Podcasts about McChrystal

In this episode of The Mentors Radio, host Dan Hesse talks with General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Army General (Ret.), Commander of U.S. and International Forces in Afghanistan, Leader of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), co-founder and CEO of McChrystal Group, and noted, best-selling author of several books. A one-of-a-kind leader with a new perspective on collaboration and teamwork, General Stan McChrystal is known for helping organizations tap into the potential of their people to better compete in a complex and interconnected world. Following thirty-four years of service in the U.S. Army—including as commander of U.S. and International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) Afghanistan and commander of the nation's premier counter-terrorism force— General McChrystal delivers his unique blend of on-the- ground experience with decades of leadership to provide practical insight and wisdom to help organizations transform and succeed in challenging, dynamic environments. General McChrystal now leads the McChrystal Group as its founder and CEO, which helps organizations of all types transform how their people, processes, and technology work together to unlock greater speed and adaptability. As the author of several best-selling books, General McChrystal latest examines the character of leaders and what makes someone who they are and, importantly, how they will be remembered. SHOW NOTES: GENERAL STANLEY "STAN" McCHRYSTAL, General Ret., U.S. Army: BIO: https://leadershipheights.org/speaker-series/stanley-mcchrystal/ https://www.boldbusiness.com/human-achievement/stanley-mcchrystal-founder-mcchrystal-group-bold-leader/ BOOKS: NEWEST BOOK: On Character: Choices that Define a Life, by General Stanley McChrystal My Share of the Task: A Memoir, by General Stanley McChrystal Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, by General Stanley McChrystal Leaders: Myth and Reality, by General Stanley McChrystal Risk: A User's Guide, by General Stanley McChrystal WEBSITE: McChrystal Group

General Stanley McChrystal was the top commander of American and international forces in Afghanistan in 2009 when his career was cut short. McChrystal resigned after an article in Rolling Stone quoted him and his aides making candid yet disparaging remarks about President Obama and Vice President Biden. He joined Amna Nawaz to discuss his new book, “On Character: Choices that Define a Life.” PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Amid polarization, AI disruption, and eroding trust in institutions, retired four-star general, Stanley McChrystal, argues that what leaders need now more than ever, is character. Head of the business consulting firm McChrystal Group, Gen. McChrystal returns to Rapid Response to discuss his new book on the subject of character. From AI ethics and modern warfare to hot-button issues like Signalgate and transgender service in the military, McChrystal explains why character is the foundation of lasting leadership. Drawing from decades of experience, he urges today's leaders to start standing up for what matters and “be not afraid”. More details about On Character: Choices that Define a Life here.Visit the Rapid Response website here: https://www.rapidresponseshow.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Amid polarization, AI disruption, and eroding trust in institutions, retired four-star general, Stanley McChrystal, argues that what leaders need now more than ever, is character. Head of the business consulting firm McChrystal Group, Gen. McChrystal returns to Rapid Response to discuss his new book on the subject of character. From AI ethics and modern warfare to hot-button issues like Signalgate and transgender service in the military, McChrystal explains why character is the foundation of lasting leadership. Drawing from decades of experience, he urges today's leaders to start standing up for what matters and “be not afraid”.Visit the Rapid Response website here: https://www.rapidresponseshow.com/More details about On Character: Choices that Define a Life here.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

During this episode, Pastor Alex has a conversation about our military with Colonel Scott McChrystal. Colonel McChrystal is a real American hero who served 34 years in our military and is a Vietnam War veteran. He also served as a chaplain and taught our cadets at Westpoint during 9/11. He has several kids who serve as well as his brother, General Stanley McChrystal. During this episode, Pastor Alex has Colonel McChrystal weigh in on a wide variety of topics concerning the military including, the state of our military under this Presidential transition, our military readiness, as well as the WOKE leaders and how prepared we are for global conflicts. This episode is all about the military. Alex Bryant Ministries is focused on helping people be reconciled to God, then within one's own self, and finally being reconciled to our fellow man in order to become disciples. Connect with us and our resources:    Our books - Let's Start Again & Man UP    More about us    Follow us on Facebook or Instagram

The Democrats and Republicans are attacking each other on a daily basis. The presidential race is at a fever pitch. And 82% of all new voter registrations are independents. And as both sides try to court the undecideds and pander to their bases, we've been busy introducing you to America's next generation of leaders. Independent leaders that stand on their own, in service of their communities. America, meet Travis Endicott, independent veteran candidate for Mayor of Ridgecrest, California. Travis is a brilliant Army vet with multiple degrees, a PhD and two Masters. He works at a top secret lab in the kind of job you can't really talk about. But the stuff he works on gets confused for alien spaceships—and we think that sounds really, really cool. But he also is a man that cares. And when he heard about a new surveillance system the local police was deploying in his town, he decided to stand up and do something about it. And run for Mayor. It's the kind of drive we love to see and the kind of candidate we love to stand behind.  And this episode is packed with all of the latest headlines. Your host Paul Rieckhoff breaks down all of the latest news from Ukraine, the Iranian attacks on Israel, the VP debate, Trump's asinine comments about wounded troops, NYC Mayor Eric Adams and more. The weather might be cooling down, but the world is heating up. And while the cable stations are busy fighting over what happened, we're focused on what's next. Every episode of Independent Americans is independent light to contrast the heat of other politics and news shows. It's content for the 51% of Americans that now call themselves independent. Always with a unique focus on national security, foreign affairs and military and vets issues. This is another pod to help you stay vigilant. Because vigilance is the price of democracy. In these trying times especially, Independent Americans is your trusted place for independent news, politics and inspiration.  -Get extra content, connect with guests, events, merch discounts and support this show that speaks truth to power by joining us on Patreon.  -Check #LookForTheHelpers on Twitter. And share yours.  -Learn more and support Travis Endicott's campaign here.  -Watch Paul and Travis' conversation on YouTube here.  -Learn more about Independent Veterans of America's new candidate endorsements.  -Find us on social media or www.IndependentAmericans.us. -Hear other Righteous pods like The Firefighters Podcast with Rob Serra, Uncle Montel - The OG of Weed and B Dorm.  Independent Americans is powered by Righteous Media. America's new independent and veteran-owned media company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Retired Army Colonel Scott McChrystal joined Newstalk KZRG to discuss Veteran mental health and suicide. Join Ted and Steve for the KZRG Morning Newswatch!

CTO Series: Andrea Goulet On How To Lead with Empathy in Software Development In this special BONUS episode of the CTO Series, Andrea Goulet, an innovative software executive, shares her mission to change the tech industry by making empathy a core technical skill. Andrea's insights reveal how empathy can transform leadership, foster collaboration, and drive success in software development. Through personal stories and practical tips, she illustrates the power of empathy in navigating complex challenges, from aligning mental models to enhancing communication between teams and leaders. Defining Leadership Through Empathy "Empathy isn't just credible in the software industry; it's crucial for innovation and collaboration." Andrea reflects on her journey from a communications background where psychology played a pivotal role, to becoming a software executive who champions empathy. Despite initial skepticism from industry consultants, Andrea stuck to her belief that empathy was essential for success in tech. She shares a transformative experience with Scott Hanselman that highlighted the importance of understanding mental models and developing new communication strategies. This experience solidified her approach to leadership, emphasizing empathy as a vital skill for effective collaboration. "Pause, reappraise, and think before you act – empathy in action is the key to navigating complex interactions in tech." Enhancing Team Dynamics Through Empathy "Developers can be as empathic as business leaders, breaking down traditional communication barriers." Andrea delves into the importance of empathy between teams and their leaders, particularly when dealing with mismatched mental models. She discusses the protocols she has developed based on real-life situations, which prioritize empathy in decision-making and feedback processes. By advocating for her team members and facilitating conversations between executives and developers, Andrea demonstrates how empathy can lead to more effective problem-solving and collaboration. "Facilitate conversations that shift from confrontation to collaboration – empathy is the bridge to solving shared problems." Bridging Communication Gaps in Agile Environments "The communication infrastructure is the 'plumbing' that allows information to flow seamlessly across your organization." Andrea explains how the book Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal influenced her understanding of agile methodologies. Struggling with the lingo of Agile, she found clarity in McChrystal's discussion of complex systems and the importance of managing interdependencies. Andrea emphasizes the need for a robust communication infrastructure to ensure that information flows freely within an organization, enabling teams to respond quickly to changing circumstances and align their efforts with broader business goals. "Build communication loops that enable agility – the right infrastructure supports the flow of information and decision-making." [IMAGE HERE] Do you wish you had decades of experience? Learn from the Best Scrum Masters In The World, Today! The Tips from the Trenches - Scrum Master edition audiobook includes hours of audio interviews with SM's that have decades of experience: from Mike Cohn to Linda Rising, Christopher Avery, and many more. Super-experienced Scrum Masters share their hard-earned lessons with you. Learn those today, make your teams awesome!   About Andrea Goulet Andrea Goulet is on a mission to change the way the world thinks about empathy by leading a scientific revolution and making empathy a core technical skill for all technologists. She is a sought-after international keynote speaker, experienced software entrepreneur, and award-winning industry leader. Her expertise centers on using empathy and effective communication to modernize legacy and mission-critical software systems. Andrea has taught over 75,000 students through her online courses on empathy and communication. She is the author of the forthcoming book, Empathy-Driven Software Development, and the founder of Empathy in Tech and Legacy Code Rocks, two online communities where code and compassion connect. You can link with Andrea Goulet on LinkedIn.

Risk is a mathematical equation—one we can all learn. General Stanley McChrystal explains how. Up Next ► Nuclear catastrophe: how much risk are you willing to accept?   • Nuclear Catastrophe: How Much Risk ar...   Crises are often predictable, even though we cannot know in advance the exact time or form they will take. 9/11, the 2008 financial crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic were all — to some extent — foreseeable. So, why do governments drop the ball so often? We need to improve our capacity to predict risk and to become resilient to it. To learn even more from the world's biggest thinkers, get Big Think+ for your business: https://bigthink.com/plus/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Stanley Allen McChrystal: Stanley Allen McChrystal is a retired United States Army general, described by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates as, "perhaps the finest warrior and leader of men in combat I (have) ever met." His last assignment was as Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A). He previously served as Director, Joint Staff from August 2008 to June 2009 and as Commander, Joint Special Operations Command from 2003 to 2008. McChrystal was reportedly known for saying and thinking what other military leaders were afraid to; this was one of the reasons cited for his appointment to lead all forces in Afghanistan. He held the post from June 15, 2009, to June 23, 2010. McChrystal has since joined the Yale University faculty, teaching courses in International Relations. His latest book is Team of Teams. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen in as Jan Rutherford shares leadership insights from his new book, Becoming a Self-Reliant Leader. What does grit have to do with leadership? Leaders must be willing to give up control. https://buildcs.net https://selfreliantleadership.com Amazon.com: Becoming a Self-Reliant Leader: How Grit and Disciplined Duty Forge Indomitable Teams eBook : Rutherford, Jan, Jordan, Jacquie, McChrystal, Stanley A.: Kindle Store

Many leaders believe this is the key to becoming fully immune to all future risks—but evading risk forever is just unrealistic. Risk plays a big part in commercial real estate. To thrive, it's crucial to adopt a proactive approach to manage risks effectively. So how can commercial real estate investors thrive in a time of such incredible volatility, change and blindness? How do we thrive amid constant uncertainty and exposure to risk? On this new episode of the AFIRE Podcast, AFIRE CEO Gunnar Branson sits down with General Stan McChrystal (Ret.), CEO and Chairman of the McChrystal Group, to discuss the risks facing investors during this time of heightened uncertainty in commercial real estate. As a retired four-star general in the US Army, General McChrystal translates his military training to educate leaders in commercial real estate on how to employ a proactive approach to managing risks instead of steering clear of possible failures. There's this “unwillingness to be realistic about risk,” says McChrystal. “As a consequence, when you try to mitigate risk to zero, it takes so long that you've priced yourself out of the option.” In this riveting conversation about risk, General McChrystal walks us through what's considered effective communication, how avoiding mistakes amounts to the first blunder, and how to fight back against our inclination to avoid risk. https://www.afire.org/podcast/202403cast

"Larpers" overview of the new Q echo chamber and their narratives encroaching on everyone from everywhere, Victor Davis Hanson piece on Trump, DJT in public vs Biden in public, Jack Singlaub's past connections, McChrystal and the history of JSOC, "Defeat" disinfo counters Trump's resurge and messaging, Parkland connection to Israel/Stone, narratives will intensify, and much more...

In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Dan Hesse talks with General (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal about his career, leadership, building teams, risk response and more. A one-of-a-kind commander with a new perspective on organizational dynamics, Ret. General Stan McChrystal is known for helping elite teams tap into the potential of their people to better compete in a complex and interconnected world. Few can speak about leadership, teamwork, technology and international affairs with as much insight can he. Ret. General McChrystal is the former Commander of U.S. and International Forces in Afghanistan, former leader of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and co-founder of The McChrystal Group. His exceptional and innovative understanding of organizational dynamics has led to remarkable achievements in both military and business applications. McChrystal is the author of several best-selling books on leadership, building teams, engagement and risk management. After retiring from the U.S. Army as a four-star general, General McChrystal turned his expertise to the business world. He is the Founder and CEO of the McChrystal Group, which helps Fortune 500 Companies strike the right balance between hierarchical and decentralized team mindsets and structures. He and his firm focus on the power of network analysis and machine learning to strengthen how companies connect, internally and externally. As the author of several best-selling management books, General McChrystal offers a battle-tested system for detecting and responding to risk. Listen to episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. BE SURE TO LEAVE US A GREAT REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share with friends and colleagues! SHOW NOTES: GENERAL (RET.) STANLEY A. MCCHRYSTAL: BIO: https://www.mcchrystalgroup.com/people/stan-mcchrystal/ BOOKS: My Share of the Task: A Memoir, by Stanley McChrystal Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, by Stanley McChrystal Leaders: Myth and Reality, by Stanley McChrystal Risk: A User's Guide, by Stanley McChrystal WEBSITE: www.mcchrystalgroup.com/

O livro "Time de Times", de Stanley McChrystal, surge como um manifesto para liderança em tempos de incerteza. Neste episódio do 'Analogias Atômicas', revelamos como este pensamento sofisticado pode ser a chave para a transformação não apenas de organizações, mas também de mentalidades. Junte-se a nós enquanto desvendamos as estratégias que permitiram a McChrystal converter adversidades em vantagens, aplicáveis desde a guerra ao terror até a gestão de uma startup. Acompanhe-nos para entender como a filosofia de "Time de Times" desafia estruturas convencionais e encoraja uma sinergia dinâmica entre autonomia e colaboração. Este episódio vai além de ser um simples guia; é uma imersão em casos práticos que inspiram e instruem líderes a prosperar na volatilidade. Descubra mais no ResumoCast Ventures, acessível no YouTube, Spotify e outras plataformas de podcast. Mergulhe em nosso ecossistema repleto de inovações e oportunidades em ResumoCast.com.br. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/resumocast/message

Chapter 1 Dissect the inner meaning of Team of Teams"Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World" is a book written by General Stanley McChrystal, along with Tantum Collins, David Silverman, and Chris Fussell. It explores the changing nature of warfare and leadership in the 21st century, with a focus on the need for organizational agility and adaptability.In the book, McChrystal draws from his experience as the commander of the Joint Special Operations Task Force in Iraq during the Iraq War. He highlights how the traditional hierarchical approach to leadership and decision-making was inadequate in dealing with the complexity and speed of operations in a rapidly changing environment.McChrystal argues that the conventional "silos" of departments and organizations hinder effective collaboration and information sharing. He proposes a model of a "team of teams," where different units and organizations work together seamlessly to achieve a common goal. This approach emphasizes transparency, decentralized decision-making, and a culture of trust and shared consciousness.Through compelling anecdotes and examples, McChrystal offers insights into the challenges faced by organizations in today's interconnected world and provides practical advice on how to foster a more effective, agile, and adaptable team. He emphasizes the importance of communication, trust, and empowering individuals to make decisions, while also encouraging leaders to relinquish control and embrace a more decentralized approach."Team of Teams" offers lessons not only for the military but also for businesses, governments, and organizations operating in complex environments. It provides valuable insights on how to navigate and thrive in a rapidly changing world, where interconnectedness and adaptability are crucial for success.Chapter 2 Does Team of Teams A Good Book deserve a Read?"Team of Teams" is a book that explores the transformation of traditional organizational structures into more adaptable, agile teams. The book draws on the author's experience as a senior military leader during the Iraq War, and it discusses the challenges faced by modern organizations in complex and rapidly changing environments.Many readers and reviewers have found the book to be informative and thought-provoking. It offers insights on leadership, collaboration, and the importance of information sharing in overcoming complex challenges. Some readers have praised the book for its practical advice on how to create a more effective and dynamic team culture.However, it's important to note that the book's relevance might vary depending on your specific interests and needs. If you are interested in leadership, organizational change, or military strategies, "Team of Teams" may provide valuable insights. However, if these topics are not of interest to you, you may find the book less engaging.To get a better understanding of whether the book is a good fit for you, you can consider reading reviews, summaries, or excerpts available online. Additionally, consulting with individuals who have read the book or checking the book's ratings on platforms like Goodreads could also help you assess its suitability.Chapter 3 Synopsis of Team of Teams "Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World" is a book written by General Stanley McChrystal, along with David Silverman, Chris Fussell, and Tantum Collins. It explores the challenges faced by organizations in today's complex and interconnected world and proposes a new approach to leadership.In the book, McChrystal reflects on his experience as the commander of Joint...

Ever daydreamed about quitting your job in dramatic fashion? Well in June 2010 General McChrystal gave us all a lesson in how to leave in style - getting himself sacked from a job I think we can all agree sounds pretty tough - Afghan war commander. Here I am with John Oliver in Bugle issue 120.Hear more of our shows, buy our book, and donate here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

Carter Malkasian, chair of the Defense Analysis Department at the Naval Postgraduate School and contributor to New Makers of Modern Strategy, joins the show to talk about counterterrorism and counterinsurgency since 9/11. ▪️ Times      •    01:39 Introduction      •    02:01 From academia to Garmsir      •    03:48 Center for Naval Analysis      •    05:45 Two faces of the same coin     •    08:51 Counterterrorism vs counterinsurgency      •    13:00 McChrystal and Petraeus     •    16:29 Types of insurgency      •    20:34 The Sunni Awakening and the Surge     •    24:32 Two different wars     •    30:51 Gilding the lily      •    37:46 The Obama Administration     •    41:42 ISIS     •    44:45 Withdrawal deadline Follow along on Instagram

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This edition features stories on Gen. McChrystal's reaction to President Obama sending in 30,000 troops to Afghanistan and the training of Afghan national police on Humvee driving and maneuvering training. Hosted by Senior Airman Jarid Watson.

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Text Hawk to 66866 to become part of "Mindful Monday." Join 10's of thousands of your fellow learning leaders and receive a carefully curated email from me each Monday morning to help you start your week off right... Full show notes at www.LearningLeader.com Twitter/IG: @RyanHawk12   https://twitter.com/RyanHawk12 The Learning Leader Show was first published on April 9, 2015. TODAY marks the show's 8th birthday! To celebrate, I kick off the episode by sharing some key learnings I've gathered over the past 8 years... And then I answer YOUR questions and did a full AMA (Ask Me Anything). If you'd like me to do more AMAs, send me an email: Ryan (at) LearningLeader dot com Here are some key things I've learned after publishing The Learning Leader Show for 8 years... Consistency > Intensity. Showing up to do the work (prep) each day is key. Become part of your routine as a listener. Consistency builds trust. You know you're going to have a new show for your Monday morning walk or commute. Following your genuine curiosity is attractive. This parasocial relationship is built because as the listener you know I'm following what I'm actually curious about. I own guest selection 100%. They are all my call and my call alone. I only choose guests that I'm deeply curious about. The curiosity-judgemental spectrum. Talking with more people with a wide range of life experiences has helped me view the world from their eyes and be less judgemental. All the way back to episode 3 with Maurice Clarett. Approach people with curiosity, not judgment. The prep works as a forcing function to learn. Same with mindful Monday. I have systems in place to ensure I'm getting a little bit wiser each day. And that learning compounds over time. Create forcing functions on your life to intentionally get better. Don't just wander from meeting to meeting each week. What are you doing to ensure your learning is compounding? The Charlie Munger quote; go to bed a little wiser than when you woke up. I try to live by that. Relationships with your heroes: General McChrystal. Pat Lencioni. So many others. Being pleasant to work with. Showing up prepared. Being grateful. Following up. All of that has helped me build real relationships with people I admire. The McChrystal trip to Gettysburg. Forewords to books. McChrystal and Lencioni. Dan Pink. The Kat Cole ATL show. Adam Grant. Ryan Holiday. Relationships with listeners. Some amazing friendships have been formed and fostered because of this podcast. So many of my Learning Leader Circle members. Technically they are clients of mine, but lots of them have become genuine friends for life. Communication skill - LISTENING. Thinking. Speaking, Writing. All have improved. Earned the opportunity to speak on hundreds of stages all over the world. Publish books. Meet fascinating people. Listener AMA: Learn 2 Cope (Instagram) – What was the biggest struggle you had transitioning to life after sports? Kevin Janiec (Instagram) – How do you and Miranda balance and align your competing priorities? Samantha Phillips (LinkedIn), Sales Manager at Insight Global – 1. What is 1 of your champagne toasts? (Victory Shot toast) 2. Who is 1 person you have not yet had on your show that you'd like to? Aaron Arnston (LinkedIn) - Congratulations, Ryan!  Truly blazing a trail, we'll done! You have interviewed hundreds of guests and I have liked every show, can't recall one, not one, show I didn't like...have you ever interviewed guests that didn't make the cut or do you have a filtering process prior to the show that helps with this? Noah Vasilj (Mindful Monday email response): My question is a “3 parter”: What is your favorite part of your job? Do you generally enjoy/love what you do? What keeps you interested and going on the days when you are not at 100%? Brian Causer (Twitter) — Congrats! Love the show, Ryan. One of my top podcasts and I listen weekly. Maybe have two questions... How do you choose your guests? Referral? Follow your curiosity? Also, what is one question you wish someone would ask you that nobody has asked you before? The Greek In The Kitchen (Instagram) — Who is the guest you think about most or has had the most influence on you? Denise Kollias (LinkedIn) Hi! Congratulation! I have been listening to your podcast since 2017 and it has been a Godsend. It has taught me so much and I appreciate all your hard work to continually bring insightful conversations on leadership. My question is what episodes were your favorite to record or the top 5 that you recommend with the greatest impact to help people grow or push through? JP Botero (Instagram) - After 8 years of experience, what would you recommend to the Ryan thinking of creating The Learning Leader Show? Aaron Campbell – After 8 years of exploration along a central theme, how would you finish this sentence: “A great leader is….”

Credit Suisse gets a lifeline! CNBC's Geoff Cutmore reports on the Swiss Central Bank's backstop for banking contagion, and CNBC's Steve Liesman explores how this week of financial instability affects the chances of another immediate rate hike from the Federal Reserve. Today's podcast further investigates the shockwaves from the Silicon Valley and Signature bank collapses, first with the congressman who represents Silicon Valley itself: Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA). Rep. Khanna argues for more banking regulation and considers the culture that could have pushed these banks to the brink. Former 4 star General Stanley McChrystal also unpacks the fallout; in his current role as a CEO consultant, Gen. McChrystal says, the best crisis response is drafted before a crisis even hits. Plus, the US government is threatening action against TikTok, and Virgin Orbit is coming back to earth, and its staff–and stock–are taking a hit.  In this episode:Ro Khanna, @RepRoKhannaAndrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkinKelly Evans, @KellyCNBCSteve Liesman, @steveliesmanGeoff Cutmore, @GeoffCutmoreKlaire Odumody, @klairemarie

On this West Virginia Morning, the Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) is now working to implement recommendations from the independent McChrystal analysis group to improve internal communications and client outcomes. Government Reporter Randy Yohe spoke with DHHR Cabinet Secretary Bill Crouch on the progress so far. The post Drug Courts And An Update On DHHR's Reorganization, This West Virginia Morning appeared first on West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

On this West Virginia Morning, the Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) is now working to implement recommendations from the independent McChrystal analysis group to improve internal communications and client outcomes. Government Reporter Randy Yohe spoke with DHHR Cabinet Secretary Bill Crouch on the progress so far.

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In this episode, Darren follows up on yesterday's episode on the divide between talking and listening. He shares insights from an interview with esteemed United States Army general Stanley McChrystal. In that interview, McChrystal explained that modern leadership is no longer command and control but about cultivating and coordinating the capabilities of others.  Get more personal mentoring from Darren each day. Go to DarrenDaily at http://darrendaily.com/join to learn more.

Cofounder and owner of The Billions Institute, LLC Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #179 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Becky Margiotta. She is the author of the book, Impact with Integrity: Repairing the World Without Breaking Yourself, a cofounder and owner of The Billions Institute, LLC, and the host of the Unleashing Social Change Podcast. In this episode, Becky tells her favorite mistake story about thinking she would get an “A” for effort when working toward a bold goal of getting 100,000 homeless people into homes. Why did she “lose track of the outcomes” and how did she adjust and get back on track? We also talk about questions and topics including: What was the approach for reducing homelessness? Looking at measures more continuously along the way 100,00 lives campaign connection through IHI “Here's what you're doing wrong…” actually better ways to say it? Story about how people don't want the answer… Leadership lessons from the Army and Special Operations that are transferrable? Outcomes focus? Commander's intent? (McChrystal book) “Mission first, troops always” “First woman to command special operations…” Tell us about the Unleashing Social Change podcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/favorite-mistake/support

In today's episode:The Supreme Court strikes down a New York law restricting the bearing of arms, affirming that the Constitution protects Americans' right to carry firearms in publicVoterGA and Garland Favorito file a lawsuit to recount Brad Raffensperger's primary election "win" in all 159 Georgia countiesLee Zeldin was willing to call Trump a racist at CNN's request, but the truth is he'll call you a racist, too, if his political agenda requires itDevin Nunes mainstreams some very important questionsJordan Peterson mainstreams a new study showing that the risk of serious vaccine adverse events outweighs any potential benefits40 Democrats who signed a letter labeling Ukraine's Azov Battalion neo-Nazis a few short years ago voted to send them billions of dollars of weaponsThe comedic actor in Ukraine and his regime, at the behest of the US and global communists, bans the opposition partyCorrupt MIC officials Clapper, Hayden, and McChrystal launch a campaign to force Americans and their representatives to sign a pledge to never contest elections.Connect with Be Reasonable: https://linktr.ee/imyourmoderatorHear the show when it's released. Become a paid subscriber at imyourmoderator.substack.comOther ways to support the work:ko-fi.com/imyourmoderatorbtc via coinbase: 3MEh9J5sRvMfkWd4EWczrFr1iP3DBMcKk5Merch site: https://cancelcouture.myspreadshop.com/Follow the podcast info stream: t.me/imyourmoderatorOther social platforms: Truth Social, Gab, Rumble, Bitchute, Odysee, DLive or Gettr - @imyourmoderatorVisit mypillow.com and use promo code REASONABLE to support me, Mike Lindell, and his great American company! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/be-reasonable-with-your-moderator-chris-paul.

In today's episode:The Supreme Court strikes down a New York law restricting the bearing of arms, affirming that the Constitution protects Americans' right to carry firearms in publicVoterGA and Garland Favorito file a lawsuit to recount Brad Raffensperger's primary election "win" in all 159 Georgia countiesLee Zeldin was willing to call Trump a racist at CNN's request, but the truth is he'll call you a racist, too, if his political agenda requires itDevin Nunes mainstreams some very important questionsJordan Peterson mainstreams a new study showing that the risk of serious vaccine adverse events outweighs any potential benefits40 Democrats who signed a letter labeling Ukraine's Azov Battalion neo-Nazis a few short years ago voted to send them billions of dollars of weaponsThe comedic actor in Ukraine and his regime, at the behest of the US and global communists, bans the opposition partyCorrupt MIC officials Clapper, Hayden, and McChrystal launch a campaign to force Americans and their representatives to sign a pledge to never contest elections.Connect with Be Reasonable: https://linktr.ee/imyourmoderatorHear the show when it's released. Become a paid subscriber at imyourmoderator.substack.comOther ways to support the work:ko-fi.com/imyourmoderatorbtc via coinbase: 3MEh9J5sRvMfkWd4EWczrFr1iP3DBMcKk5Merch site: https://cancelcouture.myspreadshop.com/Follow the podcast info stream: t.me/imyourmoderatorOther social platforms: Truth Social, Gab, Rumble, Bitchute, Odysee, DLive or Gettr - @imyourmoderatorVisit mypillow.com and use promo code REASONABLE to support me, Mike Lindell, and his great American company! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/be-reasonable-with-your-moderator-chris-paul.

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How do successful organizations of all sizes navigate risk? Author and retired four-star General Stan McChrystal sits down with Catherine Keating, our CEO of Investment Solutions and Wealth Management, for a long-ranging discussion on McChrystal's decorated 34-year career in the U.S. Army, the importance of diversity and resilience for organizational health and the ongoing geopolitical crisis in Ukraine.

An interview with retired US Army general Stanley McChrystal. We talk about how to prepare for risks.This episode is sponsored by Swanlake Strategy. Further listening:My previous interview with Stan McChrystalEeva Vilkkumaa on decision making

This episode of On Point features an interview with General Stan McChrystal, Co-founder of the McChrystal Group. Following his retirement from the US Army after 34 years, McChrystal founded the McChrystal Group, which is an advisory team that partners with businesses to improve the performance of their organizations and help build resilient and adaptable teams that can win in today's dynamic environment.A retired four-star general, Stanley McChrystal is the former commander of US and International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) Afghanistan and the former commander of the nation's premier military counter-terrorism force, Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). He is best known for developing and implementing a comprehensive counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan, and for creating a cohesive counter-terrorism organization that revolutionized the interagency operating culture. As founder of the McChrystal Group McChrystal Group, he specializes in leadership consulting, leadership training, executive coaching, strategy alignment, team-building, transparency, communications, disciplined execution, networked organizations, and keynote speaking engagements.In this episode McChrystal talks about wanting to follow in his father's footsteps to attend West Point and be a military hero. We learn about his initial struggles at West Point, and how he went from the bottom of his class to improve his standing on the Dean's List. He provides insight about navigating life as a junior officer, and then as a general officer in high stakes situations. McChrystal discusses a Rolling Stone article about his command group and how he handled the fallout and changes to his career that led to starting a new business. He also provides thoughts on mentorship, transitioning from the military to civilian life, and the importance of taking care of yourself. --------------"I will tell you the people who decide whether you are successful, ultimately in the army, are your peers. Because as you go up that pyramid gets a bit narrower. Decisions are made when people, your reputation, what people say about you, whether people trust you, that sort of thing. And it goes all the way into promotion boards. And so I would say that think about being respected, being the kind of person people want on their flank, being the kind of person they want their son or daughter or brother or sister to work for. You be that person, and most of the rest of it just sort of takes care of itself." - General (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal--------------Episode Timestamps(01:44) Segment 1 - AAR(02:05) Entry to West Point and Military Career(02:59) First years at West Point(07:59) West Point Academic Standing(08:49) Meritocracy at West Point(10:45) Mentors and Relationship with father(13:30) Transitioning from Military and West Point(15:55) Experience as a Junior Officer(20:37) Progressing Through Ranks(25:55) Time as Commanding and General Officer(32:25) Building Mentorships(35:45) Rolling Stone Article(40:30) McChrystal Group(41:27) Segment 2 - Sit Rep(41:50) Running a Business(44:45) McChrystal's Big Four(46:55) Empowering Teams(48:45) Segment 3 - SOP(49:15) Taking Care of Yourself(54:45) Staying in Rhythm (56:23) Foundations Built from Military and West Point(57:55) Segment 4 - Giving Back(59:45) Lessons from Sports--------------LinksStan McChrystal LinkedInStan McChrystal TwitterWest Point Association of GraduatesOn Point Podcast

Retired United States Army General Stanley McChrystal calls on more than three decades of military experience to discuss the fundamental tenets of leadership, and practical advice for taking calculated risks and making important decisions. This wide-ranging conversation includes insights on mitigating risk, making decisions under uncertainty, why civilian leadership is tougher than military leadership, developing mental toughness, teaching discipline, and so much more.   A veteran of four U.S. wars in the Middle East, McChrystal was a four-star general best known for his command of Joint Special Operations Command from 2003-08, when he oversaw special operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan. His troops were responsible for both the capture of Saddam Hussein in 2003 and the 2006 death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. After retiring from the military in 2010 he joined Yale University as a Jackson Institute for Global Affairs senior fellow, and in 2011 he founded a consultancy firm, McChrystal Group, which helps organizations tap into human potential in service of stronger business outcomes.   -- Want even more? Members get early access, hand-edited transcripts, member-only episodes, and so much more. Learn more here: https://fs.blog/membership/ Every Sunday our Brain Food newsletter shares timeless insights and ideas that you can use at work and home. Add it to your inbox: https://fs.blog/newsletter/ Follow Shane on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/ShaneAParrish

What does it mean to be a leader in the modern world? All leaders must contend with challenges and risks, but how you deal with them can set good leaders apart from great ones. Someone who knows this all too well is retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal. General McChrystal is our first-ever guest on the brand new A Healthier Future podcast. In this podcast, Intermountain Healthcare CEO Marc Harrison interviews innovative leaders and explores big ideas around transforming the future of healthcare. General McChrystal is someone who has seen the thick of combat and gained invaluable wisdom about risk and leadership. Now the Founder and CEO of McChrystal Group, McChrystal helps organizations tap into the potential of their people to become better leaders. In episode one, General McChrystal shares his fantastic insights and advice for others on risk, leadership, and much more. Listen to the full episode to find out: How Stanley's background led him to where he is today What growing up in a military family taught him Why you should always “focus forward” Why redemption and a belief in change are so important How to think about risk in a different way Why old leadership styles don't work anymore Why leaders have more responsibility these days The trick to being optimistic Key Links https://www.mcchrystalgroup.com/ (McChrystal Group) https://www.mcchrystalgroup.com/library/risk-a-users-guide/ (Risk: A User's Guide) https://intermountainhealthcare.org/ (Intermountain Healthcare)

Stan McChrystal retired as a 4 Star General in the US Army and has since founded the McChrystal Group, written four books and launched a podcast. Stan is one of the world's foremost scholars and practitioners of leadership and in this conversation we focus on his latest book, Risk: A User's Guide. As I say in the interview, I think this is Stan's most straightforward how-to guide on leadership and we dig very deeply into the nuanced and fascinating connection between leadership and uncertainty, including:* What the history of military tactics can teach us about social progress* How hard is it to manage Special Forces? Why might it be different than other branches of the military?* When and why is Stan skeptical of using data to make decisions?* How does uncertainty reduction help you judge a leader? * How do we use morality to help guide us through uncertainty? Who are the best at this in the military?* What kind of information is toxic to decision making?And more! Show notes at:https://notunreasonable.com/2022/01/26/stan-mcchrystal-on-risk-and-leadership/

Released 24 January, 2022. Critics of the Afghan war have claimed it was always unwinnable. This article argues the war was unwinnable the way it was fought and posits an alternative based on the Afghan way of war and the US approach to counterinsurgency in El Salvador during the final decade of the Cold War. Respecting the political and military dictates of strategy could have made America's longest foreign war unnecessary and is a warning for the wars we will fight in the future. Click here to read the article. Episode Transcript: Stephanie Crider (Host) Welcome to Decisive Point, a US Army War College Press production featuring distinguished authors and contributors who get to the heart of the matter in national security affairs. Decisive Point welcomes Dr. Todd Greentree, a former US Foreign Service officer who served as a political military officer in five conflicts, including El Salvador and Afghanistan. He's a member of the Changing Character of War Center at Oxford University and teaches in the Global and National Security Policy Institute at the University of New Mexico. Greentree is the author of "What Went Wrong in Afghanistan," featured in Parameters winter 2021-2022 issue. Welcome, Todd. I'm so glad you're here. Let's talk about your article. Some people would argue the Afghan war was unwinnable. You assert it was unwinnable the way it was fought. What do you mean by that? Dr. Todd Greentree Thank you, Stephanie. Great to be here. The idea that it was unwinnable the way it was fought is really tied to the purpose, sort of the reason why I was writing it, which is not just about what went wrong in Afghanistan, what lessons can be derived about counterinsurgency. This is really an article about US strategic behavior. Afghanistan was my fifth war. And I like to write what I know. So really, the origin of the article is from my own story. I   got the idea that we were maybe not doing this right, sort of when I stepped off the helicopter at Bagram in 2008. My first war had been El Salvador in the early 1980s. And so everything I learned were all from guys who had been in Vietnam. There's more about that in the article. For the next four years, though, I served with people who were…most of the people were from the 9/11 generation, and I was a political adviser to combat units out in the field and was super impressed with the astuteness that everybody was showing. So first, I was in Regional Command East, where General Mark Milley was the deputy commander for operations. But there was a problem with the entire effort in Afghanistan. We were on economy of force. But that economy of force was not being exercised for a strategic purpose, just to minimize the cost, because Iraq had sucked up all the attention and the bulk of the resources. Then I moved to Regional Command South into Taliban home country, and they had been raging there since 2006. It took three years for the US to adapt. I came back to Kandahar in 2010, at the height of the surge, with the 10th Mountain Division. They were in command of Regional Command South. And this was the main effort at the height of the surge. It was a strong coalition team. They knew what to do, how to partner with the Afghan army. They took it seriously. They were serious about aligning political and military strategies, which was my part of this. The overall strategy of the US, by 2009, was coming into focus, we'd had Stan McChrystal's math, the idea, here's our most experienced Special Operations commander who had come to the realization, as had many of the SOF guys, that attrition generates more insurgents. This led to a shift in the understanding of focus on the population rather than exercising firepower. General Petraeus, following McChrystal with Field Manual 3-24 and counterinsurgency doctrine and all of that. The problem was that when Obama announced the surge, he time-limited at the same time, which was a strategically incorrect thing to do ...

The son and grandson of Army officers, McChrystal graduated from West Point in 1976 as an infantry officer, completed Ranger Training, and later, Special Forces Training. Over the course of his career, he held leadership and staff positions in the Army Special Forces, Army Rangers, 82nd Airborne Division, the XVIII Army Airborne Corp, and the Joint Staff. He is a graduate of the US Naval War College, and he completed fellowships at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1997 and at the Council on Foreign Relations in 2000. From 2003 to 2008, McChrystal commanded JSOC - responsible for leading the nation's deployed military counterterrorism efforts around the globe. His leadership of JSOC is credited with the 2003 capture of Saddam Hussein and the 2006 location and killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. In June 2009, McChrystal received his fourth star and assumed command of all international forces in Afghanistan. Since retiring from the military, McChrystal has served on several corporate boards of directors, that include Deutsche Bank America, JetBlue Airways, Navistar, Siemens Government Technologies, Fiscal Note, and Accent Technologies. A passionate advocate for national service, McChrystal is the Chair of the Board of Service Year Alliance, which envisions a future in which a service year is a cultural expectation and common opportunity for every young American. He is a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, where he teaches a course on leadership. Additionally, he is the author of the bestselling leadership books, My Share of the Task: A Memoir, Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, Leaders: Myth and Reality, and Risk: A User's Guide. General McChrystal founded the McChrystal Group in January 2011. Recognizing that companies today are experiencing parallels to what he faced in the war theater, McChrystal established this advisory services firm to help businesses challenge the hierarchical, “command and control” approach to organizational management. https://www.mcchrystalgroup.com https://www.linkedin.com/feed/?trk=guest_homepage-basic_nav-header-signin https://youtu.be/kuoJbrwheJs --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/richard-lamonica/support

Today on the podcast, Bradley is sharing the best of the best from 2021! You'll hear highlights from... Episode 42: Mark Blackburn: Mark was the recipient of the 2020 PGA Teacher and Coach of the Year. In that episode, we talked about: The importance of having a growth mindset , how humble beginnings are drivers for achievement, every player is like their own business, everyone has their own process and intervention only comes in two opportunities, why using critical thinking to work through everything is so crucial, how to customize solutions for each of your team members Episode 44: Jeremy Olson and Kristen Isaacson: Growing any business to over a million dollars is no small feat. Growing an insurance agency to over $40 million is something else entirely. Our guests today, Jeremy Olson and Kristin Isaacson of The Olson Agency, are no strangers to exceeding industry standards. The pair are known to value the importance of role play in their businesses and fully embracing a growth mindset. Their tenacity and commitment to investing in their team have allowed them to become a leader in the insurance agency business. Jeremy and Kristin drop some incredible insider's knowledge in this episode that you won't want to miss. Episodes 47 & 48 with Thomas Ntuk: If you have a difficult time explaining concepts and sales strategies to your team, give this week and next week's episodes a listen. On today's show, we have the pleasure of interviewing Thomas Ntuk, also known as the Sales Simplification Guru, in a special two part interview.  Episode 49 with Future Legacy Partners: How are you solving problems with the members on your team? Whether you're a leader or a team member, the willingness to address a problem and solve it together is key. On our show this week, we're discussing how to develop your team members with Future Legacy partners Krista Hawkins and Wendy Smith. Episode 55 with Mike Michalowicz: What if you could guarantee that growth in your business would last? Mike Michalowicz has developed a strategy to do just that over the course of his time selling two multi-million dollar businesses and now leading two new multi-million dollar ventures. Episode 69 with David Peterson: Hear David break down intentionally developing your team including: His system of implementation for development, why he prefers specialization for each area of insurance sales, why he believes in “running of the plays” from his playbook for insurance sales, and the importance of spending 15-30 minutes daily to review applicants or court team members to find the best recruits possible.  Episode 72 with Josh Fuller: Josh Fuller talks about growing your business through best practices borrowed from multiple sources. He has had the opportunity to work in multiple spheres as an entrepreneur throughout his career, and has gained a lot of great experiences and insights along the way. He specifically has been able to successfully jump on opportunities as they arose throughout his work to find new success. Episode 75 with Randy Thompson: Wondering how to recruit “first round draft picks” for your team?  On this podcast, Randy Thompson shares how to find, train, and compensate the best people for your team. He also shares the three intrinsic qualities he looks for in prospective team members. These include honesty, a kind heart, and a strong work ethic. Episode 78 with General Stanley McChrystal: Retired four-star general Stanley A. McChrystal has lived a life associated with the deadly risks of combat. He was once called “one of America's greatest warriors” by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. From his first day at West Point, to his years in Afghanistan, to his efforts helping business leaders navigate a global pandemic, McChrystal has seen how individuals and organizations fail to mitigate risk. Why? Because they focus on the...

General Stanley McChrystal rejoins the show to discuss his new book "Risk" and what US healthcare can learn from it. View this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/otYLZXsePPgVisit us at www.caretalkpodcast.com"Risk: A User's Guide" by Stanley McChrystal on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3eciWrWFollow us on the Health Podcast Network: https://bit.ly/3Glciwj#healthcareindustry #healthcarepolicy #caretalkpodcast #stanleymcchrystal #risk #healthcarebusiness #healthcare #postacutecare

This episode is a real gem, filled with wisdom. Co-authors General Stan McChrystal and Anna Butrico join me to talk about leadership, risk, resilience, adaptability and what they call our risk immune system. We discuss the risks associated with a global pandemic, special military operations, and how to navigate a complex changing environment in corporations. Show notes: General McChrystal was a green beret, ranger and paratrooper during his career. He is perhaps best known for his command of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the mid-2000s. As you might guess, he was no stranger to risk. Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates described McChrystal as "perhaps the finest warrior and leader of men in combat I ever met." After retiring from the military, McChrystal founded the McChrystal Group in January 2011 to deliver innovative leadership solutions to businesses globally in order to help them transform and succeed in challenging, dynamic environments. Anna Butrico is an Associate at McChrystal Group where she focuses on thought leadership. Currently, she is the co-author with General Stan McChrystal's for their newly released book, "Risk: A User's Guide" https://www.amazon.com/Risk-Users-Guide-Stanley-McChrystal/dp/0593192206/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1639525798&sr=8-1 "Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World" https://www.amazon.com/Team-Teams-Rules-Engagement-Complex/dp/1591847486/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1639526621&sr=8-1 Both Stan and Anna can be reached through the McChrystal group at www.mcchrystalgroup.com

Today's guest is former US Army general, Stanley McChrystal. A retired four-star general with 34 years of service, Stanley was the commander of all US and coalition forces in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010. Previously, he served as commander of JSOC or the Joint Special Operations Command, overseeing the US military's most elite units including Delta Force and SEAL Team 6. According to journalist Sean Naylor, in his Book, Relentless Strike, McChrystal was, “the general whose vision and intensity transformed JSOC into a global man-hunting machine.” His tenure included the capture of Saddam Hussein and the killing infamous terrorist, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Today Stanley is founder and CEO of the McChrystal Group, a strategic consulting firm. He is also a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. His new book is, Risk. A User's Guide, published by Portolio in October of 2021. Colin Miller and Dr. Keith Mankin host the popular medical podcast, PeerSpectrum. Colin works in the medical device space and Keith is a retired pediatric orthopedic surgeon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Retired four-star general Stanley A. McChrystal has lived a life associated with the deadly risks of combat. He was once called “one of America's greatest warriors” by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. From his first day at West Point, to his years in Afghanistan, to his efforts helping business leaders navigate a global pandemic, McChrystal has seen how individuals and organizations fail to mitigate risk. Why? Because they focus on the probability of something happening instead of the interface by which it can be managed. He is a transformational leader with a remarkable record of achievement. General McChrystal is widely praised for launching a revolution in warfare by leading a comprehensive counter-terrorism organization that fused intelligence and operations, redefining the way military and government agencies interact. In this episode, General McChrystal shares lessons learned over the course of his extensive career and shares leadership nuggets of wisdom.  He is the author of the bestselling leadership books, My Share of the Task, Team of Teams, Leaders, and his latest book Risk: A User's Guide which we dive into today. In Risk: A User's Guide, General McChrystal offers a battle-tested system for detecting and responding to risk. Instead of defining risk as a force to predict, McChrystal and coauthor Anna Butrico show that there are in fact ten dimensions of control we can adjust at any given time. By closely monitoring these controls, we can maintain a healthy Risk Immune System that allows us to effectively anticipate, identify, analyze, and act upon the ever-present possibility that things will not go as planned. Be sure to listen to this powerful episode, and grab your copy of his latest book off of Amazon! Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Risk-Users-Guide-Stanley-McChrystal/dp/0593192206

Nella notte dopo il secondo giorno di lotta, Isner e Mahut non dormono dalla stanchezza. Nessuno dorme, in realtà: né Buffon con l'ernia che lo tormenta né i suoi compagni che domani si giocheranno l'eliminazione dal mondiale contro la Slovacchia, né il generale McChrystal che Obama ha sollevato dall'incarico né il generale Petraeus con cui l'ha sostituito, e nemmeno i due tecnici dell'All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club che hanno il compito di riparare entro domattina il tabellone elettronico del campo numero 18, inceppatosi sul punteggio di 47-47.

Protests in the streets, against the backdrop of a deadly pandemic with political upheaval the world over. What kind of leadership should we look to under such complex and highly uncertain conditions? I'm grateful to be speaking with Chris Fussell of the McChrystal group, who together with Stan McChrystal, transformed the culture in the Joint Special Operations Command to distributed, not hierarchical, leadership with a network form of governance. What Chris learned in highly deadly military situations are essential insights for all of us today. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thoughtsparksritamcgrath/message

Protests in the streets, against the backdrop of a deadly pandemic with political upheaval the world over. What kind of leadership should we look to under such complex and highly uncertain conditions? I'm grateful to be speaking with Chris Fussell of the McChrystal group, who together with Stan McChrystal, transformed the culture in the Joint Special Operations Command to distributed, not hierarchical, leadership with a network form of governance. What Chris learned in highly deadly military situations are essential insights for all of us today. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thoughtsparksritamcgrath/message

Software Generated Transcript; may contain spelling and grammatical errors Today I am talking with Lieutenant paramedic, Andre Perez. He is a 22 year, well, almost 22 year veteran of orange County fire rescue getting hired back in April of 1999. I think you did have some previous [00:01:00] fire department experience before coming to orange County. I did. I did. Yep. I worked at a small department in Palm beach County called Pahokee, and I was there about six and a half years. Did you just make that name up? I did not, but they no longer exist. So they still have the history and, uh, they were actually taken over by Palm beach County several years ago. So you have been the president of local 2057 for how many years? Um, I've been president for about seven years now and that's in totality. Cause I think you took. A little bit of a break, right? Yeah. Um, I call it a, I call it timeout, if you will. I, uh, I served one term and our terms are three years and, um, I ran for reelection and did not win. So I was out for about a year and a half. [00:02:00] Um, that person ended up having to step down and I was asked to come back and, um, so I came back and had been president ever since. All right. And you worked your way, as you know, I think you started off as just a union rep and then became secretary and then vice-president and so on and so forth. Yep. Um, so it started out, um, Actually was being precepted by Jason Brown to become a paramedic. And, uh, he worked his way to become the union vice president at the time. Um, so he would talk to me about all the cases and things like that. And he actually recruited me to be a staff representative. So he hired me on his staff. Um, then, uh, after a few years I became the secretary in 2007. That's an elected position. Um, after five years almost completing my second term, um, decided to [00:03:00] run for president. So, um, in 2012 is when I first became president altogether. It's been about 19 years working for the union in some capacity. So staff, uh, secretary and then president. Okay. Yeah. I thought for some reason that you had, uh, actually served as vice-president, but when you were elected president. Who was your vice-president Darrell McChrystal? That's right. Darryl McChrystal was actually, uh, the force that held down the union, um, in the sense of creating stability when we didn't have a stable, um, uh, person at the president level. So, um, and what I mean by that is we just had, you know, some very short terms, uh, presidents at the time, and Darrell [00:04:00] McChrystal as the vice president always stepped up to be the interim. And, uh, he always helped the incoming president, um, with advice leadership and those types of things to make sure that the ship didn't sink, uh he's uh, he's somewhat of a legend and. The, the state of Florida, as far as unions go, like what, I know he held a position at the state. Yeah, he was, um, he was our district vice president at the state level. Um, here covering the, all the locals in central Florida. Um, I believe he served for two, uh, maybe two and a half terms, um, at that level. And, uh, it is important to note that while he was serving the vice-president at the state level, he was still always the vice president. I'm here with our local 2057. It's pretty incredible. But the one thing that I [00:05:00] wanted to get into at some point is recognize how much the, the international and the state level, um, The role that they play in developing their union officers at conventions and or conferences, that sort of thing, the different leadership classes. And, um, I know working can in the union for 19 years, the amount of classes that you've I had to have gone to is pretty extensive. Yeah, I will have to give the international credit and, um, even our state level piggybacks off of the international's classes, um, as we do here in the local level, um, our union at the international level, um, probably provides the best...

Four-star General Stanley A. McChrystal led the Joint Special Operations Command in Iraq during the Persian Gulf Wars and was the top Commander of American forces in Afghanistan, eventually retiring after a controversial Rolling Stone article was released. In this interview, McChrystal opens up about a range of topics he doesn't normally speak about: everything from nightmares he's been having, the value of humor, and the importance of storytelling to how his grandchildren have changed him for the better. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices