Daniel spent 12 years in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment as a Crew Chief and Door Gunner in the Chinook. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Sponsors: Fum ⬇️ https://tryfum.com Use the code “TEAMHOUSE” for 10% off! Augusta Precious Metals⬇️ https://www.augustapreciousmetals.com/ Text "TEAM" to 68592 or go to https://www.augustapreciousmetals.com/...
Oct 16, 2023•2 hr 28 min
Pasha served in the UK Armed Forces for 26 years with the Royal Marine Commandos and with the SBS (Special Boat Service). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Sponsors: The AARP Veteran Report⬇️ https://aarp.org/VETREPORT Free, Twice Monthly email newsletter that salutes military service & provides a mixture of inspirational human stories and practical info ...
Oct 09, 2023•2 hr 17 min
Born in Farnham, Surrey, UK. Following a divorce from his birth father, his mother Hazel married his step-father, who adopted him and gave him the name Horsfall. A broken family life adversely affected his education, so he left school in 1972 at the age of fifteen and joined the army as a boy soldier. Despite a long period of isolation and bullying by his peers, he became a full member of the Parachute Regiment in 1974 and served three tours of Northern Ireland. In 1978 he volunteered for SAS se...
Oct 02, 2023•2 hr 1 min
Doc would see combat throughout South Vietnam, spending much of his time deep in the bush far from the relative safety of base camps. With the less than encouraging words that “you’ll be dead in 15 seconds” still ringing in his ears, Doc embarked on an eventful and at times harrowing combat tour that pitted the famed 101st Airborne Division against some of the North Vietnamese Army’s finest troops on the battlefields of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, Hamburger Hill, and the deadly A Shau Valley. Doc wou...
Sep 29, 2023•1 hr 38 min
Brent Tucker served both as a Green Beret and Delta Force operator during his career. A purple heart recipient with 13 combat deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and more. Brent Tucker started First Responder’s Coffee Company after training first responders and seeing first-hand the budgetary restraints and lack of resources. He also wanted the community to have an outlet to show their support for these brave men and women. Grab some FRCC here: https://frccoffee.com/ ------------------------...
Sep 25, 2023•2 hr 35 min
David McCloskey is the author of Damascus Station. He is a former CIA analyst and former consultant at McKinsey & Company. While at the CIA, he wrote regularly for the President’s Daily Brief, delivered classified testimony to Congressional oversight committees, and briefed senior White House officials, Ambassadors, military officials, and Arab royalty. He worked in CIA field stations across the Middle East throughout the Arab Spring and conducted a rotation in the Counterterrorism Center fo...
Sep 18, 2023•2 hr 19 min
Dan Blakeley is a former U.S. Army Special Operations Ranger, who served with the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. During his years of service, he deployed six times in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Following eight years of service, Dan found himself suppressing his experiences in the military to ‘fit in’ to his new community of friends and coworkers. After earning a double master’s degree at Appalachian State University, Dan began seeking ways to reconne...
Sep 14, 2023•2 hr 13 min
Hudson was in law enforcement and contracting and decided to joined and fight in Ukraine against the Russians with the International Legion of Ukraine. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's sponsors: Ree Medical ⬇️ https://reemedical.referralrock.com/l/TEAMHOUSE04/ Need accurate medical evidence that can maximize your VA benefits? REE Medical and their team of s...
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 40 min
Whitcomb spent 15 years with the FBI as a special agent from 1987 to 2002 and worked on many high-profile cases. Whitcomb joined FBI Hostage Rescue Team after completing a rigorous two week specialized selection process and six month training course known as New Operator Training School" or "NOTS". Whitcomb was a participant at the Waco Siege, LA Riots, and Ruby Ridge. His final assignment with the FBI consisted of working with the Critical Incident Response Group. Whitcomb has worked extensivel...
Sep 04, 2023•4 hr 21 min
Today we're going to do a deep dive on the Ukraine conflict with Russia analyst Aaron Schwartzbaum. Aaron Schwartzbaum is a Fellow in the FPRI Eurasia Program, and is founder of the FPRI’s BMB Russia. He now works with the BMB team as an advisor and columnist. Aaron received an MA in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), with concentrations in International Political Economy and International Economics. Prior to starting at SAIS, he worke...
Aug 28, 2023•2 hr 7 min
SGM Tommy Shook has had a storied career that has spanned 50 years from Vietnam to Iraq (1960-2010). He was in the 82nd Airborne, Pathfinders, Special Forces, the 75th Ranger Regiment, and as a State Department contractor. He also has done 2 cross training deployments with the British 22SAS and was integral of Project Greenlight during the Cold War. In 2016, he was inducted into the Army Ranger Hall of Fame (1 out of 474 all time). He is a legend. ------------------------------------------------...
Aug 21, 2023•2 hr 9 min
Army Staff Sergeant Aaron Hale was severely injured in Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated in his presence. Hale, of the 760th EOD (explosive ordinance disposal), served a tour in Iraq and two tours in Afghanistan. EOD technicians are the Army’s tactical and technical explosives experts, who are trained to destroy and disable unexploded ordnance, improvised explosive devices and weapons of mass destruction. SSG Hale’s unit completed 1,100 counter-IED missions, destroy...
Aug 17, 2023•2 hr 27 min
My name is Nate and I am a recently retired green beret out of 1st SFG. A decade of experience in Army Special Forces with multiple deployments and extensive combat experience in Afghanistan. My military combat honors include the Army Commendation Medal w/ Valor, Army Commendation medal with C device, and AAM with C device, all from operations in Afghanistan. Check out Nate's channel here:⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/@ValhallaFirearmsTraining Nate's IG is here, give him a follow:⬇️ https://instagr...
Aug 14, 2023•3 hr 11 min
Gary returns for round 2. 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 ...
Aug 10, 2023•3 hr 11 min
I.S. Berry spent six years as an operations officer for the CIA, serving in wartime Baghdad and elsewhere. She has lived and worked throughout Europe and the Middle East, including two years in Bahrain during the Arab Spring. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and Haverford College. Raised in the suburbs of Washington, DC, she lives in Virginia with her husband and son. Grab Ilana's new book "The Peacock & The Sparrow" here:⬇️ https://www.amazon.com/Peacock-Sparrow...
Aug 07, 2023•1 hr 47 min
Gary Linderer is the publisher of Behind the Lines, a magazine that specializes in US military special operations. He served in Vietnam with the LRPs of the 101st Airborne Division, earning two Silver Stars, the Bronze Star with V device (for valor), the Army Commendation Medal with V device, and two Purple Hearts. Grab Gary's books here:⬇️ https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gary-A.-Linderer/author/B001KHOOIG?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true ---...
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr 59 min
Andy was born and raised in Northern California. From the age of 11 he knew that he wanted to become a Navy SEAL, and it became the single driving force in his life. He enlisted in the Navy while still a Junior in high school, entering military service in 1996. After completing boot camp he began the most grueling training program in the US Military - Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL, known as BUD/s. Nearly 90% of all candidates are unsuccessful completing the six month program. Andy graduated a...
Jul 27, 2023•1 hr 59 min
Frank retired from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) in 2014, which is part of the U.S. Department of Justice, after 25 years of service. The majority of his career was as a Supervisory Special Agent (GS-14). His primary duties were in relation to complex investigations to include undercover operations. He conducted three separate infiltrations of his own into three Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (Brothers, MC, Vagos MC and an Aryan Brother motorcycle club know as the Orde...
Jul 24, 2023•3 hr 1 min
#1 NYT bestselling author Mark Greaney’s debut international thriller, THE GRAY MAN, was published in 2009 and became a national bestseller and a highly sought-after Hollywood property. Netflix released the film version of THE GRAY MAN, starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, and Ana de Armas, in 2022. Eleven subsequent Gray Man novels have been released to date, including his latest, SIERRA SIX. Book twelve, BURNER, comes out February 21st, 2023. Mark is also the #1 New York Times bestselling autho...
Jul 20, 2023•2 hr 9 min
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 enemy lines. This unit received more decorations and suffered higher rates of casualties than any American unit since the American Civil War. On one of these raids, Dale earned the first of several purple hearts as his right hand was mangled by a burst of machine gun fire. It is ironic that he became a sculptor...
Jul 13, 2023•3 hr 22 min
Marc Polymeropoulos retired in June 2019 from the Senior Intelligence Service ranks at the CIA after a 26-year career in operational headquarters and field management assignments covering the Middle East, Europe, Eurasia, and Counter Terrorism. He served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and he is one of the CIA's most decorated field officers. Marc is the recipient of the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal, the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the Intelligence Medal of Merit, and the Intellig...
Jul 10, 2023•3 hr 10 min
Prior to founding Fit Fight - a global competition fitness app, Steve was a consultant for Johnson and Johnson’s orthopedic trauma division, utilizing eight years of critical care and trauma nurse experience. In the military he earned the rank of Master Sergeant after serving over 23 years in Army special forces. He is a level one sniper and attended John’s Hopkins applied physics lab as well as the special operations planners course in Norfolk, Virginia. Steve earned a BS in nursing from Quinni...
Jul 03, 2023•3 hr 29 min
Felipe grew up as a Mennonite in Mexico before immigrating to the United States as a kid where he joined the Army and served as a Ranger. Eventually he came to serve in the elite and little known Regimental Reconnaissance Company (RRC) and was deployed overseas. Today' Sponsor: Vitamin 1 Water ⬇️ (VETERAN OWNED & OPERATED) Hydrate Your Health! https://www.amazon.com/stores/Vitamin1/page/EE9B1311-273B-4D86-B4D7-D8BD1CFE62F8?ref_=ast_bln ELECTROLYTE AND B-VITAMIN ENHANCED / SUGAR-FREE / CAFFEI...
Jun 26, 2023•2 hr 12 min
Justin Sapp was the first green beret in Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks. He was on the mission that saw the first American Casualty in the Global War on Terror Mike Spann. Toby Harnden is a journalist and author who wrote the book on the incredible story of the CIA team Alpha that were the first boots on the ground if Afghanistan. Toby's book:⬇️ https://www.amazon.com/First-Casualty-Untold-Mission-Avenge/dp/0316540951 Badger Six:⬇️ https://badgersix.org/the-team/ Today' Sponsor: The AARP Vet...
Jun 19, 2023•2 hr 27 min
Andy Milburn served over 25 years in the US Marine Corps. After retiring, he started The Mozart Group, a private crowdfunded military training company that operated in Ukraine in 2022. Grab Andy's incredible book here: ⬇️ When the Tempest Gathers: From Mogadishu to the Fight Against ISIS, a Marine Special Operations Commander at War https://www.amazon.com/When-Tempest-Gathers-Mogadishu-Operations/dp/1526750554 Andy’s Substack:⬇️ https://amilburn.substack.com/p/not-enough-soldiers?utm_campaign=po...
Jun 15, 2023•2 hr 43 min
Michael Taylor is a Special Forces veteran who had a hard-earned reputation for taking on dicey assignments. Over the years, Taylor had been hired by parents to rescue abducted children. He went undercover for the FBI to sting a Massachusetts drug gang. He is most well known for smuggling Carlos Ghosn (former chairman of Nissan) out of Japan. Grab Vitamin 1 here:⬇️ https://www.drinkvitamin1.com Today's Sponsors: The Lite Sleeper⬇️ (VETERAN OWNED, US MANUFACTURED) the perfect addition for the lig...
Jun 12, 2023•2 hr 18 min
Michelle Carron Taylor spent 14 years as a Special Agent in the FBI, investigating cyber, counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and corruption matters. As a Special Agent, she also worked with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners to provide security assessments and real-time threat monitoring of large scale sporting events, such as NASCAR races and the Preakness Stakes, a premier thoroughbred horse race. While in the FBI, she also served as Director for Legislative Affairs for the...
Jun 08, 2023•2 hr 10 min
Ward Carroll flew in F-14 Tomcats for fifteen years after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy. He was named Naval Institute Press Author of the Year in 2001 for his novel Punk’s War and is also the author of Punk’s Fight and Punk’s Wing. He is the host of the popular Ward Carroll YouTube channel. Ward's Youtube:⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/@WardCarroll Ward's Website:⬇️ https://punkswar.com/ Today's Sponsors: Hello Fresh ⬇️ https://www.HELLOFRESH.com/teamhouse16 Get 16 free meals plus free ship...
Jun 05, 2023•2 hr 53 min
Trident Grill was opened in August of 2001 by Nelson Miller, retired US Navy SEAL. Trident is named after the special warfare insignia that all Navy SEALs wear on their uniforms. Miller was still active duty while opening the original Trident Grill and was called to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan. As a patriot of our country, he answered the call to duty. While serving his country he still had to remain involved in his newest venture. He fell in love with the Arizona desert and culture of the Sou...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr 51 min
Writer / Photographer Ed Darack has covered the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Marine Regiment since their pre-Afghan mountain warfare training in the spring of 2005 and has stayed with them through their subsequent deployment to Afghanistan and tour in Iraq’s Anbar province. He is the author of numerous articles on military issues for such publications as Smithsonian Air and Space, the Marine Corps Gazette, and Proceedings of the Naval Institute Press, among others. Darack continues to write articles...
May 29, 2023•2 hr 31 min
