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PASSION : We know that Kentucky bourbon has a devoted following and that the second amendment has a large and diverse group of supporters, so we combined the two to create 2A Bourbon (Second Amendment Bourbon). PURPOSE : Our desire is to help organizations that support our military, first responders, and organizations that fight for our freedoms. We are giving proceeds from the sales of every bottle to Folds of Honor and 2nd Amendment Foundation and we will be adding more.  We are also supporting Ruck Walks and events across the country to support suicide prevention in the military and other causes that offer help for our military, and first responder's families.

Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Mitchell “Taco” Bell joined the Marine Corps in 1986 and was winged a Naval Aviator in January 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 Recruiting for nine of his 29 years in the Marine Corps.In 1998, he left active duty, was hired by American Airlines, and currently flies the Boeing 787 around the world. As a reservist, he ran an old Mig Base in TQ Iraq from 2005 to 2006 and worked with the Afghan Police for 8 months in 2008 and again for a short tour in 2009 with Prison Corrections over in Afghanistan.Taco currently assists with numerous charities and Veterans organizations in the DFW area. He directs the Purple Hearts Reunited Valor Guard, a return team dedicated to delivering lost medals of valor across the country. In addition, Taco has conducted return ceremonies himself, on behalf of Purple Hearts Reunited (PHR). He has been on the show before talking about PHR before and the great things that organization does.

“Bobby V” originally enlisted in the Army as an Airborne Ranger in January of 1988. After completing Infantry Basic Training and the Ranger Indoctrination Program he was assigned to the 1st Ranger BN Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia.  As a Ranger, he participated in combat operations in support of Operation Just Cause, Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. In 1994 he was reassigned as a Ranger Instructor at the 6th Ranger Training Battalion in Camp Rudder Florida.He was accepted into the Warrant Officer Program in 1997. He attended Initial Entry Rotary Wing Training, Warrant Officer Basic Course and UH-60 Black Hawk transition.   After completing the UH-60 aircraft qualification at Fort Rucker he participated in combat operations in support of Operation Task Force Hawk deploying to Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo.In 2001 after a successful assessment and selection he was assigned to A Co. (Shadows) 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. Upon arrival to the 160th he attended the Special Operations Training Course, Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape Level-C Course. He received his Fully Mission Qualification in 2002 and Tracked Maintenance Test Pilot in 2005.  In 2007 he was assigned to D Co. (Raiders) 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia as a Fully Mission Qualified Pilot and Maintenance Test Pilot. From 2008 through 2015 he was assigned to multiple companies in 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia as a Fully Mission Qualified Pilot and Maintenance Test Pilot – Maintenance Examiner, the Battalion Liaison Officer to Special Operations Command Southern Command, Maintenance Test Pilot – Maintenance Examiner.  In 2015 he was assigned to D Co. AVUM-AVIM (Dark wing) 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia as the Senior Fully Mission Qualified Pilot and Maintenance Test Pilot – Maintenance Examiner. He has made numerous deployments with D Co. (Raiders), C Co. (Shadows) and D Co. (Darkwing) in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM, NEW DAWN and INHERENT RESOLVE totaling over 860 days deployed to combat logging 1100 hrs of combat/ imminent danger.Chief Warrant Officer Five Villarreal military schools include the Individual Infantry Training course, Airborne Course, Ranger Indoctrination Program, Ranger Course, Jungle Warfare Training Course, Primary Leadership Development Course, French Foreign Legion Guyane Commando Course, Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course, Warrant Officer Candidate School, Army Aviation Branch Qualification Course, OH-58A Recon Air Interdiction Course, UH-60 Aircraft Qualification Course, Special Operations Training Course, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape Level-C Course, Aviation Maintenance Manger Course, Maintenance Test Pilot Course / Examiner, Warrant Officer Advanced Course, Warrant Officer Intermediate Level Education Course, SIX Sigma Green Belt Certification Course, Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Course, FAA Airline Transport Pilot (Helicopter) & Unmanned Aircraft System Remote Pilot . His awards and decorations include:  Bronze Star (2), Meritorious Service Medal (2), Air Medal Valor (1), Air Medal (4),  Army Commendation Medal (4), Joint Service Achievement Medal (2), Army Achievement Medal (5), Joint Meritorious Unit Award w/ oak leaf cluster (2), Army Meritorious Unit Commendation (1), Airforce Meritorious Unit Commendation (1), Army Good Conduct Medal (2), National Defense Service Medal (2), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ bronze arrowhead (1), Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ bronze Star (2), Kosovo Campaign Medal (1), Afghanistan Campaign Medal (1), Iraq Campaign Medal (7), Inherent, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal (1), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal (1), NCO Professional Development Ribbon (2), Army Service Ribbon (1), Overseas Service Ribbon (1), NATO Medal (1), Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) (1), Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) (1), Combat Infantry Badge, Expert Infantry Badge, Combat Action Badge, Ranger Tab, Parachute Badge w/ bronze service star, Jordanian Parachute Badge, Egyptian Parachute Badge, French Forces Legionnaire Guyane Commando Badge, Master Aviator Badge.He is now retired and enjoys spending time with and raising his two daughters, fishing and has plenty of option on politics, domestic and Global affairs and politics.

Army, Indirect Fire Infantryman veteran

Les Rubin is a professional accountant/entrepreneur/ real estate developer with a clear understanding of what makes economic systems work and the power of incentives. While not a professional economist, he has studied it for over 40 years and been heavily involved with economic education locally, working with the school system, writing articles, and commissioning sculptures on economic themes for his real estate developments. Rubin's passion for economics and economic education inspired him to create MainStreetEconomics.org - a non-profit organization to provide for average people on “main street” the opportunity to learn about economic systems without going back to school. Les graduated from UNC at Chapel Hill in accounting and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Beta Gamma Sigma honorary societies. For 10 years he was a practicing CPA/controller and for 45 years the owner/head of his own commercial real estate development company.

Decorated Green Beret who Retired as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3) from a Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (SFODA). He served 17 years in the U.S. Military; of that time three years were spent serving as an infantryman. Then he attended the United States Army Special Forces Qualification Course becoming a fully qualified Special Forces Weapons Expert. He served as a weapons sergeant and Intelligence Sergeant for a Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (SFODA) specializing in Direct Action for four years before becoming a Special Forces Warrant Officer. He continued his service as the Executive Officer of an assault and hostage rescue team in the U.S. Southern Command's Commander in Chief's Inextremist Force (CCIF). His capabilities expanded, as he became the Detachment Commander of a specialized selected team that performed security surveys and assessments of diplomatic facilities abroad for the United States in the Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Integrated Survey Program (ISP). He also commanded and assisted in the creation of the SOUTHCOM Advanced Force Operations (AFO) team. As part of the United States Army Special Warfare Center and School he assisted in developing, writing, and publishing numerous Special Forces Manual and Training Circulars.

Bob is a graduate of Augustana College (IL) with an advanced degree from The American University in Washington, DC. In addition, Bob studied law at Wayne State Univ. Law School. He has 4 grown children and six grandchildren. Bob is the Executive Director & National Spokesman for Prosperity for US Foundation

Will Bennett served 12 years as a weather forecaster in the US Air Force. Will deployed in support of three combat operations (Bosnia, Kosovo, and Iraq), and various Army support roles. Will now lives in Southwest Florida with his wife and kids.

The Gear 4 Grunts CEO, Doug Mullen, began his military career by graduating U.S. Army Ranger School as an Army ROTC cadet. He then went on to graduate with a BA in History and as Distinguished Military Graduate in 1990. As a newly commissioned Second Lieutenant of Infantry, Doug served as a Rifle Platoon Leader and Mortar Platoon leader with the 1/501st (ABN) while stationed at Ft. Richardson, Alaska. He later transitioned to the Signal Corps and served as the Brigade Signal Officer for 1st Brigade, 6th ID (Light) also located at Ft. Richardson. Doug's military schooling experience includes the Infantry officer Basic Course; Infantry Mortar Leader's Course; Jumpmaster School and the Signal Officer Advanced Course. Doug also earned Basic Airborne Wings, the Pathfinder Badge and was awarded Senior Parachutist Wings. Doug left the Army in 1997 to pursue a career in software where he has since held various management positions and earned an MBA.

With 30 years of service in the United States Army, he started his career in the 75th Ranger Regiment then became a Special Forces demolitions expert before becoming a Special Forces Medic. This led Dr. Mike Simpson to become a Doctor of Medicine specializing in trauma to which he served at the highest level of the special operations community and was one of the very few Doctors on the tip of the spear within the Joint Special Operations Command. Since “retiring” Dr. Simpson has found himself chasing Nazi's on History Channels hit TV Show “Hunting Hitler”, continuing to serve his community as an ER Trauma Doctor and traveling the globe with his wife, Dr. Denise Simpson.

In March 2020, Paul Kamenar, a longtime fixture of the Washington, DC legal community, was named NLPC Counsel. Paul had already been in the spotlight for NLPC through his representation of Andrew Miller who had been subpoenaed as a witness in the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Miller's refusal to testify allowed for a Constitutional challenge to Mueller's appointment and authority. NLPC sponsored Paul's representation of Andrew. Although the challenge was not successful, Paul made a number of arguments undermining Mueller's legal authority that received extensive media attention. The case reached the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the second highest court in the land, but fell short of the Supreme Court. Important constitutional issues raised by Paul remain unresolved that are sure to resurface in the future.

Travis Wilson is a Native of Wichita Falls, Texas and has lived in various other states to include Alaska and Oregon. In 1993 Travis Graduated from East Anchorage High. He attended Wentworth Military Academy for one year before deciding to enter the Army in 1995. In 2001 Travis left the Army to attend Boise State University and study Exercise Science. In 2003 He reentered the Army to attend the Special Forces Qualification Course. At the end of 2005 Travis Graduated the Q course and was stationed at Fort Carson's 10th Special Forces Group.

Chris “Cappy” grew up in Long Island, New York. During his first year of film school he enlisted in the Army National Guard as an 11 Bravo Infantryman. He deployed to Iraq where his unit, the 56th Stryker Brigade, was responsible for an Area of Operations just north of Baghdad. After returning home he graduated from NYU and worked for the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Chris previously worked at the Military Media publisher Task & Purpose as a video producer and on air talent.

Tonight we are talking with former NY Army National Guard Captain, Dennis Knowles. Dennis was deployed with Stew to Afghanistan in 2006-2007. Dennis served on the Afghan-Pakistan border with the Afghan National Army. 

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LC - Lima Charlie Loud and Clear Welcome to The Stew and The Nunn presents, Lima Charlie. For those not versed in military phonetic alphabet, Lima Charlie means Loud and Clear The purpose of this series is to spotlight the GWOT era with GWOT veterans telling their stories. Our guest this week is KJ.

Matt Stryker is a former Cav Scout and former 160TH SOAR

Welcome to The Stew and The Nunn presents, Lima Charlie. For those not versed in military phonetic alphabet, Lima Charlie means Loud and Clear The purpose of this series is to spotlight the GWOT era with GWOT veterans telling their stories. Our guest this week is the Nunn half of Stew and the Nunn. Please welcome Toby Nunn.

Please join us for Episode 1 of the Lima Charlie podcast, where we spotlight the GWOT era with GWOT veterans telling their stories and thoughts. Episode 1 is our very own, Stew. Stew walks us through his choice to join the Army Infantry, and his career to include deployments in Desert Storm and Afghanistan

Chuck was a career officer, who was wounded in Iraq in 2005. When going through Army Career and Alumni Program as part of the US Army retirement process Chuck finally gave thought to what he wanted to do in his post-Army life. Then it dawned on him, “I am happiest when I'm with my dog”, so he then thought of all the things his dogs had helped me with. So he looked into service dogs for wounded warriors, and found that the pipeline is most narrow at the intake: more need than capable dogs.

In this episode we will talk with Chris Ekstrom. Chris ran for U.S. House Texas District 13 as a republican, and is a current member of the US Term Limits, board of Directors.

In this episode we will talk with Army Command Sergeant Major (ret) Steve Valley. Steve is a 23 year combat tour veteran of the US Army and an author of Inside the Fortress.

This is a show you do not want to miss. We have Mr. Amos Benjamin as our guest. Amos is a former Marine who will talk us through his story of heartbreak, survival and faith. Check out https://www.amosbenjamin.com/ ahead of time if you can.

We look forward to having our old friend and past guest Deputy One Time, also known as Sheriff Deputy Matt Thomas. We are doing to catch up what has been happening at the southern border since the last time we talked to him. This includes on how things have changed since Jan 20th. Matt is a informative and funny guest and we look forward to him joining us again.

Join Stew and (Airline Pilot) Taco on Thursday (Feb 6th) at 8PM to talk about some of the recent aviation accidents, DEI and some of the latest news out of the new administration.

Join Stew and Cameron for the 2nd part of their interview. In this episode Cameron and Stew will talk about a lot of current events in the National and International spheres.

Join Cameron and Stew tonight as they talk about what has taken him from the combat battlefield to the battle for a political office representing the fine people from the Virginia 7th district.

Join Toby and Troy for a lot of current event reviews and news

Join Troy and Toby tonight as they talk about how events on the southern border are impacting service to our veterans.

Join us tonight with an anonymous member of the Federal Government who is going to talk about what is really happening at both the southern and northern borders.

Tonight guest Host "Mr. Wolf" and Mr. Jim 'Jimbo' Hanson. We will be talking the border, the Houthis, the NYPD, the ATF and who knows what else. Its gonna be a great show.

Join Rob the Producer and Stew to talk about today's news generating events.

Tonight we welcome again Cameron Hamilton back on the show. Cameron is a former Navy Seal and current Congressional Candidate for Virginia District 7. There are no shortage of topics to talk about, plus we want to get an update on his campaign.

Join Rob the Producer and Stew as they talk through no shortage of hot topics and current events.

Join Stew with some live in-studio guests tonight

Join Stew now that he is back along with Mr. Wolf as they talk through a long list of current events and hot topics over the last few weeks.

Join Troy and Toby in this episode as Toby is able to join from Mexico to catch up on current events and topics.

Tonight Mr. Preston Schleinkofer joins Troy to talk about what is happening at our borders. Preston is the owner and host of the Civil Defense Radio podcast. He is also retired from the US military after 22 years serving in the Active, Reserve, and National Guard components in Military Police, Psychological Operations, Air National Guard Security Police, and finally in a Nuclear, Biological, Chemical (NBC) Defense Company with the Texas Army National Guard. He is also retired from federal law enforcement after over 27 years of service. He served 16 years on the South Texas border as a Border Patrol Agent and Supervisory Border Patrol Agent. and in Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) as Deportation Officer in San Antonio, TX and as a Supervisory Detention & Deportation Officer/Section Chief at Headquarters ICE Intelligence in Washington, DC, retiring after 11 years with ICE. He and his wife still live close to our nation's capital, but not too close.

Tonight we are going to talk about the 80th Anniversary of D-Day today and get a first hand account of it from a good friend who has been on the ground in Normandy the last few day

Current Events and perspective from inside the 2024 RNC Convention

Stew and Taco talking Fall of Kabul, Stolen Valor and other events

Tonight we have Jim Hanson, President of WorldStrat, Chief Editor for Middle East Forum & former Special Forces Weapons guy. Jim is the author of Winning the Second Civil War: Without Firing a Shot, The Myth of White Fragility and Get Based. He has appeared hundreds of times on FOX News and other networks to discuss national security, foreign policy, free speech and censorship and many other issues. He has been published in USA Today, Fox NewsOpinion, Newsweek, The Federalist, Human Events, and numerous other publications.

Join Stew and Rob the Unpaid Producer tonight as we talk through no shortage of current events, interesting topics, etc.

Join Stew as he talks with past guest Paul Koch. Paul is an uber-patriot and champion of our country's history, patriotism and all around great guy that loves this county who is very involved with local and national politics.

Mr. Wolf is back to talk to Stew about what its like working on the Trump Presidential campaign. 

Join Stew and Mr. Wolf as we welcome the Motley Partiot back to the show to talk about a lot of current cultural, political and domestic policy events. 

Stew and Nunn get together for the last episode of 2024 to talk about the major events of the year. 

Stew and Nunn are on air in this show to talk about current events before the innauguration, to include the new Cabinet picks, etc. 

Mr. Wolf is back to join Stew to talk about the current political landscape. 

Mr. Wolf joins Stew to talk about politics and current events. 

Tonight we get the chance to talk with Virginia State Senator Bryce Reeves (https://brycereeves.com) about the current political climate not just in Virginia but in the nation. We will also be talking current events and what he is planning to do to try and make Virginia better and our Nation better. Bruce is a former Army Ranger and is now giving to his community after giving to his nation.