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Morse code transcription: vvv vvv When is the Budget and what might be in it Rachel Reeves Chess fanatic playing Labours first big gambit Police recover more than 40,000 stolen Bluey coins Government aware of new Southport charges in past few weeks Lochabers Skipinnish Oak wins UK Tree of the Year London housing crisis I am on edge, says pensioner made homeless Liam Payne collaborator Sam Pounds postpones release of Do No Wrong Luton mother and two children died from gunshot wounds inquest Two in hospital after major fire at BAE in Cumbria Afghanistan war Ex Welsh Guard describes breakdown after Helmand

Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join Naga Munchetty to talk about Ellis, Generation Z and Helmand: Tour of Duty

It's 10 years since British troops left Helmand and combat operations came to an end. But the conflict reshaped the forces in ways that can still be seen today.The next war is expected to involve tanks and trenches not seen in Helmand, so from equipment to military mindsets Sitrep assesses what is helpful to still have, what is a hinderance, and what gaps may exist.150,000 British personnel served in Afghanistan. A handful of those veterans tell us how that experience shapes their lives today. And Invictus medalist Jonny Ball talks to Sitrep about his new mission to create a community for all veterans of British operations in Afghanistan.

I 2014 standsede hans skud en massakre på NATO-officerer. Før det oplevede han krigens rædsler på første hånd fra Armadillo-basen i Helmand. Nu er han alvorligt syg af traumer, som han prøver at holde væk fra sine to små børn. Men kommunen presser ham hjem. Læs artiklen herSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

En 2022, un an après leur retour au pouvoir en Afghanistan, les Talibans ont interdit la culture du pavot dans tout le pays. C'est du bulbe d'une variété du pavot qu'on extrait l'opium, ensuite transformé en morphine et en héroïne pour alimenter le trafic mondial de stupéfiants. Et le pavot fait vivre des milliers de paysans pauvres en Afghanistan. Alors quand interdiction il y a, car ce n'est pas une première, beaucoup plongent dans la misère. Un tiers des Afghans se nourrissent avec du pain... et du thé. Dans cet épisode de Sur le Fil nous partons dans le sud de l'Afghanistan, au cœur de la plus grande région productrice de pavot au monde, le Helmand, à la rencontre de ces cultivateurs. Un reportage rare, réalisé sur le terrain par Pascale Trouillaud et Qubad Wali. Sur place, la situation est si dramatique que les experts s'interrogent sur les chances de réussite à long terme de cette interdiction qui pourrait affaiblir les talibans. Un podcast écrit et réalisé par Pierre Moutot.Sur le Fil est le podcast quotidien de l'AFP. Nous avons un service à vous demander : si vous avez aimé Sur la Terre, notre série sur la transition écologique, votez pour nous ! Un des épisodes de la série, est sélectionné pour un prix dans la catégorie Apprentissage au Paris Podcast Festival, et il concourt pour le prix du Public : c'est là que vous avez un rôle à jouer. Pour nous soutenir votez ici, cela prend que 30 secondes: il faut juste cocher la case #4 .Vous avez d'autres commentaires ? Ecrivez-nous à podcast@afp.com. Vous pouvez aussi nous envoyer une note vocale par Whatsapp au + 33 6 79 77 38 45. Si vous aimez, abonnez-vous, parlez de nous autour de vous et laissez-nous plein d'étoiles sur votre plateforme de podcasts préférée pour mieux faire connaître notre programme Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Sikkerhedsrådgiver Martin Hansen fortæller om arbejdet med at skaffe adgang for humanitære organisationer i områder, der er præget af konflikt og usikkerhed. Det handler om at vide, hvem der har indflydelse og magt, og om at kalkulere risici. Martin Hansen har arbejdet i Afghanistan både før og efter Talebans overtagelse i 2021. Vi taler også om hans fortid som MP i Forsvaret og arbejdet med det afghansk politi i Helmand-provinsen, et arbejde der var præget af en uhyre kompleks virkelighed. Vært og tilrettelægger: Martin Tamm Andersen. Gæst: Martin Hansen, sikkerhedsrådgiver. Klip og producer og redaktør: Rune Sparre Geertsen. I redaktionen: Mikkel Rønnau. Musik: Mikkel Rønnau. Produceret for DR af MonoMono.

We're joined by Pen Farthing is an ex Royal Marine Commando who founded the charity Nowzad to help dogs and cats in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. We chat about the amazing work the charity achieved in sterilising dogs and cats and the vaccinating programs against rabies. Also in re-uniting soldiers across the world with their beloved dog or cat they'd befriended during their tour of duty. Not only that but offering education at a local level about dogs, and helping women realise their dreams in becoming vet nurses and vets at their centre in Nowzad. In August 2021 when the allied forces pulled out of Afghanistan leaving it under Taliban control, Pen set out on a mission to help bring as many people and animals to the UK . He discusses this landmark moment in history, how he refused to abandon his charity's staff or the rescue animals. And Operation Ark was born. We chat about how the fallout being branded him as a villain, who valued ‘pets over people' - when nothing was further from the truth! We talk about his book Operation Ark, the cathartic effect of documenting what actually happened, which we discuss in detail. Along with what Pen is working on now in Ukraine and in Afghanistan.Order your copy of Operation Ark here and follow on Instagram @nawzadrescue and @penfarthingBattersea's InstagramFor more about Anna go to annawebb.co.ukMusic and production by Mike Hanson for Pod People ProductionsCover art by JaijoCover photo by Rhian Ap Gruffydd at Gruff PawtraitsTo advertise on or sponsor A Dog's Life email: info@theloniouspunkproductions.com

We are diving in on listener-submitted Q&A: 1. A Marine Infantry veteran reflects on his time in Helmand province and grapples with how to balance military service with life and relationships post-service. Can you have a successful relationship without sharing the same desires and hobbies as your significant other?  2. A police officer faces a tough fitness dilemma—should he stick with CrossFit, or dive into Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu? How do you optimize fitness for law enforcement officers while balancing the physically demanding requirements of the job? 3. Lastly, a father seeks guidance on how to advise his son, a responsible concealed carrier, about the realities and responsibilities of carrying a firearm. How do you balance safety, training, and situational awareness? Check out the newest Cleared Hot Gear here: https://shop.clearedhotpodcast.com/  

Paul Minter, formerly of the Blues and Royals, was one of the first soldiers into Helmand, and many years later one of the last to leave. With the words of an MP briefing him before his first tour - "Don't worry, not a round will be fired" ringing in his ears; 4 tours of Afghanistan, 1 in Iraq, a Mention in Dispatches, blown up twice by IED's, and countless contacts began to leave their mark. Next thing you know you are arrested in London by the Bomb Disposal squad... In search of a solution to his problems Paul sought out help and then like all good recon soldiers, gathered as much intelligence as he could and dragged himself back from the abyss. Realising there was a gap in the treatment for PTSD within the serving military community, as well as veterans, he set a world record raising funds and with former colleagues established a charity to help current and former members of the Armed Forces recover their mental health and lead happier lives.  Its called the "Head Up" charity.  Mental Health Awareness For UK Armed Forces | Head Up (head-up.org.uk) One of life's truly remarkable men, whose service to others comes with nothing more than the desire to help others like him avoid an all too familiar journey within the military community.  Support his charity..and get in touch if you have a spare 4 acres! the searchchicken@gmail.com

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live...We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in the murder of five. We interpret what we see, select the most workable of the multiple choices. We live entirely, especially if we are writers, by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images, by the "ideas" with which we have learned to freeze the shifting phantasmagoria which is our actual experience.” -Joan Didion Mac Caltrider has been a long time friend and supporter of Dead Reckoning Collective. He humbly submitted his own manuscript after years of writing about other people's books and eventually breaking into a career in journalism.  In his debut book, Caltrider takes us on a tour of Afghanistan's IED-filled Helmand province, where every footstep is an act of bravery. Without a chance to exhale, he moves on to explore the messy world of policing in the wake of George Floyd and the outbreak of COVID-19. Caltrider then takes us up the snow-swept slopes of Mount Rainier and on a whirlwind tour of the United States, alongside Miss America, some of the Pentagon's top brass, and a gaggle of B-list celebrities that more closely resemble a circus than a morale boost. As the stories progress, a narrative through-line emerges, revealing the complicated ways in which war remains with those who wage it. In this episode of the podcast we discuss topics covered in Mac's book and how his thought process evolved before and after composing these essays. What we learn is it's not always so simple and we don't always get the full picture, but also that it doesn't have to make sense immediately for it to be worth it. The immediate experience and the delayed gratification is all part of the journey. 

This week's episode of Urban Valor shines a spotlight on Bryan Buckley, a Marine veteran with a remarkable story. Hailing from Doylestown, PA, Bryan's early years were dominated by football, a sport in which he excelled, securing two state championships. His path seemed set on football until the events of 9/11 shifted his focus dramatically. Motivated by a sense of duty, Bryan joined the Marine Corps as an officer, where he served in various capacities including the infantry, Force Recon, and as a Marine Raider within the Marine Special Operations Command. In this episode, Bryan shares his experiences of intense combat against the Taliban in Afghanistan's dangerous Helmand province, highlighting the challenges they faced, the losses they suffered, and the solemn duty of returning home with fallen heroes.Remember to LIKE this video if you found it informative, enjoyable, or just to show your support to Tommy and/or us at Urban Valor.Comment your support or ask any questions. Sometimes, our interviewees respond, and we at Urban Valor will do our best to respond as well!SUBSCRIBE to support Urban Valor and the courageous Veterans who take the share and tell their story, AND so you NEVER miss a weekly episode of our veteran stories. New stories every Sunday!Your engagement greatly supports our mission to share authentic and impactful veteran stories.#military #urbanvalor #war #warstories #veteran

The water dispute driving the turbulent relationship between Afghanistan and Iran is in an area faced with worsening climate change. The waters of the Helmand river are a lifeline for border communities, and a live wire that has at times nearly sparked wars. We follow the twists and turns of the row between Kabul and Tehran, and the shifting role of the Taliban within it.Presenter: Krassi Twigg Producer: Kriszta Satori

The water dispute driving the turbulent relationship between Afghanistan and Iran is in an area faced with worsening climate change. The waters of the Helmand river are a lifeline for border communities, and a live wire that has at times nearly sparked wars. We follow the twists and turns of the row between Kabul and Tehran, and the shifting role of the Taliban within it.Presenter: Krassi Twigg Producer: Kriszta Satori

Today on Financial Fridays, Join Tony K as he dives deep into Chinese Relations with TikTok™ & things the Government does behind our backs with Former Marine Raider, CEO/Founder of Helmand Valley Growers Co™& Battle Brothers Foundation™, Bryan Buckley! Cannabis Talk 101, “The World's #1 Source For Everything Cannabis”, made global history by becoming the first cannabis show to partner with iHeartMedia, on 4/20/2020. Thank you for listening & watching Cannabis Talk 101 with Christopher Wright, aka "Blue" the CEO and creator of Cannabis Talk 101 and the Cannabis Talk Network. & Joe Grande, former Co-Host on Big Boy's Neighborhood on Power 106 FM, On-Air with Ryan Seacrest on 102.7 KIIS FM in Los Angeles and The Dog House in the Bay Area on WILD 94.9 KYLD. Toking with the Stars with Chuckie & Marty, & Financial Fridays with Tony Kassaei, The Inside Investor, on YouTube, IHeartRadio App, Spotify, & Apple Podcasts. Call us anytime: 1-800-420-1980FOLLOW US on all Social Media: Linkedin: @CannabisTalk101Instagram: @CannabisTalk101 Tik Tok @CannabisTalk101: Facebook: / CannabisTalk101 Twitter: / CannabisTalk101 @BLUE @JoeGrande@Tony Kassaei The Insider Investor@CHUCKIE FUEGO@MARTY GRIMES See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this captivating episode, Dr. Christopher Hall, alongside Neil Haley, welcomes the distinguished Brigadier General A.J. Taylor, a multifaceted leader known for his extensive military career and prowess as a bestselling author. General Taylor, a West Point graduate and a retired Brigadier General with notable service in Afghanistan, shares insights from his latest thriller, "The Phalanx Code," and discusses the interplay of his military experience in shaping the narrative and characters of his novels. General Taylor elaborates on "The Phalanx Code," highlighting the epic struggle between individual liberties and the overreaching grasp of big tech companies, drawing parallels to real-world concerns over privacy and freedom. He delves into the protagonist, Garrett Sinclair's, internal battle between mission and morality, reflecting on his own experiences and the broader implications for leadership in times of political and social turmoil. The episode further explores General Taylor's perspective on leadership under fire, recounting a harrowing encounter with a sniper in Helmand province, underscoring the importance of humor, resilience, and the leader's role in sharing risks with their team. Dr. Hall wraps up the episode by acknowledging General Taylor's significant contributions, not only to the military and literature but also as a role model for patriotism and leadership. The general's books, including "The Phalanx Code," are available on Amazon and bookstores nationwide, offering readers a blend of thrilling narratives enriched by real-world leadership lessons. Join Dr. Christopher Hall and Neil Haley as they provide an insightful glimpse into the life and works of Brigadier General A.J. Taylor, celebrating his dedication to service, literature, and leadership.

“Damn the Valley” was written by Will Yeske and describes his deployment to the Arghandab River Valley in Afghanistan. The valley has seen its share of conflict. From Alexander the Great up to the Russians – and now Americans. To US troops it became known as “the meat grinder”.  Will was posted there with Bravo Company of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne.  During their time there, his unit suffered a 52% casualty rate. Damn the Valley has an interesting “origin” story.  Will was inspired to write it in response to another book by Ben Kesling titled “Bravo Company: An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath.”  Many of Will's comrades who saw conflict in that valley felt that Kesling's book fell short in telling the full story of their deployment. Kelsing was supportive of Will undertaking the project. Damn the Valley does an excellent job of communicating the hardships of being stationed in such a remote location over and above the combat. This includes basic issues like staying clean. Sometimes patrols would even be routed through shallow rivers just so the soldiers could rinse off. In addition to the Taliban, wild life like mountain lions and bears also posed a threat. Will gives credit to our opponents in that valley. He says they were very shrewd about adapting their tactics, including “assembly” line methods of planting improvised explosive devices that took advantage of the US troops' strict rules of engagement.  Helmand province was considered the “silicon valley” of IED manufacturing. Readers will get a firsthand accounting of the “fog of war”, the brutality of this conflict and the second order effects upon those who fought there.  Will says that he experienced real struggles upon returning to civilian life and for a while engaged in high risk behaviors to address the “numbness”. TAKEAWAY:  “If any Freedom was won, it was providing sleep and security to those who had never had it before”

När vi kommer in i historien har Prins Harry precis anlänt till Afghanistan och Forward Operating Base Dwyer i Helmand-provinsen. Han ska tjänstgöra som Forward Air Controller och hans anrop är Widow Six Seven.

Tỉnh Helmand của Afghanistan, nơi xuất xứ của đa số thuốc phiện trên thế giới, đang trải qua một biến chuyển lớn trong lúc Taliban trấn dẹp ngành công nghiệp ma túy. Cùng phóng viên VOA gặp gỡ các thế hệ nông dân đang tìm kiếm những con đường mới trong bối cảnh của sự thay đổi này, cảm nhận sự bắt rễ quá sâu của thuốc phiện trong đời sống của họ và thách thức ghê gớm của sự đổi thay.

When I worked at the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Helmand Province, I was largely based at the Forward Operating Base in Lashkar Gah - the main city of Helmand. There, amid the dust and noise of an active military campaign, there was a small, beautifully tended garden inside the base. I'm going to be honest and say that I was too preoccupied with my own job ever to ask myself who was responsible for its upkeep- even as I enjoyed that little slice of tranquility and beauty almost every day. Had I stopped to find out, I would have learned that the gardener was Shaista Gul, a local Afghan citizen whose hard work created a beautiful garden in the most unlikely place. By talking on this job, Shaista, and the thousands of Afghans, many of them interpreters, that served Britain during its involvement in the NATO mission, became enemies of the Taliban, facing constant threats, and worse, including murder. After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, some lucky Afghans were able to escape on evacuation flights from Kabul. But most were left behind and thousands made their way to Pakistan, including many that had been assured of resettlement in the UK. This month, the government of Pakistan has decided to expel all undocumented Afghans in the country believed to be around 1.5 million people. Of these, around 2,000 have been accepted as eligible to come to Britain in recognition of their past service with our forces. But thanks to a cost-saving policy made by Rishi Sunak last year, these people were kept in Pakistan in preference to bringing them to the UK where the migration system is under acute strain. Now these people, who risked their lives serving our country, find themselves threatened with being returned to Afghanistan by the Pakistani government. The story of Britain's treatment of those Afghans that worked with us during our involvement in that country is the subject of Larisa Brown's book, the Gardener of Lashkar Gah. Larisa is a defence correspondent, currently with The Times and previously working for the Daily Mail. She joined me, just as Pakistan was preparing to start its campaign of expulsions, to talk about Shaista Gul and the wider history of Britain's betrayal of its Afghan friends.You can find Larisa's book here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gardener-of-lashkar-gah-9781399411028/ I am on https://arthursnell.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dan Jarvis, MP for Barnsley Central and Shadow Security Minister shares insights on the challenges of frontbench politics and his unwavering commitment to running, even during the busiest of times.Dan recounts his experiences as a former soldier, including his deployment to the Helmand province in 2007. Discover how running became a lifeline in the midst of the daily challenges and dangers of serving in a war zone. As Dan shares his journey, we explore the enduring impact of these experiences on his values and perspective. From the lessons of leadership, integrity, and maintaining morale in the military to translating those principles into the political arena, Dan underlines the importance of staying connected with the community while working in politics.Dan underscores the crucial role of honesty and accountability in politics, the transformative power of running in his life, and his exciting future plans in both running and politics. Don't miss this episode that delves into the heart of a remarkable public servant's life and principles.Follow us on social media:You can drop us a DM, send us a picture or tag us on instagram, linkedin or twitter or tiktok or send us an email: hello@runalive.co.ukThis season of the podcast is sponsored by Run Unbound Endurance Coaching. Whether running your first half, discovering trail running, tackling an ultramarathon or attempting one of the UK big 3 rounds, Run Unbound can help you to achieve your goals in a fun and inspiring way. We are so grateful for Run Unbound's support. Find out more at rununbound.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest for this episode is a Marine who served as a Military Working Dog Handler assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), Camp Pendleton, California. He enlisted in 2007, attended The Basic Handlers Course at Lackland AFB in 2008, and was assigned orders to Camp Pendleton. He was the first USMC MWD Handler to receive orders from Lackland to a newly developing MWD Platoon for the MEF. Navigating a new unit fresh out of K9 School, he was assigned to MWD Grief M107, a Patrol Explosive Detection Dog (PEDD), and together they trained in preparation for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. This was an exciting time in the history of the Marine Corps MWD Program because an entire platoon of dog handlers was explicitly created to support combat operations. This platoon was dedicated to training, equipping, and producing combat-ready canine teams for the rigors of deployments. In 2010, The 1st MEF MWD Platoon from Camp Pendleton deployed to Afghanistan and established a canine area on Camp Leatherneck, later known as Camp Donahue. This group of dog handlers experienced a very active Afghanistan and supported various units throughout the Helmand and Kandahar provinces. In this episode, we discuss his time in the Marine Corps, training for deployment, his deployment experiences, and his return from Afghanistan.  Surviving with Grief: Available Now https://a.co/d/8Ycd3CH Follow the Instagram and Facebook page @thedogsofwarpodcast www.thedogsofwarpodcast.com   In Canis Confiderus!   ------------------------------------ DISCLAIMER: The hosts and guests on this podcast share their personal experiences and do not represent the views of their affiliated organizations or the Department of Defense. ------------------------------------ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedogsofwarpodcast/support

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/seven-frenchmen-vs-seven-englishman-who-will-win-with-dr-rachael-whitbread/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Dr Rachael Whitbread is a historian and author. Her PhD from York University was on tournaments, jousts and duels. She is the co-author with Graham Callister of Battle: Understanding Conflict from Hastings to Helmand, and is currently working on a book called Duel: Single Combat in Medieval England for Pen and Sword Press, which sounds just up our streets. In our conversation we talk about chivalry, jousting, tournaments and how to become a famous knight by winning a pre-battle duel – especially if you chop a dog in half in the process. We hear Rachael's thoughts on whether Lady Agnes Hotot really jousted her neighbour to settle her father's land dispute, which could mean Guy needs to alter the decks in his Audatia card game… We also talk about themes in European warfare over 1,000 years of history. Not a small topic! Rachael has some fantastic stories about battles; often with the English getting absolutely trounced, and if you have an interest in medieval history, you'll thoroughly enjoy this conversation.

Vi sendte danske soldater til Afghanistan for at vinde krigen mod terror og for at opbygge en nation med fred, demokrati og skolegang til piger. Sådan lød det fra det danske forsvar og vores politikere.For at lykkes havde vi allieret os med afghanere som Koka og Issa Khan, som regerede i Musa Qala, hvor de danske soldater holdt til. Men de to afghanske brødre havde en grim hemmelighed.Det viser den nye dokumentarfilm 'Bedraget i Helmand'. Nagieb Khaja dagens gæst i ‘Du lytter til Politiken'. Han har sammen med Martin Tamm Andersen instrueret dokumentarfilmen, hvor han møder Koka og Issa Khan og deres ofre.

Politifolk, som de danske styrker i Helmand i Afghanistan arbejdede tæt sammen med, beskyldes for i årevis at have stået bag tortur, mord og seksuelle overgreb. Pædagogerne elsker det, men hvad med børnene? Vi taler med to børn om et nyt mobilforbud på den lokale fritidsklub. Indvandrere, der har været her i mere end tre år, skal betale et tolkegebyr på op til 1600 kroner. Det truer patientsikkerheden, mener læger og fagforeninger. Vært: Adrian Busk og Annika Wetterling. Medvirkende: Martin Tamm, tidligere soldat og dokumentarist. Elna Marie Bach Larsen og Laura Sofia Flores Pedersen, børn i Cappella Fritidsklub. Rasmus Buch Pedersen, pædagog i Cappella Fritidsklub. Morten Sodemann, professor og overlæge på Indvandrermedicinsk Klinik i Odense.

On this week's podcast we speak with RAF Chinook Aircrewman Liz McConaghy. Liz grew up in a small country town and at 17 joined the RAF, to follow her dream of becoming a chinook Aircrewman serving for 17 years a job she loved. At 21 Liz was the youngest aircrew member to deploy to Iraq and was the only female ‘crewman' on the Chinook wing for four years. Liz completed another deployment to Iraq and would deploy 10 times to Helmand province in Afghanistan in support of the enduring Operation Herrick Campaign. Liz's inspiringly honest story reveals the highs and lows that she witnessed at war, and the cost that came with both, physically and mentally for those involved. During her deployments, she survived not only a near fatal wire strike onboard her CH47, but numerous emery fire ‘Contacts' defending her crew by returning fire from both the M134 ‘Minigun' and M60 weapons entrusted to her to operate. Liz'sgreatest honour of all her duties was serving on the Medical Emergency Response Team or “MERT”, flying ambulance as it was commonly known. This involved recovering wounded soldiers from the battlefield, often under fire, and witnessing them both die and come back to life at her feet in the cabin of her Chinook. Liz saw Camp bastion grow from a barbed wire fence surrounding an area of tents in the sand to a huge Operating Base it became. Very few Chinook crew members if any spanned the length of time as Liz did. After all these years of seeing trauma and tragedy Liz battled her own war within and took her to the point of suicide once she had left the service, her survival from both the battles in foreign lands and in her own head led her to tell her story publishing her book Chinook Crew “Chick” published in 2022 in the hope she can help others win their wars.     Presenter: Adam Blum Guest: Liz McConaghy Editor: Kyle Watkins Investigative Consultant: Adam Holloway

Shaista Gul was known to thousands of British servicemen and women over the years. He created a small oasis of peace at the UK's headquarters in Southern Afghanistan.But after Lashkar Gah main operating base closed in 2014 he had to leave the job he loved, and with it the garden he'd created. What followed was Taliban intimidation, fatal attacks on his family, and eventually a perilous journey to eventual safety in the UK.Sitrep talks to Larisa Brown, author of ‘The Gardener of Lashkar Gah: The Afghans Who Risked Everything to Fight the Taliban', and Shaista Gul's son Jamal, who worked as interpreter for Britain's armed forces in Helmand.

In this episode, our host, Captain Ash Bhardwaj, speaks to Lieutenant Colonel Dean Canham OBE, SO1 Centre for Army Leadership. This conversation with Colonel Dean is a raw and honest insight into the realities of leadership on kinetic operations, and dealing with the consequence of your decisions. CONTENT WARNING: In this episode, we cover the topics of the deaths of soldiers on operations, improvised explosive devices, and dealing with the trauma of those tragedies. If these topics are difficult for you to hear about, you may want to skip this episode. It is totally natural that the examples given in this episode may affect you, and you may find it useful to speak with someone about how you feel. You can find a range of support resources at the Army's Ask for Help page linked at the bottom of these show notes. Commissioning in 2000 into the 1st Battalion Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, the then Second Lieutenant Canham joined the Regiment on their residential tour of Northern Ireland. He deployed to Sierra Leone on Op SILKMAN and to Afghanistan on Op HERRICK 1 as a Reconnaissance Platoon Commander. Later, he returned to Helmand on Op HERRICK 6 as the Battlegroup Operations Officer. He then Commanded A (Grenadier) Company of the 2nd Battalion the MERCIAN Regiment on Op HERRICK 15, also deploying to the Falklands and leading the 2 MERCIAN contingent at the London 2012 Olympic Games. He took command of 1 MERCIAN Regiment in 2020, and led the Battlegroup in Estonia on Op CABRIT 8 in 2021. He has worked at the Army Personnel Centre (APC) Glasgow, Army Headquarters and the Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ), where he was awarded an OBE for his work in support of operations in South Sudan and Somalia. He has instructed at the Infantry Training Centre Catterick, the Platoon Commander's Division at Brecon, and on the Intermediate Command and Staff Course (ICSC) at Shrivenham. He now heads up the Centre for Army Leadership, based at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS). The British Army's Ask for Help Page: https://www.army.mod.uk/people/health-wellbeing-welfare-support/health-performance-and-wellbeing-in-the-army/managing-stress/ask-for-help/

The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, US Army Brian Godwin discusses his thesis: From Perception to Protection: Countering Cognitive Warfare in the U.S. Army. His study seeks to address the critical question of how the U.S. Army can protect the force against cognitive warfare, with a specific focus on understanding the strategies and tactics employed by China and Russia. It employs a qualitative comparative case study method, examining China's cognitive warfare campaign during the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. election. The study reveals significant gaps and limitations in the Army's existing Doctrine, Training, Leadership and Education, and Policies (DTLP). These areas provide minimal defense against cognitive warfare, indicating a vulnerability of the force. In response to these findings, this thesis proposes several key recommendations to strengthen the Army's resilience against cognitive warfare, including the prioritization of media literacy in Army training and education, revisions of DTLP to effectively counter cognitive warfare, the application of inoculation theory to boost psychological resilience, and the cultivation of active relationships with Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational (JIIM) partners. Resources: Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned #29 Jan Kallberg and Stephen Hamilton on Force Protection in the Cognitive Domain Media Warfare: Taiwan's Battle for the Cognitive Domain by Kerry Gershaneck Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini The Art of Insubordination: How to dissent and defy effectively by Todd Kashdan The Social Dilemma – Netflix Documentary Link to full show notes and resources Guest Bio:  MAJ Brian Godwin is a native of Tampa, Florida. Commissioned in 2011 from the University of Tampa in Tampa, FL, MAJ Godwin has served in a range of duty positions in both Field Artillery and Signal branches including Fire Direction Officer, Fire Support Officer, Special Operations Battalion S-6, Brigade S-6, Division Information Assurance Manager, Signal Advisor to Afghan forces in Helmand, Afghanistan, and as a Staff Officer in the NATO Communications and Information Agency in Mons, Belgium. He is a graduate of the Field Artillery Basic Officer Leaders' Course, the Signal Captain's Career Course, and Basic Airborne Course. He is currently an Information Advantage Scholar at the Army's Command and General Staff Officer Course. MAJ Godwin's awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal (1 OLC), Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal (1OLC), National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal (2 Stars), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, NATO Medal (1 Star), Combat Action Badge and Parachutist Badge. He also holds a Parachutist Badge from Germany. About: The Information Professionals Association (IPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to exploring the role of information activities, such as influence and cognitive security, within the national security sector and helping to bridge the divide between operations and research. Its goal is to increase interdisciplinary collaboration between scholars and practitioners and policymakers with an interest in this domain. For more information, please contact us at communications@information-professionals.org. Or, connect directly with The Cognitive Crucible podcast host, John Bicknell, on LinkedIn. Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, 1) IPA earns from qualifying purchases, 2) IPA gets commissions for purchases made through links in this post.

Show notes and Transcript Tera Dahl joins Hearts of Oak, bringing her deep understanding of policy and her many years experience in the media.  She has worked on Capital Hill in Michele Bachmann's office in Congress, in the Trump administration in the White House and most recently at USAID.  Her Media expertise started with Breitbart and she now works with Real America Voice.  Immigration and foreign policy are two of her areas of unbridled knowledge and she shares with us her concerns that Green Card law-abiding immigrants are being faced with a choice.  Either they take the COVID shot or their application will not be processed. Green Card or your life.  But a different story for those entering illegally, they are not forced to take the jab. The Republicans need to be championing this issue and standing up for law and order and the right to choose what toxins go into your body.  Tera also shares her concerns at the out of control Fentanyl problem seen in many urban areas in the US.  We finish by asking why the US have abandoned their role of intervention abroad and retreated from everywhere....except Ukraine. Article in Gateway Pundit... 'It's Time for Republicans to Champion the Rights of Legal Law-Abiding immigrants and Stop the Green Card Jab Mandates' by Peter Mcilvenna https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/its-time-republicans-champion-rights-legal-law-abiding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-time-republicans-champion-rights-legal-law-abiding Interview recorded 14.7.23 *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin and Twitter https://twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin?s=20  To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more...  https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please subscribe, like and share! Transcript (Hearts of Oak) Hello Hearts of Oak and welcome to another interview coming up in a moment with Tera Dahl, who I've got to know over the last few months. She served with Michelle Bachmann as her Chief of Staff. She was also in the Trump administration, National Security Council, and she brings to us a wealth of knowledge of policy, but also from her media background, Breitbart and Real America Voice, and she joins us today to talk about immigration. This issue that legal immigrants must get a COVID jab. If you want your green card status to be finalised, you must go for medical check and have a COVID jab, despite the mandates all being lifted, despite illegals flooding over the border. And we talk about this issue, why it needs to be a key issue for MAGA and Trump. We talk about immigration being so politicised. Then we talk about other things like fentanyl, the drug issue that's happening in America, how it has blighted American society. And then we end up talking to Tera about her great expertise and understanding of geopolitical events. She's travelled to Afghanistan, Iraq, to many war-torn countries by herself with Michelle Bachmann, but also with USAID and she shares that understanding of geopolitical issues.  Tera Dahl, it is wonderful to have you with us today. Thank you so much for your time.  (Tera Dahl) Well, thank you so much for having me, Peter. It is great to be with you.  Not at all. For the viewers, Tera and I, I met Tera back when I was over at CNP, actually, on the East Coast. We had a nice catch up over lunch, connected by a mutual friend, but Tera, former Chief of Staff for Congresswoman, Michelle Bachmann, and she put us in touch with Michelle. We've had Michelle on twice, talking about education and about the WHO, and Tera is former Deputy Chief of Staff, National Security Council. I'm going to stop there because Tera, your brief is large and your background is vast. Could I, before we get into the topic on immigration and wider, can I ask you just to take a moment and introduce yourself. Yeah, absolutely. So I got into politics when I was in college. I started volunteering with Michelle Bachmann, who was a state senator at the time in Minnesota. She was my representative. I was at St. Cloud State University, and I heard her speak, and I just had tears rolled down my eyes. I didn't know if I was a Democrat. I didn't know if I was a Republican at that time, but I knew when I heard Michelle Bachmann speak that it resonated in my heart, and I wanted to support her candidacy for U.S. Congress. So I signed up as a volunteer and just started, you know, calling people, doing phone calls, doing door knocking, doing mailing. And then I eventually moved to D.C. when Michelle got elected and became, started very, just staff assistant, and worked my way up to senior advisor for Congressman Bachmann and really focusing on terrorism. She sat on the House Intel Committee, and so I did mostly the national security and the foreign policy for her. And that's really when I started getting involved with what was going on with the war on terrorism. I spent time over in Afghanistan. I spent time in Iraq with the American Red Cross serving our American troops during that period. Michelle was so amazing. She would let me leave for six months to go volunteer with the American Red Cross in Iraq, come back, work for her. Then I would go to Afghanistan and come back, and she would bring me back in again. So I just had opportunities to really, to see first-hand what was going on, on the ground over in the wars. In the war zones. And I also then, after leaving Michelle's office, I spent time during the Arab Spring under President Obama. And that's where I really, my eyes were very much open to just the false narratives that were coming out of the mainstream media. That's how I got involved with journalism. I never planned on writing. I happened to be overseas in Egypt during the counter revolution, when you had 30 million Egyptians go to the street and ask for new elections against the Muslim Brotherhood government, and so I happened to be on the ground during that time, and I saw how CNN was handling it, New York Times, Washington Post, and I said, this is not what, the reality on the ground is not what is being written by our mainstream media, and that was impacting policy. They were using the articles and the media coverage to be able to impact policy, and so that's how I got involved in journalism. I ended up going back to Northern Iraq during the in the war against ISIS. I spent time with the Libyans who were in exile in Egypt. I went to Syria, had gone to Nigeria. So I've just done a lot on the ground, which has really impacted how I have really pushed back then against really trying to write the truth, and countering that false narrative from the mainstream media. But then I went into the 2016 Trump campaign and National Security Council transition team. I went into the White House as General Kellogg's Deputy Chief of staff for the National Security Council. And eventually at the last year of the Trump administration, I was over at USAID as senior advisor in the Conflict Prevention and Stabilization Bureau and working on the women's security issues and the conflict prevention over at USAID. Tell us about USAID. That's fascinating and something I know very little about as a Brit. Tell us about that.  Well USAID I think has really started out as a good organization, a good concept, but I think what's really happened right now over at USAID, especially after working there, I've seen just a lot of the issues, a lot of the, way that we spend money is being misspent and it's not really in the national security or American interests. And so I could really go down USAID and foreign funding in general, and I think the big question to ask, and I think I would argue, is foreign funding constitutional? I think that's changed a lot. I think we're spending a lot of money on foreign funding that we should not be spending. And I think a big contrast is President Trump. President Trump has been very outspoken on that and very much using economic leverage for diplomacy, whereas I think right now we're giving a lot of money at USAID and it's going through USAID to people and areas that it's not being well spent for the betterment of America and I think what really happens with USAID is it's almost like you create a problem and then we give USAID more money to solve that problem that we've already created. So I think you could really get into the funds and how it's spent and there needs to be a lot of oversight at USAID and I guess if I could give an opinion on the foreign funding, I think we really need to dismantle USAID in general and put it under another agency and another department because the money isn't being well spent. And you're not really seeing the return on investment. If you give money, even a taxpayer dollar, that's taxpayer dollars, what's your return on that investment? I don't think you're seeing that. Well, we'll maybe touch on that in a little bit, but if I want to maybe start on immigration, I'd put a piece together basically with a number of mutual friends behind the scenes helping that, and it was this time for Republicans to champion the rights of legal law-abiding immigrants and stop the green card jab mandates. Maybe I can ask you what is the, we've had Jaeson Jones and you were amazing on connecting us with Jaeson and he was great talking about the southern border and the issues there. But immigration, I guess, how has immigration become so politicised and what is the situation at the moment? I think it really has become politicised and it's sad because what's happening is that you're actually under this Biden administration, they're weaponizing the, immigration system. And when I say that, I mean, they're using, they're bringing in all the illegal immigrants, and I believe they're doing it for their purposes, for votes. And instead of supporting legal immigration, this isn't about immigration. This is about legal immigration versus illegal immigration. And you wrote an excellent piece, Peter, on this. And the debate needs to be, especially with the Republicans, has to be on the illegal immigration versus legal immigration. I think we're not against immigration. No one's against immigration, but you have to go through the ports of entry and you have to do it the legal way. And I think that's what you're seeing right now under this administration is they're allowing hundreds of thousands, millions of illegal immigrants into the United States right now, which is look at the fentanyl that's causing over 100,000 deaths every single year. You're looking at the crime rate that has gone up. I feel like every community in the United States, I think is seeing and feeling the impact of the illegal immigration that is coming under the Biden administration. You're feeling it in neighbourhoods that you would never suspect you would see it in. You're seeing more crime, more people that are on drugs. I see it in my neighbourhood. I see it everywhere I go, the impact of the Biden administration's illegal immigration policies. And I think it's impacting, Not only are we losing thousands of Americans because of fentanyl, but our hospitals are being overrun, which is going to increase our health insurance and our access to healthcare. Our education system is being overrun. We're having to pay as American taxpayers for these illegal immigrants who are coming in illegally. And I think that's the big debate. And like you said, Peter, in your article, just to touch on that is, what's going on too is the vaccination requirements with the illegal immigrants that are coming in, there's no requirement for them to be vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine. They don't have to be. So you're having hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants coming in that are not vaccinated, and the Biden administration seems to be completely okay with that. Not only are they illegally entering the United States, but they're not being required to get a COVID-19 vaccine. But now compare that to what is happening with the legal immigrants who are trying to go through the process legally, who want to contribute to the United States, who want to better our society. And go through the process, and get the green card, and say the pledge, and assimilate into our nation. Not integrate, assimilate into America. And they're being required to get the COVID vaccine. They have to choose between health, as you greatly said in your piece, Peter, they have to choose between health and freedom. And they shouldn't have to do that. And I think that people are not realizing that. I don't think the Republicans, I don't think Congress, I don't think the American people realize, they think that the Biden administration removed that COVID-19 vaccine requirement, but they didn't. They lifted it almost everywhere else, but these, illegal immigrants who are coming into the United States, and you could say, well, why would they do that? What benefit would that be for the Biden administration to not allow illegal immigrants to be required to have the vaccine, but they're mandating it on the legal immigrants who are coming here and going through the process that no one else is doing. They could just run through the southern border and get in like all the other illegal immigrants, but they're going through it the right way. And they're being required to do the vaccine. Well, what benefit is that? Well, I would say because those legal immigrants go through a process where they have to know the constitution, they have to know American history, they have to know the Pledge of Allegiance. They want to be here. They understand what freedom is. They understand what America means. And they're doing this and it takes years and years in a very long process to get through, and they go through it and they appreciate America, probably will vote Republican. So you have legal immigrants who probably will be voting Republican, and they're required to get the vaccine, where the illegal immigrants, probably majority will vote Democrat. And I think that is ultimately why you're seeing this administration completely do treasonous acts and policy. I would say completely treasonous not obeying the law not abiding by the Constitution with their immigration policies, so it's an issue. That's not being highlighted I'm very grateful that you wrote that article Peter and I think a lot of people are not aware of that and it's an issue That we really need to drive to the forefront especially heading into the 2024 elections I think Republicans really need to take on the issue and really say this is about illegal immigration and legal immigration. Legal immigration and illegal immigration. That's what it is. And there's legal ways to come into the United States. You can go through the ports of entry and you can go through the process and get your green card. And that's the way that we need to be doing it. And we need to shut down any illegal ways to come into the United States. It's weird looking at it as a European, as a Brit. And we have absolutely failed in our integration via immigration across Europe. And we've seen the riots in France, which show that we have segregation and not any integration. And America's kind of prided itself on that integration of people coming from all over, under one flag, under one constitution, under one belief system, and then coming together as Americans. And we have never really had that in Europe. We have allowed separate communities to exist side by side as ghettos. It just goes against the whole American dream, really. Yeah, absolutely it does. And I know, like, let's look at France right now, what has just recently happened in France, and look at their immigration policies and what it's done to that country. You know, like, we have to have legal means to come into the United States, but we also have to protect our borders. And I think Europe is a perfect example. I did, when I was doing my master's degree at Regent University, I spent time over at Oxford University, and one of our classes was really studying the European immigration models and looking down each country and the different countries and their different policies. And the concept that we were really looking into is, are the immigrants assimilating into European cultures or are they integrating? And that's the key question. Are they assimilating? Are they adapting to the culture, the constitution? Are they abiding by the constitution? Are they becoming American? That's what, when you used to to come to the United States, it was you become American, right? You become that culture. You have to abide by that constitution. And we're not seeing that. And it was really interesting back in 2007 when I spent that time at Oxford University studying the integration versus assimilation of immigrants in Europe and seeing now where that trajectory has gone and the problems that you have in England, the problems that France is facing. Look at all the immigrants that are coming over in Italy just recently as well. And a lot of them, I think, are not Italian-looking people, if you've seen the videos. They're chanting Allah Akbar when they're coming off those boats, and if you've seen the videos. So it's a threat that we need to do. It's for your own countries. They have to be able to have a system, an immigration system, where you are assimilating into that country. And that's why, like, when you have legal immigration in the United States, you have to study the constitution. You have to pledge allegiance to the United States of America. You understand the country that you're coming into and you're saying, I am going to live under this constitution, right? You're gonna contribute to American society. And it's a vast difference between the illegal immigrants who are crossing on the Southern border into the United States and in Europe as well. So it's a huge issue for 2024. And I think you're seeing the candidates right now in the United States, like President Trump in 2016, that is what he ran on. He ran on the wall. He ran on building a wall. And at that time, a lot of people weren't even focusing on immigration. They were looking at the border as immigration and immigration only, and not through the lens of national security. And I would argue that we need to be looking at the immigration issue, not through legal and illegal immigration, but also it's a national security issue right now. We could have met up 15 years ago then, as you were around the corner in Oxford, but anyway, it's taken 15 more years. The issue of, because this should be a perfect issue for MAGA and Trump, but I separate that from the Republicans, because the Republicans are generally far away from MAGA as an institution, And we've had guests on before talking about Trump, I guess, redefining the Republican Party in his image of putting America first. But that America first policy, I guess is key. And it fits in perfectly with the immigration issue. And I think Trump last time talked a lot about the border, talked a lot about building the wall. But this issue of actually those who go through legally, because those who try and break into your country, those are the last people you want involved. Yet those who go through the process, who do things legally, who study what has to be done as a law-abiding citizen and go through those steps, those are exactly the people you want because you know they will fit into society, they will do what has to be done, they will care for their communities, they will actually care for their neighbours. Those are the people that actually kind of want to fit into that American dream. So this issue of legal immigrants getting a fair treatment is like a red meat issue really to MAGA and Trump.  Yeah absolutely and I don't think you're seeing the Republicans take hold of that narrative as they should be. That's why your article is very good because you're laying it out. And to be honest, this was a new issue to me too. I just took it for granted that when the Biden administration lifted all of the requirements on the COVID-19 vaccination, I assumed that would include all legal immigrants. And this was something that reading your article, it was new to me to be able to, that I didn't know that that was, that they were withholding green cards for those people that have probably taken years and years to be able to finally get that green card. It takes a lot of work, it takes a lot of time, and the process is not easy to get that green card. And when they finally can get it, now they're saying, the Biden administration is now saying you either have to get that COVID-19 vaccination or you don't get your green card. So, that's a big issue. It's a big issue for Republicans to take hold of that and to say that we should have to make these legal immigrants who have done the right thing by going through the legal process, it makes them a very small number, percentage of those who are coming illegally into the United States, you know, when they had the chance to come illegally with everybody else, but they're doing it the right way and they should be honoured and they should be to be able to get that green card 100% without any requirement to get that COVID-19 vaccine, especially when we're seeing all of the negative effects from the COVID-19 vaccine. I've seen people in my family, my loved ones, my relatives, who after the COVID vaccine, we lost them. And so if that was a situation where I had a loved one that had to choose between getting a green card and getting the vaccine, you can't make that decision. There's no way that you could force me, myself, to get that COVID-19 vaccine, just because of the health risk of that. So that is something I don't think Republicans understand. I don't think people realize that that is going on. So your piece was really good, Peter, to really highlight it because I think a lot of times just bringing things into transparency, when you shine a light on issues, it does so much more because then people understand what is going on. And I think this is an issue they were trying to just hide under the rug because they made it look like that it was lifted and it's not.  Well I pay credit to my ghost-writer but if I can ask how does that fit in with the with the Republicans, possibly RINO, you can touch on that, but having partial control of Capitol Hill. I'm assuming that immigration issues lie solidly with the White House. But please correct me. So what is the situation, how much noise and, well less noise, but how much movement can actual Republicans on Capitol Hill make on this issue of a fair treatment for legals as opposed to illegals?  I think Congress, you know, we have the three different branches of government, but our legislative branch is the most powerful branch because it's closest to the people, right? And it holds the power of the purse. And our founding fathers created a legislative branch that way to be the most influential and powerful because it is closest to the people. And that's why it does hold the power of the purse. And when you have the power of the purse, you can leverage that, and you can do a lot of, you have a lot of influence. For a perfect example, even when I was over at USAID, when we wanted to be able to cut some of the programs that were not benefiting any kind of American interest in any way. You know, we had to go, we got calls from the Senate, we got calls from the Congress, even though it was under a Republican Trump administration, Congress still had leverage, the Senate still had leverage, so I think even with immigration, even though it would be, we have Biden in the White House, there's a lot that Congress can do, I think for one thing, bring transparency to the issue, hold a hearing on it, hold a congressional hearing it, look into it, Look at all the identify all the cases right now where green cards for legal immigrants are being held up because of the vaccine requirement. That's something that Congress can definitely do. You can, have a subcommittee look into it immediately starting today to start making phone calls and start tracking all of the legal immigrants who are coming into the United States who are being required to get vaccines if they're being held up from their green cards. That is something they can do right now. That's a debate that's going on right now with the defence authorization bill. Congress is saying that you can't do a lot of the things that the Pentagon wants to do, but they're holding it up. So they have a lot of leverage right now. There's a lot of that's what's going on with the Pentagon too, with the vaccine requirements where the Pentagon had fired thousands of servicemen because they didn't get the vaccine. And now they're at a point where where they're pushing back and they're filing lawsuits saying that they were illegally, unconstitutionally let go from the military and they want to serve again. So that debate right now with their vaccine requirements is going on right now. So this is a great, just another example of the Biden administration overstepping their boundaries and overstepping what they can constitutionally do, which you've seen them do over and over. Every single day they're breaking the constitution, every single day they're breaking the law, but hold them accountable and push back and say, no, you can't do that. You don't have, you cannot require the COVID-19 vaccine for the legal immigrants. I think that is something they definitely can do. You mentioned fentanyl. Let me, I want to ask you about the the drug issue, a little bit off topic, but I was, I've never seen drug abuse as visible until I went to the U.S. last year, and that was predominantly in L.A., where sadly I don't think I'd ever want to go again on the west coast. And just people out of it, wandering through the streets, zombie-like status, people lying all over the pavements, needles everywhere. I've literally never seen anything like that in all my travels on nearly every European country many times. Tell us about this fentanyl issue because it does seem to be completely out of control. And we've had, maybe in the last year, we've had UK media doing large reports, large stories, not only in newspapers but on TV, actually reporting the literally out of control situation of drug abuse in the US. Is that a fair assessment, kind of, what are your thoughts as an American to the current situation. Yeah, I think you're seeing the impact, and you're seeing it every single area. You're hearing it from people who have lost loved ones. It's becoming way too common where somebody's son, daughter, mother, father, brother, sister was killed by fentanyl, from fentanyl, and it's happening too often, and it's too close to home for most Americans. And you see it, even like I was saying. You're seeing the crime and the impact of the illegal immigration policies under the Biden administration in your local community. But a lot of that, like I've seen a change in my area where I live in Florida. I've seen a change just from last summer. We're seeing a lot of people on the streets that are on, you know, there are on drugs, they are hunched over and you can tell that and they are, you know, they're homeless, they're on drugs. You're seeing that and it's impacting people no matter where you live. Doesn't matter if you live in the most elite neighbourhood your area will be impacted by the increase of fentanyl in the United States and it's the largest number of death, more people die from fentanyl than any other thing between 18, and 34 years old in the United States I think it's around 34, 40 years and younger but that's the largest the cause of death for Americans in the United States. So it has to get, we have to be able to address it and I think there's a lot more that can be done, Ultimately, I know you had Jaeson Jones on here. He's the number one expert on the cartels on the southern border. You can't get anyone better than Jaeson Jones. But he talks a lot about the cartels and that's where you have to really be able to go after the cartels. Designate them as a foreign terrorist organization and get to the core underlining cause of what is allowing all this fentanyl to come into the United States and go after it and basically you know cut the snake's head off and that's where you're gonna see, be able to really address the fentanyl issue, but it has to be addressed. You never know who's going to be impacted, your closest friends. I know people close to me who lost a loved one because of fentanyl, and it is a big issue. And I'm surprised to hear that you saw that the most when you came to the United States. And that says a lot. And why is that? Is that a mixture of, you've got open borders, completely open borders, even in so-called Republican states. You have, I guess, lax punishments, and you have a number of states legalising drugs higher and higher level. I guess you've got lack of church involvement, and both of us are strong Christians, and the church really should be taking a role in some of these issues which damage society and they're not. Or is it just simply politicians engaged in other things, busy with more pressing issues for them than this? How has it slipped in to American society? Well, I think, number one, open borders. I mean, our borders are completely open. We have no operational control at the borders. It's basically run by the cartels. Operational control is by the cartels. So we definitely have to get control of our borders. That is number one. But number two, I'm glad you hit on, Peter, the role of the church, especially in American society, right? We have basically self-rule government, where we want a limited government that stays within their jurisdictions. And I'm always, as the American way, government's not going to solve your problems. Government needs to get out of the way. Government needs to be able to create kind of like a sidewalk. They need to be able to create space so that people can live freely and just protect that space. And so that's where like the role of the church comes in. You can never change. Government can't change people's hearts. Government is not going to be the solution for America. God is going to be the solution for America because only God can change the hearts of the American people. And that's what the founders believed. And that's why they created our system of government that way, is that the government is meant to protect the church, right? So that we can have that freedom of religion, and government will protect our freedom of worship. Wherever religion we choose, government is to protect that. That is a right that Americans have in the United States, and that government cannot interfere in that. And so that's where the role of the church does need to step in. Government can't fix it. Yes, we do need to secure our borders, absolutely. But on the other hand, exactly what you said, the church needs to step in, absolutely needs to step in, and we need to be able to have, if you look at our statistics for those that go to church and believe in God, it's sad, and we're seeing a decline in the United States of that. But I also believe that we're on the greatest verge of a revival as well. I really do think that as well, and that's what ultimately is going to solve the fentanyl problem. We can only do what we can do policy-wise, but ultimately God has to change our hearts too. Government is meant to create the situation so that we have the ability to be able to make those changes, the ability to be able to do what we can do and not interfere in that. So we do definitely need to have the Church step up into helping with programs for fentanyl and just getting to know God, getting to know the Lord, having a personal relationship with Him that's gonna transform your heart.  100% nothing beats a personal relationship with Jesus. That changes a lot.  No, absolutely.  Tera, can I just ask you personally, you've had, we've touched on, immigration, we've touched on the drugs issue and you, I guess, as someone who has been in Congress, served with a Congressman, your time in the White House, then you've also had in media with, certainly in the Breitbart days and more recently with Real America Voice. So you've got a perspective from the policy side but also from the media side. How do you with those two hats, how do you look at what's happening and what are the issues which you, as an American personally are most concerned about. I think that's really key points because those are the two key, It's policy and the media drives policy, And I really saw that as I mentioned earlier in the show Peter, the reason I even got into journalism was because I was on the ground in Egypt, during the counter revolution in 2013 when you had 30 million Egyptians go to the streets. to remove the Muslim Brotherhood from government and CNN covered the Muslim Brotherhood, the terrorists who were tied to Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations who were committing violence on the street. It was very similar to what happened with BLM here in the United States back in 2020 when you had CNN and you had mainstream media standing in front of burning buildings saying, You know, here's a BLM, you know, protest, but it's mostly peaceful when you had the building burning behind you. Well, that's what I saw when I was on the ground over in the Middle East during the Arab Spring. The mainstream media was completely lying and driving a false narrative. And that false narrative was impacting our policy. That's what the Pentagon watched. That's what members of Congress watched. That's what impacted the Obama administration. Then when they came out and they were going to cut aid to Egypt for removing a terrorist organization who was in power, who was terrorizing and destroying Egypt. And so I saw the impact that media has on our policy. So when I was coming from a policy field heading, you know, I had worked in Congress, I had been on the presidential campaign with Michelle Bachmann during the 2012 presidential election, and coming from that field I saw how much media matters. When you give a false narrative, that is what they use to make their policy. And another perfect example that I went through that same way where they use the media to impact their policy was the Mueller investigation. I worked in the White House. I came in the first day of day one. I worked at the National Security Council. And I remember watching, I was in my office and I remember watching CNN and they said they were launching the special counsel, the Mueller investigation, the special counsel on President Trump and his ties to Russia. And I remember thinking, you know, that Russia, like, you know, obviously that's not gonna have anything to do with me. There's no impact there." Well, I was wrong because the Mueller investigation actually, it really impacted anyone who served on the campaign, anyone who went into the transition team. And when we look back at that, how did the Mueller investigation start? The Mueller investigation started because they were leaking false narratives, false articles in the media. And then what happened? Well, the FBI was the one leaking those articles and then they launched an investigation using those articles. So what's happened today in our culture and Europe and England, all over CNN International, all mainstream media, and you have it just as bad as we have it. And thank you for doing what you do because you're a voice of truth against the mainstream media who's just projecting a false narrative, but that false narrative is actually a political arm of the Democratic Party. That's what's happening. The media has turned into the political arm of the Democratic Party. So they create a narrative, or they follow with a narrative. And so I really was able to see the impact that the mainstream media has on our policy. When I went overseas during the Arab Spring under the Obama administration, I was on the ground in Egypt when you had 30 million Egyptians come out to the streets to call for early elections against the Muslim Brotherhood regime and the Morsi regime, who were tied to Al-Qaeda, who were committing terrorist acts, who were persecuting Christians, who were making women wear the hijab and cut their hair and the Egyptians said we've had enough and well what I saw was CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, all reported completely on the side of the Muslim Brotherhood and they ignored the 30 million Egyptians who were in a line, who stood with American values, like they wanted to have freedom, they wanted to remove a terrorist organizations who we were still at war with, America was still at war with in Afghanistan and Iraq, we were still losing American troops to Al Qaeda-linked terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan, and yet the media was portraying it that it was a military coup, that was not the truth, and that impacted our policy, where then the Biden administration wanted to cut aid to Egypt. That was what was happening, and I saw it on the ground, and I thought that's when I started writing. That's when I started speaking out because I saw the impact that the media has and nobody else was on the ground. No journalists were there. I was the only journalist basically pushing back that was on the ground with real footage with the truth to say this isn't what's happening, this isn't the truth and that's going to impact our policy. And that's what really began my journey where I went from all these different Arab Spring countries to be able to really get on the ground and to be able to really see first-hand what was happening because I saw how important it was because I came from the policy field and I saw that they were watching CNN at the Pentagon, they were watching Al Jazeera at the Pentagon, and that was impacting their policy. And so what I did then after that, because I saw how much it matters for people to see first-hand and get the truth, we had delegations. We sponsored delegation after delegation after delegation that included members of the mainstream media, that included former generals, people that had a voice that they could see for themselves. You see it yourself, and then you go back and you say what you saw. But don't listen to The New York Times, don't listen to The Washington Post. You see it first-hand, because this is going to impact America's national security for, a very long time. And that was prior to the ISIS taking over in the ISIS caliphate that was prior to that the Islamic caliphate that happened in Iraq and Syria. So just imagine if what had happened, if people didn't push back from the Arab Spring. You would have had Egypt fall to the Islamist. You would have had Libya fall. You would have had Syria fall. Tunisia would have fallen So just think of how different that policy would have been had the mainstream media had their way, had the Obama administration had their way. But the point is, is that I've seen it first-hand, the impact, and when I worked for President Trump on the Trump campaign, then following that, my time on the ground with the Arab Spring, I saw the same actors coming against President Trump, and that was before fake news was fake news. So I was calling out fake news before any, before other people were labelling it fake news, and I saw how the New York Times would write about Trump. And I saw how Washington Post would write about Trump and CNN, and that was all new. Like at that time, people didn't quite realize how the media had really turned in to a political arm of the Democratic Party, right? It was, we didn't really tie that together, that it was so strong, because that really happened, I think, under the Obama administration, is when you just had this complete turnover to the Democratic Party. They just used the Democratic Party's talking points. You know, there's really no freedom or liberty within the mainstream media anymore. They basically just go off their political talking points. I think the DNC might just email them their talking points of the day and that's what they use because they all have the same points on every single show. And so that's where I saw like when when the same people were coming after Trump I thought yes he's the right guy, he's the right candidate, and this is the person that I want to support. And then we saw just how fake news completely into the Trump administration, I dealt with it over and over again, the fake news and just how they are, they're so, they're so manipulating the American public. But thank you for doing what you do because you are a voice of truth. And I'm sure that's a similar story with the need for having real, true media. It matters. Oh, it does, and we lack it. The US, I think over there, stateside, you've got much more established alternative media sources. We are still playing catch-up massively. But just to finish off, can I just ask you again on that international side, on that. You've got a grasp of geopolitics of the international side, and we may in the UK mock the Americans for never venturing beyond the borders of the US, not having passports, all of that. And yet, being the world's policeman, although we may mock it, I think in Europe, Europe relies on America being a strong voice of reason because the EU don't have the ability, don't have the capability, don't have the money, don't have the organizational ability, everything. They just don't have it. So the EU, Europe as a whole and the UK look to America for buying that stability and God forbid we have China take that role which looks like what is going to happen and watching the Afghanistan debacle, you kind of shake your head. Where does it leave the U.S. at the moment for being that voice of reason, that moral framework, that world's policeman in effect throughout the world? Well I think Afghanistan is a perfect example right now. I spent time in Afghanistan, I spent time out with the Marines in Helmand province. I've seen, I've have been at the bedside of our troops that have come back into the hospitals. So I've been there, I've seen it. And to see what happened in Afghanistan under this administration is completely treasonous. There was no reason that we needed to abruptly depart Afghanistan the way that we did. No, we should have kept Bagram. I think we basically gave Bagram over an airfield right to China. And it was a very strategic location, Bagram. It's by China. By Iran, it's by Afghanistan. It was a very strategic location for us to have that airfield. And that is something I know that under a Trump administration, that's the difference that you see between these administrations. So the Biden administration completely, that was, it was it was treasonous in my opinion to leave it after all the investment that the United States has done over 20 years and we basically handed it over to China, Russia and Iran. That's where we're seeing it and I think what's happening though is you really have a continuation of the Obama presidency right now in the Biden presidency. So they're continuing and this is according to Obama's own words when President Biden took office in a New York Times article, President Obama said that 90% of the people working for Biden are from his staff, are from his administration, and they're just continuing the policies from the Obama administration. And what you saw under the Obama administration was really a policy of leading from behind. We were showing weakness. We were emboldening our enemies and alienating our allies. And it was like that was the foreign policy that we saw under the Obama administration. And it's the same policies that are being under the Biden administration. And it's not a good time for America when we look at, I mean, it's a hopeful time because I think we're looking at 2024, we have the Republicans in Congress. I think we're seeing, there's a lot of hope. I think we have more religious freedom than we've ever had with some of these Supreme Court cases. Like we have a lot of amazing things happening in our country, but we have a lot of dangerous things as well, especially that's coming in from our southern border. And when you have a weak administration and you're portraying a sense of weakness, look at what happened when Russia invaded Ukraine. That happened immediately when the Biden administration took power. That never would have happened if the Biden administration didn't pull out of Afghanistan and portray a sense of weakness. That's what happened. They showed weakness. Russia took advantage of it and went into Ukraine. And now what are we looking at? We're probably looking at China invading Taiwan. And the next threat that we're going to look at, I believe, is China going to invade Taiwan. And that's going to critically impact the United States at home, it's gonna impact Europe, it's gonna impact the world. But I think that's the threat that we're facing right now, and we're looking at the threat coming in from the southern border. We've seen a 900% increase in Chinese nationals coming through the southern border. That's almost 10,000 Chinese nationals, and a majority of those, out of those almost 10,000, 8,200 of them are Chinese military-aged men. Coming through our southern border just in the last fiscal year. So that's about the last seven months where we used to see very low numbers. We used to be like around, I think, believe years prior, 100, 200, and now we're seeing almost 10,000 in this fiscal year already. And so the threat from China at our southern border is as a big... Cuba, let's look at Cuba, they're building a spy base right now in Cuba, 80 miles away from Florida, where I live right now. So we're seeing this emboldening China right now, and I just don't think that if you don't have a strong defence like Ronald Reagan, right, peace through strength, build a strong military so that you deter your adversaries. And that's not what we're doing, that's not what we're prioritizing. And so when I think when we look at Ukraine right now, you really have China wanting us to be involved in Ukraine because they're going through our supplies or using our resources so that when they can take our eye off the ball of them and focus on Ukraine, and then they'll have an opportunity to invade Taiwan. But it's all because the administration is portraying this sense of weakness. And you can't do that. America is the number one strongest nation in the world, and we cannot portray weakness because when we do, it impacts everybody. And that's where I think you're seeing these other allies, especially our Arab allies, are starting to look under the Obama administration, when we really abandoned them, we abandoned them and they're looking at China and they're looking at Russia. And so we're pushing our allies towards our enemies and that policy is just a trajectory in the wrong direction. And so I'm just really hoping for 2024 and really hoping that we have a new administration to steer us in the right direction. 100% and I got my Trump hat behind me so I've nailed my colours to the mast. Not that it matters, I'm not an American, so I don't have a right to vote. Tera, it's been wonderful having you on. I really appreciate your insights on all of these issues. And I've enjoyed watching you on Frank Gaffney, on War Room with Steve Bannon. Are you going to be on our screens more often then? Well, let's see, I'm not sure.  I hope so. Tera, thank you so much for being with us today. Thank you, Peter. God bless you.  

Tommy Kerley is a former Marine fire support man and Joint Fires Observer (JFO) that served in Iraq with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance and Afghanistan with 1st Battalion 2nd Marines. Tommy also runs the Raise the Black Instagram account that advocates for military mental health. Support the showhttps://patreon.com/formeracti...https://jcramergraphics.comhttps://ANGLICOshop.com Raise the Blackhttps://raisetheblack.live 00:00:00 Intro | Alaska 00:10:06 Joining the Marines 00:18:03 Two Different Marine Corps 00:22:10 Naval Gunfire School 00:26:40 Quality of Training 00:31:02 Marines in Helmand 00:40:57 Corn or Poppy 00:45:49 Dwelling on the War 00:56:12 Claim to Fame 01:07:22 In Afghanistan w/ 1/2 01:14:44 Ambush on Lone Tree Hill 01:26:15 Become the Hunter 01:33:42 Forward Observer Gear on Patrol 01:39:22 GPS Spoofing 01:45:16 A Good Compass 01:52:16 Land Nav is a Requirement 01:56:07 LCpl Lemelle

On this episode on the Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Wes Masters former Royal Army Medical Corps combat medic and recipient of the Military Cross.Wes Masters was awarded the Military Cross by Her Majesty The Queen for his actions on the battlefield in Afghanistan on the 4th of July 2013.The two men were among 12 British soldiers taking part in a pre-dawn raid on the Taliban in their stronghold of Yakshal in Helmand province.Wes ran hundreds of metres across dangerous ground surrounded by Taliban firing points, carrying heavy equipment, in stifling heat to tend to his comrade who had taken a shot in the throat from a Taliban sharp-shooter.  His actions kept the wounded soldier in the fight. That wounded soldier was a sniper, who then went on to have a significant impact on the battle, and undoubtedly preserved the lives of many of his teammates, whilst reducing the threat and capability of the enemy they were fighting.That injured comrade was Simon Moloney, who was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for his actions on that same day. Simon has told his side of the story in a previous episode of the podcast.Support the show - https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=9LG48GC49TW38Website - www.zerolimitspodcast.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/zero.limits.podcast/?hl=en

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Simon Moloney former British Army Household Cavalry Regiment Formation Reconnaissance Sniper.Moloney was serving with the Blues and Royals, part of the Household Cavalry, on his second tour of Afghanistan when he was nearly killed in July 2013 in Helmand province. He was part of a 12 man troop flown into a Taliban stronghold to seek out insurgents. The sniper and a machine gunner positioned themselves on the roof of a building to provide a watch and cover fire. But an enemy sharpshooter picked him out and shot him through the neck. The bullet entered the left side of his neck, missed his trachea and carotid main artery and exited through the right side but luckily a medic was on hand to help Simon. He is now a trustee of the Heads Up charity, an organisation that aims to provide mental health support for UK veterans and Servicemen. It's safe to say Simon is truly inspirational and knows a thing or two about motivation. Listen in for more! Let's GO!Support the show - https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=9LG48GC49TW38Website - www.zerolimitspodcast.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/zero.limits.podcast/?hl=en

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! En este episodio, hemos explorado los conflictos geopolíticos que surgen entre los países por el control de los recursos hídricos. Sin ir más lejos, hace menos de 10 días Irán y Afganistán se han enzarzado en un conflicto fronterizo por el agua del río Helmand. Hemos discutido casos como la cuenca del río Tigris-Éufrates y la cuenca del río Jordán, donde la escasez de agua y la competencia por su acceso han generado tensiones y disputas geopolíticas. También hemos profundizado en la crisis de la Presa del Renacimiento, que enfrenta a Egipto y Etiopía. No nos olvidamos de los ríos Indios como el Brahmaputra en la India o el Mekong en el sudeste asiático, cuyo nacimiento está en el Tíbet y es China quien tiene la llave con su gran red de presas. Mencionamos el problema de la sobreexplotación de los acuíferos del Sahara o el Guaraní. Y explicamos la (falta) de regulación internacional que provoca mayor tensión a los países hidro-dependientes y da mas poder a los que tienen la maneta del grifo. En el tablero de juego mundial, la geo-estrategia de las cuencas hidrográficas tiene más peso que los tanques o los aviones, y una sola presa puede cambiar el curso económico y político de varios países. Esta nueva partida es objeto de la tertulia entre 🌍 María Vázquez, 🌍 Antonio Gómez y 🌍 Dani CarAn. 🌏 EL GRAN JUEGO FANS es un programa de la 🏭 Factoría Casus Belli producido por 🛠 Pod Factory para ⭐️ Casus Belli Podcast. 💥 Si quieres acceder a episodios como estos, 👉 a + de 600 episodios exclusivos de Historia Bélica, 👉 a un nuevo programas CB FANS cada viernes, 👉 a escuchar todos los programas de Casus Belli sin publicidad 👉 y contribuir a que el proyecto continúe, puedes apoyarnos por menos de lo que cuestan dos cafés ☕+☕. ⭐ Casus Belli Podcast pertenece a 🏭 Factoría Casus Belli. ⭐ Casus Belli Podcast forma parte de 📀 Ivoox Originals. 📚 Zeppelin Books zeppelinbooks.com es un sello editorial de la 🏭 Factoría Casus Belli. 👉https://podcastcasusbelli.com 👉En Facebook, nuestra página es @casusbellipodcast https://www.facebook.com/CasusBelliPodcast 👉En Instagram estamos como @casusbellipodcast https://www.instagram.com/casusbellipodcast 👉En Twitter estamos como @casusbellipod @CasusBelliPod 👉Telegram, nuestro canal es @casusbellipodcast https://t.me/casusbellipodcast 👨‍💻Nuestro chat del canal es https://t.me/aviones10 La música aparecida en este episodio lo hacen bajo la licencia privada de Jamendo Music, Epidemic Sound, o licencia global contratada y gestionada por IVOOX (SGAE RRDD/4/1074/1012), para el uso de "música comercial" del repertorio de la Sociedad de Gestión. El resto de música es bajo licencia Creative Commons 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ 🌎 Diseño del logotipo Fabián https://linktr.ee/publicidadfabian publicidadfabian@yahoo.es ¿QUIERES ANUNCIARTE en este Podcast, esponsorizar un episodio o contratar una mini serie? Hazlo a través de 👉 https://www.advoices.com/casus-belli-podcast-historia 📧¿Queréis contarnos algo? También puedes escribirnos a casus.belli.pod@gmail.com Si te ha gustado, y crees que nos lo merecemos, nos sirve mucho que nos des un like, ya que nos da mucha visibilidad. Muchas gracias por escucharnos, y hasta la próxima. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

La scorsa settimana violenti scontri sono scoppiati tra le guardie di frontiera afgane e iraniane. Le cause non sono ancora totalmente chiare, ma gli scontri al confine tra i due paesi sono arrivati dopo che, all'inizio di maggio, il presidente iraniano Ebrahim Raisi ha accusato i Talebani di limitare il flusso d'acqua del fiume Helmand alle regioni orientali dell'Iran, violando in questo modo il trattato del 1973. Ne abbiamo parlato con Pejman Abdolmohammadi, professore di Storia e Politica del Medio Oriente all'Università di Trento.

Nella notte tra il 27 e il 28 maggio almeno tre persone sono state uccise negli scontri scoppiati al confine tra Iran e Afghanistan per l'acqua del fiume Helmand. L''80 percento delle macchine vendute in Norvegia sono elettriche. E il risultato è un'aria più pulita e strade molto più silenziose.Francesca Gnetti, editor di Medio Oriente di InternazionaleJunko Terao, editor di Asia di InternazionaleAlessandro Lubello, editor di economia di InternazionaleVideo Afghanistan: https://twitter.com/IranIntl_En/status/1662489866297389057 Video Novegia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK7vsq3Y3LQ Scrivi a podcast@internazionale.it o manda un vocale a +39 3347063050Consulenza editoriale di Chiara Nielsen.Produzione di Claudio Balboni.Musiche di Tommaso Colliva e Raffaele Scogna.Direzione creativa di Jonathan Zenti.

Helmand River, a critical source of drinking water & irrigation, has been a bone of contention for centuries. Earlier, Tehran had objected to construction of a dam in Afghanistan.  

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This edition features stories on current and upcoming plans to send additional troops to Afghanistan early next year, the grand opening of a coffeehouse and Marines relinquishing responsibility of the Garmsir District in the Helmand province. Hosted by Sgt. Jeremy Ross.

This edition features stories on a sewer treatment plant, extraction training, B-Hut removal, Afghan National Army training and Marines receiving an award.

Please note that this entire episode is available on the public channel. To gain access to all other episodes, please subscribe at https://thevoicesofwar.supercast.com/ ---- Today, I spoke with Robert Hartley, who is a former Australian Army Officer who served for 12 years in the Artillery Corps before transitioning to a civilian career in the technology sector. During his time in the military, Robert deployed on exchange with the British Army on Operation Herrick XII (12) to Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2010. In his civilian life, Robert has worked for a number of technology companies, including Microsoft, before joining a start-up where he is an Executive Director. Robert joins me today to discuss his life in the Army, how his deployment to Helmand resulted in a PTSD diagnosis, as well as his journey to recovery, which includes being part of the ketamine program that I discussed at length with Dr Alex Lim a few episodes ago. Things we covered include: Rob's entry into the Army and the Artillery Corps Rotation into Helmand with the British Army The thrill of preparing for and going to war Use of artillery as a direct-fire weapon The reality of Helmand as the ‘kinetic province' How the local population perceived the Coalition Forces Dealing with numerous casualties Reflecting on mateship, camaraderie, and sense of purpose The process of desensitisation to war and combat Reflection on the burden of command The challenge of preserving one's own moral compass The struggle of upholding the delicate facade of morality in battle The price of extreme compartmentalisation and rationalisation Returning home, signs that things weren't right and asking for help Symptoms, PTSD diagnosis, and importance of command support Short-term fixes but eventual relapse, downward spiral, and continual emotional compartmentalisation The path to recovery and reconnecting to emotions Joining Dr Alex Lim's ketamine program, onboarding, and treatment initiation A reflection on the ketamine treatment, its sensations, experiences, and insights Why ketamine remains contentious How the ketamine treatment affected Rob's relationships with his wife and children Why seeking help matters! During this discussion, we referred to the following previous episodes: Ashley Judd – On combat, mental health and the road to recovery Dr Alex Lim - On veterans' mental health: the good, the bad and the promising Given the nature of this discussion, and the fact that many in our audience are veterans, there is a risk that elements of this episode might be difficult listening for some. If this is the case, I encourage you to seek help through one of the many channels nowadays available, some of which are listed below (Australian audiences only):   All-hours Support Line (1800 628 036 / +612 9425 3878 if O/S)   Open Arms (VVCS) 1800 011 046 https://www.openarms.gov.au/   1800 IMSICK (1800 624 608)   Defence Community Organisation (DCO) Defence Family Helpline 1800 624 608 http://www.defence.gov.au/dco/   Lifeline 13 11 14 https://www.lifeline.org.au   Suicide Call back service 1300 659 467 https://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au   Soldier On 1300 620 380 www.soldieron.org.au

Retired Pararescueman Doug Dicken has given his adult life in service to the Air Force and PJ community. Doug's life was forever changed on June 9th 2010, when he witnessed the crash of Pedro 66, in the Helmand area of Aghanistan.Doug talks us through all the lessons he learned while responding to one of the deadliest crashes the Pararescue and CRO community had seen. Thanks to Doug for having the courage to be open and honest about his struggles with mental health and for sharing his story with us. If you could, please take a moment and remember those we lost in the crash of Pedro 66:Capt. David Wisniewski - 66th Rescue SquadronStaff Sgt. David Smith - 66th Rescue Squadron1st Lt. Joel Gentz - 58th Rescue SquadronTech. Sgt. Michael Flores - 48th Rescue SquadronSenior Airman Benjamin White - 48th Rescue Squadron00:00 The pre-roll of the intro that you need 04:00 Doug's Indoc experiences and pipeline and getting to team13:50 Doug gets his first deployment 30:00 Bad feelings in Afghanistan and Tactical Momentum32:30 The Story of Pedro 6642:30 Doug gets on the ground 51:00 The fog of war58:00 Patients were alive- time to go to work01:03:00 The aftermath 01:09:00 Stories about our friends 01:13:00 Mental Health and struggling with PTSDDon't forget to subscribe to the Podcast on your favorite player! http://bit.ly/2OG2OlfHave a question?  Email us at info@onesready.comFollow us on Instagram http://bit.ly/2OeNoFIAs always, THANK YOU for your support, we truly appreciate it.#pararescue #onesready #mentalhealth Collabs:18A Fitness - Promo Code: 1ReadyAlpha Brew Coffee Company - Promo Code: ONESREADYATAC Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADYCardoMax - Promo Code: ONESREADYEberlestock - Promo Code: OR10Hoist - Promo Code: ONESREADYStrike Force Energy - Promo Code: ONESREADYTrench Coffee Company - Promo Code: ONESREADYGrey Man Gear - Promo Code: ONESREADY

Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai International Airport, or HKIA, was the center of the world's attention following the announcement of America's retrograde from Afghanistan over the course of 2021. The images we saw- desperate civilians throwing children over the wall into the arms of Marines and Airmen. The terrifying images of the aftermath of the attack at Abbey Gate. Videos of desperate Afghanis falling from aircraft in their last ditch attempt to escape the Taliban for anywhere other than Afghanistan. It is a time that has been burned into the brains of all American Service Members. Recently, Congress started hearing some accounts of what happened over the course of those 4 months. From the breakdown in the chain of command to the lack of support, to the tragedy of losing 13 Americans in a mass casualty event- even 2 years later, this event has captivated the hearts, minds and attention of of the American Public. Finally, the Pararescue Team Senior Enlisted Leader, Sean, and Team Sergeant, Chris, are here to tell their story of exactly what happened in the lead up to the event, exactly what happened in the most unsure time in all of the Global War on Terror, and the days and weeks that followed. In the end, 96 Distinguished Flying Crosses were awarded to the pilots, crew chiefs, loadmasters maintaners and support personnel for their support to Operation ALLIES REFUGE. However, the ground team- who were credited with the rescue and movement of tens of thousands of cvilians- recieved far less recognition. At the time of this writing, the highest medal bestowed on the ground team is a Bronze Star with Valor, and only two of them. The struggle continues at the highest levels to recognize their sacrifices appropriately. Thank you doesn't begin to encapsulate how appreciative the Ones Ready team is for Sean and Chris taking this time to highlight just how capable, relevant, valiant and professional the Air Force's Rescue Community is- but thank you is the best we can do, and we mean it sincerely.  What was your favorite part of the podcast? Drop them in the comments! 00:00 Greymangear.com and Eberlestock.com04:40 Intros and Welcome 08:07 Lead up to HKIA from Chris 15:30 Kunduz, Helmand and Impending doom 18:30 Who do you call when no one is there?23:45 July JTE 29:30 Getting the HKIA mission and Relationships matter 38:45 After the JTE 51:20 Start of NEO and Buying Local Bikes 1:04:00 The start of Alamo Planning 1:10:00 The first PR incident 1:20:00 Kabul has fallen and August 13th on 1:27:30 HKIA is Breached 1:37:00 See work, do work- outside the wire 1:46:00 Aaron ruins the best story with short jokes and makes Sean mad 1:53:00 Saving lives from texts and non-standard PR2:03:00 Trust and intimacy on the teams 2:09:00 Rescue of Aria, relationships, and Abbey Gare 2:17:30 Abbey gate, cracks in the foundation, and losing Max 2:31:30 Moving on and finding the exit 2:43:00 Fighting for RecoCollabs:18A Fitness - Promo Code: 1ReadyAlpha Brew Coffee Company - Promo Code: ONESREADYATAC Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADYCardoMax - Promo Code: ONESREADYEberlestock - Promo Code: OR10Hoist - Promo Code: ONESREADYStrike Force Energy - Promo Code: ONESREADYTrench Coffee Company - Promo Code: ONESREADYGrey Man Gear - Promo Code: ONESREADY

On this episode we discuss Helmand, what things were like on the ground for the Marines, and other military stuff with Andrew Dyer. Andrew was with the USMC as they worked to secure Helmand from 2010-2012. _________________________________________ Where to Listen:Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9 Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/37UuZXQ Stitcher: https://bit.ly/3AQNadj  iHeart Radio: https://bit.ly/3y0Vfdw TuneIn: https://bit.ly/2W1VEPN Buzzsprout: https://bit.ly/37PIdoy  Be sure to like, follow, subscribe, rate, review, and share wherever you listen to our podcast. New episodes of The Boardwalk are published every Saturday morning.  Our Social Media Sites:Instagram: @theboardwalkpodcast Facebook: @TheBoardwalkPodcastTwitter: @theboardwalkpod You can also reach us by email at: theboardwalkpodcast@gmail.com  The views expressed by the hosts and guests of this podcast do not represent the views of the United States Government or the United States Department of Defense.   #afghanistan #nato #taliban #kandahar #kabul #oef #waronterror #isaf #theboardwalk #theboardwalkpodcast #militaryintelligence #andsf #helmand #bagram #balkh #mazari #panjshir #northernalliance #resistance #massoud 

SKIP TO 00:17:40 TO GET TO THE EPISODE Episode 133: The Haunting of OP Rock and The Ghosts of the War in Afghanistan Since the time of Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan, empires have routinely set up shop in Afghanistan before inevitably collapsing, one after the other. Following 9/11, President Bush declared a “War on Terror” that would launch the United States into 20 years of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2009 following President Obama's decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to the country, members of the marines and the army began experiencing strange paranormal occurrences - especially in the Afghan province of Helmand. Perhaps the best illustration of these supernatural happenings is in the story of OP Rock: a military observation post first occupied by the Welsh Guard before being taken over by the Marines. This episode explores the testimony of several soldiers in Afghanistan during the period of 2009 - 2011 and the ghostly lights, apparitions, disembodied voices, and hallucinations they encountered. Thank you very much to all the men and women who agreed to be interviewed for this episode. We appreciate you all so much and we believe you! This episode is sponsored! Buy Manscaped products: https://www.manscaped.com & use code “LETSGETHAUNTED” for 20% off + free shipping. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 - INTRO & DONORS 00:13:20 - MANSCAPED AD 00:17:40 - PART I: THE HEART OF ASIA 00:38:00 - PART II: AFGHANISTAN IN THE MODERN ERA 01:01:00 - PART III: OP ROCK 02:20:00 - PART IV: KEY INTERVIEW CLIPS 02:47:40 - PART V: THE THEORIES Please reach out to Matt Parks to let him know that you listened to his interview this episode! Matt's Instagram (which he created just to interact with our show) is: @festergibs_00, link: https://instagram.com/festergibs_00?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Matt's YouTube channel is: https://www.youtube.com/@sirparksalot2461 —— Other Important Stuff: WE ARE STARTING A PATREON!!! STAY TUNED!! http://patreon.com/letsgethaunted Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com Donate to our stupid show: https://ko-fi.com/dogmomusa Check out the photo dump for this week's episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted Send us fan mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: LetsGetHauntedPod@gmail.com —— BACKGROUND MUSIC - “Aftermath” by Kevin MacLeod found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJApqlWZTHo - “Abyss” by Myuu, link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XmKYYm1Elw

Steve Callahan is a writer, a poet and a former Marine infantryman. Bursting with creative efforts, Steve runs a poetry site, podcast, and is heavily involved in PB Abbate. As someone who separated from the Corps this past February, Steve's writing about the Marines, his deployment to Helmand and the psychological peaks and valleys of an infantryman's life feels very fresh and relevant. In fact, I find that Steve writes about the Marines in a very post-breakup sort of way – a kind of writing loaded with raw, tender-to-the-touch emotions. This is somewhat by design. Steve was a writer from an early age. Much like Jack Kerouac or George Orwell, Steve felt an innate compulsion to shuck the comfortable malaise of young writer for the constant discontent of an adventurer. In Steve's case, that meant joining the Marine Corps. After a somewhat fulfilling, somewhat demoralizing six year stint, Steve now finds himself tackling his novel, his poetry and short stories with a renewed perspective and a greater understanding of humanity at the extremes. This was an incredibly enjoyable chat with a true artist whose stroll down a warrior's path has left him a far more interesting writer and thinker.

Today we hear our first Combat Story from a former Marine Corps Infantry Officer turned Civil Affairs Officer Frank “Gus” Biggio. Gus has a very unusual history in that he served his initial five years in the Marine Corps pre-9/11 and then got out to begin a very promising and successful career as an attorney.   Join our Patreon community for additional content at https://www.patreon.com/combatstory   In the years following 9/11, however, Gus felt the need to return to service and support the war effort. So rather than hold onto a profitable and cushy corporate career, Gus did what many of dream of doing and went back in.    He deployed in 2009 as a Civil Affairs officer which you can think of as a local mayor or governor of a particular area - in his case Nawa - where he settled local disputes, funded development efforts, compensated families for losses as a result of the war and far more. This required significant time outside the wire and in harm's way.    Do not be fooled into thinking that this is an administrative role. I spoke to now Sergeant Major David Wilson who led the patrols that protected Gus as he moved around the battlespace and he confirmed that it was anything but quiet and that Gus shifted the balance of power locally, driving significant counterinsurgency wins.   Gus chronicled his experience and the service of his fellow Marines in the book ‘The Wolves of Helmand: A View from Inside the Den of Modern War' (which is a great read) and is now directing proceeds to a charitable cause supporting efforts in Ukraine.   This is a wide-ranging discussion with the laughs, heartache and nostalgia of someone who gave up everything (including missing the birth of his second child) to be downrange with his fellow Marines and I hope you enjoy his Combat Story as much as I did.   #marines #veteran #helmand #army    Find Gus Online:  The Wolves of Helmand website https://wolvesofhelmand.com/   Show Notes:  0:00 - Intro  0:34 - Guest Introduction (Frank “Gus” Biggio)  2:43 - Interview begins  5:31 - Growing up, military family, and being a hell raiser  7:04 - Why Marines and the influential  people at that time  15:04 - Feeling like he's missing his big war, about Marines, and choosing to walk away   17:45 - Successful career as a civilian and the impact of 9/11  21:30 - Choosing to go back into the Marines in Civil Affairs unit  30:56 - What Civil Affairs is and the mission set  33:22 - Context for  Operation Khanjar a.k.a. Operation Strike of the Sword  39:25 - Combat Story -  first kinetic engagement in Afghanistan as a passenger in a helicopter  43:35 -  Combat Story - first outside the wire engagement on the ground getting shot at including with RPG  52:18 - The conversations leaving law firm to go to Afghanistan   55:23 - Why he kept a journal  57:03 -Civil Affairs operations and how he sees his role supporting the Battalion  1:02:09 - Story of settling a land dispute local farmers  1:05:53 - Using a Polaroid camera as an icebreaker in Afghanistan  1:09:04 - Funny and surreal story of getting paid in watermelons  1:14:09 - Story of a moral failure and how it changed his approach to future engagements  1:23:52 - Still wanting to do more after leaving a second time  1:34:56 - Story of where the name of the book ‘The Wolves of Helmand” comes from  1:38:46 - What did you carry into combat? 1:42:20  - Would you do it again?  1:46:48 - Listener comments and shout outs    This video covers the following subjects:   - US Marine Corps - Marine Corps Infantry & Civil Affairs  - The Wolves of Helmand  - Frank “Gus” Biggio   Frank (“Gus”) Biggio served on active duty in the United States Marine Corps from mid-1993 until December 1997 after graduating from Denison University. He then returned to his native Ohio where he earned a law degree from Case Western Reserve University, then worked in jobs in finance and law in New York City and Washington, DC, picking up a degree from Georgetown University along the way. Nearly ten years after first leaving the service, he rejoined the Marine Corps in October 2007. With his country at war, the same itch that drove him to volunteer in the 1990s drove his desire to serve again. His writing about the military and politics has appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Washington Post, Weekly Standard, and the online journal, War on the Rocks. The Wolves of Helmand is his first book. Through his work, he spends his time between Switzerland and Washington, DC, but has always called Ohio home.    If you would like to learn more about Civil Affairs Officer, Frank “Gus” Biggio I suggest you look into our various other video clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCyApoJr-mNmdMNwdk22xEQ _________________________ Have I responded to all of your questions about Civil Affairs Officer, Frank “Gus” Biggio? Possibly you wish to comment below and let me understand what I can help you with or information on Civil Affairs Officer, Frank “Gus” Biggio.

One year ago today, Kabul fell to the Taliban, ending two decades of war and U.S. occupation. Today on Post Reports, we take you to Afghanistan's Helmand province, where a year of peace hasn't healed old wounds or brought new opportunities.Read more:When the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan last summer and U.S. forces began a chaotic exit, the world watched in horror as people flooded the airport in Kabul, desperate to escape Taliban rule. But far from the capital city, in Helmand province, the news of Taliban victory was met with joy and relief. Helmand was home to some of the most gruesome fighting during the war, and people were ready for peace. Kabul bureau chief Susannah George reports on what life is like there now. At schools, markets, courts and health clinics, a degree of normalcy has returned to daily life – but the year has exposed the depths of Afghanistan's trauma and laid bare the shortcomings of the Taliban government.