On this episode we interview former counterintelligence agent about his time in the Army chasing a spy who worked for the Chinese government, deploying to Afghanistan, the guys who run double agents, and protecting critical military facilities from spies. Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse Team House merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10474963 Podcast version of this show can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/user-796052562/eagle-do...
May 22, 2021•2 hr 9 min
War correspondent Jessica Donati embedded with Afghan commando units and began coming into contact with U.S. Special Forces. She ended up writing Eagle Down: The Last Special Forces Fighting the Forever War which details how backwards policies out of Washington D.C. left Green Berets in Afghanistan high and dry, and often fighting for their lives only to be punished for surviving. Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse Team House merch: https://teesp...
May 16, 2021•2 hr 5 min
Peter McAleese has lived a hard, violent life from the slums of Glasgow, serving in Aden & Borneo with 22SAS, combat w/ Rhodesian SAS, Pathfinder Co. in South Africa, and as a mercenary in Angola and Colombia where he was hired to kill Pablo Escobar. Get Peter's books here: https://www.petermcaleese.com/ Support the show and get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse Team House merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10474963 Team House Instagra...
May 15, 2021•1 hr 39 min
1978—a chance meeting on a remote military airbase between two Green Berets involved in the same operation leads to a partnership that will last over forty years. Four years after that meeting, Nick Brokhausen and Jeff Miller leave the service within a few weeks of each other and begin an odyssey that takes them to dozens of countries on five continents. Along with a small coterie of fellow former Special Operations and intelligence community veterans like Penguini, Max, Reek, The Spider Woman a...
May 08, 2021•2 hr 1 min
Major (ret.) Mike Perry served in Special Forces as an enlisted soldier before going officer and commanding the 1st Special Forces Group CIF sniper element in the Philippines and then as Executive Officer in Iraq, leading combat ops. He also deployed to Afghanistan, and all over Asia with Special Forces. Sponsored by : https://www.MANSCAPED.com Use promo code "TEAM20" at checkout for 20% off your purchase. Your balls will thank you! Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patre...
May 01, 2021•2 hr 52 min
Lindsay served in the CIA as a case officer and is the author of Blowing My Cover. In this episode we talk about her upbringing that lead her into the CIA, her training at the farm, her first assignment in Macedonia, rubbing shoulders with a paramilitary goon squad, preparing for the invasion of Iraq at Langley, and much more. Her book can be found at: https://www.amazon.com/Blowing-My-Cover-Life-CIA/dp/0425205622/ Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHo...
Apr 24, 2021•1 hr 58 min
Bill Gage joined the Secret Service in 2002 and soon found himself in a major national security investigation in cooperation with the CIA in which the IRA and North Korea were involved in counterfeiting US currency with such detail that the fake bills could not be detected. Later, he made it on the Secret Service Counter Assault Team which protects the President, Vice President, and other select principles. Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse Team...
Apr 17, 2021•3 hr 9 min
A 22-year veteran of the FBI, he retired as the Supervisory Special Agent of the Houston Division’s Special Operations Group. During his career he supervised a number of investigative squads, including criminal enterprise and organized crime, a drug trafficking task force, a multi-agency intelligence group, as well as counter-terrorism, counter-intelligence and criminal investigations. He was also the Undercover Program Coordinator and Assistant SWAT Team leader and served as an investigator and...
Apr 10, 2021•1 hr 59 min
Danny Coulson was the first leader of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) and stood the unit up. In this episode we discuss his early career under J. Edgar Hoover when he was targeting communists and then the black panthers. We then get into his work with Delta Force, SEAL Team Six, the SAS, and other SOF units to help create HRT. Finally, Danny tells us about HRT's first big deployment. Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse Team House merch: https:...
Apr 03, 2021•2 hr 27 min
Chuck O'Conner delivers a master class in explosive breaching. First we discuss his military career in SEAL Team 2 and SEAL Team Six deploying to Bosnia, spinning up for some counter-terrorism operations, then working executive protection in Haiti. Chuck then gives his presentation on why explosive breaching techniques today are fundamentally flaws as currently practiced. Then we talk about the way forward and how to prevent operators from Traumatic Brain Injury. Get access to bonus segments wit...
Mar 27, 2021•2 hr 30 min
Wesley Morgan details the history of US military operations in the Pech valley in Afghanistan, a place of deadly battles and unforgiving terrain. We start with the history of the valley and America's first forays there in 2002, then get into the larger conventional and special operations campaigns that have taken place there with all sorts of unexpected twists and turns. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support ....
Mar 20, 2021•2 hr 28 min
Craig started off with the FBI Mobile Surveillance Team (MST) following around spies in the United States before moving on to liaison with the CIA's National Resources division work joint missions. We talk about how they helped break up a massive terror plot originating out of Iraq before Craig went on to work for the DIA where he served the SOUTHCOM AOR helping with 7th Special Forces Group Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse Team House merch: ht...
Mar 13, 2021•2 hr 17 min
Bazzel Baz served as a Ground Branch paramilitary officer in the CIA. For the first time, insider details about the CIA's stinger missile program in Afghanistan are revealed and the never before discussed stinger missile program in Angola is also discussed. Baz talks about leaving the Marine Corps when he was recruited by the CIA, the training he received at Ground Branch, and much more. We also talk about his work with ARC, rescuing the victims of human trafficking. Get access to bonus segments...
Mar 06, 2021•2 hr 36 min
Lino had a fascinating Special Forces career fighting the part of the war on terror you probably never heard about. From Japanese Special Ops, to classified intel missions in Chad, to rubbing shoulders with Norway's elite. Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse Team House merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10474963 Podcast version of this show can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/user-796052562/the-legend-mad-mike-hoare-with-his-son-ch...
Feb 27, 2021•2 hr 28 min
Mike Edwards served in 3rd Ranger Battalion and the Regimental Reconnaissance Company (RRC) across 18 deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and other places. In this interview we discuss his combat jump into Iraq in 2003, a rather hot deployment to Mosul, Iraq in 2005, and then the selection and training for RRC and what those deployments were like before he became an instructor at the military free fall course. Apologies that this was not a live show, we had some internet issues with the snow storm...
Feb 20, 2021•1 hr 35 min
Chris is the son of the notorious Congo mercenary "Mad Mike" Hoare and wrote a biography about his father's many, many adventures titled The Legend. Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse Team House merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10474963 Team House Discord: https://discord.gg/wHFHYM6 SubReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTeamHouse/ Jack Murphy's memoir "Murphy's Law" can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Murphys-Law-Journey-Invest...
Feb 13, 2021•1 hr 40 min
Kasper served in one of the most unique Special Operations unit's in the world: Sirius Patrol. After extensive training, they deploy in pairs on a two year tour to Greenland where they patrol largely with dog sleds. Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse Team House merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10474963 Team House Discord: https://discord.gg/wHFHYM6 SubReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTeamHouse/ Jack Murphy's memoir "Murphy's Law" c...
Feb 06, 2021•1 hr 48 min
Adam served as a Counterintelligence Agent in Afghanistan and Iraq, participating in the hunt for high value targets. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support .
Jan 30, 2021•3 hr 40 min
John Gartner served in the Australian SAS, Rhodesian SAS, Selous Scouts, South African intelligence, and as a trainer for Sri Lankan recce teams. He then went on to do executive protection and security work for incredibly wealthy individuals before starting his own company. His memoir is titled "The Fading Light." Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse Team House merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10474963 Team House Discord: https://discor...
Jan 23, 2021•2 hr 35 min
Nick Brokhausen served two tours with the highly classified Studies and Observations Group (SOG) in Vietnam, running recon in denied enemy territory "across the fence" without the benefits of a passport. After the war, Nick used his skills in the private sector all around the globe. He is the author of "We Few" and "Whispers in the Tall Grass." Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse NEW! Team House merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-1047496...
Jan 16, 2021•1 hr 35 min
Jeff Depatie is a retired Canadian JTF-2 operator and is the founder of the Special Forces Experience. Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse NEW! Team House merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10474963 Podcast version of this show can be found here:https://soundcloud.com/user-796052562/interrogator-and-counterintelligence-agent-elana-duffy-ep-73 Team House Discord: https://discord.gg/wHFHYM6 SubReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTeamHouse/...
Jan 09, 2021•1 hr 36 min
Greg Coker was a AH-6 Little Bird pilot with the Nightstalkers and saw action in Iraq and Afghanistan. This was one wild episode as Greg tells us about how he joined the Infantry and then become a helicopter pilot flying Cobras and Apaches before assessing for the 160th SOAR. After 9/11 he deployed to Afghanistan as a fire support officer and had some hair raising experiences. Then came the invasion of Iraq, where he saw serious action at Haditha dam conducting gun runs for nearly a week straigh...
Dec 25, 2020•2 hr 20 min
After graduating from Cornell University with undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, Elana Duffy worked in civil and logic engineering briefly before deciding to enlist for active duty Army service in 2003. As both an interrogator and counterintelligence agent, she conducted multiple hostage rescue and strategic level intelligence operations, and eventually assessed into an elite clandestine unit. Unfortunately, her career was cut short when she was injured in a roadside bomb attack ...
Dec 19, 2020•3 hr 21 min
MG Hutmacher became the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Special Operations Warrior Foundation in September 2018. He was a career United States Army Officer and retired in 2018 having served over 40 years in uniform. As an Army Special Operations Aviator, he commanded at every level during his three tours with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, where he served as the MH-60 Direct Action Penetrator platoon leader, company operations officer, executive officer and commande...
Dec 12, 2020•1 hr 32 min
Eeben Barlow served in the South African military and in his government's covert action branch called Civil Cooperation Bureau. After his service he founded Executive Outcomes, a private security company hired by the governments of Angola and Sierra Leone to fight terrorists. After coming under immense political pressure, Eeben attempted retirement but as heard here this turned out to be something he was not very good at. In the 2000's Eeben became the chairman of a new private military company ...
Dec 05, 2020•1 hr 31 min
Jo was born and raised in Idaho and enlisted in the Army in 2005. She was a 37F, or a Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Specialist, where she met Diann. In 2007, Jo deployed to Iraq with a Military Information Support Team (MIST). After her initial enlistment she did about 1.5 years in a Reserve PSYOP unit. After her time in the Reserves, she went back to Active Duty at Ft. Bragg, NC. Jo medically retired in 2014. Diann was born and raised in San Diego, CA. She joined the Army in 2003 as a Psycho...
Nov 28, 2020•1 hr 47 min
Justin is a veteran of 10th Special Forces Group where he served as a medic and deployed to combat in Afghanistan where he was caught in an IED blast that nearly ended his life. Please support Justin by checking out his website: https://justinlascek.com Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse NEW! Team House merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10474963 Team House Discord: https://discord.gg/wHFHYM6 SubReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTeamH...
Nov 21, 2020•3 hr 27 min
After a stint in the U.S. Army Erwin embarked on the ultimate adventure, traveling to the Middle East and volunteering to serve with the Peshmerga in Iraq and the Kurdish YPG militia in Syria during the war against ISIS. Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse NEW! Team House merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10474963 Team House Discord: https://discord.gg/wHFHYM6 SubReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTeamHouse/ Jack Murphy's memoir "Murph...
Nov 14, 2020•2 hr 32 min
Marc Polymeropoulos served in the CIA for nearly three decades prosecuting the war on terror across the middle east until his career was cut short by a mysterious attack in Moscow. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support .
Nov 07, 2020•2 hr 24 min
Brian Kimber served as a Air Force Pararescue (PJ) and hosts World News with BK. We discuss Brian's military career, PJ selection and training, election 2020, the state of the media, and much more. Check out his podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/world-news-with-bk/id1125685301 and his Patreon page right here: https://www.patreon.com/BKactual Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse NEW! Team House merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-s...
Oct 31, 2020•2 hr 49 min
