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Kathleen Faircloth received the news that no parent wants to get. In late November 2004, she learned that her son, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Bradley Faircloth, was killed during the Second Battle of Fallujah in Iraq. What followed was the anguish over losing her only child, slowly emerging from the immense grief that followed, and the unexpected joy of finding a family she never expected.In this Memorial Day edition of Veterans Chronicles, Kathleen Faircloth tells us how the 9/11 attacks sparked Bradley's interest in joining the military and how he joined the Marines impulsively while home from college. She then explains how Marine Corps boot camp produced significant, positive changes in her son, how much he loved being a Marine, and how she stayed in touch with Bradley while he was deployed to Iraq. We'll also hear Kathleen's detailed recollection of the day she found out Bradley was killed, receiving his body as it returned to the U.S., and the incredible bond she formed with the surviving members of Alpha Company, 1/8 Marines. It was forged at Bradley's memorial service and has strengthened exponentially over the past 20 years.Kathleen speaks very openly about her struggles following Bradley's death, the powerful moments that proved she was healing, and her desire to help the men of Alpha Company heal as well.As we honor those who gave their lives for our nation on Memorial Day and every day, Kathleen Faircloth's candor, humor, and tears will give you a powerful glimpse into those who put their ilves on the line for our nation and the powerful legacy they leave behind.

Nick Palmisciano is a United States Military Academy graduate of West Point and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business MBA Program. He served six years as an infantry officer before moving into the business world, creating the successful marketing firm Diesel Jack Media, and Ranger Up, which grew to prominence as the first military lifestyle brand. He is the co-author of Tim Kennedy's Book - Scars and Stripes, and the creator of the new series Office Joe. Austin Von Letkemann, known as “MandatoryFunDay,” 1st Lt. is currently a platoon leader assigned to Alpha Company, 303rd Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Battalion, 504th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade. Von Letkemann creatively uses his free time to make parody videos that apprise the humor of day-to-day military operations, while simultaneously connecting civilians to the everyday life of a service member. Watch Office Joe Here: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Office-Joe/0Q7Q14CQ5IGEU91Z3M4OU6Z7B2  

Lt. Col. Tom Williams USMC (Ret.) - Doorsteps of Hell: The Arizona & Tropical Jungles 1969 -1970; The Heart of a Marine Series, Book 1. This is episode 721 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. On 20 December 1944, Tom Williams was born Tom Collins in Savannah, GA. Abandonment by his biological father at the age of six months old, profoundly impacted Tom's early life causing his mother to farm him out to relatives while she worked to make a living for them both.  At the age of six years old, Tom's mother met and married U.S. Air Force Major Carl F. Williams Jr. This fortuitous marriage would bring about a radical change in Tom's life. As a military dependent, he immediately found himself traveling the world, living in foreign lands, learning about Ancient Roman history and archaeology, assimilating a basic conversance in the French, Arabic, and Japanese Languages, as well as being immersed in their respective cultures. After Tom's dad retired, his family moved to the Williams' ancestral homestead established in 1832, in Dooly County Georgia. Yet again, living, working, and learning to manage the family farm would have another major influence on Tom's future interests, especially regarding his love for the agrarian way of life.  From 1964-68 Tom attended North Georgia College (NGC) acquiring a BA degree in history and a minor in psychology and political science. He then attended the Marine Corps' Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Quantico, Va., where he set the Marine Corps' record of 52 seconds for the Obstacle Courses and was the Platoon Honor Man. He then completed The Basic School (TBS) for all newly commissioned Marine Corps 2nd lieutenants, also at Quantico, graduating in the top 10% of his class. Before leaving Quantico, Tom then attended and graduated from High Intensity Language Training (HILT) for Vietnamese.  As an infantry officer, Tom deployed as a 2nd lieutenant to Vietnam in 1969-70 where he commanded an infantry platoon in Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, followed by commanding a reconnaissance platoon as a 1st lieutenant in Alpha Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division.  Subsequent to this combat tour, Tom commanded the Shore Party Platoon at the 1st Marine Brigade, followed by commanding the 81mm Mortar Platoon in 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment at Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station, Hawaii. Twenty-five months later, on two days' notice, Tom was redeployed back to Vietnam, as a captain, where he served as a school trained aerial observer.  During this second combat deployment, Tom was imbedded with a Vietnamese O-1 Bird Dog squadron flying 183 combat missions from Hue Phu Bai Airfield, during the 1972 Easter Offensive. During his twenty-nine-year career, Tom participated in six amphibious deployments: four Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs) and two Marine Expeditionary Brigades (MEBs). In 1976 as a school trained Communications Officer, he participated in the Non-Combat Evacuation Operation (NEO) of Beirut, Lebanon. In 1980-83, under secret orders, he was assigned as the regimental operations officer for developing the one-of-a-kind Mechanized Combined-Arms Task Force (MCATF), at Twenty-nine Palms, CA. In 1983-86, he was the Infantry Weapons Officer at Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) Washington, DC, responsible for replacing or improving all Marine Corps infantry weapons. From 1986-90, he was the Amphibious Operations Officer for Commander Sixth Fleet's NATO staff, Commander Striking Forces South (CSFS) in Naples, Italy, responsible for coordinating all NATO amphibious training exercises throughout the Mediterranean Sea. That was followed by his participation in the First Gulf War, 1990-91, as a G3 operations officer with I MEF HQ.  His last major active-duty assignment was as the G3 for the first Marine Component HQ to the European Command (EUCOM), in Stuttgart, Germany, 1993-96.  After retiring in 1997, he spent eleven years as a contract mentor and trainer, six years in Saudi Arabia (1998-06) and five years in Afghanistan (2006-12).  Currently, he lives an agrarian life on a 75-acre cattle property, Camelot, located on the Lamington Rain Forest Plateau in southeastern Queensland, Australia. He raises beef cattle, sells free-range eggs, and is a beekeeper, a gardener, and is developing his home into a Bed & Breakfast, while also writing a series of books, Heart of a Marine, in which he shares his Marine Corps experiences and his life's lessons learned. Our focus will be Col. Williams book series Heart of a Marine - Book 1 - Doorsteps of Hell: The Arizona & Tropical Jungles 1969-1970 Incredible book. Amazing conversation. So much to learn. Before you go... You could help support this podcast by Buying Me A Coffee. Not really buying me something to drink but clicking on the link on my home page at https://stevenmiletto.com for Buy Me a Coffee or by going to this link Buy Me a Coffee. This would allow you to donate to help the show address the costs associated with producing the podcast from upgrading gear to the fees associated with producing the show. That would be cool. Thanks for thinking about it.  Hey, I've got another favor...could you share the podcast with one of your friends, colleagues, and family members? Hmmm? What do you think? Thank you! You are AWESOME! Connect & Learn More: www.heartofamarineseries.com https://www.facebook.com/heartofamarineseries https://www.instagram.com/heartofamarineseries/ info@heartofamarineseries.com Length - 01:10:27

Aaron Cunningham started thinking seriously about military service after watching Operation Desert Storm unfold in 1991, the year he graduated from high school. He began college without being sure of military service. Now, Col. Cunningham is retired after 29 years of service. But the service that he is most proud of is serving as commander of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, which included the Second Battle of Fallujah in November and December 2004.In this edition of "Veterans Chronicles," Col. Cunningham explains the various reasons he chose the Marines, how 9/11 changed the trajectory of his service, and how he trained Alpha Company for combat in Iraq.He explains his responsibility for nearly 200 Marines and what was going through his mind on the eve of the battle. Then, Cunningham walks us through Alpha Company's entrance into the battle, the initial successes, and the enemy resistance which quickly emerged.He also describes the house-to-house fighting, how he decentralized decision-making to platoon, squad, and team leaders, and his calmness under fire. He also describes the devastating losses of Lt. Dan Malcom and Lance Corporal Bradley Faircloth over the course of the battle.Don't miss this powerful story of service as we approach the 20th anniversary of the fight for Fallujah.

Everyone is familiar with the 22 A Day slogan that represents the 22 veteran's a day that end up taking their own lives.  We all know the saying and we all know the 22 A Day push up challenge, but do you know the faces of the 22? Unfortunately for myself and many other veterans around the country, we know the faces of the 22 all too well because they are our brothers and sisters. On August 20, 2024, myself and my Alpha Company brothers from the 2nd Battalion 14th Infantry Regiment lost a brother who become one of the 22 A Day. This past weekend, seven of us gather to say goodbye to our brother Leland Shanle III. In this episode, I talk about the time I spent with Leland in the army, his love for his brothers, and the small things we can do to help our brothers and sister from becoming part of the 22 A Day. 

Former infantryman and 9/11 first responder to the Pentagon Adam Eisenberg discusses the coverup and conspiracy surrounding September 11, 2001, the subsequent anthrax attacks, and the counterintelligence infiltration of the 9/11 Truth movement on episode 166 of the Far Out with Faust podcast.While serving in the Army as a member of Alpha Company, 3rd US Infantry, Adam Eisenberg was one of the first people on the ground after the Pentagon was attacked on 9/11. Eisenberg has come forward as a whistleblower in recent years to detail his observations on that fateful day. His unit landed at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, to recover bodies and participate in the clean-up. Adam witnessed anomalies before and after the event and has been working on the Orion Project to spread awareness and call for a new investigation. In this episode, Adam reveals his firsthand experience of what really happened at the Pentagon after the September 11 attacks. Topics include:•Is the government lying about what really happened on September 11, 2001?•Did a Boeing airplane actually crash into the Pentagon on 9/11?•Why were the Army first responders to the Pentagon on 9/11 not authorized to use live ammunition?•What happened to all of the forensic evidence from when a plane supposedly crashed into the Pentagon?•What suspicious findings do first responders report from the aftermath of the Pentagon terrorist attack?•Has the 9/11 Truth movement been infiltrated by government counterintelligence?•Who was really behind the anthrax attacks that happened after 9/11?•Is Lee Wheelbarger, with his ties to the US military-industrial complex, a fake?•Are Richard Gage's theories about nano thermite false evidence meant to distract from the truth?•Will we ever learn the truth about what really happened on September 11?…and much more!

In this compelling episode of the Free Thought Project podcast, hosts Jason and Matt welcome back Adam Eisenberg, a former member of Alpha Company, 3rd US Infantry, who was among the first on the scene at the Pentagon on 9/11. An expert in Pratt & Whitney plane engine parts, Eisenberg shares his firsthand observations that day, noting the conspicuous absence of plane wreckage, luggage, or any signs of a typical plane crash.  Founder of the Orion Project and now a vocal whistleblower, Eisenberg is determined to challenge the mainstream narrative of 9/11. He is currently offering a $5,000 debate challenge to anyone in the world willing to publicly defend the claim that American Airlines Flight 77 hit the Pentagon. Despite efforts to host a balanced debate, no opposing views accepted the challenge, allowing Eisenberg to delve deeply into his claims and even name a key suspect allegedly involved in the cover-up. Join us for an episode that promises not only explosive revelations but also a critical analysis of one of America's most defining tragedies. (Length: 1:28:38) You can follow Adam and his progress on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/awakenedadam/ LFT - "Know Your Rights" (Children's Book): https://littlefreethinkers.com/  Our Previous Episode with Adam: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/podcast/podcast-adam-eisenberg-9-11-first-responder-blows-whistle-refutes-official-pentagon-story The Above Phone is the combination of secure hardware and free & open-source software, alongside privacy services and accessories to make it the best end-to-end privacy respecting solution available!Learn More About the Above Phone: https://abovephone.com/?above=thefreethoughtproject

When you are in combat fighting side-by-side with your brothers, you are seeing them in their highest form and at their absolute best. The dedication to the mission, their attention to detail and their unwavering discipline is inspiring. One of the hardest things I've ever had to witness was those same brothers, the same dedicated soldiers, spiraling out of control, losing their discipline, focus and drive to an addiction that turns them into a shell of the man they use to be. When on the battlefield under fire, you see these guys as invincible super heroes, but in reality, they are only humans and they are not immune to struggle or addiction. In this episode I am joined by my brother, Paul Greene. Paul and I served together in Iraq in 2004 and 2005 in the 10th Mountain Division in Alpha Company of the 2nd Battalion 14th Infantry Regiment. Paul and I have stayed in touch over the years, but one day I noticed that something with him had changed. After struggling with addiction most of his adult life and during his time in the service, Paul is ready to open up and share his story and his struggle with the hopes of healing broken relationships and helping other veterans find the courage to get help.  If you are a veteran tired of struggling with addiction and are ready for some real help, click the link below! Paul is now three months sober with the help of this organization and you can be too! https://veterans.warriorsheart.com/warriors-heart-strength-through-healing/?campaignid=20732749367&adgroupid=&creative=&matchtype=&network=x&device=c&keyword=&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiArfauBhApEiwAeoB7qOPR6E90K6_BNm6p9c4j7HGF8_Fg_p0f0KfNg9TsfqgBDPFWO6M-0BoCZtQQAvD_BwE  

This week's guest is retired Army Captain Joshua Hearns. He has had a multitude of different experiences in life and in service. I first met Josh in San Antonio, TX during a stay in an in-patient therapy facility called Laurel Ridge. During the 30 days I was in therapy, Josh and I talked a good bit and jammed out with guitars in the evenings. In this episode, we talk about his childhood, and his experiences in Iraq as the XO for Alpha Company 177. We discuss leadership, combat in Iraq., and transition back to society. This was a special episode for me because it was the first conversation between Josh and me in a long time. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

This week's guest is retired Army Captain Joshua Hearns. He has had a multitude of different experiences in life and in service. I first met Josh in San Antonio, TX during a stay in an in-patient therapy facility called Laurel Ridge. During the 30 days I was in therapy, Josh and I talked a good bit and jammed out with guitars in the evenings. In this episode, we talk about his childhood, and his experiences in Iraq as the XO for Alpha Company 177. We discuss leadership, combat in Iraq., and transition back to society. This was a special episode for me because it was the first conversation between Josh and me in a long time. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

JP Dinnell sits back down with Mike Mitchell to talk about Operation Steel Dawn II, one of the most epic battles in Marine Corps history. Mike took his platoon of LAVs into a fortified enemy position. Mike and his Marines were detrimental to the enemy. The bravery of USMC 1st LAR, Alpha Company 2nd Platoon, should never be forgotten.  More from JP Dinnell: https://www.jpdinnell.com/ Join the conversation on instagram Mike Mitchell: https://www.instagram.com/mikeym83 JP Dinnell: http://instagram.com/jpdinnell Lucas Pinckard: https://www.instagram.com/lucaspinckard Echelon Front: Echelonfront.com Little Cattle Co: http://littlecattle.co On The Path Printing:  JP Dinnell is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and now a Leadership Instructor, Speaker and Strategic Advisor with Echelon Front, where he serves as Director of Experiential Leadership Training Programs. J.P. is also a pro team athlete and spokesperson for Origin Maine and Jocko Fuel, an American clothing and supplement company. J.P. has a signature Energy Drink flavor “Sour Apple Sniper” with Jocko Fuel. Jeremiah spent nearly a decade in the SEAL Teams with three combat deployments. Sent to the violent terrorist stronghold of Ar Ramadi, Iraq in 2006 with SEAL Team Three's Task Unit Bruiser, J.P. served as point man, machine gunner, and lead sniper for Delta Platoon opposite the American Sniper, Chris Kyle, who was in Charlie Platoon. For his leadership and courage under fire, JP was awarded a Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars with Valor and the Army Commendation Medal with Valor helping Task Unit Bruiser to become the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War. He worked closely with SEAL Officers Jocko Willink, his Task Unit Commander, and Leif Babin, and was the driving force on many of the daring combat operations Jocko and Leif wrote about in Extreme Ownership. Upon his return, J.P. again worked directly for Jocko as a training instructor at Naval Special Warfare Group One Training Detachment, where he orchestrated realistic and challenging training scenarios for Special Operations Urban Combat training and Close Quarters Combat training to better prepare SEAL units for the real-world battlefield. He also served as a Combatives Instructor, Marksmanship Instructor and earned his Master Trainer Specialist qualification while helping Jocko rebuild and enhance these training programs into the highly effective platforms they are today. J.P. brings exceptional experience and frontline leadership perspective from the winning mindset and culture of Task Unit Bruiser.

In this Episode we wrap up the interview with Hank Fuller, John Heffernan, and Bob Skeels. All three were Marine Infantry Officers before they were assigned to Alpha Company 3rd Tanks. These officers one and all led Grunt Platoons on Mutters Ridge, one of the most dangeous places in all of I Corps, South Vietnam. All the music is licensed under cotract with ASCAP, BMI, Universal Music, SEASAC, and/or the author and performer. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/francis-remkiewicz/message

Ever wondered what it's like to navigate the AIM Marketplace? Well, Zach's been through the gauntlet and he's here to spill the beans. If you're aiming to conquer the market like Cobra Kai, you won't want to miss this episode. Zach shares some invaluable tips to ensure the odds are forever in your favor! MAJ Zach Patterson was a AIM Mover in the 24-02 Marketplace last year October.  Zach was matched in his Marketplace from the top 5 jobs he ranked. MAJ Zachary Patterson was commissioned as a Medical Service Corps Officer through the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) in August 2010 and is a Distinguished Military Graduate. He has a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, a Masters in Supply Chain Management (M.S.C.M.) from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. and is a Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). His assignments include: Brigade Medical Supply Office OIC, 1BCT, 4ID, Fort Carson, CO; Medical Evacuation Platoon Leader, C Company, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1ABCT, 4ID, Fort Carson, CO; Support Operations - Medical Logistics Officer, 4BSB, 1SBCT, 4ID, Fort Carson, CO; Chief of Supply Chain Management, Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA; Company Commander, Alpha Company, Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA; Operations Officer – G3/5/7, Army Medical Logistics Command, Fort Detrick, MD; Deputy Director of the Business Support Office, U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, Fort Detrick, MD. MAJ Patterson's current assignment is as a Medical Logistics Planner for U.S. Army Central Command, Shaw Air Force Base, SC. He also serves as the Deputy Medical Logistics Consultant to the Army Surgeon General for Strategic Communications & Outreach. MAJ Patterson's awards and decorations include: Meritorious Service Medal (1 OLC), Army Commendation Medal (1 OLC), Army Achievement Medal (2 OLC), National Defense Service Medal; Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Over Seas Service Ribbon, and Expert Field Medical Badge.Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are the guests and host's alone and do not reflect the official position of the Medical Service Corps, the Department of Defense, or the US Government. All information discussed is unclassified approved for public release and found on open cleared sources.For more episodes listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube @ Be All You Can Be MSC For more information, suggestions, or questions please contact: beallyoucanbemsc@gmail.com

First, we delve into the recent scandal that's rocked the heart of American politics - traces of cocaine found within the hallowed halls of the White House. We dissect the reactions from both the White House Press Secretary and former President Donald Trump, leaving no stone unturned in this exhilarating whodunit. Then, we steer the conversation towards an uncanny encounter of the digital kind. Reports of an artificial intelligence humanoid, masquerading as a reptilian entity aboard a commercial airliner, have made waves across the globe. This peculiar incident has been the fuel for countless conspiracy theories, some even suggesting the involvement of Mexican drug cartels using social media platforms like TikTok. Our final destination takes us to the controversial tale of Pat Tillman, a former NFL player turned US Army Ranger, whose mysterious death still ignites debates. Did Tillman fall victim to friendly fire, or was his death part of a more elaborate military coverup? We explore the eerie circumstances surrounding his demise, questioning the inconsistencies that hint at a potential conspiracy. Immerse yourself in these captivating narratives with Austin Adams, as we question the reality around us. Subscribe to the Adams Archive and leave us a 5-star review. Connect with Austin on Instagram and Threads, the new platform by Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, to stay updated on the latest episodes and exclusive content. Visit austinadams.ck.com for more engaging discussions. Every review and subscription helps us to keep shedding light on the stories that truly matter.   All Links: Https://linktr.ee/theaustinjadams Merchandise: Https://antielite.club  Substack: Https://austinadams.substack.com     ----more----   Full Transcription:  The Adams archive.  Hello, you beautiful people and welcome to the Adams Archive. My name is Austin Adams and thank you so much for listening. Today on this podcast, we are going to be discussing the White House, having found remnants of cocaine within the White House. And I wonder just who that could have been from. We will discuss the White House Press secretary's response to that as well as Donald Trump's response to that, and I only wonder who that could have came from. So we will discuss my theories, then we will jump right into the federal judge ordering the Biden administration to stop their efforts to censor social media companies, which is a huge win, huge win. Understated not being talked about. Huge win for freedom of speech. We will discuss that, then we will move into TikTok, allowing Mexican drug cartels to post help wanted ads for human smugglers. After that, if you recall, there was a left wing liberal influencer who had said some wild things, why absolutely wild things during the affirmative action hearing, which the Supreme Court ruled on, which we have not talked about yet. So maybe we can discuss a little bit about the Supreme Court hearings that happened. But there was a influencer, Erica Marsh, allegedly on Twitter who had tweeted some pretty, I don't know, pretty racist stuff. And so so but she was a liberal defending affirmative action. And so we will, apparently she does not. Exist. So we'll talk about that. After that we are going to jump right into some conspiratorial stuff, which will be Pat Tillman's death. If you recall, pat Tillman was a former NFL player who became a US Army Ranger after nine 11 who mysteriously died with some pretty crazy things happening around his death that we will discuss as well, which kind of points to a coverup by the US military. And then finally, last but not least, there was a woman on a airliner who said that she saw a reptile humanoid on an airplane and just ran off the airplane. And she didn't seem drunk when she was talking. She didn't seem like high. She didn't seem to be on any crazy substances in the way that she was speaking. She was just terrified. And there was some weird reports about that. So we will look at that. And then a Reddit conspiracy thread around it may be being a, a artificial intelligence humanoid. Hmm. All of that more. So stick around with me the later we get, the deeper we get stick around. Thank you so much for listening. Go ahead and subscribe. Leave a five star review. I would appreciate it. From the bottom of my heart. I say it every single week. I would love to see it. Hit that five star review, write something nice. It just helps me get through the rankings. Lets me know, you know, I'm not taking any money for this right now. There's no ads on here. Nothing. The only currency that I ask from you is just leaving a five star review at this point. All right, so again, hit that five star review button, subscribe. Head over to the ck austin adams.ck.com. And then head over to Instagram, the Austin J. Adams. Follow me there. And then follow me on a new social media platform called Threads, which just dropped today by Mark Zuckerberg at the in the Meta team, which is a Twitter rival. Very interesting. So you can find me there as well. Alright, thank you guys so much for listening. Let's jump. Into it.   The Adams archive.  All right, let's jump into it. The very first thing that we're gonna discuss today was the White House Security Team. All right. The Secret Service seemingly found some sort of weird white substance, some powdery substance with some nose hairs in it inside of the White House, and we can only fathom what that would be, especially after the, you know, the, the. Crazy response from the White House Press secretary saying, we have no idea what happened here. We must get to the bottom of this. Who could have been this person in the White House snorting cocaine? We don't know anybody that's a part of this family, a part of the presidential family, a part of a part of anybody that would be in the White House that maybe has a cocaine addiction. So this article says, white House Press Secretary says Biden wants to get to the bottom of the cocaine found at the White House. I bet you do. Joe Biden. And here it goes. Says, during Wednesday's, Wednesdays White House press conference, press Secretary Kareem Jean Pierre said, Biden thinks it's incredibly important to get to the bottom of how cocaine found its way to the White House over the weekend. I wonder if he's really curious about looking into, you know, how a seemingly, you know harmless laptop got dropped off at a. Laptop fixing place without his consent says, how determined is the president to get to the bottom of this? So here, here's the actual quote itself. Let's go ahead and listen then, and turning to some breaking news. We have just learned that a formal lab has confirmed the suspicion that that white powdery substance found in the West Wing on Sunday was in fact positive for cocaine. The discovery led to a big evacuation at the White House Sunday night. Joining us now is NBC White House correspondent Mike. Me. So I'm like, where do things stand now? This is so unusual. You and I have covered the White House for years. I can't even fathom anything like this having been found before in the West Wing and. I go back to the seventies at the White House, so this is pretty, pretty wild. It's absolutely extraordinary. Andrea and this new conclusive test confirms what had been the preliminary field test conducted by DC fire personnel who were called in on Sunday night after the discovery of this suspicious substance by a uniformed officer in the Secret Service that was conducting a routine patrol of the White House. And so to recap on the developments from that we've been reporting on yesterday, this was found we understand in a highly trafficked common area of the West Wing. It's an area where individuals, especially visitors, individuals who may be coming for, for instance, a private tour, might have been asked to leave some of their personal belongings before heading into more sensitive areas of the West Wing, which of course includes the president's, the vice president's office, some of the most senior officials. Offices as well as the press. You know, it's a totally public area that you, you know, just so happen to go into that has absolutely nothing to do with Joe Biden's son, who seemingly has a cocaine and crack addiction. And here's j, here's the White House press secretary responding to this stating how, how willing and, and eager they are to get to the bottom of who this could be. Thanks. One more on cocaine. How One more on cocaine resident to get to the bottom. Who brought illegal drugs into the White House? So secret services. Getting to the bottom of this. I wonder how many questions at the White House has started it with this One more question on cocaine. It's what matters and it's under, but it was, listen to this cocaine. One more question on cocaine. It's fake. One more on cocaine. How determined is the president to get to the bottom, who brought illegal drugs into the way. Secret Service is getting to the bottom and that's what matters, and it's under their purview. But it was, the question was, how determined is the President? The President thinks it's very important to get to the bottom of this. That's why Secret Service, which is under their purview, is looking into this and they're gonna look into what happened this weekend. So the President thinks as the Secret Service shows up, and it's a man who looks seemingly much like Hunter Biden, just with a mustache. I have no idea how this happened, sir. Let me go ahead and clean that up for you, man. What a mess. Could you imagine? I'm pretty sure they were on some sort of vacation when this happened. Could you imagine the conversation between Hunter Biden and his father when they found out that the day before they left for vacation, there was cocaine found in the White House? Could you imagine that conversation? Not that I would think Joe Biden would, you know, remember the fact that his son is a cocaine and crackhead, but. I guess meth, right? He smokes a lot of meth. It was a meth or crack. I'm pretty sure it's methamphetamine, but I dig grass. I wonder how that conversation went. This goes, we went pressed further of how determined Biden was. We just listened to that. It says reporter asked the White House practice secretary, whether the White House would be, would support the prosecution of whoever brought the cocaine into the building. And she says, yeah, thank you. If the secret Service determines the, who brought the cocaine into the White House, does the White House support the prosecution of this individual? I'm just not gonna get into hypotheticals from here. Let let the Secret Service do their job. It's under their purview. We are confident that they'll get to the bottom of it. I'm just not gonna get it ahead of it. It's right this time. And then the next question was the president and the first lady, she says, and their family we're absolutely not here this weekend. And secondly, per the entry, go to the holiday. Can you give any more details on where the Secret Service found the cocaine in the West Wing and how it got, so, as you know, this is under the preview of the Secret Service. They are currently investigating what happened over the weekend. So I would have to refer you to the Secret first, the Secret Service on all of this. But one thing that I can share that I'll, that I'll share a little bit or more information, as you know, the, the, the president and the First Lady and their family were not here this weekend, as you all reported on this. And as you also know that they left on Friday. And returned just yesterday. Where where this was discovered is a heavily traveled area where many White House west Wing, I should be even more specific west Wing visitors come through this particular area. And not only can you underst, can you imagine the conversation between Joe Biden and Hunter Biden, but can you imagine the job of John, whatever, St. Pierre, her name is what is her name? John Pierre. Could you imagine what she has to, to deal with when she comes in and gets a briefing on a daily basis about what she has to talk about and what's in her notes? And she sees that Hunter Biden very likely left cocaine in the White House, and now she not. Joe Biden, of course, who doesn't answer any questions. Not, not Jill Biden, not Hunter Biden. She's the one who has to deal with the after effects of this. So I would be, I would just imagine the look on her face when she realizes that she's the one who has to answer for Hunter Biden's crack addiction. Alright, let's jump into Trump's response to this and see what he has to say here. Here's the response, although this might be just the first the first clip and turn. Yep, that's the first clip. So it says, does anybody really believe that co the cocaine found in the west wing of the White House? Very close to the Oval Office is for the use of anyone other than Hunter and Joe Biden. Trump wrote, here's here's the tweet or the truth that came from truth social and it says, does anybody really believe that the cocaine found in the west wing of the White House very close to the Oval Office is for the use of anyone other than Hunter and Joe Biden? But watch the fake news. Media will soon start saying that the amount found was very small and it wasn't really cocaine, but rather common ground up aspirin and the story will vanish, has deranged Jack Smith, the crazy Trump hitting special prosecutor been seen in that area in the area of the cocaine? He looks like a crack head to me is true. He goes on to say, where are the White House security tapes, like the ones I openly and happily gave to, to deranged Jack Smith, which will quickly show where the cocaine in the White House came from. They already know the answer, but probably don't like it. Yeah. What do you know how many cameras are in the White House and you believe that we can't find out whose cocaine was sitting on the table in the Oval Office? Really? There's gotta be more cameras in there than there is in a fricking target in la, right? Like it's crazy that they think we're so stupid that they don't have video evidence showing who is snorting cocaine Off of the counter, it says this is by Kelly O'Donnell. It says The Secret Service said the investigation remains ongoing, that they have not yet determined the owner of the bag of cocaine. They're reviewing surveillance footage and entrance logs as a part of the investigation. It has not yet been revealed how long the bag of cocaine was in the West Wing. Hmm. It says We have also reported that the Secret Service investigation will review security camera footage and entrance logs to try and figure out when the cocaine baggie was left and by whom. Hmm. It says, here is what I've already reported. Substance was confirmed as cocaine. Small baggie was found. Sunday inside the common area at the West Wing entrance where staff slash visitors leave personal items like phones. President Biden was at Camp David with his son Hunter Biden when the cocaine was discovered and the White House evacuated. Hunter Biden, who is at the White House just two days prior to the discovery, has a long history of drug abuse, which has been revealed through his infamous abandoned laptop. The cocaine was initially identified as unknown item. Now we probably don't even have to wait for this security footage to come out because, you know, if this was Hunter Biden, he's absolutely going to be standing there with a selfie snorting this cocaine with a, some type of prostitute in the room with him. So it's only a matter of time, even if the Secret Service doesn't come out with this, that we know really for a fact who this was like, I'm pretty sure every single time ever. Ever. The Hunter Biden's done drugs. He photographs it with a prostitute, so it won't be too long. That's great. All right. Now moving on. Let's go ahead and move on from that. It says that a federal judge ordered Biden's administration to stop efforts to censor social media companies. Now this is a landmark decision by a federal judge. Now, this isn't a longstanding decision. This is, was done as an initial decision awaiting the full trial of this decision. But this was the initial decision as a result. So Here we go. This is from the post-Millennial. It says, on Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that the Biden administration likely violated the First Amendment in its contact with social media companies to censor content and criticism. During the Covid Pandemic US District, judge Terry Dowdy of Louisiana in a 155 page ruling, blocked officials within the White House and multiple federal agencies from contacting social media companies with the intention of censoring political views in other speech protected under the First Amendment. According to the Wall Street Journal, the evidence produced thus far depicts an almost dystopian scenario, wrote Judge Dowdy during the COVID 19 pandemic a period perhaps best characterized by widespread doubt and uncertainty. Though United States government seems to have assumed a role similar to the in Orwellian Ministry of Truth, which they, if you recall, actually tried to put together a Ministry of Truth. You remember that kind of went away, but they tried, right? They tried to actually put together a, a entity within the government that would decide what was fact and what was not fact and push that out to the social media companies. It says the attorney generals alleged that the Biden administration was using a federal censorship enterprise and pressured social media platforms to remove post questioning covid 19 health policies. The origin of the pandemic questions regarding the results of the 2020 election, the Hunter Biden laptop story among other topics, which again, I was a part of that for eight months. My, my account was shadow banned on Instagram, eight months of the 16 months that it's been around. It was completely shadow banned for since four months into it where it grew like crazy. And then shadow banned for eight full months where I couldn't get 2000 views on my videos with 35, 40,000 followers. And it was because I posted a video that came from infowars that broke down the Barisma deal that we are just figuring out. They have 17 audio recordings now, but I posted that over a year ago and I got shadow banned into oblivion by Instagram for that one singular post for over eight full months where I got zero traction on anything. And this isn't somebody complaining like, oh, they shadow banned. No. Like they, you could not search my name on Instagram. Could not search me, could not find me. All because I spoke the truth, which is coming out today in all of these hearings about Hunter Biden Barisma, the recordings with Barisma, Joe Biden, the big guy that all of these federal indictments that are going on around us, but the cia, the government, Joe Biden's administration, actively reached out to social media companies. The fbi, as Mark Zuckerberg came out and said that they were actively shadow banning people and banning them outright. It says that if the allegations made by the plaintiffs are true, the present case arguably involves the most massive attack against free speech in United States history. The injunction ads according to Fox News, in their attempts to suppress alleged disinformation, the federal government, and particularly the defendants named here, are alleged to have blatantly ignored the first amendment's right to free speech. Dowdy also wrote that censorship, in this case almost exclusively targeted conservative speech, but added that the issues raised the case extended beyond party lines. Viewpoint discrimination is in the especially egregious form of content discrimination. Dowdy wrote, the government must obtain from regulating, must abstain from regulating speech when the specific motivating ideology of the perspective of the speaker is in the rationale for the restriction. So in what have been, might have been the single largest win for freedom of speech today, to date over the last, I don't know, decade, easily, is this federal or judge. So thank you very much, judge. Dowdy because again, the all speech happens on these platforms when, when we talk about freedom of speech, we're not sitting in a circle singing kumbaya at some bar like we were back in 17, 17 76. Freedom of speech today does not mean standing in front of somebody and speaking. It extends to the platforms where 95% of speech happens, which is on social media platforms constantly. That's where, that's where civil discourse happens today. That is the, the watering hole. That is the bar that people meet at. That is the community, that is the groups, and when you censor people from speaking out on topics about the government, you are an authoritarian that is authoritarianism. When you actively censor the opposing opinion, that type of shit is what starts revolutions. Not saying that that's what should happen. And I, I hope to God it doesn't have to and, and, and if we keep winning this culture war, it won't have to because we are winning. We are absolutely winning. Target moved all of their tucket pride stuff to the back of the store. Bud Light literally fired all of the executives that were a part of those decision makings with the Dylan Mulvaney situation. Now we have social media not allowing any input from the government due to this ruling. On top of that, bud Light closed down several of its manufacturing plants. As a result of this, we are actively winning the culture war, which could not have been said about conservatism or the right in, I dunno, fricking ever conservatives have been losing the culture war. They lose it when it comes to music, when it comes to entertainment. It's all owned by liberals. Even the news. For the very first time that we've seen in my lifetime, in our generation and probably the last 150 years, a hundred years, at least I can speak to, we are winning the culture war and we can't let up. And people are starting to realize that it's cool. It's cool to be to, to, to not wanna dye your hair purple and run around naked at a, at a children's event. People think it's cool that you have conservative values and maybe you wanna raise a family and maybe you wanna raise a family, right? Maybe you want to have multiple children on, on a piece of land with chickens and self-sustaining lifestyles and homeschool your children because you don't want the, the government teaching them propaganda that's built into the education system that's bought and paid for by the very same companies who are shoving and pedaling the, the, their own profit or their own products down your throat, which are poisoning you for profitability. For the very first time, people are waking up to this and people are realizing it, and at the same time, we are winning the culture war with our dollars. And you see these things come out about the c e I scores and you see these things come out about, you know, the what is it, cgi and like all, all of these like woke ideologies that are being pushed in, into shoved into the sphere of commercial corporatism through trying to make companies push these woke ideologies for investments from companies like BlackRock, right? That's why the c e I score was even, even became a thing, was because they wanted to have these companies push the ideology and have incentive to do so despite lack of profitability from their decision making. Because if every time that target pushes something to the back of the store, they lose money, they're gonna stop pushing this ideology, capitalists. Capitalism does not care about your feelings. It does not care about your political leanings. It does not care about, you know, what your sexual orientation is. It shouldn't, it doesn't. Profitability has no sexual orientation. Profitability has no political orientation. So when you realize that, and, and we are a, a community, a group who can then put our dollars together and go, we are no longer going to take this, we are not going to allow you to shove sexual books down our children's throat at Barnes and Noble when I walk in the door. We are not going to allow you to put swimsuits on the rack in front of my children. That shows a tucket area for boys acting like they're girls. We're not gonna handle, we're not gonna, we're not going to accept this. Right. And we're, again, we're seeing that bleed over into the education system where homeschooling is up like an unbelievable percentage since, since the Covid pandemic, right? You see people starting to take ownership, take ownership of their parenting, take ownership of their, their children, and realize that all of these organizations from the pharmaceutical industries, to the medical industries, to the to the military industrial complexes, to the mil educational industrial complex to all of these organizations, the, the food industries, all of it does not have your best interest in mind. It doesn't have your children's best interest in mind. And as parents, it is our job to protect our children. And whether it's easier to give them a, a, a, a Lunchable than it is to make a homemade healthy meal, or whether it's easier to send them off to public school than it is to sit at home with them and, and teach your child the, the proper way of our, the proper histories that we have and not what's being pushed through, you know, the, the organizations and, and And educational entities that are pushing books that are li literally the same organizations that are owned by Ghislaine, Maxwell's father, was it Maxwell House? Remember Maxwell House, the education system, the, the, the the books that went to your schools. Maxwell House was owned by Ghislaine Maxwell's dad, a alleged maad spy. And so when you start to connect all of these dots and you realize that all of these, these corporations do not have your best interest in mind, and not just the corporations, but the government too, the public school system is designed for obedience, not education. Our food is designed to poison you, not make you healthy. And the reason they poison you is because they need to feed you the pharmaceutical drugs. And the reason they feed you those pharmaceutical drugs is because they make ungodly profits off of your sickness. And it all starts by educating you to believe that the government is daddy, not you, and the corporations are mommy, not you. And so as you start to unwind the fabric of our society, unwind the fabric of our government and realize that none of these institutions have you or your child's best interest in mind ever, ever. And the only thing they wanna do is profit off of you. And sometimes that means poisoning you so that they can feed you the antidote. I don't know how we got there. Let's move on. But on that note, subscribe, leave a five star review. I appreciate you, Austin Adams do sub stack.com. All right, we're gonna move to the next topic here. Which is that TikTok allows Mexican cartels to post help wanted ads for human smugglers. So the cartel is literally posting on TikTok, asking for help smuggling people across borders, and TikTok is allowing it. They're posting advertisements to people to hire them, to smuggle people across the border that's trafficking. And it's still happening right at this moment. Okay. Again, this comes from the post-millennial. It says, this week I had the opportunity to ride along with the Kinney County Sheriff's Department. Kenny Texas is a hotspot for human smuggling facilitated by the cartels, high speed chases, rollovers, and witnessing graphic deaths are regular occurrence for deputies Inkin County. While riding with Deputy Molan, a veteran deputy from Kidney County, he informed me how cartels are advertising smuggling jobs to Americans. He showed me one example of an ad on TikTok and within minutes of for looking myself, I found more than a dozen ads that were blatantly advertising smuggling jobs for the cartel. As I was engaging with these ads, or really one had an information label from TikTok that read, participating in this activity could result in you or others getting hurt. And this ad said some shit in Spanish that I can't read, but if you can read Spanish, I'll try my best ato. Conductor Radian and in Texas, Soro Gente in Terra Ana. Paga 10 mil or a 20 mil dollar in three Auras. Houston, Texas, Dallas, Texas, San Marcos, San Antonio, Texas, Austin, Texas, Waco, Texas. Message US or some shit like that. I don't speak Spanish, but maybe you do. So there you go. And I'm probably sure you couldn't have understood what I said anyways, even if you did. As you'll see, the video with the label is a very obvious example of human smuggling and even shows the process of smuggling migrants past border patrol chats between the smuggler and the organization and the reward that comes after. And here's the video. It's a video of like three Mexican dudes looking around saying some stuff, showing some people literally in the back of a car messages taking them over the border in a vehicle. Oh my gosh. And then some money on the table. Whoa. And that's literally on TikTok right now. Now, this doesn't surprise me. It does not surprise me at all that TikTok would allow the cartel to advertise human trafficking on their platform because the fentanyl that's being produced, that's going to the cartel, that's coming up through the United States of America, as Trump has spoken on before, is coming from China. Now we know for sure that the CIA has sold cocaine and crack into the ghettos of the United States at certain points for profitability that they can fund their deep underground black ops projects that we're not allowed to know about, so that they don't have to worry about it being funded by US tax dollars and it coming back to them. So we know that for sure. There's been plenty of documentaries that have happened on that. The Cocaine Cowboys documentary all about the CIA's funding cocaine endeavors, you know, even, even, and that kind of goes back to the Tillman stuff that we're gonna talk about later. He got mad. The NFL player that we're gonna talk about in a little bit got mad because he found out that we were, we were sitting in protecting opium fields in Afghanistan, and that was our j their jobs there. So, we'll talk about that in just a minute, but it goes on in this conversation. And in the text messages that I was talking about, it says the translation is, let me know, when do y'all arrive? And it says, 40 says the smuggler is there traffic a little bit. No more than 23 minutes. The individual accountant amongst the countless others are allowed to post recruitment videos with the intent of two employ American citizens to engage in human smuggling on behalf of cartels. Instead of removing these illegal advertisements, TikTok allows cartel recruiters to stand the platform and organize human smuggling operations. TikTok is well known for being the platform with some of their strictest censorship, but despite that, they seem to be more concerned about Americans voicing their political opinions than organized cartel recruiting Americans to commit multiple felonies via human smuggling. Yeah. Oh, by the way, talking about censorship, my account got completely banned on TikTok and you guys hear the stuff I'm talking about here. It's not that wild. It's not that crazy. I'm not inciting violence like we're sitting here talking shit, drinking beer. Not that crazy, right? So I get banned off of TikTok, but not the cartel. Employing human traffickers through advertising. It says we're seeing all walks of life. We've had those that are hurting for money, they're in a bind financially and are looking to make an easy buck. We've picked up a couple of attorneys that have been smuggling recently. We caught two girls from active duty and at this point in time, I think they were National Guard or active duty smuggling. What National Guard smuggling? So we've seen it all. I ran a check on one kid. He was out of the Dallas Fort Worth area. Check to see where he lived, did a little background looking, and of course he's living at home. His folks are living on 600 like a $600,000 house. So I don't think he has, he was here for the money. I think he was here for the thrill. And then there are those who wanna make a name for themselves or try to join a gang or do whatever to get part of the click to make easy money. It's not worth it. And here it is. Well, I never thought of myself as being outspoken about this. I'm just saying what a. What, what I'm seeing here, trying to protect a, my county, my city, my state, and the country in general, but somebody has to say it. There's a guy in the back, the rear, the car, the cargo really put money on it. He opens the back of his truck and sees people in the back area of this vehicle. We've always seen more human smuggling than drugs. Always because of the way we sit. Yes, we are a border county. We've got 16 miles of border with Mexico, but because of international trade, because of ports of entry, Del Rail and eagle Pass have ports of entry. We don't, on one hand, on one side of the coin, it's still Mayberry. Like everybody, I can still walk the streets at night. The women actually can go out and walk the streets, get their exercise, whatever, without being harassed, without having to be worried about being kidnapped or shot or run over On the other side of the coin, the traffic that comes through here, because the way we sit. Makes it a volatile place. We have prosecuted close to 6,000 people for criminal trespass and 15, 1800 for human smuggling. So we are at the epicenter of this. 99.9% are American citizens, and we're seeing all walks of life pretty wild. It shows five other examples of people showing their advertisements on TikTok to smuggle people. Wow. Hmm. And it goes on and on and on. You can again read more about this on the post-Millennial which is an exclusive article that they found themselves talking about the human trafficking that's going on there. Pretty crazy stuff. All right, the next thing that we're gonna talk about, so I posted something on Instagram and Twitter a little bit ago. There was a girl that was posting called Erica Marsh and Erica Marsh posted something after the affirmative action ruling by the Supreme Court, but there was something fishy about her account. I. That some people picked on and some picked up on and some people didn't. But after just about a week or so, her account has now been suspended and it is believed that she was a fake bot the entire time. And this article says, an infamous left-wing Twitter influencer who has been routinely accused of rage baiting conservatives, has been suspended from Twitter. Erica Marsh amassed over 130,000 followers after joining this site in September of 2022, and regularly sparked outrage for her views on race abortion and for celebrating the death of January 6th. Protestor Ashley Babbitt, the self-proclaimed proud Democrat and former field organizer to elect President Biden. Had her Twitter suspended on Sunday after numerous reports surfaced online saying that she doesn't even exist. It says, in the days leading up to the suspension, mark provoked or marsh provoked outrage with a tweet reacting to the Supreme Court. Affirmative action ruling. Tweeting Today's Supreme Court decision is a direct attack on black people. No black person will be able to succeed in the merit-based system, which is exactly why affirmative action based programs were needed. Today's decision is a travesty. Probably one of the most racist things that you could ever say is that somebody could, like, if you could think of one of the worst insults that you could tell me is with like intelligently, it's that I could not succeed in a merit-based system. And then to say, you cannot succeed in the merit-based system, specifically off of the color of your skin. So that sparked a pretty big outrage. I mean, she had 27 million views on this one tweet and she was called racist by a bunch of people. A lot of big influencers reached out to her and said it. And then, you know, after a little bit, so here's a conservative political commentator, Dinesh de Soza. He was the one who headed the 2000 Mules movie. Said it was among many prominent voices con condemning her, saying, isn't this racism pure and simple? Vernon Jones, who's a former congressman, said the most racist, degrading, offensive, and downright insulting comment ever made about black people and. Pretty close, not too far off. It says in the wake of Marsha's suspension experts who spoke to the Washington Post ruled Erica Marsh isn't even a real person, with no record of her existing and her profile photo likely being an AI generated image. One expert John Scott Walton, a senior researcher at the University of Toronto said, I strongly suspect that this person doesn't exist. Additionally, there is no trace of Martian any phone and voting records in the Biden campaign, which she claimed to have worked for, has no record of her working for them. Her Twitter bio also referenced that she previously volunteered at the Obama Foundation. However, the foundation has also said that there is no record of her on their volunteer database says, according to Twitter's misleading and deceptive identities, policies, accounts that are using a deceptive identity may be suspended for violating terms of service. However, the policy also states that users may have their accounts reinstated, that the discretion of Twitter staff, if they provide government issued identification to prove that they are real. The latter option to provide ID to regain access to the suspended account may prove impossible from Marsh, given that many Allen analysts. Are saying she doesn't even exist. Who, how crazy. But how do you say that? You know, I, I, I hope that's a parody account because gosh, what a terrible, stupid thing to say, but what a, well, you know, if she's just trying to gain attention I, I can't imagine building a Twitter following of 130,000 people and then having it stripped from you and having it not even have your name on it. Like you might as well just put your face on it and own that shit because is more value in building your own reputation, whether it's as a crazy racist or, or, you know, something more useful. But to create the account with no reasoning at all, unless you're a, you know, Russian bot just trying to stir shit up. Which may be the case too. Who knows? Will we ever, probably not. All right, let's move on from that. And we are going to move into the the situation that's coming out of pat Tillman's death. So this came up recently on conspiracy Reddit, and it talks about the murder of a real hero. Okay? Now I remember this. I remember this story, and I'm sure you do too. A former N F L player decided to quit the N F L and go serve as a US Army Ranger after nine 11. And the story ended in tragedy because at a certain point in his time over there, he was shot with three nato 5 56 rounds in his skull that was eventually declared friendly fire. Now, they didn't say why. There wasn't too much of an investigation, but we're going to jump into it. All right, so Pat Tillman's Death and Coverup, and this comes from npr says, the latest book from John Crocker, author of Into the Air and Into the Wild, focuses on the life of tragic death of former NFL player Pat Tillman, who left a lucrative contract with the Arizona Cardinals to join the US Army. Rangers Crocker talks to NPRs Melissa Block about his investigation in the Tillman's Death by Friendly Fire and the US Army's subsequent effort to cover up the circumstances of that death. It says at least a half of the members of the platoon traveling through Afghanistan in OCT in April 22nd, 2004 had never been in the firefight before, but on this day, the enemy attacked. In response, the American soldiers sprayed thousands of rounds from their machine guns, M fours, and Grenade launchers. Not far away was Tillman accompanied by another American soldier in an Afghan milit militia fighter who had been firing his weapon in the opposite canyon wall where he suspected enemy fighters would be when from a distance. The leader of one of the US platoons Humvees saw the Afghan militia fighter. He reacted, he testified that the Afghan guy had on in the American uniform, but in the panic of the moment, he reflexively put the guy in the sights of his M four and put seven rounds into his chest. The shots by the leader of the Humvee were followed by a spray of bullets from the rest of his men. It was an attack that ended in Tillman's death. Said what happened next was an effort from the government to suppress the circumstances of Tillman's death. With hours certainly, and probably less the ranger regime officers, high ranking officers back in the States were co conspiring. To cover this up, crocker says, A recommendation to award Tillman this silver star medal, one of the US military's highest honor, immediately began moving through the Army rinks, something that has not done for dust by friendly fire. And Crocker says, when a soldier is killed in combat, you should put his uniform, his weapon, everything. Anything that can be considered for forensic evidence should be sent back to the states with the body, so the medical examiner could determine the cause of death. In the case of Tillman, none of that happened. Tillman's uniform and body armor were burned in his weapon helmet, and even part of his brain, which fell to the ground After the attack disappeared. Army officials told the medical examiners that Tillman had been killed by the Taliban, and they stuck by the story when they reported the death to his family. The Army intentionally lied. Cracker says they just broke regulation after regulation, one soldier Russell Bearer was sent back to the United States with instructions not to reveal to the Tillman family that their son had been killed by friendly fire. After attending the funeral, cracker said he was so upset at having to lie to Pat's mother that Russell Bearer went awol through the death of Pat Tillman and the subsequent congressional inquiry into it had been covered up closely by the news media. Crocker says there are many details that have yet to be exposed. The author uncovers several new aspects of the story by combing through the more than 4,000 pages of documents related to the government's investigation of Tillman's death. In conversations with his fellow soldiers, crocker points out that the Gen General Stanley McChrystal, now the US commander in Afghanistan, signed off in this Silver Star recommendation, even though he knew the Tillman's death was, was the result of friendly fire. In confirmation the hearings earlier this year, McChrystal acknowledged that the Army had failed the Tillman's family and had apologized for his part in it. But he maintained that he didn't see any activities by anyone to deceive, and that he absolutely believed the Tillman's earned the silver star. Now, here is where it gets interesting but this book is called excerpt From Where the Men Win Glory, the Odyssey of Pat Tillman. So that's the book that you can go read on this. However, this came up in conspiracy Reddit, and here's what they had to say about it there. Hi, I'm Pat Tillman. I was an NFL star turned army ranger. After the events of nine 11, I went to Afghanistan and I Iraq to fight for my country. Soon after my deployment, I realized we were guiding Oppi or we were guarding opium fields with big pharma and the cia. So I decided that I was going back home and led the anti-war effort. Three days after my decision, I was found dead with three nato 5 56 rounds into my skull, declared friendly fire. They burned his body and his equipment. They burned his journal to this says, but the NFL is sure to include him in all of their pro-war praise the troops Special thanks for, for before big games. Other comments go on and say, and then they mock him and the general public by making a spectacle out of him in his service, knowing that the basic NFL watcher would never look into his death. That is wild. So this man left an NFL career to go into the military to serve after nine 11 became a special forces operator in the Green Berets or the Army Rangers, sorry, in the army. Rangers then sees that they're guarding opium fields for the cia. Go back to our conversation earlier, talking about how they pedal drugs for black operations, then decides he wants to go home and lead an effort that's anti-war. Three days after that decision. He's killed. Okay. Now, I can't give validity to a couple of those statements without doing further due due diligence. One, which is they were guarding opium fields. I need to see more evidence on that. I know that to be true. I've seen discussions on that before that are that, that have talked about that. However, whether that's the reasoning, and you know, what he said, I, I need to see where the evidence is coming from for that. Second is that he went home to lead a war effort. However, you know this is gaining pretty significant traction through conspiracy Reddit. So it says that this guy talks about being there when it happened. Here's a video. But they know we're the guys that you don't shoot because we shoot back. Right. Like we will take the fight to you. My name is Brad Jacobson. I was an Army ranger for four years, from 2001 to 2005. I was a morman in the second Ranger battalion. Yeah. So I, I grew up in Washington State. I was raised lds, so I was a Mormon kid. So I had with an i d and not a small one. I mean, we're talking a hundred feet in the air was, it was a supply truck, toilet paper, you know. So this is an hour video. The name of it is Army Ranger Veteran. Brings up a, brings us inside Pat Tillman's death and Coverup. So we'll go to the points where most people are watching it. The people that had combat experience, like Command Sergeant Major, oh, I forget his name, but he was the command Sergeant Major of Ranger Regiment was in my Humvee. When that first started, he had hopped out. I mean, he, this is an old Delta force guy, you know, used to have a huge beard, you know, big burley dude. And he's just like, calmly walking down the road just looking. He's not shooting anything cause he doesn't say anything, you know? And so like, that's, that's who you want to be, right? But who we were was like very anxious trapped. Like, you know, think about it, like you're trapped because this guy keeps stopping. You got small arms fire coming down so you can almost think like you're, you're a ticking time bomb of anxiety. You know, like the, the driver that ran, did you guys let him go or did you go after him? Yeah, eventually, like, eventually we ran him down and drug him back through him in his truck. Eventually gets to a spot in the canyon where it kind of opens up a little bit wider. And so all the vehicles start going past him. And by this time, I mean, several minutes have gone by the, the sun had set behind the mountains and so there was this, there was this weird like contrast where the sky was super bright. But the canyon was super dark. Like as we were coming out, it was very dim. It was very hard to see. It was too light to use night vision, but it was too dark to really like, identify people, you know? Well. And so the first, the first the, the first Humvees, like, let's back up. The, the first cereal that had gone through the canyon before us had heard us getting ambushed and they had parked their vehicles, gotten out and set up blocking positions right as we were coming out of the canyon. And so the canyon, basically, it's super narrow but eventually starts to kind of like, you know, drop down and elevation and kind of flatten out a little bit. And they were kind of set up on one of the spurs. As the canyon was flattening out, they were set up on one of the spurs and the first vehicle in the convoy. I don't know if they were just like freaking out or what, but they were literally shooting anything and everything that, that they could identify as a possible living target. And. And so, so anyways, they're, they're just lighting everybody up and I'm in my Humvee, I'm about three back from the front and I'm driving and I'm freaking out too. I don't know where serial one is. I didn't even know they, they stopped. Right. Nobody knew they stopped cuz we didn't have comms with them. And so we're coming out of the canyon and I hear my sergeant, Sergeant Horning rest in peace. Sergeant Horney is like, Hey, those are, those are friendlies up there. Those are Friendlys. Hey those are friendly. They're shooting at friendlies. Like I could hear him like kind of exasperating yelling. And so eventually we all get up to where serial one's vehicles were, which was an obvious stop point. Cause you're like, well there's our guy's trucks. So we pull off to the side of stop, I have a radio and I hear somebody calling like, you know, we have tango down, or we have an eagle down tango, Eagle down tango. And then an eagle down is like, you know, k i a on the battlefield. And I'm thinking Tango, like, who the fuck is tango? Like from Alpha Company, right? And my first, in, my first inclination was, I forget the guy's name was like Truo or something. I was like, man, Truo fucking died. Like, no dude, that's a good dude. And they were like, we need a S Scco. We need a S Scco, which is like a plastic sled that you can, you know, wrap bodies in. So I immediately run up and I cut the s scco off the back of my truck. Cuz I'm like, everybody's like shellshocked around me. They're just kinda like standing there like with their weapons and nobody really knows what's going on. So I run up, cut the Scco because I don't know, for some reason, like I'm just a person of action. Like if, like, I have to be doing, that's why, that's why I had that inclination, you know, with Jay Blessing, where it was like, I just like, I have to like, I want to go like just start executing people to figure out who killed our guy, you know? And so I'm like, when I hear somebody like, Hey, do this. I'm like, boom, cut the S Skid coast. So I run it up the hill, drop it off, I'm pulling security and they wrapped the bodies of the dead people into the, into the s skid coasts and we carried 'em down. And it was at that point, I think when I was at the top of that hill and I had passed the edco off. I was like, well, who is it? They said, it's Pat. I'm like, pat. Oh, it's Pat. Like Tillman. Like, and I didn't know what had happened at that point be, you know, because I was driving and stuff. But I eventually, we packed him up and we brought him down, loaded their bodies onto helicopters that came in and, and, and took 'em out. And it was just like this. I just remember because Pat's brother Kevin was in our cereal, the second one that got ambushed, but he was at the very back. And so by the time they'd gotten out of the canning and stopped you know, we had already packaged up his brother and man, he was like, he, he was distraught, obviously, you know, and he was like, well, who is it? Like who is it? Who is it? And eventually, like they ended up telling him, and I remember, I'll never forget it to this, to this day, like I'm, I'm in, I'm pulling security and I just hear this blood curdling scream. And it's like, it's the most haunting sound you'll ever hear. It's probably the same sound of a, you know, if a mother like watches her kid get ran over by a car, I mean, you can imagine just like the hair pulling, screaming and it haunts me like to this day just to, just to reflect on that, you know, like what that must have been like for him because they weren't just brothers. They were like, they were like the same person, you know, like they were almost like twins, right? Mm-hmm. So anyways, like that night, I mean, just the next day or two was just awful. You know? I mean, obviously doesn't sound like he's gonna get into too many details because he wasn't actually at the point of the shooting. So not much to bring validity to this, but a pretty crazy, nonetheless, I'd like to see somebody come in with the information that actually shows that he was. About to leave based on the opium fields. But it goes somebody responded to this and said it goes way deeper than this. He did join after nine 11 to fight the war on terror, giving up tens of millions of dollars in the Hall of Fame n f NFL career, and he was tasked with guarding an opium field owned by Purdue Pharma, which is for Oxycontin. He never publicly voiced his thoughts about the war. He wrote in his diary and talked to a couple of soldiers about it. They told his commanding officer and his diary was confiscated in red. Shortly after that, he was killed from within 25 meters in a non-combat zone by an American soldier using an M 16 rifle. It was conveniently set to three round bursts, so he will only pull the trigger once accidentally and sent three rounds into his abdomen. The incident was then attempted to be covered up. These are all the facts. A lot of this stuff posts leaves out and gets wrong. These pictures are short caption posts tend to do so. He was such a great man. My mom knew him in college. He was the nicest man she knew at Syracuse. Everyone loved him and he loved his country. It is disgusting what they did to him. And it edits for some clarification. It says the poppy field did not have Purdue Pharma employees directly working there, but they did buy a majority of their crop from this field. I remember him being shot in the abdomen, but the article linked above said it was in the head. Also said that it was an M 2 49. But I remember it being an M 16 very clearly. Article also says from 10 meters away, which is basically point blank, they burned his uniform and belongings as a part of the coverup. As for the Syracuse thing, he didn't play there. But my mom was friends with his girlfriend. Hmm, interesting. So an interesting theory nonetheless. Moving on. So the next thing that we'll get into here is a video that's circulated of a woman screaming on a airplane. Maybe screaming is an an exaggeration, but yelling nonetheless that she's was sit, sitting next to somebody who wasn't human. This woman gets up, you neither believe it, or this woman gets up in this plane, and probably the craziest video that you'll see this week. If there's any validity to this at all, this woman gets up in the middle of this airplane. Decides she's going to leave the airplane, like I said earlier, doesn't seem like she's on drugs. Doesn't seem like she's drunk. Says if you guys wanna stay here, that's perfectly fine, but I'm getting away from that reptilian species back there. So let's watch this and then we'll discuss it. Or they cannot believe it. I don't give, but I am telling you right is so it's just going on to say it. She's, the incident happened as the flight was preparing for de to depart Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. So was this woman next to a reptilian, was she next to a AI robot or was she just drunk? Says I did 16 years as a police officer, and I can say this was the sounding is what sounding an alarm looks like. You are not going to be cool, calm, and collected. This is the response of somebody who can't immediately process what they just experienced. Hmm, interesting. So what this goes on to say, and this comes again from Reddit so take it with a grain of salt, but we all know that the elites want to phase humans out and replace us with AI and robots. It says it could be possible that they're in the process of test driving these AI humanoids right under our noses in certain industries such as the airline in catering hidden and played in sight. What if the woman experienced an uncanny valley moment where she saw through the humanoid and freaked out over him not being real? I think the advancements they show us in the AI robots are decades old and they actually have been behind closed doors. In a far more advanced way. There are theories that military technologies is 50 years ahead of what they actually present to us in public. And they're essentially drip feeding us technology so as not to scare and intimidate people. Interesting. The very first comment on this says, I wish we could get a pick or a video of the person that's not real. Yeah. So do we buddy? It says, I just want the, per i I just wanna see the person she said wasn't real. The next thing says she was on a flight with Mark Zuckerberg. Oh man. That's a good one. All right. The And then somebody comments. And this is pretty wild. This is when I was seven years old. I lived on the military base in the Philippines and had a weird thing happen. This would've been about 1987. I was at a friend's house. The parents weren't home. It was just me and my friend and my friend's, older sister. We were in their bathroom singing in the Hairbrushes and others eighties girls' activities. When I had to go to the bathroom when I was little, I had really paranoid about people's showers. I was afraid somebody was in there washing me. So I would always check. I pulled the curtain back and there was a woman crouched down really still. She didn't say anything or move. I ran back into the bedroom and said, there's a woman in the shower. The older sister says, that's a robot. Don't worry about it. And my friend starts crying hysterically. The sister says, yeah, she's afraid of it. I'm so embarrassed because there's dirty pictures on the clothes. Hmm. I didn't notice this last part. And even as a child, I remember thinking, if you are so embarrassed, why bring it up if I didn't say anything first? They both leave the room and I'm guessing that they're calling their parents. The sister comes back into the room and says that they are on their way back and they're going to take the robot to their grandparents' place. Keep in mind, we are on a base. No grandparents are anywhere near unless they have been living with the family, and I'm not even sure that's allowed. They basically tell me that I have to stay in the bedroom until this happens. I'm alone for what seems like hours and I still haven't managed to pee. I don't remember ever playing over there after that. I don't really know what to make of this. I think that the least likely explanation is that I was an ac, that it was an actual robot. I've tried to piece it together as an adult. I thought maybe sex trafficking or something like that. Maybe the older sister was messing with both of us, but the younger one seemed to know what she was talking about and those were real tears. The opposed pornographic material mentioned Maybe question if I, if it was a real doll, the person did look Filipino, so maybe the dad was having an affair and told the kids that it was a robot to throw them off. But I don't know why you would have told you have your booty call over when you aren't there. I don't know. The whole incident was strange, but it's hard to gauge these things happen as a kid because you are trying to re-remember it and decipher it from a childhood brain to an adult brain. The other thing that happened on the space, I started sleepwalking suddenly, maybe it was a reaction to the radar equipment nearby, but alle allegedly, I was going outside during this, which is terrifying. Somebody said in toes. Hmm. All right, so was this a robot in an airplane? Was this lady drunk or was she taking too much Xanax? Who knows? But. Maybe one day we will see robots on the airplanes next to us and we will will call this day and remember the very first time that we heard about it. All right guys. That is all I have for you today. Thank you so much for listening from the bottom of my heart. Go ahead and subscribe, leave a five star review. I appreciate it. Austin Adams dot sub stack.com. Go ahead and sign up and then have a great day. That's all I got for you. Thank you very much.     

‘The Enemy Doesn't Care About Your Status' - Upholding the Standard from the Front to Push Subordinates Forward.This episode is a unique and extremely rare look into what mentorship in the Marine Corps looks like and how Marines address each other and the issues facing the Marine Corps; head on. Lt Gen Bellon and SgtMaj Ruiz are the Command Element for both Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces Southern Command. Lt Gen Bellon is an active and violent supporter of engagement via social media and driving innovation in the Marine Corps. This episode, taped during a leadership mentor session to a company of graduating Lieutenants at The Basic School (TBS), is filled with great "Moments in Leadership" applicable both to the new Lieutenants in the audience and leaders of all stripes. Discussed is the ‘uncommon desire to serve' inherent within Marines, officers, and enlisted, being the bedrock of what makes the Marine Corps the organization it is today and serves as the great leveler within the Marine Corps. The newly announced 20th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps discusses how standards, and the rigid adherence to those standards, serve as the bare minimum, and leaders need to drive to keep themselves and their subordinates to the utmost of those standards, to include something as innocuous as a formation for a subordinate. One of the most critical aspects of being a leader is the human component of it, namely the leader and their subordinates are both humans, with basic human wants and needs, like companionship. LtGen Bellon says one of the major initial pitfalls is currying favor with subordinates. Standards are how Marine officers fulfill their responsibility to those they lead. Dropping those standards is beneath those Marines a leader is charged with. Understanding and enforcing standards goes hand in hand with gaining the trust of those being led. The ability to do the hard tasks creates teams and organizations capable of being self-feeding and self-evolving organisms that can succeed despite losing people or changing missions. Creating an organization that can execute mission intent without being told is the ultimate goal of leaders, both officer and enlisted. Creating this trust in subordinates and leaders is gained through competence in both leader and leaders, which has the added benefit of granting high morale within a unit. One of the more unique aspects of this episode is the chance to hear the concerns of the newest generation of Marine Corps leaders and the thoughts of some of the most senior leaders on those issues. Topics discussed include Force Design 2030, Talent Management, mentorship and self-education, and Reserve timing/manning issues. Thank you for supporting the project (below)Please consider supporting this project on Supercast: https://mil.supercast.comWant to support the project AND look cool at the gym or when you take your blouse off for a working party? Grab a cool tee shirt here from Mission Essential Gear, where every order supports this project AND donates back to Patrol Base Abbate Relevant Resources & Other Mentioned Episodes:Moments In Leadership Supercast Support: Listen to Ep 15: LtGen Karsten S. Heckl, USMC - Addressing Force Design 2030, Death in Aviator/Combat Training, and Risk Assessment https://bit.ly/3ckkm5KListen to Ep 11: LtGen David G. Bellon – Commander MARFORRES, "I almost didn't accept my commission" https://bit.ly/3A45RwLListen to Ep 22: 1stSgt Shamus Flynn, USMC – From Motor T Mechanic to MARSOC – What Emerging Leaders Need to Know About Setting the Example, Admin, and Awards http://bit.ly/3Z2UjDjListen to Ep 21: The Hotwash – A Leadership Panel of Six Officers Discuss their Opinions of the Past Episodes http://bit.ly/3xzTkPnWhat is Moments in Leadership?Moments in Leadership is a podcast where you will hear firsthand about the careers of senior military leaders as they share their unique and individual experiences. Moments in Leadership will immerse you in real-life stories where you will learn about the challenging situations these accomplished leaders faced and discover the lessons they learned early in their careers that were the most influential in developing their overall leadership style. Conceptualized by a group of friends who served together as young officers in the early to mid-1990s sitting around a firepit telling funny leadership stories, Moments in Leadership is designed to provide some relatable context to the formal leadership training leaders of all ranks and services receive throughout their military careers through the power of storytelling.Why Should You Support this project? I realize all of the leaders who listen to the episodes are at different levels of life, and my goal is to be able to have this project remain free and available to anyone who wants it and your donations help go towards that. Your donations go towards offsetting my costs of producing high-quality episodes. Additionally, since this is a part-time hobby project for me, I'm forced to outsource a good deal of work to others to maintain a regular publishing schedule. Your donations help offset these costs as well. Check out my Supercast site and see if any level is a good fit for helping: https://bit.ly/3C8g7Ua Connect with Us:Visit our website: https://bit.ly/3SA2XHe Follow us on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3eO4kTi Follow us on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3L5Ogs0 Email us: themiloffice@gmail.comOther Podcasts Interviews with David B. ArmstrongScuttlebutt Podcast EP 38: https://apple.co/3py1WlyFormer Action Guys Podcast EP 161: https://apple.co/3d1GVN0Former Action Guys Podcast EP 141 https://apple.co/3Ppz4GUFormer Action Guys Podcast EP 60 https://apple.co/3Pi128cFormer Action Guys Podcast EP 54 https://apple.co/3Pi128cAbout the Host:David B. Armstrong, CFA, is President and Co-Founder of Monument Wealth Management, an independent wealth management firm he started in 2008 in Alexandria, Va. David received his BA from the University of South Carolina in Government & International Relations and his MBA at the University of South Carolina's Moore School of Business in International Finance. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant through the Navy ROTC program and served on Active Duty in the Marine Corps from 1990-1997 as an Artillery Officer and then received a secondary MOS as a Tank Officer. He re-entered the Selected Marine Corps Reserves in 2003 and served in several billets across the Artillery, Tank, and Light Armored Reconnaissance communities. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in late 2018.

This edition features stories on country music star Aaron Tippin visiting troops at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak and a platoon from the Andar district unexpectedly encountering a wedding while on patrol. Hosted by Air Force Staff Sgt. Melissa Hay. Includes soundbites from 1st Lt. Adam Smith, from Baltimore, Md., platoon leader, 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 2-2 Infantry. Also available in high definition.

Adam Eisenberg served as an infantryman with Alpha Company, 3rd US Infantry (The Old Guard) between September 11th - 30th, 2001, assisting in the security and cleanup efforts at the Pentagon. Adam's professional working experience with aeronautical parts led him to discover some shocking anomalies between his first-responder experience and the official governmental narrative, both before and after the attack. This inspired deeper research and investigation into what he's now formally calling, The Orion Project. Adam is now here to report on what he's uncovered and intends to prompt a new investigation to finally hold the guilty parties of September 11th accountable.When he's not working on The Orion Project, Adam competes in ultramarathon races in an effort to raise awareness of veteran suicide.Show Notes:What would it take for you to question the mainstream narrative of 9/11? What if there was a 9/11 first responder with detailed plane knowledge who says that what he witnessed doesn't add up? Today I welcome former infantryman Adam Eisenberg to the podcast. In this shocking episode, Adam shares first hand experience during his time at the Pentagon on and after 9/11/01, and claims he now has proof that the US government played a role in the crimes of 9/11. Listen to this episode with an open mind and consider the implications if what he's saying is true. In This Episode, You'll Learn:The Anomalies of the Pentagon's 9/11 Damage and EvidenceMissing Film Footage of the Boeing Plane Hitting the PentagonHow 9/11 Set the Stage for COVID and Other Crisises Find More of Adam Eisenberg Here:https://www.instagram.com/awakenedadam/ Full Episode Timestamps:0:01:21 Who Is Adam Eisenberg & What Are His Doubts About 9/11?0:03:22 A First Responder's Experience at the Pentagon During 9/11 & The Anomalies He Found0:07:35 Security Detail During 9/11 Weren't Given Ammunition0:11:12 Adam Eisenberg's Military Paperwork Went Missing0:14:53 During 9/11 The Pentagon Building and the Victims Did Not Look Like They Were Hit By a Plane0:18:20 Adam's Theory On What Hit the Pentagon During 9/11, Film Footage Evidence, and Lack of Plane Parts0:24:32 If a Boeing Plane Didn't Hit the Pentagon, Then Where Did That Plane & Those People Go?0:32:53 Why The Pentagon and Why That Part of the Building?0:35:03 How the Events of 9/11 Affect Us Today and Have Led to Other Catastrophes0:39:38 How America Is Being Conned and Undermined0:48:14 How Legitimate Issues Like BLM Are Being Co-opted For Political Ends0:55:01 Where Do We Go From Here?

This clip was taken from Ep. 011 where retired infantryman SgtMaj Tracy Offutt describes his combat experience in Ramadi with Alpha Company 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment. This clip contains graphic descriptions of combat is not suitable for younger audiences.

We are joined today with David Bellavia. Famed for his legendary valor and determination, Bellavia is the Iraq War's sole living Medal of Honor recipient for his actions on November 10, 2004 as a squad leader with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division (known as the 'Ramrods') during the Second Battle of Fallujah. Bellavia's best-selling book House to House: An Epic Memoir of War captures the brutal action and raw intensity of leading Third Platoon, Alpha Company, into a lethally choreographed kill zone: the booby-trapped, explosive-laden houses of Fallujah's militant insurgents where he single-handedly cleared a fortified enemy position that had pinned down a squad from his platoon. We discuss with David his reflections on the war experience and living life on the home front as both a combat veteran adjusting to the civilian world, but also the duty and role of being a living Medal of Honor recipient. His new book, Remember the Ramrods An Army of Brotherhood in War and Peace covers the journey of Bellavia's platoon through fifteen years. A quintessential and timeless American tale, it is the story of how forty battle-hardened soldiers became ordinary citizens again; what they did during that time, and how November 10, 2004, rattled within them; and how their reunion brought them home at last. David is one of the most inspiring, motivating, and determined leader, Soldier, and author who rose to the call of action during the Global War on Terror. It was an absolute honor and pleasure. http://www.davidbellavia.com/ https://duty1st.com/

John and JC Knight went to this years 4th CEB A Co. Marine Corps ball. We had some drinks some laughs and by far the best part of the evening was meeting and talking to other local Marines in the area that are currently serving. We Marines take the birthday celebration to be one of the most sacred things in our beloved branch of the military. We had the honor of sitting down with two of the Marines from Alpha Company, one Corporal and one First SGT giving us insight into not only their company but what the Marine Corps means to them. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/grunts-in-appalachia/support

While serving in the Army as a member of Alpha Company, 3rd US Infantry, Adam Eisenberg was one of the first people on the ground after the Pentagon was attacked on 9/11. Eisenberg has come forward as a whistleblower in recent years to detail his observations on that fateful day. Eisenberg's unit landed at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, to recover bodies and participate in the clean-up. When he began looking around, this expert with Pratt & Whitney plane engine parts, noticed something extremely suspect. Eisenberg says there were no plane parts, no luggage, and no signs that a plane ever hit the Pentagon on that day. Eisenberg has founded the Orion Project and is now telling his story in hopes of exposing the people he says have been pulling the wool over the eyes of millions of Americans for decades. The Free Thought Project plans on helping Eisenberg tell this story and will be vetting all the information and claims he makes in the podcast below. (Length: 1:01:41) This is his story. You can follow Adam and his progress on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/awakenedadam/

In this episode, we discuss: *What the Infantry Battalion-Experiment (IBX) is *Alpha Company's structure and rank-billet requirements *How the company is supposed to conduct Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations *Grumbling from some of the enlisted leaders over the new rank-billet requirements *Lt Carreiro's experience in A/1/2 so far including what's surprised him most *What it's like having Sgt fire team leaders and SSgt squad leaders *The expanded platoon and company headquarters elements *The rifle squads' two-fire team construct *Advice for future platoon commanders who might serve in an IBX-like unit *Gunny Baker's experiences in the company so far, including what it's like being a platoon sergeant again *His advice for future gunny platoon sergeants *The data being collected on A/1/2 *The drones in A/1/2 *The Arms Room concept *Logistics in A/1/2 *The Infantry Marine Course *The criticism that the IBX, in its current form, is trying to replicate a Ranger battalion with a portion of the gear and none (or comparatively very little) of the training *How A/1/2 would have operated in places like Iraq or Afghanistan and in a counterinsurgency more generally *What's been most surprising about the new kinds of equipment the unit is using or has experimented with *A/1/2's relationship with the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab *Some of the training exercises and experiments A/1/2 has conducted *The role of security clearances in the new technology available to A/1/2 *Where the company has failed *The role of PME in the company *Where IBX should go from here *How the war in Ukraine is influencing A/1/2 *The one thing each guest would like the audience to take from what they're doing in Alpha Company and the IBX Links "2nd Marine Division | Infantry Battalion Experiment," Defense Flash News "2030 Infantry Battalions," Headquarters Marine Corps --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/damien-oconnell/support

In today's episode, host John Laurito talks with former Commanding Officer of USS GERALD R. FORD turned Speaker, JJ Cumings, about leadership and what it has been like for him to lead a huge number of people serving in the Navy. He also talks about the importance of feedback and communication in an organization, whether big or small. Capt. Cummings grew up in Sharon, Massachusetts, graduated from Sharon High School in 1985, and earned a B.A. in physics from Bates College in 1990. In 1986, he enlisted in the Navy Reserves and served as a hospital corpsman attached to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion 25th Marines in Topsham, Maine, until 1991. He completed Aviation Officer Candidate School in November of 1991, earned his wings in October 1993, and completed Fleet Replacement training in the F-14A Tomcat in June 1995.Ashore, Capt. Cummings served as SURGRAD with the VT-19 “Attack Frogs” and as an F-14 Instructor Pilot with the VF-101 “Grim Reapers,” where he graduated from the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) as a Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor. Additionally, he served in the NATO Logistics Branch at HQ Strategic Allied Command Transformation and as Branch Head for Force Rotation in the Global Force Management Cell at US Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia. He was selected for training in the Navy's Nuclear Propulsion Program in 2010 and completed nuclear power training in December 2012. In 2016 at Commander Naval Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet, he served as the Assistant Chief of Staff for aircraft carrier training, F-35C Air Ship Integration, and Foreign Military Training.Capt. Cummings served as the Executive Officer of USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) from May 2013 to May 2015 and as the Commanding Officer of USS ANCHORAGE (LPD 23) from September 2015 to December 2016.He has a Master of Science in Education from Old Dominion University and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College, where he graduated with Distinction as the President's Honor Graduate.Connect with JJ at:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-j-cummings-509919145/Show notes:[4:13] JJ's background story[7:10] Why does he think he got promoted and got the opportunities he did?[8:05] Where does his passion for leadership come from?[10:07] Did he ever feel like he won't be respected as a leader?[11:31] Was being a Commanding Officer his goal early on?[12:56] How did he deal with the challenge of leading a huge number of people?[17:20] On asking and receiving feedback[20:08] What's his perspective on communication as a leader?[25:23] Abusing power to make his people's lives better[28:00] What does leadership need to look like in times of crisis or emergency?[30:26] What went through his mind when he got shot while flying a plane over Afghanistan?[34:52] How important is a support system for any leader?[36:54] Get in touch with JJ[38:50] OutroGet a copy of Tomorrow's Leader on Amazon https://tinyurl.com/huseae9hText LEADER to 617-393-5383 to receive The Top 10 Things That The Best Leaders Are Doing Right NowFor questions, suggestions, or speaker inquiries, contact me at john@lauritogroup.com

Colonel (Retired) Jason Blevins is a proven, combat-tested leader who served for 25 years in the US Army as a Combined Arms Aviation Officer, leading Soldiers, complex military operations, and programmatic initiatives within the Army. Born in Wurzburg, Germany, Jason is the son of a Vietnam era Army officer and UH-1 pilot. He graduated from Victoria High School in Victoria, Texas in 1990, later graduating as a distinguished military graduate of Texas A&M University in 1994. Jason's extensive Army career spanned tactical and operational level positions and combat proven leadership from platoon leader to brigade task force commander in some of the Army's most elite divisional units including the 82ndAirborne Division, the 2nd Infantry Division, the 101st Airborne Division, and the 1st Cavalry Division. Jason's professional military education includes distinguished graduate of both the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base in 2008, and the US Army War College in 2016. Jason deployed to Iraq in 2003-2004, Afghanistan in 2006, 2009, 2013, and 2017, where he led an advise and assist task force in Jalalabad. Jason's command experience includes Alpha Company, 9th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment; 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment; and Task Force Leopard Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. Jason served as the Director of the US Army Aviation Operational Test Directorate in his final Army assignment. Upon his retirement from the U.S. Army in June 2019, Jason initially worked for Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, and currently DelMar Aerospace Corporation. Most recently, Jason opened an in-home senior care business, Seniors Helping Seniors of Northwest Houston. Jason holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Texas A&M University, and master's degrees in Military Operational Arts and Sciences, and Master of Strategic Studies. His military education includes the Aviation Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the UH-60 Instructor Pilot Course, the Combined Arms Services Staff School, the U.S. Air Force Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. Jason is a Master rated Army Aviator with over 2,700 flight hours, including over 1,000 hours in combat. His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal (3rd Oak Leaf Cluster), the Air Medal for Valor, the Air Medal (with numeral 7), the Meritorious Service Medal (6th Oak Leaf Cluster), the Army Commendation Medal (2nd Oak Leaf Cluster), and the Combat Action, Master Army Aviator, Senior Parachutist, and Air Assault badges. Jason lives in Tomball, TX with his wife, Camille. They have four children: Madison (22), Jake (21), Luke (18), and Dani (9).

This episode we bring on co-founder of Citadel Safari and Alpha Company graduate in Cody Rodman.  We get to hear what he loved about attending the Citadel as well as what it was like to go from Knob year straight into boot camp and then follow on to a deployment to Afghanistan, before returning to finish his schooling at the Citadel.  Cody was also the Regimental Adjutant so we ask him about how he was able to deal with being DESPISED for being on nasty Regi Staff.  Unfortunately Cody also talks about his LOVE for Pat Conroy and support for the Golden Triangle.

Why is Private Adam Eisenberg finally coming forth on the 9/11 20th Anniversary?What did he see and experience inside the Pentagon as he was recovering bodies along with Army Alpha Company 3rd US Infantry?Whose bodies was he recovering - Pentagon employees, or plane passengers?What plane parts did Adam (an expert in plane engine parts by coincidence) find inside the Pentagon?While serving in the Army as a member of Alpha Company, 3rd US Infantry, Adam Eisenberg spent approximately 240 hours on site with at least a hundred of his fellow servicemen, at the Pentagon from September 11th - 30th, 2001.In addition to being a first responder with extensive time on site, he also tells a 9/11 story spanning over 20 years that you won't find in the mainstream media.From professional working experience with aeronautical engine parts to investigative journalism work that is continually digging to find answers, Adam is devoted to telling his story in hopes that a new federal investigation into the events of September 11th can finally occur.In addition to pursuing 9/11 truth, his greatest passions are marathon running, raising awareness of veterans issues and helping others find their "why." For more info: https://RichardGage911.org

We had a great conversation with Casey Chesnutt (Mark Chesnutt's Son) on The Chris & Sandy Show. We talked about careers, family, music, sacrifices, he told some great stories plus a whole lot more! We also talked about his latest single, Even Texas Couldn't Hold Her.Casey Chesnutt is a live music entertainer, recording artist and songwriter. His influence varies from red dirt, classic country, and rock. Casey follows in the foot steps of his father, Country music legend Mark Chesnutt. Casey began his career at the early age of 15 and quickly began making the most out of what Southeast Texas had to offer local musicians. Working any club, restaurant or bar that would welcome him, Casey found himself going to high school in the day, and strumming a guitar at night. His career was put on hold when Casey decided he would join the Marine Corps. immediately after high school. He served as a rifleman for 5 years and ended his career as a sergeant with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion 2nd Marines. Following the end of his military service, Casey began falling back into his old ways and now makes a living chasing his dream with his loving wife Claire, and their baby girl Annie. Casey can be found in just about any live music venue all over the southern United States area.

Casey Chesnutt is a live music entertainer, recording artist and songwriter. His influence varies from red dirt, classic country, and rock. Casey follows in the foot steps of his father, Country music legend Mark Chesnutt. Casey began his career at the early age of 15 and quickly began making the most out of what Southeast Texas had to offer local musicians. Working any club, restaurant or bar that would welcome him, Casey found himself going to high school in the day, and strumming a guitar at night. His career was put on hold when Casey decided he would join the Marine Corps. immediately after high school. He served as a rifleman for 5 years and ended his career as a sergeant with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion 2nd Marines. Following the end of his military service, Casey began falling back into his old ways and now makes a living chasing his dream with his loving wife Claire, and their baby girl Annie. Casey can be found in just about any live music venue all over the southern United States area.

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 800 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more All this month and next I will be promoting GiveWell.org and I hope you will consider sending them a donation. They will match new donors up to $250! Please go to GiveWell.org/StandUp Kristofer Goldsmith is the CEO of Sparverius, a veteran-owned open-source intelligence firm specializing in the detection and disruption of today's greatest threats against democracy: disinformation campaigns and domestic extremism. Kris is the founder and president of High Ground Veterans Advocacy, a 501c3 not-for-profit, which partners with military and Veterans Service Organizations to train veterans to become grassroots advocates and leaders in their local communities. High Ground Veterans Advocacy was recognized in 2016 by HillVets as one of the nation's top new veterans organizations. Kris was born in New York and joined the Army to serve as a forward observer with the Army's Third Infantry Division shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He deployed with Alpha Company of the Third Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom for the year of 2005. Since separating from the Army with a General Discharge after surviving a PTSD-related suicide attempt, Kris has become an advocate for veterans with PTSD and those with less-than-honorable discharges. Twelve years after his separation from the military, the Army corrected his discharge characterization to Honorable. As a disabled student veteran using the VA's Vocational Rehabilitation program, Kris found an opportunity both to recover from PTSD and to continue serving his fellow veterans. At Nassau Community College (NCC), he established a million-dollar veteran-resource facility, which serves as a center for hundreds of student veterans. After two years as president of NCC's Student Veterans of America chapter, he transferred to Columbia University's School of General Studies where he recently received a bachelor of arts in political science. From 2016-2020, Kris worked on the policy and government affairs team at Vietnam Veteran of America, where he had the opportunity to develop and see implemented the congressional budgetary trick that removed the delimiting date for what became the "Forever GI Bill." As VVA's chief investigator, he wrote the definitive work on foreign entities that target troops, veterans, and their families online. He believes it is the responsibility of today's young veterans to keep the motto of Vietnam Veterans of America alive: “Never again will one generation of veterans abandon another.” Sparverius is a veteran-owned open-source intelligence firm specializing in the detection and disruption of today's greatest threats against democracy: disinformation campaigns and domestic extremism. Our adversaries are deliberate and persistent in their imitation and modernization of propaganda efforts engaged in by history's most notorious nationalist and fascist political parties, harnessing the power of the internet and social media to create dangerous networks of radicalized individuals. Online, they trade not only hateful rhetoric but instructions on how to avoid detection by law enforcement, effective recruiting practices, and combat training and preparedness. Offline, these domestic extremists plaster public property with propaganda and coordinate in-person rallies to intimidate minority communities and democratic institutions alike.   We will not allow our country to live in a constant state of fear. With service to our nation as a core tenet of our operations, we provide the research, monitoring, and critical reporting to empower our clients to counter domestic extremism in ways that even the most advanced automation cannot. Our inspiration comes from the Falco Sparverius, one of the world's smallest and most prolific predators. Known for its hunting prowess and an immense appetite for rodents, the sparverius is roughly the size of a songbird and targets its prey from great distances.  Like this unassuming predator, we use our targeted understanding of threat actors to help partners develop a deeper understanding of these issues, giving them the tools to proactively undermine the efforts of our adversaries and force them into a defensive posture.  We provide our clientele with comprehensive and customized digital investigations services and threat intelligence reports about current and forecasted extremist activity. We also provide research and training on how to identify both foreign and domestic influence operations, particularly those targeting military and veteran-affiliated communities.  Sparverius partners with leading experts who share our values in the industries of threat detection and digital analysis. We work with organizations in the public and private sector to develop and deploy scalable defenses to protect vulnerable and frequently targeted communities online, including veterans, women, and minorities. The tragic events of Charlottesville and at the U.S. Capitol were not spontaneous events. They were meticulously planned online, and therefore, preventable. While many of the individuals and groups responsible for encouraging these events have gone underground, we're still watching. Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page

Thanksgiving is off to a "crappy" start for Dex and his PD homies as they encounter a man covered in his own mess. Dex reads a brief exert from his book "I Am Pitts" about the 2004 Thanksgiving IED (Improvised Explosive Device) attack in Iraq that still lives with him and his brothers of Alpha Company 2-14 Infantry Battalion 17 years later. Dex reminds everyone to step away from the news, social media and all the BS currently surrounding us and to take a moment to simply be thankful on this Tanksgiving of 2021. 

For those of you who joined us for the historical case study that looked at the Tentative Manual for the Defense of Advanced Bases, this epiusode brings something in the same line, except this time in execution. Mr. Timothy “Skip” Crawley will take us through the defense of Wake Island. Skip Crawley is a former Infantry Officer who lived “Expeditionary Force-in-Readiness”. On 31 July 1990, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines was finishing up the Summer Package at Bridgeport and 15 days latter 1/7 was getting off of airplanes in Saudi Arabia. Skip was the Platoon Commander of Weapons Platoon, Alpha Company, 1/7 and Desert Shield/Desert Storm was the highlight of his career. Skip has studied military history since his youth, and regularly publishes in the Marine Corps Gazette. Intro/outro music is "Evolution" from BenSound.com (https://www.bensound.com) Follow the Krulak Center: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekrulakcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekrulakcenter/ Twitter: @TheKrulakCenter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcIYZ84VMuP8bDw0T9K8S3g LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brute-krulak-center-for-innovation-and-future-warfare Krulak Center homepage on The Landing: https://unum.nsin.us/kcic

This is episode 35 and we swing further north to pick up the story in Cassinga. Last episode I ended with the Battle Group Julient attacks on Chetequera to the south which was an overland assault using Ratels, Buffel troops carriers and Eland-90s. In Cassinga, the South African paratroopers had been dropped in by air and were on their way to finishing their task of overrunning SWAPOs base when they had stalled – Alpha Company was held up by an extremely motivated group of SWAPO figthters deployed at their Anti-aircraft battery which included a heavy 14.5mm gun amongst other automatic weapons. Bravo company were busy sweeping the area which was a women's barracks near the hospital that for some reason the paratroopers referred to as the prostitutes area. I supposed it was because they weren't use to women soldiers. So Snipers had pinned down Bravo company and they'd also been fired on an 82mm recoilless gun. After managing to silence both the snipers and the 82mm, Bravo Company commando Hugo Murray led his men north into Cassinga and it was apparent that the SWAPO fighters were now squeezed into the central and northern areas of the base. So SWAPO was fighting hard – they were trapped but they were not going to go quietly. These men and women also knew about the Cubans to the south – surely if they held off long enough their cavalry would save them.

This is episode 35 and we swing further north to pick up the story in Cassinga. Last episode I ended with the Battle Group Julient attacks on Chetequera to the south which was an overland assault using Ratels, Buffel troops carriers and Eland-90s. In Cassinga, the South African paratroopers had been dropped in by air and were on their way to finishing their task of overrunning SWAPOs base when they had stalled – Alpha Company was held up by an extremely motivated group of SWAPO figthters deployed at their Anti-aircraft battery which included a heavy 14.5mm gun amongst other automatic weapons. Bravo company were busy sweeping the area which was a women's barracks near the hospital that for some reason the paratroopers referred to as the prostitutes area. I supposed it was because they weren't use to women soldiers. So Snipers had pinned down Bravo company and they'd also been fired on an 82mm recoilless gun. After managing to silence both the snipers and the 82mm, Bravo Company commando Hugo Murray led his men north into Cassinga and it was apparent that the SWAPO fighters were now squeezed into the central and northern areas of the base. So SWAPO was fighting hard – they were trapped but they were not going to go quietly. These men and women also knew about the Cubans to the south – surely if they held off long enough their cavalry would save them.

Written In Taliban - A Discussion with former Army Ranger, Matthew Griffin   On this episode of The Scalpel, Dr. Rose is joined by his friend, combat veteran, and former Army Ranger Matthew Griffin. They discuss the current situation in Afghanistan and the response of "Griff" and co-author Scott Chapman - "Written in Taliban" - a letter that was posted to combatflipflops.com and has attracted some attention on social and traditional media.   Written in Taliban https://www.combatflipflops.com/blogs/combat-flip-flops/written-in-taliban   Matthew Griffin is a 2001 United States Military Academy Graduate, Army Ranger, Combat Veteran with the 75th Ranger Regiment (3x Afghanistan, 1x Iraq), CEO of Combat Flip Flops, author, and 2019 Henry Crown Fellow with the Aspen Global Leadership Institute.    Scott Chapman is a 2000 Murray State University Graduate, Army Ranger Fire Team Leader from Alpha Company 2/75th Rangers (‘01 - ‘05), OGA Blackwater Alumni, entrepreneur, and author. Combat Veteran ( 21x Afghanistan, 1x Iraq)   The Scalpel with Dr. Keith Rose is proudly sponsored by Zbones Bone Conduction Headphones. Learn more at zbones.io   Go to www.LoveZBones.com and Use PROMO CODE SCALPEL1 at checkout to get 10% off your order of Zbones.   CONTACT THE SHOW Website: https://scalpeledge.com Email: KFR@scalpeledge.com Twitter: @TheScalpelEdge Instagram: @TheScalpelPodcast   #TheScalpel

On this episode of the Podcast, we are joined by U.S. Army Infantry Veteran Brent Buffington. Brent served as a counter-IED specialist and rifleman for Alpha Company 1-23 Infantry, Earth Pigs, at COP Mushan in the Horn of Panjwai in 2012. Brent is also the co-host of The Pig Pen Saloon, a live stream podcast on Instagram (@pig_pen_saloon), that interacts with current and former service members to talk about the difficult aspects of warfare and military service. Brent talked to us about his experiences in the horn at Mushan, and two impactful days from his deployment. We also enjoyed some light conversation at the expense of the Army, the State of Georgia, and other topics. The Pig Pen Saloon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pig_pen_saloon/   --------------------------------- The views expressed by the guests and hosts of this podcast do not represent the views of the Department of Defense or United States Government. ——————————————— Also Available on:   Apple: https://buff.ly/3gTXet9 Spotify: https://buff.ly/2Kx6cjR Google: https://buff.ly/3b29R4z Podbean: https://buff.ly/2WoN0aF iHeartRadio: https://buff.ly/3nc5Wo1   Check out the video version of the podcast at : https://www.youtube.com/thepanjwaipodcast   For maps, photos and more information about Panjwai go to : https://www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/about-panjwai   You can donate and support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $3.00 a month. visit www.patreon.com/thepanjwaipodcast to learn more.   Direct donations can also be sent via venmo @thepanjwaipodcast Be sure to like, follow, and/or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Youtube, TuneIn, Amazon Music and many more. visit www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/listen for more information.    Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepanjwaipodcast Instagram: @thepanjwaipodcast Twitter: @panjwaipodcast --------------------------------

Show OverviewIn this episode, MAJ David Thompson, commander of Alpha Company, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion and Mr. James Fleming, Office Director for Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean in the new Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) discuss humanitarian assistance and interagency relationships. BiosJames Fleming is the Office Director for Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean in the new Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). He was formerly Division Chief for the Asia, Latin America, and Eurasia (ALE) Response Division in the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA).MAJ David Thompson is an active duty U.S. Army Civil Affairs Major assigned to 96th Civil Affairs Battalion (SO)(A). He has a number of deployments to the Middle East and Southwest Asia. David has a Juris Doctorate from Washington and Lee University School of Law. He also holds a BS in Economics and MBA-Leadership from Liberty University. Outside the military, he's worked at the UN Refugee Agency, Department of Defense, and Physicians for Human Rights - Israel.

Blake Flannery is a Reconnaissance Man in the United States Marine Corps and has been serving since July 2001. In addition to passing the grueling Basic Reconnaissance Course (BRC), Flannery has also completed Military Free Fall (MFF), Marine Combatant Diver, SERE, Foreign Weapons Instructor, and more. The attacks on September 11th occurred while Flannery was in boot camp at Parris Island, SC and he hit the fleet running. He did his first deployment with Alpha Company of 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment during Operation Iraqi Freedom I (OIF I) and quickly returned with the Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) platoon from 1/5 in 2003 during OIF II. We'll be discussing these details and more of Flannery's career on this episode of the Former Action Guys Podcast so make sure to subscribe to this channel, Apple Podcast, Spotify, and more!ApplePodcast: http://bit.ly/formeractionguysAppleYouTube: http://bit.ly/formeractionguysYouTubeSpotify: http://bit.ly/formeractionguysContact:Website: www.jcramergraphics.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/formeractionguys Instagram: www.instagram.com/jcramergraphics Twitter: https://twitter.com/4meractionguys Email: jcramermedia@gmail.com Reference:117 - Backpackable radio for tactical use152 - Walkie-talkie style tactical radio7-Ton - Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (Dump truck-sized military vehicle for hauling troops, supplies, etc.)9-Line - CAS mission brief formatAAV - Amphibious Assault Vehicle (Also called Tracks)ABC - ANGLICO Basic CourseANG - Air National GuardANGLICO - Air Naval Gunfire Liaison CompanyBLT - Battalion Landing TeamBRC - Basic Reconnaissance CourseCAR - Combat Action RibbonCAS - Close Air SupportCCT - Combat Control TeamCLB - Combat Logistics BattalionCO - Commanding OfficerCOC - Command Operations CenterCOP - Combat OutpostCorpsman - Navy medic attached to MarinesEOD - Explosive Ordnance DisposalFAC - Forward Air ControllerFCT - Firepower Control TeamFDC - Fire Direction ControlFET - Female Engagement Team.FSCC - Fire Support Coordination Center. Where fire missions are deconflicted and approved prior to shooting.GBU - Guided Bomb Unit GLT - Georgian Liaison Team. Georgian military advisors in Afghanistan.Hesco Barrier - Earthen filled barriers used to make or reinforce outpostsHMMWV - High mobility multi-wheeled vehicleIED - Improvised Explosive DeviceIOC - Infantry Officer's CourseJDAM - Joint Direct Attack Munition (GPS guided bomb)JTAC - Joint Terminal Attack ControllerLGTR - LASER Guided Training RoundM-ATV - MRAP All-terrain vehicleMARSOC - Marine Corps Special Operations CommandMART - Marines Awaiting Recon TrainingMCAS - Marine Corps Air StationMCMAP - Marine Corps Martial Arts ProgramMCRD - Marine Corps Recruit DepotMCIWS - Marine Corps Instructor of Water SurvivalMCT - Marine Combat TrainingMEU - Marine Expeditionary Unit (Unit attached to ships for deployment)MRAP - Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (armored vehicle)MSOT - Marine Special Operations TeamMTU - Marksmanship Training UnitOCS - Officer Candidate SchoolOP - Observation Post. An area where forward observers spot enemy positions and conduct fire missions on targetsPB - Patrol BasePGM - Precision Guided MunitionsPLDR - Portable Lightweight Designator Rangefinder PosRep - Position ReportPSS-SOF - Precision Strike Suite Special Operations Forces. Targeting program.RO - Radio Operator (Sometimes called an RTO)ROMAD - Radio Operator, Mechanic, and DriverR&S - Reconnaissance and SurveillanceS Shops - S-1 (Administration), S-2 (Intelligence), S-3 (Operations), S-4 (Logistics), S-6 (Communication)SACC - Supporting Arms Coordination Center (FSCC on a ship)SALT - Supporting Arms Liaison TeamSERE - Survive, Evade, Resist, EscapeSOCS - Special Operations Capabilities SpecialistSOI - School of InfantrySOTG - Special Operations Training GroupSVBIED - Suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive deviceTACP - Tactical Air Control PartyWater Dogs - Logistics Marines in charge of purifying water and running sanitation facilitiesVBIED - Vehicle-borne improvised explosive deviceVCP - Vehicle Check Point

Fabulous Noosa is our outdoor destination to meet with Craig Ball ex-Commando and Signaler, now Mental Health Speaker and facilitator of  a Mens Health Transformation page.  In his mid twenties and working in hospitality as a Bartender at Kings Cross, Craig is considered a late starter to a military career signing up at 26 for the reserves at first.   His sense of adventure was spiked by the hard hitting stories of his ex-Vietnam veteran bar colleagues and rubbing shoulders with retired CIA,  amongst other colourful characters.   Two colleagues in particular,  best mates in One Commando Regiment, shared their stories of crazy adventure,  hard physical endurance and  larrikinism in  their missions.   It contrasted greatly with the drunks of Craig's normal indoor tame working environment.  We touched on  his early experience of High School bullying, and the strategies he used for freedom and peace in spite of his stressors by becoming an excellent skateboarder.After joining the reservists at Sydney University Regiment for Officer training the challenge of hard physical military endurance combined with extreme adventure led Craig to signing up with One Commando Regiment in 2000.  Craig considers mastering the selection process difficult while dealing with personal issues but also acknowledges ”Flia” an  inspirational  high functioning Veteran that had an impact on his life.    He  was taught the  difference between set backs vs failure,  initiative and opportunity no matter how small in military context which he now uses on a personal level to uplift others.Passing selection and waiting for his Green Beret ceremony,  one night Craig was approached by an entrepreneur to become a professional speaker.  Out of that grew his passion today helping people deal with the hardest of life experiences, workplace challenges and projects by managing their psychology .   But more of that subject-in Part2. Back to selection.    After 18 months at “School of signals” he went straight to the unit in 2008 then onto Alpha Company 2009 to train up for deployment to Afghanistan the following year.   An introduction to some scary things he found it a crazy build up and soon found himself in a CQB (close quarter battle), an acutely difficult event, the first exposure tending  to be raw panic.  In part 2 we explore Craig's deployment in 2009 in more detail including the re-emergence of bullying in a war zone, the loss of Mason Edwards in a training incident and his experience of that difficult space of holding on  day by day in a war zone, despite the mental toll.  Contact -  Craig BallEmail - info@changeseminars.comWebsite: www.changeseminars.comPrograms -  Change seminarsWho is it for? Veterans & First Responders & their familiesHelp Lines Open Arms (VVCS) | Lifeline | RedSix app"RESPECT, NO POLITICS, WE'RE VOLUNTEERS"Disclaimer: The accounts and stories are "Real lived experiences" of our guests some of the content may trigger Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) symptoms in some of our audience. Feedback regarding other organisations, courses and initiatives remains largely unsensored. Whether its good or bad they remain the OPINION of our guests and their experiences it is important in building an accurate statistic on what really happens. During the course of our conversations sometimes sensitive information may be accidentally mentioned, as such, Invisible Injuries respects the law and sensors any information that may breach Operational Security OPSEC

Blake Flannery is a Reconnaissance Man in the United States Marine Corps and has been serving since July 2001. In addition to passing the grueling Basic Reconnaissance Course (BRC), Flannery has also completed Military Free Fall (MFF), Marine Combatant Diver, SERE, Foreign Weapons Instructor, and more. The attacks on September 11th occurred while Flannery was in boot camp at Parris Island, SC and he hit the fleet running. He did his first deployment with Alpha Company of 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment during Operation Iraqi Freedom I (OIF I) and quickly returned with the Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) platoon from 1/5 in 2003 during OIF II. We'll be discussing these details and more of Flannery's career on this episode of the Former Action Guys Podcast so make sure to subscribe to this channel, Apple Podcast, Spotify, and more!ApplePodcast: http://bit.ly/formeractionguysAppleYouTube: http://bit.ly/formeractionguysYouTubeSpotify: http://bit.ly/formeractionguysContact:Website: www.jcramergraphics.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/formeractionguys Instagram: www.instagram.com/jcramergraphics Twitter: https://twitter.com/4meractionguys Email: jcramermedia@gmail.com Reference:117 - Backpackable radio for tactical use152 - Walkie-talkie style tactical radio7-Ton - Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (Dump truck-sized military vehicle for hauling troops, supplies, etc.)9-Line - CAS mission brief formatAAV - Amphibious Assault Vehicle (Also called Tracks)ABC - ANGLICO Basic CourseANG - Air National GuardANGLICO - Air Naval Gunfire Liaison CompanyBLT - Battalion Landing TeamBRC - Basic Reconnaissance CourseCAR - Combat Action RibbonCAS - Close Air SupportCCT - Combat Control TeamCLB - Combat Logistics BattalionCO - Commanding OfficerCOC - Command Operations CenterCOP - Combat OutpostCorpsman - Navy medic attached to MarinesEOD - Explosive Ordnance DisposalFAC - Forward Air ControllerFCT - Firepower Control TeamFDC - Fire Direction ControlFET - Female Engagement Team.FSCC - Fire Support Coordination Center. Where fire missions are deconflicted and approved prior to shooting.GBU - Guided Bomb Unit GLT - Georgian Liaison Team. Georgian military advisors in Afghanistan.Hesco Barrier - Earthen filled barriers used to make or reinforce outpostsHMMWV - High mobility multi-wheeled vehicleIED - Improvised Explosive DeviceIOC - Infantry Officer's CourseJDAM - Joint Direct Attack Munition (GPS guided bomb)JTAC - Joint Terminal Attack ControllerLGTR - LASER Guided Training RoundM-ATV - MRAP All-terrain vehicleMARSOC - Marine Corps Special Operations CommandMART - Marines Awaiting Recon TrainingMCAS - Marine Corps Air StationMCMAP - Marine Corps Martial Arts ProgramMCRD - Marine Corps Recruit DepotMCIWS - Marine Corps Instructor of Water SurvivalMCT - Marine Combat TrainingMEU - Marine Expeditionary Unit (Unit attached to ships for deployment)MRAP - Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (armored vehicle)MSOT - Marine Special Operations TeamMTU - Marksmanship Training UnitOCS - Officer Candidate SchoolOP - Observation Post. An area where forward observers spot enemy positions and conduct fire missions on targetsPB - Patrol BasePGM - Precision Guided MunitionsPLDR - Portable Lightweight Designator Rangefinder PosRep - Position ReportPSS-SOF - Precision Strike Suite Special Operations Forces. Targeting program.RO - Radio Operator (Sometimes called an RTO)ROMAD - Radio Operator, Mechanic, and DriverR&S - Reconnaissance and SurveillanceS Shops - S-1 (Administration), S-2 (Intelligence), S-3 (Operations), S-4 (Logistics), S-6 (Communication)SACC - Supporting Arms Coordination Center (FSCC on a ship)SALT - Supporting Arms Liaison TeamSERE - Survive, Evade, Resist, EscapeSOCS - Special Operations Capabilities SpecialistSOI - School of InfantrySOTG - Special Operations Training GroupSVBIED - Suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive deviceTACP - Tactical Air Control PartyWater Dogs - Logistics Marines in charge of purifying water and running sanitation facilitiesVBIED - Vehicle-borne improvised explosive deviceVCP - Vehicle Check Point

23-24JAN2001: As American special operations forces continued their search for al-Qaeda and bin Laden in Afghanistan, one target after another was hit.  Having already conducted their fair share of missions, MSG Anthony Pryor and his fellow Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces were tasked clearing a site in Oruzgon, just outside of Kandahar. As MSG Pryor and his men approached one of the two target compounds they received enemy fire.  Quickly moving through the gunfire to cover, MSG Pryor and his men began clearing rooms, quickly eliminating enemy threats at every turn.  As Pryor and a fellow Soldier started to enter a room, an enemy fighter ran out, pulling the attention of Pryor's partner.  Now in the room himself, Pryor saw three enemy fighters firing out windows to his men outside. Working methodically, Pryor engaged the three men before a fourth was on his back.  The enemy broke his night vision goggles off, dislocated his shoulder, and was clawing at his eyes.  Without hesitation, Pryor grabbed the man and threw him to the ground, disabling him quickly in hand to hand combat.  As the enemy fighter continued to resist, Pryor pulled his sidearm and eliminated the threat. MSG Pryor recovered his equipment scattered in the fight and returned to his men to continue the mission at hand.  The raid resulted in 16 enemy fighters killed, 27 captured and a trove of valuable intelligence.  For his actions in single-handedly eliminating four enemy fighters at close range, MSG Anthony Pryor was awarded the Silver Star.  

Over the past eight months, the Marine Corps, like each military branch, has been forced to adapt to minimize the spread of COVID-19. At its San Diego boot camp, that means quarantines, coronavirus screenings, social distancing and masks.The San Diego Union-Tribune followed recruits of Alpha Company — from the time they got off the bus at boot camp until they got back on those buses as Marines — to document how training has changed and how it's stayed the same amidst the greatest public health crisis in a century.

A salute to our veterans on Veterans Day retired Lieutenant Colonel Mervin Bryson Howard, Jr., U.S. Army Air Corps flight navigator 98th bomb group in Southern Italy, World War II, Holland Richard, 5th Marines Spearhead Division B- Company 28th Regiment, Iwo Jima World War II, and Bob Wieland, combat medic of the 25th Division, Alpha Company, Second Platoon, 1969 Vietnam.

WE all have our favorite tank platoon leaders. Hank Fuller is mine. In this episode Hank talks about his time in the grunts. After his three months "pounding ground" Lt. Fuller arrived at 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 3rd Tank Battalion. Hank will also share some of his work as a notifications officer in and around New York. A specially moving story appears towards the end of this episode. Be sure and listen through the end, Music for this episode is Strange Days by the Doors. It is used by permission from ASCAP. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/francis-remkiewicz/message

Captain Slaters written account of Alpha Company’s fight on July 6-7, 1967 — “The Corridor” Captain Albert Slater’s Navy Cross Citation LCpl Michael Stewart’s Navy Cross Citation Ray Linebaugh was drafted into the Marine Corps 1966. Ray was a rifleman and a squad leader in Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines during the most costly […]

Ray Linebaugh was drafted into the Marine Corps 1966.  Ray was a rifleman and a squad leader in Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines during the most costly Marine engagement of the Vietnam War — OPERATION BUFFALO.  Ray joined ALL MARINE RADIO as part of our BATTLEFIELD STUDIES SERIES to discuss the events of early […]

So much has changed in the world in a matter of months, but something that does not stop is our military. From the highest operations, right down to recruits working their way through boot camp, the military keeps on working. I received a troop salute from David Bond, of Buckley, Washington. His son Wyatt graduated from Marine Corps Boot Camp just last week. 12 weeks ago, this class of young recruits was stepping off the bus in a world that was only just learning about the existence of Coronavirus. And while so much changed for us on the outside, those recruits fought through the same grueling 12 weeks of training that have been building Marines since the beginning. David says, “Our son Wyatt (22) is in the final stages of becoming a US Marine. He follows in his grandpas footsteps of becoming a Marine. He is an Eagle Scout and graduated high school with his AA degree. He was a Police Explorer while in high school, we thought he would follow and join law enforcement like his dad and two brothers. He has dreamed of being a Marine his entire life and was born on the Marine Corp birthday. He has dedicated his life to serving others and recently finished a 2-year religious mission just prior to signing up for this latest adventure. Wyatt is the latest family member who will be serving in our military. We are all so grateful for his decision to make life a better place, and grateful for all those that serve! Last week Wyatt and his 1st Recruit Battalion, Alpha Company, Platoon 1006 conquered “the reaper” and had the ceremony that officially makes them Marines. Today we salute you, Wyatt Bond, for earning the title of United States Marine.

On April 13, 2004, 23-year-old Corporal Kolm was killed by hostile fire in Fallujah. He was serving in the First Marine Expeditionary Force, having volunteered for a transfer from the Third Assault Amphibian Battalion's Bravo Company to Alpha Company because he knew Alpha was bound for Iraq. He was the crew chief of an amphibious assault vehicle who volunteered his vehicle for an assault on an insurgent stronghold. Corporal Kolm, who was well-liked by all who served with him and often gave nicknames like "Jungle Jam" and "Shaky Jake" to his fellow Marines, was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal for valor in combat. He was proud to stand side by side with his fellow Marines in battle.Connect and follow us on:Instagram @OzzieMartinezJrFacebook @OzzieMartinezJrTwitter @OzzieMartinezJrInstagram @PostTraumaticSurvivalFacebook @PostTraumaticSurvivalTwitter @ThePTSPodcast Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-post-traumatic-survival-podcast. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bio for U.S Army Retired Chief Warrant Officer Three Mike GonzalesU.S Army Retired Chief Warrant Officer Three Mike Gonzales, was born in San Antonio, Texas. Chief Gonzales joined the United States Army on October 6, 1992 as an 11 Bravo “Infantryman”. Chief Gonzales’s service stations include the following:25th Infantry Division Light, Alpha Company 1/27 Infantry, Schofield Barracks Hawaii,101st Airborne Division Air Assault, Bravo Company 2/187 Infantry, Ft. Campbell Kentucky,503rd Infantry Regiment in Camp Casey Korea,1st Calvary Division, Company HHB 215th Brigade Support Battalion, FT. Hood, Texas,Headquarters Company 41st Fires Brigade, FT. Hood, Texas.U.S Army South, G-4, Ft Sam Houston, TexasChief Gonzales’ major deployments include:“Operation Desert Focus,” Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 1997“Operation Enduring Freedom,” Kandahar, Afghanistan 2002“Operation Iraqi Freedom,” Bagdad, Iraq 2004“Operation Iraqi Freedom” Al-Kut, Iraq in 2009.As a prior enlisted Sergeant, Mike Gonzales was recipient of a Distinguished Honor Graduate award for his class while attending the Basic Non-Commissioned Officers Course in FT Eustis, Virginia in 2003.Sergeant First Class (E-7) Mike Gonzales attended the Warrant Officer Candidate Course in 2007 and upon completion was promoted to Warrant Officer One at Ft. Rucker Alabama.Chief Warrant Officer Three Mike Gonzales retired from the United States Army on March 28, 2014 with 21 ½ years of active duty service.Chief Gonzales graduated with an associate’s degree in Liberal Arts from Central Texas College in 2010. Mike graduated from Texas Lutheran University with a Bachelors of Arts degree in May 2018. In addition, Mike is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Christian Ministry through Wayland Baptist University in San Antonio, Texas.Today, Mike Gonzales is the Director of Outreach for the Birdwell Foundation on PTSD in San Antonio. He is also the founder, Host and voice to IMPACT Ministry SA on radio station AM630 “The Word,” which can be heard every Sunday at 5:30 p.m. In addition, Mike has been a motivational and inspirational speaker at local universities such as San Antonio College, Texas Lutheran University, Our Lady of the Lake University, and the University of Incarnate Word. Furthermore, Mike has shared with various organizations such as the San Antonio Eye Bank, Bexar County Detention Center, Haven for Hope, Brook Army Medical Center, Military City U.S.A Radio, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Prison Center in Hondo, and various military organizations (Veterans Center, VFW’s, and American Legion’s). Finally, Mike has been featured nationally on the Christian Broadcast Channel (CBN-700 Club) for his battle with Combat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).Retired Chief Warrant Officer Mike Gonzales is Married to Ines Gonzales. Together they have 5 children and one grandson.Chief Gonzales Awards include the following:Army Bronze Star MedalArmy Meritorious Service Medal (2)Army Commendation Medal (5)Army Achievement Medal (8)         Army Good Conduct Medal (4)Armed Forces Expeditionary MedalGlobal War on Terrorism Expeditionary MedalGlobal War on Terrorism Service MedalAfghanistan Campaign MedalIraq Campaign Medal (2)Korean Defense Service MedalNational Defense Service Medal (2)Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (2)NATO MedalArmy Service RibbonOversees Service Ribbon (4)Joint Meritorious Unit AwardCombat Infantry BadgeCombat Action BadgeAir Assault BadgeDriver and Mechanic Badge ClaspFor more interviews visit: www.iamrefocusedradio.comSponsors:Rockafellas Barber Shop San AntonioRico Rodriguez (Owner)www.facebook.com/Rockafellas-Barber-Shop-105026620034718/?ref=page_internal1733 BabcockSan Antonio, Texas 78229Phone: (210) 782-5188ENGAGE! publishes the Christian Community Calendar weekly.www.facebook.com/engagesaProsperitus Solutions is headquartered on the Southwest side of San Antonio, Texas and serving the Department of Defense since 2011. Prosperitus employs more than 100 staff nationwide with footprints in over 8 states.Mission Statement: To attract and ignite talent resulting in prosperous solutions for our customers and community.Our skill-sets cover:• Medical Services• Information Technology• Logistics• Finance• Marketing• Human ResourcesWe have put together a Lean Experienced Corporate staff with one mission, to provide Exceptional Service to our customers and foster long lasting profitable partnerships with our teaming companies.www.prosperitussolutions.com/prosperitusI Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by River City Donuts1723 Babock Rd. San Antonio, TX 78229I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by Bay Bay McClinton of All Sports Speed and Conditioningwww.allsportsfitness.netAll Sports Speed and Conditioning is the top sports performance training gyms in San Antonio, and has produce many collegiate and professional athletes since opening. All Sports was founded in 1997 by Bremond “Bay Bay” McClinton. All Sports is based out of the beautiful city of San Antonio, TX. Having accomplished his own career in professional sports; starting a company like All Sports was a natural transition for him. Bay Bay is a native of San Antonio, TX. His 100 meter dash in High School at Roosevelt High in San Antonio was not broken until recently. In college Bay Bay played opposite the great future hall of famer, Darrell Green. He went on to sign a professional career with the Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys and played 7 years in the European Leagues before returning to his home town to finish his career “San Antonio Texans”. In 2006, his company, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the East vs West Shriners’s college senior bowl. In 2008-09, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the Division II college Senior Cactus Bowl All Star game in Kingsville. Today All Sports Speed and Conditioning continues to train athletes to elevate their athletic performance to the next level in all sports.I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by D.W. Brooks Funeral Home2950 E. Houston St.San Antonio, TX 78202Email: info@dwbrooksfh.comPhone: 210-223-2045Website: dwbrooksfuneralhome.com

Bio for U.S Army Retired Chief Warrant Officer Three Mike GonzalesU.S Army Retired Chief Warrant Officer Three Mike Gonzales, was born in San Antonio, Texas. Chief Gonzales joined the United States Army on October 6, 1992 as an 11 Bravo “Infantryman”. Chief Gonzales’s service stations include the following:25th Infantry Division Light, Alpha Company 1/27 Infantry, Schofield Barracks Hawaii,101st Airborne Division Air Assault, Bravo Company 2/187 Infantry, Ft. Campbell Kentucky,503rd Infantry Regiment in Camp Casey Korea,1st Calvary Division, Company HHB 215th Brigade Support Battalion, FT. Hood, Texas,Headquarters Company 41st Fires Brigade, FT. Hood, Texas.U.S Army South, G-4, Ft Sam Houston, TexasChief Gonzales’ major deployments include:“Operation Desert Focus,” Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 1997“Operation Enduring Freedom,” Kandahar, Afghanistan 2002“Operation Iraqi Freedom,” Bagdad, Iraq 2004“Operation Iraqi Freedom” Al-Kut, Iraq in 2009.As a prior enlisted Sergeant, Mike Gonzales was recipient of a Distinguished Honor Graduate award for his class while attending the Basic Non-Commissioned Officers Course in FT Eustis, Virginia in 2003.Sergeant First Class (E-7) Mike Gonzales attended the Warrant Officer Candidate Course in 2007 and upon completion was promoted to Warrant Officer One at Ft. Rucker Alabama.Chief Warrant Officer Three Mike Gonzales retired from the United States Army on March 28, 2014 with 21 ½ years of active duty service.Chief Gonzales graduated with an associate’s degree in Liberal Arts from Central Texas College in 2010. Mike graduated from Texas Lutheran University with a Bachelors of Arts degree in May 2018. In addition, Mike is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Christian Ministry through Wayland Baptist University in San Antonio, Texas.Today, Mike Gonzales is the Director of Outreach for the Birdwell Foundation on PTSD in San Antonio. He is also the founder, Host and voice to IMPACT Ministry SA on radio station AM630 “The Word,” which can be heard every Sunday at 5:30 p.m. In addition, Mike has been a motivational and inspirational speaker at local universities such as San Antonio College, Texas Lutheran University, Our Lady of the Lake University, and the University of Incarnate Word. Furthermore, Mike has shared with various organizations such as the San Antonio Eye Bank, Bexar County Detention Center, Haven for Hope, Brook Army Medical Center, Military City U.S.A Radio, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Prison Center in Hondo, and various military organizations (Veterans Center, VFW’s, and American Legion’s). Finally, Mike has been featured nationally on the Christian Broadcast Channel (CBN-700 Club) for his battle with Combat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).Retired Chief Warrant Officer Mike Gonzales is Married to Ines Gonzales. Together they have 5 children and one grandson.Chief Gonzales Awards include the following:Army Bronze Star MedalArmy Meritorious Service Medal (2)Army Commendation Medal (5)Army Achievement Medal (8)         Army Good Conduct Medal (4)Armed Forces Expeditionary MedalGlobal War on Terrorism Expeditionary MedalGlobal War on Terrorism Service MedalAfghanistan Campaign MedalIraq Campaign Medal (2)Korean Defense Service MedalNational Defense Service Medal (2)Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (2)NATO MedalArmy Service RibbonOversees Service Ribbon (4)Joint Meritorious Unit AwardCombat Infantry BadgeCombat Action BadgeAir Assault BadgeDriver and Mechanic Badge ClaspFor more interviews visit: www.iamrefocusedradio.comSponsors:Rockafellas Barber Shop San AntonioRico Rodriguez (Owner)www.facebook.com/Rockafellas-Barber-Shop-105026620034718/?ref=page_internal1733 BabcockSan Antonio, Texas 78229Phone: (210) 782-5188ENGAGE! publishes the Christian Community Calendar weekly.www.facebook.com/engagesaProsperitus Solutions is headquartered on the Southwest side of San Antonio, Texas and serving the Department of Defense since 2011. Prosperitus employs more than 100 staff nationwide with footprints in over 8 states.Mission Statement: To attract and ignite talent resulting in prosperous solutions for our customers and community.Our skill-sets cover:• Medical Services• Information Technology• Logistics• Finance• Marketing• Human ResourcesWe have put together a Lean Experienced Corporate staff with one mission, to provide Exceptional Service to our customers and foster long lasting profitable partnerships with our teaming companies.www.prosperitussolutions.com/prosperitusI Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by River City Donuts1723 Babock Rd. San Antonio, TX 78229I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by Bay Bay McClinton of All Sports Speed and Conditioningwww.allsportsfitness.netAll Sports Speed and Conditioning is the top sports performance training gyms in San Antonio, and has produce many collegiate and professional athletes since opening. All Sports was founded in 1997 by Bremond “Bay Bay” McClinton. All Sports is based out of the beautiful city of San Antonio, TX. Having accomplished his own career in professional sports; starting a company like All Sports was a natural transition for him. Bay Bay is a native of San Antonio, TX. His 100 meter dash in High School at Roosevelt High in San Antonio was not broken until recently. In college Bay Bay played opposite the great future hall of famer, Darrell Green. He went on to sign a professional career with the Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys and played 7 years in the European Leagues before returning to his home town to finish his career “San Antonio Texans”. In 2006, his company, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the East vs West Shriners’s college senior bowl. In 2008-09, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the Division II college Senior Cactus Bowl All Star game in Kingsville. Today All Sports Speed and Conditioning continues to train athletes to elevate their athletic performance to the next level in all sports.I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by D.W. Brooks Funeral Home2950 E. Houston St.San Antonio, TX 78202Email: info@dwbrooksfh.comPhone: 210-223-2045Website: dwbrooksfuneralhome.com

1st Battalion, 8th Marines is tasked with seizing three major buildings south of the Mayor's Complex. 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines get into a brutal firefight in a house in their zone. 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry encounter civilians trying to escape their homes. Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry lose their commander in a deadly ambush inside a house. And, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines battle it out in, what becomes known as, the infamous "Hell House". (Episode transcript, maps, images and show notes available at MilitaryDispatch.com)

The Jolan proves to be the deadliest district, as enemy hold up in fortified houses waiting to kill Marines as they enter and clear structures. A squad from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines becomes separated from their company. Alpha Company 2-63 Armor, in overwatch of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry, gets caught in a minefield. (Episode transcript, maps, images and show notes available at MilitaryDispatch.com)

On today's show, Breht talks with Yafeuh Balogun and Steven from the Huey P Newton Gun Club - Alpha Company about their organizing, armed self-defense, police brutality, the theory of intercommunalism, anti-fascism, survivalism, and much more!  Check out, learn about, and support the Huey P. Newton Gun Club here: https://hueypnewtongunclub.org/ Outro Music: 'Sharp Shooters' by Talib Kweli & Dead Prez Check out Talib's music and podcast here: www.talibkweli.com/ Check out Dead Prez here: www.deadprezblog.wordpress.com/blog/ ------- LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/ SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective: @Barbaradical Intro music by DJ Captain Planet. --------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.

On this episode of the Palmetto Guardian we talk with U.S. Army Spc. Valetta Burgess, 151st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, Alpha Company. The Palmetto Guardian is hosted by Spc. David Erskine and Sgt. Chelsea Baker with the South Carolina National Guard Public Affairs office. This week includes guest host Sgt. Tim Andrews.

There is nothing we do in the joint force that isn't enabled by space. Nothing. A lot of attention is being paid to the space domain, and so A BETTER PEACE welcomes General John W. "Jay" Raymond, Commander of the U.S. Air Force Space Command, to the studio to discuss his perspectives on strategic leadership. General Raymond's responsibilities include organizing, training, equipping and maintaining mission-ready space forces and capabilities for North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. Strategic Command and other commands around the world. The position calls for boldness and innovation to maintain U.S. leadership in a domain that both the military and the private sector depend on. Meanwhile, adversaries to the U.S. are mobilizing their capabilities to deny U.S. access to the space domain, and the potentially devastating effects of an even minor attack would be felt worldwide. So how does a leader cope with such high-visibility, high-risk responsibilities? A BETTER PEACE Editor-in-Chief Jacqueline E. Whitt moderates.     Jay Raymond is a general in the U.S. Air Force and serves as Commander of the U.S. Air Force Space Command. Jacqueline E. Whitt is Professor of Strategy at the U.S. Army War College and the Editor-in-Chief of A BETTER PEACE. The views expressed in this presentation are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Army War College, U.S. Army, or Department of Defense. Photo: Two terminal dishes assist Army space Soldiers of Alpha Company, 53rd Signal Battalion (SATCON) at the Wideband Satellite Communications Operations Center, Fort Detrick, MD. Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo Other releases in the "Leader's Perspectives" series: A TRANSATLANTIC PERSPECTIVE ON NATO (LEADER PERSPECTIVES)OBSERVATIONS FROM NATO’S NORTHERN FRONT (LEADER PERSPECTIVES)ALLIES ARE MORE THAN FRIENDS (LEADER PERSPECTIVES)THE CHALLENGES OF KEEPING SPACE SECURE (LEADER PERSPECTIVES)TENSIONS AND PARADOXES FACING SENIOR LEADERS (LEADER PERSPECTIVES)LEADING AND WINNING IN GREAT POWER COMPETITION (LEADER PERSPECTIVES)LEARNING ABOUT LEADERSHIP THROUGH THE CLASSICS (LEADER PERSPECTIVES)WHAT IT TAKES FOR COLONELS TO BE SUCCESSFUL (LEADER PERSPECTIVES)BALANCING BETWEEN CIVILIAN LIFE AND SERVICE IN THE NATIONAL GUARD“WHAT GOT YOU HERE WON’T GET YOU THERE” — AND OTHER CAUTIONARY TALES FOR LEADERSWHEN THE MILITARY IS NOT IN CHARGE: DEFENSE SUPPORT TO CIVIL AUTHORITIESWHAT DOES ‘SUCCESS’ MEAN AS A STRATEGIC LEADER?STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND CHANGING THE US ARMY IN EUROPETHE CHALLENGES OF SENIOR LEADER COMMUNICATIONTHE SENIOR NCO AS A STRATEGIC LEADERSTRATEGIC LEADERSHIP FROM AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVEWHAT DO THE BRITS THINK OF AMERICAN OFFICERS?PERSPECTIVES ON STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP — GEN. ROBIN RAND, U.S. AIR FORCE GLOBAL STRIKE COMMANDGROWING AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING CAPACITY

At times the noise in the system won't allow us an opportunity to prove our worth based solely on our personal effort and merit. What we can control is our own actions and in remaining true to ourselves. Savannah Chase joined Robert Gowin and Patty Collins on this episode. Savannah enlisted into the United States Marine Corps and initially became an ammunition technician in Okinawa for two years before becoming the first and only female Infantry Machine Gunner (MOS 0331). She was the first female to pass an advanced level infantry training course. She served with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines and separated the Marine Corps as a Sergeant. Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Patty Collins is a retired Colonel in the US Army, having spent over 7 years assigned to Special Mission units within JSOC. A pioneer in her field, she was one of a small number of women to serve in Special Operations and was the first woman in the Department of Defense to complete the Military Free Fall Jumpmaster Course. This podcast is being brought to you by UnCanna. Visit UnCanna.com and use the code Mentors4mil. Read our disclaimer below. Join our new closed Facebook Team Room at https://www.facebook.com/groups/mentors4mil Visit https://www.patreon.com/join/Mentors4mil? to become a patron of our podcast. Follow Mentors for Military: iTunes: https://apple.co/1WaEvbB Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3w4RiZBxBS8EDy6cuOlbUl PodBean: https://mentorsformilitary.podbean.com/ SoundCloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/mentors4mil Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mentors4mil Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mentors4mil Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mentors4mil Homepage: http://www.mentorsformilitary.com Use Code Mentors4mil at www.SkeletonOptics.com to receive your discount. DISCLAIMER: The goods advertised and/or the opinions shared are no substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional. This information is provided on the understanding that it does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. Instead, we encourage you to discuss your options with a health care provider. Opinions expressed are based upon the speaker’s experience and conclusions, and neither Mentors for Military nor any company providing financial support endorses or opposes any particular treatment option or prevention option discussed in this podcast. The information contained herein is further provided for general information on matters of interest only. The application and impact of laws can vary widely based on the specific facts involved and the particular location. Given the changing nature of laws, rules and regulations, the information provided herein is provided with the understanding that Mentors for Military are not herein engaged in rendering legal, accounting, tax, or other professional advice and services. As such, this information should not be used as a substitute for consultation with professional tax, legal, or other competent advisors. Mentors for Military is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of this information. All information in this site is provided “as is,” with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, timeliness or of the results obtained from the sue of this information, and without warranty or any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of performance, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no events will Mentors for Military, or any of its partners, agents, or employees be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information provided or for any consequential, special or similar damages.

This week on the Military Hour with Chad Wooten we will be talking to two seasoned Marine combat veterans about their experiences in war and coming home. Sgt Susan Welch was part of the Female Engagement Team 2-11, and was deployed September of 2011 to Sangin, Helmand Province Afghanistan with the infantry battalion 1/6 Alpha Company, later moving up to Kajaki, north of Sangin, with 1/6 Bravo Company. Cpl Ben Congleton (Congo) was in 3rd Battalion 8th Marines India Company 1st platoon. Congo was in OIF 2-7 and fought in three different cities. Fallujah, Karmah, and the second battle for Ramadi. The three of them went down the Grand Canyon last August and were able to overcome some of the hardships of transition together and grow as transitioning veterans. Cpl Benjamin Congleton  was in 3/8 Marine I. Co 1st plt. joined the Marines in April of 2004. He was in OIF 2-7, fought in three different cities, Fallujah, Karmah, and the second battle for Ramadi. Left as a corporal. and Lives  in Lexington ky with kids since getting back from the war. Went to UK. Sgt Susan Welch BioSusan retired Marine Corps in 2016, Wounded Warrior Battalion-East, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Spent time in Okinawa, Japan from 2008 to 2009, then Camp Lejeune. She began training for her deployment as part of the Female Engagement Team 2-11, and was deployed September of 2011 to Sangin, Helmand Province Afghanistan with the infantry battalion 1/6 Alpha Company, later moving up to Kajaki, north of Sangin, with 1/6 Bravo Company. During her deployment, the days were spent outside the wire on foot patrols and engaging with the local population about various security issues, healthcare and education topics. October 5th, 2011 was the first fire fight she was engaged in and received her combat action ribbon from the 1/6 platoon commander for a confirmed kill. 

In this episode we interview our class President Scott Clemenson. We celebrate Army Sprint Football's 21-17 triumph over Navy, and we recount the impressive effort of the "Big Boys" in taking #5 Oklahoma into overtime.  We talk about escaping dysfunctional family dynamics, Army Foreign Language School with Dan Clevenger, being in Alpha Company at the Prep School, being a "Duck Hunter" with Brent Crabtree in Korea. We remember fallen classmate Shannon Beebe who had a knack for getting people to volunteer for challenging tasks like running 500th night and the cadet car show. Scott recallse his last ditch effort to get Fleetwood Mac to come to West Point. We face into a troubling statistic that several of our fallen classmates committed suicide and grapple with how we might be of service to friends in need. 

His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, Royal Colonel of The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland visits Bourlon Barracks in Catterick Garrison. It's the first time that His Royal Highness has visited the Battalion in its new barracks in Catterick since moving from Bad Fallingbostel, Germany in July 2015. The Duke of Edinburgh inspected the ranks of the Quarter Guard, provided by the men of Alpha Company. After a quick stop for a Battalion photograph, Prince Philip was guided around several Company presentation stands. Finally The Duke of Edinburgh was transported in a Jackal 4x4 armoured vehicle to the Officers mess to meet some of the Battalion families. Chris Kaye reports. #4SCOTS #Army #Catterick #BFBS #Royals

Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment from the Michigan Army National Guard conducts urban terrain training on San Gregorio, Spain, to clear a village of any hostiles.

Using the MV-22 Osprey, infantry Marines rapidly inserted into the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 31, 2015, in a massive, regimental air assault during Blue Chromite 2016, which builds cohesion among elements of the Marines Air Ground Task Force. Blue Chromite is a large-scale, cost-effective on-island exercise led by 4th Marine regiment. The Marines, from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Regiment, are currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, under the unit deployment program. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Cpl. Andrew Tech, Pfc. Jorge A. Rosales/Released)

66: Lucas A. Dyer is a US Marine who served thirteen years on active duty in the infantry before joining the Marine Corps Reserves. He has deployed multiple times, including to the Middle East and Helmand, Afghanistan, where he was decorated with combat valor. He holds a bachelor’s degree in criminology, is a certified and licensed sports nutritionist, and writes about nutrition for Jiu-Jitsu Magazine. He is currently married and lives in Southern California.  As a US Marine, Lucas A. Dyer engaged in combat with the Taliban in Afghanistan?s heroin capital of Helmand. He fought in the Battle of Khanjar while participating in Operation Enduring Freedom from May 2009 to December 2009. He was one of the four thousand Marines who fought under Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson as a member of the Second Marine Expeditionary Brigade, which also included 650 Afghan soldiers. As a small unit leader and platoon commander leading Marines in battle, he fought terrorists and their allies on their home turf, witnessing unspeakable violence in the process. At a certain point, however, he and his fellow Marines realized that an eye for an eye would not accomplish their objectives; that marked a turning point for them, and a basis of true success began to unfold. Relying on counterinsurgency operations, they began shaking hands one at a time?and that was how they ultimately drove the Taliban away. Day by day and week by week, they proved that a small fighting force could work together with Afghans to become brothers-in-arms. In this memoir, Dyer recalls the events of his time in Afghanistan, sharing true stories from the front lines of how his company was able to win their battles through handshakes.

Scout snipers with 1st Battalion, 1st Marines Regimental Combat Team 6, provided surveillance of the battlefield for intelligence gathering while other Marines with Alpha Co. interrupted enemy supply lines during Operation Helmand Viper. Produced by Cpl. Ed Galo. Includes soundbites from Marine Cpl. Eric Mabry, scout sniper team leader, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, Regimental Combat Team 6.

Spc. Candice Muir, USANG, Radio Operator, Alpha Company, 422 ESB, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Hometown: Tuscon, Ariz., talks about her memory of 9-11.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in Palau at Camp Katuu installing a Photo Voltaic or Solar System to serve as a test bed for Solar Power in Palau and the Micronesian Islands. Palau is a republic located near the Micronesian islands in the Pacific Ocean. Energy in Palau is driven by diesel fuel, which also drives up the cost of electricity. U.S. Pacific Command Troops are in Palau putting together a project that could mean big energy savings for the future. Produced by Tech. Sgt. Elicia Summerville. Includes soundbites from Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Husak – Prime Power Supervisor, Alpha Company, 249th Engineers – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Chapter Seven, Part 2 of 2. Alpha Company loses a tank in the battle at Rumayla Oil Field. Chet Brown approaches a deadly confrontation.