Round 1: 1000 Marine Recruits at Parris Island, notably not San Diego, volunteered for coronavirus testing. The military gave it an acronym, shockingly enough. The name? CHARM. You gotta be butt fucking kidding me. Round 2: Marine veteran Paul Whelan was convicted in Russia of spying. He got 16 years of hard labor… in Russia. Yikes. Round 3: Kate interviews a Marine Sergeant about his experience in the Marine Corps with coming out and being openly gay. Round 4: We are gonna take a little trip ac...
Jun 16, 2020•1 hr 19 min
ROUND 1: Ope! Heads up! A Hypersonic Mach-5 Missile Accidentally Fell Off An Air Force B-52 over California this week. I’m sure whatever it hit will totally buff out. ROUND 2: If you ain’t first, you’re last - and even NASCAR has now pulled ahead of the Army in the race to get rid of all things confederate. Who’s slowing the Army car down? ROUND 3: Cons sat down with a decorated Vietnam veteran who you’ve probably seen before but didn’t even know it. Colonel Sink, I mean, Capt (R) Dale Dye tells...
Jun 12, 2020•2 hr 30 min
Round 1: New Zealand Goofin. Our Kiwi pals announce that they haven’t had any new cases of Covid-19 in 44 days. They acted like they’ve been there before and handed the ball off to the referee. Round 2: President Trump is taking shots at Colin Powell and his legacy over remarks that the general and former Secretary of State gave on CNN this weekend. We’ll get into that just a little bit. Round 3: The Marine Corps has banned all confederacy related images and flags from their bases. We asked the ...
Jun 09, 2020•2 hr 36 min
ROUND 1: A North Carolina woman passed away this week at the age of 90 thus ending a 155 year long pension from her father’s time in the Civil War… How is this possible? Well the ‘ol vet was 83 when she was born, go old man, go. ROUND 2: One of the most cringe worthy military love texts led us to ask you about the worst love stories you ever witnessed in uniform. From a motorcycle wedding to Jody drama the answers did not disappoint. ROUND 3: A Rifle-toting veteran was arrested this week after d...
Jun 05, 2020•2 hr 45 min
Round 1: The nation is hurting. We’d be foolish to ignore it. Round 2: An Interview with World War 2 veteran, Marine, Medal of Honor recipient, and 96 year-old grandpa, Woody Williams! You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30
Jun 02, 2020•50 min
ROUND 1: A Fort Leavenworth soldier saved the day when they rammed their car into another on a bridge over the Missouri River this week. How’s that a good thing? You’ll just have to listen & find out. Wowzers, what a teaser by Kate there. Incredible. ROUND 2: 3, 2, 1 - NASA - WE HAVE LIFT-O...OOOHHH NO! Americans were about to launch into outer-space from American soil and on American equipment for the first time in nearly a decade when the launch got held off Wednesday afternoon. ROUND 3: If yo...
May 29, 2020•2 hr 44 min
Round 1: We’ll do a check-in about our weekends, I’m enforcing staff sergeant rules in my house but in kind of an air forcey way, and some thoughts about Memorial Day weekend in general. Round 2: This weekend I watched one of my favorite movies and came up with a realization…. Col Jessup is the World’s Biggest Truckrant Vet Bro. Round 3: We get to the bottom of a SALACIOUS rumor that is sullying the good name of a hospital in Trinidad and Tobago. Round 4: Spy Pigeons! Round 5: North Korea has is...
May 26, 2020•1 hr 9 min
ROUND 1: President Teddy Roosevelt was a Rough Rider even inside the White House where apparently he enjoyed challenging the staff to ::checks notes:: punch him in the face. Would you punch your boss if they asked you??? ROUND 2: Sure, no one wants their spouse to deploy… but would you sabotage things behind the scenes & stop them from going if you could? One woman did just that and then asked, “Am I the asshole?” She might not love the answers. ROUND 3: A Green Beret & his son went all the way ...
May 22, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Round 1: BUCKLE UP, SLUTS! WE GOT A NEW MISSILE ALERT and the Space Force has a new guidon (they don’t rate a flag yet)! Round 2: reddit had the most timeless military letter we've ever seen. We’ll break it down for you shotgun-style and give it a bolt bore check to see if it’s cleared hot. Yuck. That was too much. Round 3: A little Singapore social distancing goofin led to a former Air Force member’s arrest and spending 4 weeks in a Singapore jail. That sounds less than ideal. Round 4: Technolo...
May 19, 2020•1 hr
ROUND 1: On the Gulf Coast near Fort Meyers there’s a little restaurant that shares the same name as ‘ol Capn Cons. We’ll read the Yelp reviews for both of them and boy we hope you like things roasted. ROUND 2: A former Afghan police chief has pulled a big time Benedict Arnold and switched sides to join the Taliban in what is thought to be one of the highest-level defections to those assholes yet. ROUND 3: A Chief Warrant Officer and spokesman for Parris Island Recruit Depot is knife-handing tro...
May 15, 2020•1 hr 13 min
Round 1: The Last Dance is the greatest 10 part docuseries of all time behind Band of Brothers so we put Michael Jordan in a foxhole and even slap a rank on him. Round 2: Long drag on a cigarette, back in my day, the recruits at Marine Corps boot camp weren't so pussy that they needed a falcon to protect them from seagulls. Shit’s changed. We’ll tell you about this new breed of mask-wearing soft corps softees. Round 3: Through our Career Day series, we’ve gone through several jobs that most peop...
May 12, 2020•1 hr 23 min
Round 1: The military might be rushing to judgement. I know that’s shocking but there was a memo released this week that says that people who have tested positive for coronavirus are PERMANENTLY disqualified ROUND 2: I’ve had it with these mothafuckin’ Devildogs on this mothafuckin’ plane! At least that’s how one man felt when 3 yoked infantry gents took him down for acting out in the plane’s bathroom... ROUND 3: Kate quiz alert! She’s informed us there’s a hilarious twist to this one and boy, I...
May 08, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Round 1: There’s a situation that I need to get to the bottom of. I had a fear that ripped through me on Saturday morning, I want to discuss it in the trust tree. Round 2: A veteran, who was acting as a contractor, was captured by terrorists in Afghanistan. Navy SEALs and others tried to do a rescue mission. Why havent we heard shit about this until now? We’ll tell you what we know in round 2. Round 3: Artillery goofin with Connor and a Canadian who gets to cause avalanches… on purpose… for work...
May 05, 2020•1 hr 5 min
ROUND 1: A British Royal Navy captain was fired for a barbeque…! Did he overcook the steak? Not season the meats enough? Use propane instead of coal? We’ll find out. ROUND 2: BA-BA-BA-BIRD-BIRD-BIRD, Bird… internet’s the word when it comes to the Navy’s latest experiments. You heard that right, bird. Internet. Hopefully that really uh… takes flight for them. ROUND 3: Crippling depression is no joke, but… maybe it sort of is when it comes to one tank crew in the army. ROUND 4: INTERVIEW ROUND 5: ...
May 01, 2020•2 hr 31 min
Round 1: Ding Dong, the bitch is dead….maybe. Rumors are flying around that Kim Jong Un has bit the proverbial rocket launched at you while tied to a pole. Is this good or bad? Well, there’s essentially two schools of thought about that. Round 2: In this round, we are going to play a game called, “How Long Can It Live?” Round 3: West Point is calling back all their seniors, or whatever the fuck they call them, so that they can hear President Trump give a speech at their graduation. Guess how we ...
Apr 28, 2020•1 hr 24 min
ROUND 1: Maybe he’s born with, (me & Cons:) Maybe it’s MattisMarine. Many folks were a bit surprised this week to see General Mattis modeling a jacket in ads for a clothing company… Do you think they’ll ask us next? (weird silence) ROUND 2: Army base Ansbach has a colorful, winged fairy flitting around making sure soldiers are staying socially distant and we’re sure they are absolutely loving that and it doesn’t kill their souls a little bit in any way. ROUND 3: Career Day Interview - Supply Mar...
Apr 24, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Round 1: Coronavirus is still the top news in the world. It’s affecting the military too but it just might allow some navy boot camp recruits to do a little water-park goofin before their knot-tying lessons at boot camp. Round 2: A luxury cruise ship is finally going to dock after 14 weeks at sea. The ship was going to go around the world but coronavirus made them shift plans. Would a 14 week cruise be good or bad? Round 3: Former Secret Service Agent Evy Poumpours joins us to talk protecting th...
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr 23 min
ZERO BLOG THIRTY Thursday, April 16th (Friday, April 17th) ROUND 1: Cons, Kate and I are throwing a Mess Night and we’ve each invited three well known guests… but only the strong survive this group elimination challenge. ROUND 2: Our Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff beefed with The Secretary of Defense at a live, televised press conference over - you guessed it - haircuts! The saga continues. Can anyone shave us?! ROUND 3: An Airman is in deep trouble after flinging his propeller (PENIS) al...
Apr 17, 2020•2 hr 34 min
Round 1: Stuck inside for the past month has made me realize that I essentially have zero hobbies besides golf. The golf course is closed. Let talk about some things we should bring back from childhood. Round 2: A French VIP retiree did the one of the only things you cant do in a fighter jet; he pulled the ejection lever much to the chagrin of the pilot. Round 3: Career day goofin continues with an operations specalist from the US Navy. You dont know what an operations specalist is? I didnt eith...
Apr 14, 2020•1 hr 15 min
ROUND 1: An Iraq war Veteran with Purple Heart tags had his truck stolen right outside his house yesterday and he’ll be joining us to talk about the ordeal because, ope, it was me. While we’re on the topic, ZBT listeners told us what they’ve had stolen from them and we’ll share the best ones with you! ROUND 2: Try as we might, we can’t escape Coronavirus scuttlebutt as it’s had a massive effect on all the branches. Earlier this week SecNav Modly resigned after major d-rama on the USS Roosevelt. ...
Apr 10, 2020•2 hr 30 min
BONUS - We open the show today with something a little different, providing a little mental refresher for everyone out there listening at home. A Zero Blog Thirty first. Then, we get into the rounds and we have a full show! Round 1: Andrew Yang talked to a friend who was a soldier and we all had to read the dumbest tweet as a result. Hey Andrew, you got firewatch, bitch Round 2: Huge shoutout to our friends down under. They might be providing an escape for the entire world right now by utilizing...
Apr 07, 2020•2 hr 33 min
ROUND 1: Allll aboard… We are goin’ off the rails to tell you the story of a man who tried to take out the USNS Comfort this week… with a train! ROUND 2: Social distancing is pretty much impossible on Navy ships and that’s become apparent as over 100 Sailors on an aircraft carrier have come down with Coronavirus. As the situation worsens one Captain on the ship has put their neck out to plead with officials to do the right thing and take steps to stop the spread. ROUND 3: Thousands of folks stil...
Apr 03, 2020•1 hr 7 min
a list of resources on our website: https://getheadstrong.org/covid19/ Additionally, Headstrong has gone to full tele-health with clinicians in Colorado, so cadets can reach out: https://getheadstrong.org/get-help/ Vets4Warriors, which 247 peer support that can link the cadets to other resources: https://www.vets4warriors.com/author/vets4warr/ ---- Career Day 1 ROUND 1: Over the weekend President Trump issued an order permitting the Pentagon to bring some veterans & reservists back to active dut...
Mar 31, 2020•2 hr 46 min
ROUND 1: The military has suspended all travel, deployments, and exercises for the entire force and we’re gonna give you a quick, light, roundup ending with the most pressing issue of all. Haircuts! ROUND 2: A bit of panic ensued on Twitter when a DJ named Kray-Z-K tweeted a photo of hundreds of tanks rolling through San Diego & asked if martial law was upon us. Is there a government conspiracy afoot?! Or is this DJ just spinning a wack track. Big bonus on this round, too… more tank talk! ROUND ...
Mar 27, 2020•2 hr 42 min
Round 1: The Canadians are leading the way again. Our friends up north announced they are not gonna be in the Olympics. The Summer Olympics. Kinda slaps differently when Canada says that arent playing beach volleyball! Round 2: With ESPN Ocho dominating the sports scene this weekend, we took to social media to see what military sports should be on the next slate of games. Watching people fill sandbags as fast as they can would be must-watch tv. Round 3: For the next two rounds, we are gonna step...
Mar 24, 2020•56 min
ROUND 1: Boredom is going to start setting in soon. If you think we dont have a cure for that, you just made a big mistake. Huge. Let’s talk RomComs, folks! ROUND 2: Relax, don’t do it, when you wanna comb through it and get your haircut… At least if you’re in the Navy. They’re letting their grooming standards relax to deal with Coronavirus. ROUND 3: Yes, the times are changin’ but it’d be a lie to say nudie mags haven’t been a huge part of military culture. So its sad news as Playboy has publis...
Mar 20, 2020•50 min
Round 1: Coronavirus lockdowns are in full effect. It’s only been one weekend and boredom is already starting to set in. We are gonna teach you the ancient military method of hurry up and waiting! Round 2: Magnets… How do they work? Not only that, but other stuff is weird too. We are gonna hop right into something not coronavirus related. Round 3: For round number three, we had longtime Stoolie Boris come in to read the round. You’ll remember Boris as the gentleman who shaved my beard in New Yor...
Mar 16, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Round 1: Coronavirus hysteria. It’s going down, folks. So we are gonna give you a little advice amd freak out some too. ROUND 2: The GI Bill is a wonderful thing.. Until your school is charged with “erroneous, deceptive, or misleading" practices so the VA terminates new enrollments. ROUND 3: Integrity Violators? In the military? Hard to believe, but some little birdies - AKA you guys - told us about the craziest lies people in your unit ever got caught up in. ROUND 4: Hear the story of a spooooo...
Mar 13, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Round #1: Despite what longtime stoolie Ray Finkle would say, the laces were out and the dolphins are in… inside the belly of a C-17 because these specialized bomb-smelling dolphins are headed to the Florida Keys from San Diego. No word yet on Key Largo or Montego. We’ll keep you updated! Round 2: THATS A SPICY MEAT-A-BALL! Soldiers and family members assigned to bases in Italy will no longer be allowed to PCS home, go to professional schools, or couple’s skate at the base roller rink due to fea...
Mar 10, 2020•58 min
ROUND 1: Kate received an award from the VFW, and we recap how the night went. Spoiler alert, it was great!!! ROUND 2: PETA is up in arms over an animal that has no arms that our armed forces are eating when they hold it in their arms over their heads to drink their blood! Say that 5 times fast. ROUND 3: Interview with Congressman Will Hurd ROUND 4: Thicc (with two c’s) soldiers are strong soldiers according to a new study, and that’s great news for the ladies out there with a little bit of extr...
Mar 06, 2020•1 hr 17 min
