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May 16, 2022

Episode 101: Jack Carr “In The Blood”

This week in the studio a man with 20 years of service in Naval Special Warfare as both enlisted and an officer. He worked as a Sniper, Assaulter, and Platoon Commander in countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and the Philippines. Upon exit and retirement from the military Jack again conquered another childhood goal, that of becoming a writer. If you did not know Jack grew up with a mother who was a librarian, and helped instill a love of books in Jack. He read everything from the classics to pulp fiction, which truly shows in his Terminal List series of books that feature the almost bigger than life James Reece and his tales of revenge, redemption, and all out war on those that wish to harm James or his family. He’s here tonight to talk about the latest addition In The Blood, his Terminal List TV show premiering in July, and everything on his horizon. So here we go with the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Navy Seal Sniper, and Outdoorsman. The One, The Only….. Jack Car
Guest: Jack Carr
100
May 9, 2022

Episode 100: Lorenzo Toledo “Undercover Weapons/Narcotics Trafficker”

This week in the studio a man who at the age of 12 lost his brother to homicide in Washington Heights, New York. When he saw the look of devastation on his mothers eyes at the news from 2 police officers, he decided that he would dedicate his life to law enforcement so that he could maybe spare another family going through the pain of such a heinous act. Fast forward to 1987 he was assigned as a US Deputy, to the United States Marshall Service, and upon graduation was assigned to the Southern District of New York where he had the job of transporting and guarding high level Mafia Bosses and Gangsters during the height of the Mafia Commission. After leaving that service my guest became a Special Agent with the ATF where he worked undercover buying machine guns, silencers, narcotics, and a host of other firearms. Moving to Bergen County he worked Narcotics, Vice, Homicide, Organized and Sex Crimes. He finally landed at US Customs where he was a weapons expert , and organized undercover M…
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May 2, 2022

Episode 99: Don Bentley “Hostile Intent”

This week in the studio, a returning guest that spent time as and Army Combat Apache Pilot in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, an FBI Special Agent, and member of the Dallas office FBI SWAT team in his career. Now he is a New York Times bestselling author of not only the Matt Drake series of books, “Without Sanction”, “The Outside Man”, and his newest addition in that series “Hostile Intent”. He has also been charged with taking the mantle of character growth and further story development in the Tom Clancy series about Jack Ryan Jr with “Target Acquired” and the soon to be released “Zero Hour”, which are also New York Times bestsellers. He’s here tonight to talk about his new release, the state of the world and possibly fail at 80’s trivia. I am so happy to introduce in my opinion one of the best writers in the world. Mr. Don Bentley.
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April 25, 2022

Episode 98: Alex Alonso “Border Patrol, US Customs, American Undercover”

This week in the studio a Retired Federal Law Enforcement Agent with 29+ years with the government US Border Patrol, US Customs and Homeland Security Investigations. Most of his career was spent in some form of undercover operations both domestic and international whether that being actually undercover or supervising a team of undercover agents. He served tours of duty in Spain, Italy, Venezuela, Colombia and very briefly in Afghanistan Afghanistan and Thailand as well. His operations have resulted in the seizure of over 268 million dollars, 1,500 kilos of cocaine, and hundreds of arrests and convictions, but that not where it stops, even after retirement he joined western Union and works tirelessly to conduct security risk assessments and conduct high risk commercial relationship investigations. He even can be found on IMDB for some of his acting roles. I am excited to introduce Alex Alonso.
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April 18, 2022

Episode 97: SGM Charles “Chuck” Ritter MENTAL FITNESS-Green Beret, Silver Star, 3 Purple Hearts

This week in the studio a man with 23 years of service to this country. He currently serves as the Deputy Commandant for the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School’s (SWCS) Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He began his career as an infantryman in the 25th Infantry Division, He then served in the 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) as a Special Forces Weapons Sergeant, Intelligence Sergeant, Team Sergeant and currently serves a...
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April 4, 2022

Episode 96: Erick Miyares “Echo9 Axiom/Echo9 Hopes

This week in the studio with me. A retired Sergeant Major with a combined 29 years of professional service to both the United States Marine Corp and The United States Army. Serving in numerous position ranging from a Scout Sniper to National Security Agency Access operations Officer. He has also conducted operations with SOUTHCOM, CENTCOM, AFRICOM, EUCOM, SOCOM, AND THE FAMED SPECIAL MISSIONS UNIT. His life took a turn after he lost two teammates in a one month time period to suicide. My guest d...
Guest: Erick Miyares
94
March 21, 2022

Episode 94: Mike Boettcher “The Hornets Nest”

This week in the studio a Veteran News Correspondent, In his four decade network news career some of the areas that he has covered are the Civil War in El Salvador, where he was kidnapped and threatened, The events leading to the Bombing of the barracks in Beirut, The Oklahoma City bombing where he spoke directly with the bomber himself, the Lockerbie tragedy,Baghdad, Afghanistan, Iraq, and was even embedded with son Carlos who is also a news correspondent in order to reconnect and gain the foot...
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March 14, 2022

Episode 93: Steve Stratton “Green Beret, Secret Service, White House Communications, DOD and DOE”

This week in the studio. A man who has worked in the White House Communications Agency, the Secret Service, been a contractor with the Department of Defense, and earned his Green Beret in 1986 giving him a total of over 49 years of service to this country. Now an author who signed a 3 book deal with Force Poseidon publishing, he’s looking to retire in 2022 to focus on his writing and visiting his bucket list destinations and restaurants.
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March 7, 2022

Episode 92: Michelle Black “Sacrifice-The Tongo Tongo Ambush”

This week in the studio, a Gold Star wife who lost her husband in 2017. Her husband was a Green Beret assigned to ODA 3212. On a devastating mission he and his team were ambushed by ISIS terrorist in Niger Africa near the Mali border. The story doesn’t end there though. After repeated attempts to learn the truth about what happened, she became part investigative reporter, part fact checker, and one hell of a writer. Her book Sacrifice tells the story that so few people have heard the truth about...
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Feb. 28, 2022

Episode 91: Dr. James Lynch “PTS Stellate Ganglion Block”

This week in the studio a 31 year veteran of the US Army. He started his career at Westpoint and ended it as the Medical Squadron Commander of the Special Missions Unit. He has a Bachelors in Psychology, a Masters in Healthcare Improvement, and a Medical Doctrate. He has been the US Olympic Swimming team Physician for the 2016 and 2020 Olympics. He is the Co Founder of the STELLATE Institute, which is a world expert clinic that specializes in treating trauma survivors with the ultrasound guided ...
Guest: James Lynch
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Feb. 14, 2022

Episode 90: Bob Starkman/Joe Pistone “The Real Miami Vice and Donnie Brasco”

Not 1 but two legends in the law enforcement community. I was introduced to these guys through Ralph Friedman and our conversation. The first Bob Starkman is a man with 38 years in law enforcement, 25 of those being in US Customs. His career has produced numbers such as 3000+ kilos of Cocaine 6+ tons of Marijuana, and 12+ million in seized funds. He was the real deal Miami Vice working during the volatile Cocaine Cowboy days. He also is a Junior College Basketball Hall of Fame coach. The second ...
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Jan. 31, 2022

Episode 89: Kenneth Andrus “Navy Captain, Doctor, Author”

Kenneth Andrus is a native of Columbus, Ohio. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Marietta College and his Doctor of Medicine from the Ohio State University College of Medicine. Following his internship, he joined the Navy and retired after twenty-four years of service with the rank of Captain. His operational tours while on active duty included Battalion Surgeon, Third Battalion Fourth Marines; Regimental Surgeon, Ninth Marines; Medical Officer, USS Truxtun CGN-35; Fleet Surgeon, Commande...
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Jan. 17, 2022

Episode 88: Sam Katz “No Shadows in the Desert”

In this first-ever look at the secret inner workings of an Arab security service, Katz tells the story of Jordan’s General Intelligence Department, or GID, the masters of human intelligence on the espionage battlefields of the Middle East, who proved pivotal and crucial go-to allies of the CIA and America’s other intelligence agencies in the war against ISIS and the war on terror. With the revealing and intimate insight of the intelligence officers who fought ISIS, No Shadows in the Desert is a ...
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Jan. 10, 2022

Episode 87: Dave Winkley “GWOT NAVY SEAL”

A retired Senior Chief with over 21 years in the US Navy. 20 of those spent with SEAL teams 1,5,and 3. He has deployments to the Philippines, Iraq, Afghanistan, and numerous other spicy locales. An expert in explosives, he coordinated over 10,000 explosive breach entries in his career. He now spends his time with his charity Tier 1 Outdoors, which provides hunting and fishing opportunities to military and law enforcement, this experience gives them the rest they need to be the friend and family ...
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Jan. 3, 2022

Episode 86 J.T. Patten “CIA,DIA,NSA”

Prior to becoming an author, "J.T. Patten" worked for the government intelligence and military special operations community. He was a subject matter authority on Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Qods Force, Irregular and Unconventional Warfare strategies in counterterrorism, intelligence collection, and social network disruption. He has a degree in Foreign Languages from Illinois State University, a Masters in Strategic intelligence from the American Military University, po...
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Dec. 27, 2021

Episode 85: Bob Stasch “Suspects and Shootouts”

Over 38 years of Law Enforcement for the city of Chicago. He is an subject matter expert in threat assessment, Unmanned Drones, Infrastructure Protection, Large scale active threat drills, Active Shooter threats, and counterterrorism tactics. He has additional training in Bomb Threat Managaement, Protective measures, Surveillance detection, Radiological detection, weapons of mass destruction, and dignitary protection. But what made him one of Chicagos toughest cops was the 14 shootouts that he s...
Guest: Bob Stasch
84
Dec. 20, 2021

Episode 84: Ralph Friedman “Street Warrior”

2,000 arrests. 100 off-duty arrests. 6,000 assists. 15 shootings. 8 shot. 4 kills. These are not the performance statistics of an entire NYPD unit. They are the record that makes Detective 2nd Grade Ralph Friedman a legend. Friedman was arguably the toughest cop ever to wear the shield and was the most decorated detective in the NYPD’s 170-year history. Stationed at the South Bronx’s notorious 41 Precinct, known by its nickname “Fort Apache,” Friedman served during one of the city’s most dire ti...
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Dec. 13, 2021

Episode 83: Ryen Overlin “RO Knives”

A 20 year veteran Sergeant First Class (R) with the US Army. Ryen spent time in the 82nd Airborne, 5th Ranger Training Battalion, 1st Special Forces and even the White House Communication Team. After his career serving his country retiring in 2019. Ryen started making some of the most awesome knives on the planet. Ryen is the owner and creator of RO Knives. He started making knives four years ago in his garage using hand files, sand paper, a homemade forge, and pure stubbornness. He would love t...
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Dec. 6, 2021

Episode 82: Dan McClinton “The Longest Month”

A 24-year veteran, Master Army Aviator, AH-64 Pilot in Command and Air Mission Commander, Dan retired from the US Army in 2011 having deployed 3 times in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom for a total of 37 months in combat. He is a recipient of multiple awards and decorations to include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and Air Medal. His aviation themed photography has been featured in numerous, books, publications and on Department of Defense websites. He is the Producer of the documentary The...
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Nov. 29, 2021

Episode 81: Steve Murphy “NARCOS”

Stephen Murphy worked his up way from his start as a police officer in a small West Virginia town to the Deputy Assistant Administrator of the DEA. During his 37 years in law enforcement Steve was stationed all around the world, most notably as one of the two Americans present and involved in the hunt for the largest cocaine distributor in the world, Pablo Escobar. Murphy was present during the chase and eventual shooting resulting in the death of Escobar, and took all the photographs seen in th...
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Nov. 22, 2021

Episode 80: Jack Nevils “The Redeployed”

Mr. Nevils served 25 years in active military service, two years as an Airborne Ranger in the 1st Ranger Battalion, then 23 years in the Special Forces (Green Berets), serving in a variety of assignments in 7th and 3rd Special Forces Groups and the JFK Special Warfare Center and Schools. Mr. Nevils retired in early 2013 as a Sergeant Major, the highest enlisted rank in the U.S. Army. During his career, he worked in numerous countries in South and Central America conducting Counter-Narcotics and ...
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Nov. 15, 2021

Episode 79: Matt Klein “Battle Tribe”

Matthew joined the U.S. Army and served in the 3rd Infantry Division as a machine gunner and squad marksman. He conducted 400+ combat missions during two tours in Iraq, receiving the Combat Infantryman’s Badge and a Purple Heart for shrapnel wounds resulting from a large IED explosion. He was honorably discharged in 2006. Matthew now serves as a detective with the NYPD in the elite, three-member forensic artist unit. Detective Klein’s primary focus is creating the likeness of suspects for “wante...
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Nov. 8, 2021

Episode 78: Benito Olson “DEVGRU” K-9 Handler

He attended Recruit Training Command in Chicago, IL where he went on to attend Master at Arms “A” School on Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia Beach VA. From Little Creek he selected for his first tour in Bahrain located on the Arabian Peninsula. Following his successful completion of Military Working Dog Handlers Couse he reported back to Naval Support Activity Bahrain for an additional 2 years where he served as a Petty Officer 3rd Class dog handler. Following his tour in Bahrain he ...