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You’d be hard pressed to find someone more well versed on African national security than Eeben Barlow. We’ve covered Barlow‘s history on this site for years, and now for the first time get the chance to speak with him on this two-hour episode. As a former South African Defense Force Lieutenant-Colonel, co-founder of private military […]

Emerson Knives is a brand that’s trusted by everyone from Navy SEALs to NASA astronauts, and that’s why you’ve seen their products in the Crate Club and receiving rave reviews on The Loadout Room. The story of how the company’s founder Ernest Emerson got into crafting these knives is fascinating, and you won’t want to […]

The title of this episode may have some of you puzzled, wondering if we’ve gone off the deep end. However, there is some surprising research being done using MDMA (ecstasy) therapy on combat veterans, and it’s in the early stages of proving to be very effective. Pulitzer prize winning writer on veterans affairs David Philipps […]

John Robb is a former Air Force Special Operations pilot and author. What many know him best for though, is his expertise on technological trends. We go very in-depth this interview regarding social media’s impact on major world events since its existence, especially in recent years. These events include things like the Arab Spring, the […]

John Stryker Meyer was most recently on with us back in July of last year and he has since put out another new book titled “SOG Chronicles: Volume One.” The book details the story of him and the Special Forces teammates of his who served as MACV-SOG in Vietnam. As John says, he hopes to […]

Paul Scharre served in combat beside Jack Murphy in the Army’s 3rd Ranger Battalion, and he has just put out a truly thought-provoking book that will leave you questioning how far the capability of weaponized machines will go in years to come. It’s titled “Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War,” and […]

Switching it up this episode, Jack Murphy along with myself (Ian Scotto) took a dive into some news stories of the week, and livestreamed this one with you the fans, answering any questions on your mind.  We cover the death of a Vietnam veteran Special Forces legend, Michael Healy.  As we often say, we’re losing […]

This one is a truly in-depth interview with more subject matter covered than I can list. Jim Morris tells us about being a Green Beret during an era where it wasn’t looked at with the reverence that it is today. He shares stories of the Tet Offensive, seen by the men he served with as […]

We’re excited to bring on Amber Smith for this episode, not only a former Army helicopter pilot who served in Iraq and Afghanistan flying the Kiowa Warrior, but also former Deputy Assistant for Outreach to none other than General Mattis, and we get into all of that. We also get Smith’s take on fellow pilot […]

We begin this episode with the most important topic at hand right now, last week’s bombings of Syria. Jack comes from an interesting perspective on this because as some of you may remember, two years back he was invited along with a group of select journalists to sit down with President Assad in Syria and […]

On June 25th, 1996 the terrorist organization Hezbollah Al-Hejaz, translated to English as “Party of God” perpetrated a bombing on Air Force personnel stationed at Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia.  The truck bomb detonation killed 19 service members, a Saudi local, and resulted in 498 injuries as well.  One of the men stationed with the […]

Episode 322 with SGM Mike Vining was one of our most well-received shows to date, and we promised a part two that many of you have been anticipating heavily.  As promised, we delivered, and went very in-depth with one of the true pioneers of Army special operations.  We pick up right where we left off […]