a Chief Warrant Officer. He then served seven years with the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) as an explosives security specialist before deploying as an independent contractor. Deployments include two tours in Afghan CEXC facilities and one tour as project manager of Task Force Paladin’s C-IED mobile training teams operating throughout the country. Deployments supporting Department of State as an EOD team lead in Iraq, advising the Tanzanian Peoples Defense Force after the Gongo La Mboto disaster (Feb 2011) and training seminars with Golden West Humanitarian Foundation in Cambodia. Today, Tom is a full-time member of the graduate faculty for Oklahoma State University’s School of Forensic Sciences, Arson-Explosives, Firearms & Toolmarks Investigation (AEFTI) program. He holds a master of forensic sciences (MFS) degree, is an active member of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI), is a Fellow in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), and continues to work in his field. For more information on his book, please visit https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Military-Ordnance-Identification-Investigations/dp/0815369425 or email Tom at [email protected].

In this episode, I speak with my former Pottstown High School classmate, Jason Moss. Jason has an amazing story to share starting with his involvement in a drive-by shooting when he was 22 years old and his struggle with alcohol. He shares how he overcame the stigma of both to become a world-renowned Spartan Athlete, classically trained chef and now the author of his first cookbook/memoir - "That Damn Cookbook!" For more information on Jason's book, please visit https://www.amazon.com/That-Damn-Cookbook-Eating-Uncensored/dp/B08CWBFB7B/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3P6PJKAFKMNX2&dchild=1&keywords=that+damn+cookbook+the+art+of+eating+well&qid=1602006733&sprefix=that+damn+cook%2Caps%2C145&sr=8-3. For all other inquires please email him at [email protected].