Don Bentley is the New York Times Bestselling author of the Matt Drake thriller series including Hostile Intent, The Outside Man, and Without Sanction as well as one forthcoming title. Don also writes in the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan, Jr. universe with Zero Hour, Target Acquired, and one forthcoming title. Don spent a decade as an Army Apache helicopter pilot during which time he was stationed in South Korea, Germany, and Texas. While deployed to Afghanistan as a Troop Commander in support of Operati...
May 22, 2023•2 hr 28 min
Dale Hanson is an accomplished sculptor who has led a life of adventure and enjoyed numerous accomplishments. He is a black belt martial artist, an author, a pilot of fixed wing and glider airplanes, has flown aerobatics and is a Special Forces underwater diver. He is a disabled veteran and a member of MENSA. During the Vietnam War, Dale was a highly decorated Green Beret who served three years as a commando in the famous SOG program, whose mission involved extremely dangerous raids far behind e...
May 15, 2023•1 hr 17 min
Dr. David Walton is a retired Special Forces officer with 25 years of SF experience including deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and across the globe with assignments spanning the tactical, operational, and strategic levels. In addition to his Green Beret credentials, Dr. Walton has a decade of experience in academia where he teaches National Security Studies and Executive Leadership. His research portfolio includes Security Strategy, Organizational Culture and Dynamics, and Human Performance. He...
May 09, 2023•2 hr 13 min
Gary Noesner retired from the FBI in 2003 following a 30 year career as an investigator, instructor, and negotiator. A significant focus of his career was directed toward investigating Middle East hijackings in which American citizens were victimized. In addition, he was an FBI hostage negotiator for 23 years of his career, retiring as the Chief of the FBI’s Crisis Negotiation Unit, Critical Incident Response Group, the first person to hold that position. In that capacity he was heavily involved...
May 05, 2023•1 hr 48 min
If you know one thing about Chris Miller, it's that he was President Donald Trump's final Secretary of Defense, elevated to that position in the days after the 2020 election. If you know a second thing about Chris Miller, it's that he oversaw the U.S. Armed Forces during one of the most controversial and tumultuous periods the military has experienced in decades, culminating in the shocking events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Yet Chris Miller is no political partisan. On the contrary,...
May 01, 2023•4 hr 1 min
Roger Lockshier enlisted in the US Army in April 1966. After completing Airborne (Paratrooper) Jump Training at Fort Benning GA, he was assigned to Aviation Battalion 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell Kentucky, December 1966. In December of 1967 the 101st Airborne Division was transferred to Viet Nam. Lockshier was a Crewchief / Doorgunner with the 101st Airborne's Black Angels Huey Helicopter Gunships assigned to provide combat support to the 101st Airborne and 5th Special Forces MACVSOG. ...
Apr 27, 2023•2 hr 3 min
Before becoming one of the hosts of Zero Blog Thirty at Barstool Sports, Kate served in the Marine Corps with the Female Engagement Teams. Today's Sponsors: BetterHelp ⬇️ ● If you want to live a more empowered life, therapy can get you there. ● Visit https://BetterHelp.com/TEAMHOUSE today to get 10% off your first month. SLNT (Silent) ⬇️ https://SLNT.com/?rfsn=7107485.9bde8d SLNT® sleeves, bags, cases and wallets are all exquisitely designed to ensure your devices become invisible, untrackable a...
Apr 24, 2023•2 hr 15 min
Frank served in MACV-SOG during the Vietnam War and then with the CIA where he was awarded the intelligence star for action in Central America. Today's Sponsors: MD Hearing Aids So, if you want MDHearing’s smallest hearing aid ever, go to MDHearing.com and use promo code TEAMHOUSE to get their NEW Buy 1/Get 1 $149.99 EACH offer when you buy a pair. Plus they are adding a FREE Extra Charging Case, a $100 value, just for listeners of this show. So, head to https://MDHEARING.com and use our promo c...
Apr 17, 2023•2 hr 14 min
Dustin Ward served with the 75th Ranger Regiment with the Recce section and worked on special programs in Afghanistan. Grab Dustin's Lite Sleeping Bag!⬇️ https://thelitesleeper.com/ Today's Sponsors SLNT (Silent) ⬇️ https://SLNT.com/?rfsn=7107485.9bde8d SLNT® sleeves, bags, cases and wallets are all exquisitely designed to ensure your devices become invisible, untrackable and silent. Get 10% off your order by using this link or using the promo code "teamhouse" at checkout! https://SLNT.com/?rfsn...
Apr 10, 2023•2 hr 31 min
The chancellor of calendars presents an unscheduled list of semi-likely to happen events: -Drinks -some side scroller video games -cigars -Ground Branch game with the discord -Call of Cthulhu RPG game -Special guests! -Your questions, comments, bitches, gripes, and complaints read live -Dave slices a watermelon with our ninja sword Today's Sponsors: MD Hearing Aids So, if you want MDHearing’s smallest hearing aid ever, go to MDHearing.com and use promo code TEAMHOUSE to get their NEW Buy 1/Get 1...
Apr 03, 2023•11 hr 56 min
Alan C. Mack joined the Army upon graduating High School. His desire to see the world as a US Army helicopter mechanic took him to the Republic of Korea, West Texas, and the Federal Republic of Germany before attending Warrant Officer flight school at Fort Rucker, Alabama. The nearly year-long flight school yielded a UH-1H, Huey, and CH-47D, Chinook, aircraft qualification before his first pilot assignment in Savannah, Georgia. Timing is everything, as he arrived in time to progress with his new...
Mar 27, 2023•2 hr 41 min
Dallas Alexander served as a sniper in Canada's elite JTF-2 and took the worlds record breaking longest precision rifle shot. Find Dallas here:⬇️ https://www.dallasalexander.ca/ Today's Sponsors: Groove Life ⬇️ https://GROOVELIFE.com/TEAMHOUSE It's time to bring your wallet & belt game into the 21st century. Head to https://GROOVELIFE.com/TEAMHOUSE for 20% off ALL Groovelife products! Ten Thousand Apparel ⬇️ https://www.TENTHOUSAND.cc/TEAM The brand believes in being Better Than Yesterday, a...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 49 min
I spent most of my career working in the shadows. While some of my service was spent with large groups, such as the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit, serving in Beirut in 1982, I spent most of my career working on small teams or alone. We often lived and worked with foreign military units like a Kuwaiti tank unit in the northern desert in 1996. In 1998, I worked alone in Yemen. Trouble spots on my own became my specialty. After 9/11, I launched to Uzbekistan in the vanguard for 5th Special Forces Gro...
Mar 16, 2023•3 hr 10 min
Major Vivek Jacob served 14 years as a Special Forces operator. Post his training in the National Defence Academy and the Indian Military Academy, he volunteered for and successfully completed one of the harshest Special Forces selections in the world. Over the years, while leading his Team into Special Ops missions, he experienced near-death situations on multiple occasions. This 14-year dance with life and death led him to begin exploring the nature of purpose and reality. His perception of wh...
Mar 13, 2023•2 hr 11 min
Dave Madden served as a Navy SEAL officer and deployed to Afghanistan before getting involved in tech start ups and homesteading. Today's Sponsors: SLNT (Silent) ⬇️ https://SLNT.com/?rfsn=7107485.9bde8d SLNT® sleeves, bags, cases and wallets are all exquisitely designed to ensure your devices become invisible, untrackable and silent. Get 10% off your order by using this link or using the promo code "teamhouse" at checkout! https://SLNT.com/?rfsn=7107485.9bde8d Thank you for supporting the compan...
Mar 06, 2023•2 hr 20 min
Aaron has over two decades of experience in law enforcement, Army Special Operations, and national security, including as a senior operations officer and field leader at the Central Intelligence Agency. Aaron is a proven problem solver and innovator, with experience leading complex, dynamic, and multimillion dollar intelligence missions across the globe, in war zones, austere environments, throughout the Near East, Eastern Europe, and Asia. Aaron supported CIA’s response to the Khowst Base bombi...
Feb 27, 2023•2 hr 40 min
Tim Weiner joins us for a second episode. Following on his seminal history of the CIA "Legacy of Ashes" Weiner has turned his attention to writing a post-9/11 history of the same agency. In this episode we will discuss the spectacular successes, stunning failures, and ongoing crisis that the CIA faces today. Grab Tim's books here:⬇️ https://www.amazon.com/stores/Tim-Weiner/author/B000APILF6?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true Today's Sponsors:...
Feb 20, 2023•2 hr 56 min
A self-proclaimed "accidental" actor, Collins made his way west to Hollywood in pursuit of a public relations career after majoring in Journalism at Ithaca College. He eventually discovered acting while continuing to work as a publicist in the entertainment industry, ultimately transitioning into his new career: playing pretend for a living. Collins grew up in upstate New York near the state capital of Albany. An avid gamer, Collins enjoys playing his CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE game with fans ...
Feb 16, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Joel Funk served as a MH-47 Chinook pilot in 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Today's Sponsor: Battling Blades ⬇️ For 20% off your Battling Blades order, go to https://BATTLINGBLADES.com and enter code "TeamHouse" at check. Learn the way of the blade at https://BATTLINGBLADES.com and get 20% off with the promo code "TeamHouse" at checkout! Thank you for supporting the companies that support the show ! To help support the show and for all bonus content including: -AD FREE AUDIO -AD FRE...
Feb 13, 2023•2 hr 5 min
CSM (Retired) Jesse D. Boettcher, a native of Luck, Wisconsin, enlisted in the US Army Reserves as an Infantryman in 1988, and entered active duty in 1990. CSM(R) Boettcher’s first overseas assignment was with the 3rd Infantry Division in Wurzburg, Germany. In 1992 he was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division at Ft. Campbell, KY to serve in the 1/327 Inf. Scout Platoon. In 1995 CSM Boettcher attended the Special Forces Qualification Course. After graduation, he returned to Fort Campbell, KY to...
Feb 09, 2023•2 hr 57 min
Ish Villegas was born in Mexico City, and grew up in Del Rio, Texas. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on August 6, 1997, and he completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas, in October 1997. Airman Villegas then attended Combat Control Team training at Lackland AFB (Combat Control Orientation Course); Keesler AFB, Mississippi (Combat Control Operator Course); Fort Benning, Georgia (U.S. Army Airborne School); Fairchild AFB, Washington (U.S. Air Force Basic Survival School); Pope AFB, North C...
Feb 06, 2023•1 hr 32 min
Mark is best known for his reports on the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and its operations. Denbeaux has testified to Congress about the findings of the Center's reports. He and his son, Joshua Denbeaux, are the legal representatives of two Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo. He is also the lead Civilian Military Commission Counsel for two detainees who were tortured by the Central Intelligence Agency in black sites prior to their detainment. Denbeaux is an expert in forensics and has testified as...
Jan 30, 2023•1 hr 29 min
Alex Hollings is a writer, dad, and Marine veteran who specializes in foreign policy and defense technology analysis. He holds a master's degree in Communications from Southern New Hampshire University, as well as a bachelor's degree in Corporate and Organizational Communications from Framingham State University. Today's Sponsor: Private Internet Access VPN (PIA VPN) If you want to enjoy all the benefits of Private Internet Access, now’s the time to subscribe. Head to, https://PIAVPN.com/TEAMHOU...
Jan 26, 2023•2 hr 2 min
A national award winning artist (First place winner in the 2011 National Veterans Creative Arts Contest). Chambers is one of 13 exhibiting artists acknowledged by the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War Commission to honor and pay tribute to Vietnam Veterans and their families during the 50th Anniversary of the war commemoration. Chambers served with F Co 58th Inf LRP and the originating L Co 75th Rangers 101st Abn (“Merrill’s Marauders’) company one of the thirteen LRRP (long-range reconnaissan...
Jan 23, 2023•1 hr 54 min
Dr. Kenneth Dekleva served as a Regional Medical Officer/Psychiatrist with the U.S. Dept. of State from 2002-2016, and is a Senior Fellow at the George HW Bush Foundation for US-China Relations. He is also the author of the novel The Negotiator’s Cross. The views expressed are entirely his own and do not represent the views of the U.S. Government or the U.S. Dept. of State. Find Dr. Dekleva's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Negotiators-Cross-Kenneth-Dekleva/dp/B0BBY5G93D Today's Sponsor: Battl...
Jan 16, 2023•2 hr 15 min
Patrick McNamara spent 22 years in the United States Army in a myriad of special operations units. When he worked in the premier special missions unit, he became an impeccable marksman, shooting with accurate, lethal results and tactical effectiveness. While serving as his Unit's Marksmanship NCO, he developed his own marksmanship club with NRA, CMP, and USPSA affiliations. Mac ran monthly IPSC matches and ran semi annual military marksmanship championships to encourage marksmanship fundamenta...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 52 min
Dave and Jack review everything that happened on the channel in 2022, discuss what's next in 2023, and answer your questions. Today's Sponsor: Battling Blades For 20% off your Battling Blades order, go to https://BATTLINGBLADES.com and enter code "TeamHouse" at check. Learn the way of the blade at https://BATTLINGBLADES.com and get 20% off with the promo code "TeamHouse" at checkout! Thank you for supporting the companies that support the show! To help support the show and for all bonus content ...
Jan 09, 2023•2 hr 56 min
Shawnee Delaney, a decorated Intelligence Officer and licensed private investigator, spent nearly a decade with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) as a Clandestine Officer conducting Human Intelligence (HUMINT) operations all over the world. After leaving DIA, Shawnee supported the Department of Homeland Security in the protection of U.S. critical infrastructure and industrial control systems for the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team. Shawnee is the founder and CEO of V...
Jan 02, 2023•1 hr 5 min
In more than two decades serving the Special Ops Community, including 18 years as a Green Beret, Lt. Col. Mann led pivotal stability missions in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Afghanistan. Lt. Col. Mann is the author of Leading Through Chaos and the New York Times bestseller Operation Pineapple Express, which details the story of the dangerous rescue mission of several hundred of our allies in Afghanistan. He is also the founder of Task Force Pineapple, a nonprofit organization that provid...
Dec 26, 2022•2 hr 9 min
Jeff Stein is the editor-in-chief of SpyTalk, a newsletter covering U.S. intelligence, defense and foreign policy, on the Substack platform. Previously, he was the SpyTalk columnist (and national security correspondent) at Newsweek, and before that, the SpyTalk blogger at The Washington Post. From 2002 to 2009, he was the founding editor of CQ/Homeland Security, and later national security editor at Congressional Quarterly, where he first launched his SpyTalk column. He had already covered the s...
Dec 19, 2022•1 hr 48 min
