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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back, man. We got a banger of an episode for you today. All right. There are some cool things about my old job. A lot of people think that it is the, I don't know, the apex of what your life could potentially be. And I'm just here to tell you that if today's guest doesn't convince you that that's not the case, I don't know what to tell you. So there's two people today, two guests, James and Tom. James I met today, Tom, I served with in the military. Well I can't say necessarily served directly with him. Apparently I was a BUDS instructor at around the same time he went through. He has a memory of that. I do not. James, before we get into this is man, what a hell of a life the man has lived, worked in the bar space for quite some time. They're also an author, a very well published author. And with Tom they have created a novel which is what we're going to get to. But the book is called the Breachers Playbook. This is a fictional novel. But what I like about this kind of genre is that it's very similar to Jack Carr in many ways, meaning a lot of truth woven in. And when you know what you're looking for, you can kind of tell about the authenticity and it speaks to you in that way. And then if you just still want to be able to detach your mind, you can go down the fictional route as well. So I actually think it was James that reached out to me first and I need to read right off of what he wrote, Tom's background, because it's fucking ridiculous. Tom obviously went to Bud's and successfully graduated, served at Seal Team 1 as a breacher. Before that he was a professional MMA fighter. 7 and oh no big deal, joined the Navy after 9, 11, 10 year career as a SEAL. Then he enrolled in Northwestern University and walked on and played D1 football as a linebacker when he was 32 to 34 years old. What does somebody do after they've already done all of those things? I don't know. How about continuing to stay in school and educate themself and then also become a published author? Unbelievable. It just goes to show you that you are really limited by the barriers that you put in front of yourself. And I'm gonna shut up. I'm gonna let them talk for themselves. We're gonna get into episode 380 with James and Tom. Give me a quick sec. Let's pay the bills. Today's episode is brought to you by Montana Knife Company. I know everybody who listens to the show is familiar with the brand. Last week's episode was with the founder, Josh Smith. It was really cool. We combined like a little bit of a podcast with a little bit of a vlog. Go to montanaknifecompany.com right now. They're having a sale on their apparel. I'm actually wearing one of their shirts right now. That was accidental. I generally dress in the darkness and whatever T shirt is on top is going to be what I get. They just dropped their tactical line. We talked about that in last week's episodes. There are four knives associated with it. It's actually what I carry in my fanny pack as my edc. Not because I'm looking to get into a knife fight, but mostly because I like to open envelopes in boxes efficiently. These knives are ridiculously sharp. Please be careful. They have chef's knives. They have hunting knives. They have tactical knives. They have knives for people like Greg Putnam who work out on the Little Belt Cattle Co. Ranch. They have knives for people who are fishing. They have knives for anybody who would need a knife. The brand was founded here in Montana. Montana Knife Company, Right. It's definitely global. I will say this. They're incredibly hard to get. If you see something that you like of theirs, join their mailing list. They are releasing knives now, I believe every Thursday and Saturday. I think they release a couple thousand at a time. And it is not unheard of that they'll go within a matter of seconds, probably 60 to 120 seconds. I have personally had multiple knives stolen from me by other people out of my shopping cart because I was slower in the process. So join the mailing list. Support an American manufacturing brand. Born and bred here in Montana. They're bringing jobs back. Not that they're bringing jobs back into the US Because I think the jobs they're hiring for are in the US but they're definitely bringing jobs here to Montana. They're building a huge facility on the western edge of Missoula. They're some of the coolest people. I love their knives, and I'm the first to tell you, they're the hardest to get. Head over to montanaknifecompany.com and show your support to a fantastic brand. My ask for you is this somewhere in that checkout portal. They're going to ask you where you heard about them. Click my name or the show's name, and that's the best way that you can help me. Montanaknifecompany.com okay, got the red smoke.