Squadcast (Live) 03/20/2025

Summary

The Antihero Podcast – Squadcast (Live) 03/20/2025 Summary

Episode Information

• Title: The Antihero Podcast
• Host: The Antihero Podcast
• Episode: Squadcast (Live) 03/20/2025
• Release Date: March 22, 2025
• Description: Part Delta Force. Part Street Cop. All Truth.

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1. Episode Overview

In this live Thursday night squadcast, host Brent welcomes returning guest Mike, the podcast's residential political expert. The primary focus of the episode centers on Congressman Jason Crow, a veteran and Democratic representative from Colorado's 6th district. Brent and Mike delve into Crow’s military background, political stance, voting record, and the implications of his policies on veterans and national security.

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2. Guest Introduction and Background

Brent (00:41): Introduces Mike as the residential political expert, highlighting his not-so-frequent live appearances.
Mike (01:20): Confirms his limited live participation, having done one other live episode previously.

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3. Deep Dive into Congressman Jason Crow

3.1. Military Background

Brent (02:00): Emphasizes the importance of veterans in politics, asserting that their values built from military service, such as discipline and sacrifice, can enhance congressional effectiveness.

Mike (04:58): Provides Crow’s military credentials:

• Served as Captain in the 82nd Airborne, 75th Ranger Regiment.
• Participated in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
• Awarded a Bronze Star for actions in the Battle of Samawah in 2003.

Brent (05:07): Acknowledges Crow’s officer status but questions his alignment with traditional military values.

3.2. Political Stance and Policies

3.2.1. Immigration

Brent (07:17): Criticizes Crow’s stance on immigration, particularly his opposition to using Buckley Space Force Base as a detention center for illegal immigrants.
Mike (08:11): Highlights Crow’s actions to prevent detention facilities at Buckley Space Force Base.

Quotes:

• Brent (08:45): “He took an oath to protect this country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. If you don't think millions marching into our country is an invasion, then you're an idiot.”

3.2.2. Gun Control

Mike (12:00): Details Crow’s support for stricter gun laws, including an assault weapons ban and enhanced background checks.

Brent (12:05): Argues that such measures infringe upon the Second Amendment, asserting, “Shall not be infringed.”

Quotes:

• Mike (13:43): “Anytime I hear the words common sense, gun control, the hair stands up on the back. My spidey sense is tingling because that's just a foot in the door.”

3.2.3. Law Enforcement

Mike (64:10): Discusses Crow’s co-sponsorship of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which includes:

• Banning chokeholds and no-knock warrants.
• Establishing a national police misconduct registry.
• Changing use-of-force standards.
• Ending qualified immunity.

Brent (65:02): Critiques the Act, claiming it demonizes law enforcement and hampers police recruitment:

• “Take away qualified immunity. How can you do that job without qualified immunity?”

Quotes:

• Brent (67:23): “The police’s ability to escalate their defensive posture when going after bad guys.”

3.2.4. Transgender Policies

Brent (37:27): Challenges Crow’s support for transgender rights in the military, labeling it as a mental disorder and arguing it undermines military effectiveness.

Quotes:

• Brent (39:57): “If not allowing people with mental health issues makes our country less safe, politicians like you are actually what's making our country less safe.”

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4. Voting Record and Ethical Concerns

Brent (70:12): Highlights Crow’s voting against key immigration and law enforcement acts:

• Lake and Riley Act: Automatic deportation for violent criminals.
• SAVE Act: Requires U.S. citizenship to vote.
• Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act: Automatic deportation for domestic violence-related offenses.

Mike (70:17): Adds that Crow also opposed the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act, emphasizing its role in protecting victims.

Brent (54:30): Criticizes Crow for claiming not to take PAC money while accepting undisclosed donations from law firms and private donors, labeling it hypocritical.

Quotes:

• Brent (55:29): “He likes to virtue signal over that all the time that he does not take money from the packs. However, he does take a lot of contributions from...”

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5. Super Chats and Listener Interactions

Throughout the episode, listeners engage via Super Chats, posing questions and sharing anecdotes. Key interactions include:

• Listener Praise and Suggestions:
  Drew (18:08): Suggests guests like Sergeant Kevin Vance and Justin Kramer.
  Drew (55:00): Recommends Gary Stone as a potential guest to discuss combat experiences.

• Technical and Tactical Discussions:
  Drew (27:21): Asks about grenade behavior on the battlefield.
  Brent (27:36): Explains the low probability of chain reactions with grenades being hit by bullets.

• Policy and Ethics Debates:
  Drew (84:30): Inquires about the JFK files and Israel’s involvement.
  Brent (85:31): Discusses conspiracy theories and criticizes media portrayals.

• Operational Footage Analysis:
  Brent (120:00): Reviews a video of law enforcement handling a distressed individual with a chainsaw, emphasizing tactical decisions and the balance between de-escalation and necessary force.

Notable Quotes:

• Listener (71:18): “Citizens of Colorado, put your weed down and yes, vote responsibly.”
• Listener (82:32): “I can't make you say something that you don't believe in.”

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6. Analysis of Law Enforcement Tactics

Discussion on Video Content (120:00 – 123:00):
Brent and Mike analyze a video depicting police response to an individual armed with a chainsaw at a retirement home. They critique the officers' tactical decisions, balance between de-escalation and the use of force, and the importance of teamwork and communication in high-stress situations.

Quotes:

• Brent (123:26): “The police’s ability to escalate their defensive posture when going after bad guys.”

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7. Current Events and Additional Topics

7.1. Public Infrastructure Changes:
Brent discusses the removal of Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington D.C., criticizing the cessation of what he views as unnecessary obstructions.

7.2. Drone Warfare:
Listeners inquire about drone combat footage in Ukraine, with Brent expressing both awe and concern over their effectiveness and ethical implications.

Quotes:

• Brent (93:40): “Elon Musk isn't going and firing anybody? So you don't have an unelected official going out there cutting government programs.”

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8. Sponsor Mentions

Throughout the episode, sponsors are briefly acknowledged, focusing on products relevant to the podcast's audience, such as:

• Brotherhood Blades: Handmade blades for cops and first responders. Promo code: AntiHero10
• How Arms: Custom firearm creation and gunsmithing by disabled veterans.
• Cloud Defense: Weapon lights and flashlights with promo code: AntiHero15

Note: These sections are concise to maintain focus on content, as per user instructions to skip advertisements.

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9. Conclusion and Closing Remarks

In the final segment, the hosts recap key discussion points, address remaining Super Chats, and encourage listener engagement through social media and future guest suggestions. They reiterate their commitment to highlighting issues affecting veterans and law enforcement, positioning themselves as advocates for truth and accountability in politics.

Quotes:

• Brent (130:13): “Thank you so much for tuning in. We'll see you next Thursday.”

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Key Takeaways

• Critique of Veteran Politician: Brent and Mike critically examine Congressman Jason Crow’s military background versus his political actions, emphasizing perceived mismatches in values and policy decisions.

• Policy Implications: Discussion highlights the impact of Crow’s policies on gun control, immigration, law enforcement, and transgender military service, arguing that they undermine national security and veterans’ interests.

• Ethical Concerns: The podcast raises issues about Crow’s voting record and campaign financing practices, suggesting hypocrisy and ethical lapses.

• Listener Engagement: Super Chats enrich the conversation with real-world questions and insights, reflecting the podcast’s interactive nature and community focus.

• Operational Insights: Analysis of law enforcement tactics provides practical insights for listeners in similar fields, reinforcing the podcast’s commitment to actionable knowledge.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

• Brent (08:45): “He took an oath to protect this country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. If you don't think millions marching into our country is an invasion, then you're an idiot.”

• Brent (12:05): “Shall not be infringed.”

• Mike (13:43): “Anytime I hear the words common sense, gun control, the hair stands up on the back. My spidey sense is tingling because that's just a foot in the door.”

• Brent (37:27): “If not allowing people with mental health issues makes our country less safe, politicians like you are actually what's making our country less safe.”

• Brent (65:02): “Take away qualified immunity. How can you do that job without qualified immunity?”

• Brent (66:07): “It’s in the name, right?” (Referring to PACs)

• Brent (103:01): “Return fire, get their heads down, maybe end it right away.”

• Brent (130:13): “Thank you so much for tuning in. We'll see you next Thursday.”

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This episode of The Antihero Podcast offers a critical perspective on a veteran-turned-politician, blending in-depth policy analysis with community interaction. It reinforces the podcast’s mission to deliver unfiltered truths from the perspectives of those with military and law enforcement backgrounds.

Transcript

[Brent]

True crime Stories with Sandman. What's up, brother? Carl Hamilton. I'll beat you to it. I'll mention TK before the show even starts. Yes. Here we are. We are back. It's always good to be back on a live Thursday night Live. This one's for the boys. Thursday night squadcast. Part Delta Force, part firefighter. Tonight it is. We got Mike. That's probably your third time back with. My third time I haven't been. You guys may not recognize him because. Yeah. This is your first live. This is your first live. Were you done alive with us before?

[Mike]

Done one other live.

[Brent]

Yeah, it was.

[Mike]

Last one I did was live. Yeah, it was in the old studio, though.

[Brent]

Yep. To show you how unprofessional we are, Mike is our residential political expert. How do you. How do you like being referred to as that? I.

[Mike]

It's. It's good. I've been referred to things a lot worse.

[Brent]

A lot worse. I do. I knew you're the right guy last time. I can't remember the topic was last time, but you came with notes. Managed. You come with a ton of those notes right here.

[Mike]

I do.

[Brent]

Obviously, as the. As the thumbnail suggests, we're going to talk about Jason Crow. And actually this. This series came about. I had made a comment about more veterans being a part of politics. I actually still stand by that statement. I. I do. If. If we're. If you're taking the. The general swath of veterans, they're. They're good people.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Brent]

The. You know, and. And they, they have very similar values just by. Just by their value of joining the military. Low pay, hard work. It's. It's a type of person that, that you want. They've already put in the time they're willing to, if need be, put down their lives, especially these GWOT guys who knew they were going to war. So I think our, the. I think our Congress would be better with more people like that. Yeah. And then someone said, well, yeah, unless it's, I don't know, veterans like Jason Crow. And I said, who's that? And he goes, well, he was a Ranger battalion guy and he's a congressman out of Colorado. He's a Democrat. And he started going through a bunch of things that, in fact, a lot more things that we've uncovered. But he went over wave top on it. And I was like, get out of here. Like with. We're. We're going to cover that because you don't. You don't get the veteran vote just.

[Mike]

Because you're a Veteran, not a monolith.

[Brent]

That's right. Yeah. You don't, you don't just get it. It's great that you served, but at the end of the day, hey, old tampon Tim served. Doesn't mean you get to be the Vice President of, of the United States.

[Mike]

He was never a sergeant Major. He didn't finish the time.

[Brent]

Gosh, that. That guy. O, man, did we.

[Drew]

The, the dancing green beret we saw last week, sir.

[Brent]

I, I'm well aware of that guy. That guy's been a staple of. Of being made fun of in the green braid community for a long time. He's been a black eye of ours internally and I'm just upset that. That these more people have got. We've always hoped that no one else would see this guy. Yeah. Rough the. So, so let's. Let's get. Let's get right into it. Let's. Mike, tell us about Jason Crow. Six district Congress.

[Mike]

Give us some background of Colorado that. Which is eastern Denver, Aurora area. It's a really kind of conservative area. There's a lot of ex military there. And he seems to be like really far left, even progressive. You know, he's for like, health care for all. He's a huge proponent of the LGBTQ +IA 123ABC community element op. Yes, he is a veteran. He served from 0206. Captain, 82nd Airborne. 75th.

[Brent]

Yep, yep.

[Mike]

He's. He fought in the Iraq war. He was in Afghanistan. He earned a bronze Star.

[Brent]

So I'll stop you there for a second. I'm not surprised that when we started looking at this that. That he's an officer. Yeah, it's just. I don't know. I assure you, I'm just. I'm generalizing. Yes. But generally generalizations are there for a reason, and they're mostly true. None of the men that. That he commanded agree with. With these wild policies of his. Yeah. In fact, I wish we had a little more time on this. I'd have been able. I guarantee I'd been able to dig in a little bit more than this. And I don't know. I actually don't know. But. But I would. I would be interested to see what his soldiers thought of him if. If this even surprised them or like, really, he was a good dude. I can't believe that's there's political views, but something tells me more than likely they'd go, yeah, yeah, that sounds.

[Mike]

He's an. Well, you know, it proves that he's an. Because he's an attorney now. He he's got a, he's got his law degree. So you know he's a liar. He's a goddamn liar right off the bat.

[Brent]

Right.

[Mike]

Excuse my French.

[Brent]

Go on. Afghanistan, Iraq.

[Mike]

Yep. He got the Bronze Star in a Battle of Samawah in 03. And then he ran for office. I forget what year he ran for office.

[Brent]

I believe he's a, he's a fourth term congressman.

[Mike]

What I do three years.

[Brent]

Yeah, I believe they do.

[Mike]

That's 12.

[Brent]

Three years. Yep. 12 sounds about right.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Brent]

So he's been doing it for a hot minute, which is even worse, to be honest with you. We're just covering this guy now this, this guy's probably like why, why, why covered me now. I've been here for over a decade. You know this, he's nothing new.

[Mike]

I just can't believe that he was a Ranger. Rangers lead the way, right?

[Brent]

Not all rangers lead the way.

[Mike]

Think that this guy, I mean, would think the same as a majority of veterans that I meet and that I know. Yeah, but he's like the polar opposite. It's like he, he wants like, you know, what are they AC use now in the digital. Like he wanted to be like rainbow colored, like literally. That's the kind of guy that he is.

[Brent]

So let's, I'll, I'll go down a. And you know, we'll, we'll trade almost tit for tat. One of the things that really, that starts is this is low level stuff we'll build up. But Buckley Space Force Base is in his district and he caught wind that ICE was going to use Buckley as a detention center for illegal immigrants. And he was like, absolutely not. Not on my watch, not on a base in my district. And so he went down there to ensure that there were no detention facilities used by Buckley Space Force for illegal immigration. So actively ensuring, actively ensuring and deterring illegal immigrants in our country as a.

[Mike]

Congressman, did he actively hinder?

[Brent]

Yeah, he's, he, he went down there to ensure what was going on. He and, and to make sure that it didn't. Because he was going to go back to Capitol Hill about that. He was told as of now, there are no detention facilities, you know, actively in Buckley Space Force Base. So it's not happening right now. Whether he deterred that or not, I don't know. But I know it's not happening right now. And I do know he said he would stay on top of it to monitor, to make sure that it doesn't happen.

[Mike]

That makes no sense to me.

[Brent]

It makes no sense to Me, because as a congressman and, and as an officer, this man took an oath. He took an oath to protect this country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. And if you don't think tens of thousands and now millions of people waving a foreign flag marching into our country isn't an invasion, then, then you're an idiot.

[Mike]

Well, I watched a video of him on Fox News and he said, paraphrasing, he's like the, the young men and women that I served with in the military, they joined to serve overseas, you know, to like to keep America safe from foreign enemies. He's like, but they didn't sign up and join to defend our borders. And I'm like, that, that, that's an oxymoron. Like, that makes no sense to me.

[Brent]

Right. We, we were defending our borders by going over there to make sure that a September 11th didn't happen again within our borders. And I assure, if you ask the military, hey, you guys want to go down there and secure our borders? It'd be like, hell yeah. Oh yeah, Hell yeah, I do. So he's so wrong on that when it comes to, to illegal immigration. He went on to say on about this Buckley Space Force Base that he will ensure that ice. He goes, I have no problem with deporting violent criminals. So at least, at least he admitted that. But let's be honest, you don't get credit for admitting that. Yeah, he said, but we will not deport law abiding citizens. Well, I have a huge problem with that because one, they're not law abiding because they broke the law to get here. And two, they're not citizens.

[Mike]

They're not citizens.

[Brent]

They're not citizens because. Wrong on both accounts. Wrong on both accounts, you idiot. How are you, how are you a Ranger battalion officer and you don't even understand words?

[Drew]

Well, I also, I heard that the Venezuelan government, like on a government level instructed people to go to America for the immigration.

[Mike]

That is, they opened the prisons.

[Drew]

Yeah. And they were instructed to go to America. That is a technical invasion, a foreign.

[Mike]

Invasion by a foreign country.

[Brent]

Yes.

[Mike]

They were given the means to make it here. They don't want them in their prisons. They don't want to have to support them anymore, so they let them go. They give them like a voucher to get up into Mexico and then they walk, you know, a thousand miles or catch a bus or a donkey or whatever.

[Brent]

Let's, let's, let's get on some of his, some things he's voted on. I mean, so we can say some things he said, which tells you about the person he is. But the things he voted on will tell you the person he is too. Let's talk about some of the things he voted on.

[Mike]

Well, the gun control. He's a vocal advocate for stricter gun laws.

[Brent]

And let's stop, stop, stop talking about that. Just real quick. Sworn to defend the Constitution in the United States with second amendment says right to bear arms shall not be infringed.

[Mike]

Shall not be infringed.

[Brent]

And the very thing he's actively trying to do is to undo the second Amendment.

[Mike]

Infringe on your, your second Amendment right.

[Drew]

That's it. I mean, it shall not be in French.

[Mike]

You're done.

[Brent]

What's, what's next?

[Mike]

That caught me off guard.

[Brent]

I'll speak to the mic. Oh, sorry.

[Mike]

So he supported assault weapons ban. And he voted for a. The Background Checks act, which establishes new laws requiring background checks on private sales, which is absolute infringement. So I can't own something and sell it to another person that I know isn't a convicted felon. Like a person that's not lawfully allowed to have weapon. So I couldn't sell you something. I have to take you to magnet, an ffl. And then we have to do a federal transfer, which really is the right.

[Brent]

And the only way really to do that is by building a national database of. Yeah, a gun registry. So if you walk, if you walk that down, that's really dangerous.

[Mike]

Well, that's the opening salvo. Like, that's how they get their foot in the. Like, oh, look, we're just, we're just going to do this.

[Brent]

They just. That's right. They just sell it like this and they say, oh, this is common sense. Like, you know, there's. This is, this can only be good. But to get to that, the end result has to be a national gun registry.

[Mike]

Well, anytime I hear the words common sense, gun control, the hair stands up on the back. My spidey sense is tingling because that's just a foot in the door. Because the next time it'll go through just a little bit more. It's like, well, why don't we just register? If your gun gets stolen, if it gets found anywhere in the country, we can give it back to you.

[Brent]

It's a classic case of, of really how, how, how liberals work. They work. They, they never take the whole bite. Right. They just, they just nibble at it. Let's take the military. We were talking about this before the show. They went from, no gays in the military. Then it went from, well, don't ask, don't tell, don't worry. Like nothing's really changed. Don't ask, don't tell. And then it went to gays in the military. Then it went all the way to transgenders in the military. But they never would have gotten there if they just went straight to transgenders in the military from no gays. They always take these nibbles and, and, and get there.

[Mike]

Well, it's not just accepting them into the military. The military is paying for their gender affirming care. So sex changes and cross hormone therapy.

[Brent]

And boob jobs get me upset.

[Mike]

I know. Well, you want the truth? Sometimes the truth sucks.

[Drew]

Some of them join the. Some of them join the military just to get that stuff paid for.

[Mike]

Absolutely right.

[Brent]

They did what, what else did he.

[Mike]

So I can't be deployed in a desert now because I have a new vagina? Yeah, I'll get sand in my new vagina forever.

[Brent]

What? I got so many things to say, none appropriate. What, what else? What else we got?

[Mike]

We got. He's pretty much for open borders. He voted against the Lake and Riley Act. And you guys don't know who Lake and Riley is? She's a 22 year old student at University of Georgia who was jogging one day and then illegal tried to rape her. She fought him off and then he strangled her and bashed her head, cracked her skull and killed her. So the Lake and Riley act was that if, if you are convicted of theft, assault on a Leo, any crime that results in death or serious injury, you are. You're kicked it, you're done, you're gone.

[Brent]

And here's, here's what irritates me about that. You like a classic politician, you say one thing, he's on record, which I've already said for saying, hey, if it's a violent criminal, we'll get them out of the country. That's fine.

[Mike]

How do you vote against this?

[Brent]

But for law abiding citizens, we already tore that apart. Then how do you vote against the Lincoln Riley Act?

[Mike]

Yeah, I don't under. I don't understand.

[Brent]

I don't say now and how that thing didn't pass unopposed with just completely. It should have been both colors, both sides. But as I.

[Mike]

It's virtue signaling they're pandering to their constituents. The, the like far left progressive liberals. Now there are some moderate liberals that would vote for it. Like they're totally against this. Like, how could you not? What if it happened to you? He's not even supposed to be here in the first place. And he had been deported like one or two times for, like, violent crimes in the past.

[Brent]

Right. And we go back to the oath to protect, you know, this country against our enemies, foreign and domestic. Lincoln Riley went up against a enemy that should have been foreign and now is domestic because you let him in here. And it. It seems like a stretch, but it's not. I'm just taking it from. From macro to micro. And so you are not upholding your oath to this country to protect citizens. Yeah, that's really what that oath is. We're saying, hey, we're your government. We will protect you. If we just boil it down, that's what we're saying. Yeah. And everything he's doing when it comes to. To borders and illegal immigration says, I care more about another country's people than I do the people in my own country as an elected official. Well, there's like, that's treason. It's just treason.

[Mike]

Well, it's saying one thing and doing another. It's like, honey, yes, I will cut the grass. And then she gets home, the grass is still up to your waist. It's like saying. And doing like, you can say everything. The sky is purple, but it's actually blue. Like, he just. He talks out one side of his face. He's like two face.

[Brent]

Are we. We got. We got more to cover. I'll stop here just for a second for some. For some super chats. Let. Let some of the viewers weigh in on some of this or weigh in whatever they want to, and then we'll. We'll get back to it because there's. There's more about. I wish this was it. There's more about this guy.

[Drew]

Plate designs. All right, Bag caddy, I'm glad to see you on time for once. I got a guest suggestion. Sergeant Kevin Vance. He got a silver star for his actions on the ridge, as well as my buddy Justin Kramer. Hope you're enjoying the books.

[Brent]

All right. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[Drew]

Plight once again. He's the man.

[Brent]

Saw some argument going in there. The group chat about Copville's credit score. I hope. I hope he's okay. I don't know what the origin was, but I hope everything is okay.

[Drew]

There's see Kenobi Chew. Is it chewy Kenobi Chew. Brenton Tyler, shame on you. Picking fam over work. Lots of laughs. Laughing out loud. Thanks for all you guys do. Can you shout out the Milmerstadt family? His anniversary is Sunday.

[Brent]

Always.

[Drew]

Thank you for all you've done for the family and our team. So that's definitely chewy.

[Brent]

Yeah. So the Milmerstadt family, they're. They're personal friends of ours. I'm about Mike Milmerstadt, who lost his life. He was an Orange County, Florida, SWAT SWAT team member and, and just an absolute great guy. Pillar of the community, and he's. He's him. Him being lost is still felt to this day. And they just had the. Their. Their fundraiser and remembrance for him last weekend. Absolutely. Thank you for reminding me of that. We need to. Will say his name every year.

[Drew]

Carl Hamilton says Brent. Boy.

[Brent]

What.

[Drew]

When are you running for office?

[Brent]

Well, as of. As of right now, I'm mad enough I might have to move to the 6th district in Colorado and, and push. Push this out.

[Mike]

You can do it.

[Drew]

President Sundowner. Did you just jump on me, you piece of junk?

[Brent]

Drew, settle down with that leg. Was this a friendly show?

[Drew]

All right. President Sundowner. I love that name. You can't cut the tucks. Tucker's Garden center for life.

[Brent]

Oh, there's someone bringing back some.

[Drew]

Somebody knows some local history.

[Brent]

Yeah, someone knows too much.

[Drew]

Too much. Tucker's Farm and garden center, sanford, florida. All right, james smith. 20 bucks. Thanks for the love. The political left has only three things to offer the world. Hate, lies, and eternal lust for cock.

[Brent]

That's. Sure. I'll give. You know, I'll give you all three. I'll give you all three. At this point, who doesn't like chicken? Yeah, you caught me on a weak point. Cause I'm all. I'm all upset about this dude.

[Drew]

All right, Raven, two, three. I'm curious on why politicians think that strict gun control will work. We already have strict gun control, by the way. It makes it harder for us law abiding citizens. 100%. I never heard a criminal say, I can't use my full auto Glock on a robbery since it's illegal.

[Brent]

It's, it's. It's the same, Same old argument that I'm sure everyone's heard, but I would almost, almost give it to the left to say, hey, do not take this out of context. That, hey, like, maybe gun control, like, might be a good thing. Maybe there'd be less school shootings, maybe there'd be less violence. We haven't tried gun control anywhere. So why don't we just try it and see if. And see if you can. See if you can deter some of this. Because one of the arguments would be, I mean, for just being emotional about it would be like, hey, Brent, since you, since you love American lives so much that you don't want one illegal immigrant killing even one American because you think American lives are that precious. I'd say yes. Their argument then to me should be, well, wouldn't you want to save one innocent American life to gun violence? I mean, it's, it's a good argument. Okay. And Twitch, maybe you'd go down that road debating it as, as you always should. Except for the fact there are cities across this country with very, very strict gun control laws and it's done nothing to curb gun violence. So we already know they don't work. And the only, and it goes back to the only people that the only hurt are law abiding citizens and criminals do whatever the hell they want to do anyway.

[Mike]

Well, the last time I checked, murder was already illegal. And so if you walk into a business and it has a little white sticker that says no firearms, the guy's coming in to do a shooting or robbery, mass shooting, whatever. He sees that sticker, he's like, there goes my day. Yeah, I can't. That sticker is going to keep me out. I don't think he cares.

[Brent]

Here's the other thing. I'm gonna, I'm gonna try to look this up, see if, see if Google won't make me have to apologize on. On error again. But do you. Here's the other problem. How many guns do you think are in the USA? Oh, it's.

[Mike]

We've, we've put this out before 130 million.

[Brent]

So that's. No. And that's about the amount of people in this country. No, no, we're at four according to this. A quick goog. We're at 400 million privately owned guns in this country estimated. So you can put all the gun control laws you want, but until you go full brown shirt in this place and break another constitutional amendment by doing illegal searches and seizures.

[Mike]

Fourth amendment.

[Brent]

Yep. And that's the only way. So as long as there's 400 million guns in this country, it doesn't matter what laws you put on the book.

[Mike]

Yeah. There's a gun behind every blade of grass.

[Brent]

That's right. That's right. Yeah.

[Drew]

Come and get some, China.

[Brent]

What? What else we got?

[Drew]

All right, let's see. Zulu whiskey says, what's up, boys? What's a better end of day setup? 11.5 Knights Armament CQB or 12.5 LMT spec? Wear both with optics of your choice.

[Brent]

I really think you're, you're, you're in a win, win situation there. Like, they're both good guns. They're they're both more expensive than they should be, so which makes them good guns. I, I, I will just go to personal preference on that. I, I like a shorter barreled gun even though it's just, even though it's just an inch. You know, an inch matters to, to some people. That's what she said. So I'd go with the 11 and a half knights armament, but I would shamelessly plug a Lion Arms Brent Tucker Tier 1 operator gun in there 10 and a half inches and already has your optic on there ready to go best. There you go.

[Mike]

Well, optic is on that, you know.

[Brent]

Yeah, I'll forget the nomenclature of it. It's a holosun optic.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Brent]

So, and that's another thing we go down, hey, if you got the money, put an eotech on there. If you want to spend 600, 800 on an optic, put it on there. Yes, it's military grade, but for, for everyone else who's just taken their gun to the range, it's in their truck, it's in their car. The, the hollow sun will perform. It holds its zero all day long. Maybe you don't dive with it. I don't know what you're doing diving with your gun as a civilian. You know, maybe you can't take it 30,000ft in the air and halo out of a airplane with it, but you're not going to do that anyway. So the, the tier one gun was really set up to put the money and reliability where, where money matters. Put the money in an aftermarket trigger, something you will use and everything else. Just be reliable.

[Mike]

Sounds awesome. It's every pistol I have that has an optic has a hollow sun.

[Brent]

My pistol has an all sun on it as well.

[Drew]

So my, my ar's got hollow sun and I haven't fired that thing in months. My nephew took it out last night, shot a varmint out of a tree and one shot, he was like, man, that thing is, you know, sighted in perfect. It works, it's good.

[Brent]

It's funny. Hollowstone used to used to kind of be a joke like a Chinese knockoff. And, and, and I don't know if they were bad back then. I, for whatever reason I'm assume they were and for no reason, this is what I'm assuming. And, but maybe they got their act together. Maybe they've been good the whole time. I like all the options but you know, I think they're kind of like the KIA of optics. How bad KIA was.

[Mike]

Yeah, they used to be really bad.

[Brent]

They used to Be really bad garbage. I dare you to see a. Like a Kia Telluride. Right. Right by you. And not go, man. Like a luxury. That's a nice suv.

[Mike]

Yeah. Yeah, you're absolutely right.

[Drew]

Nate Taylor says so are we ready to call Jason Crowe? Spencer Rapone light.

[Brent]

I'm ready to call him. Spencer Rapone Jr. At this rate.

[Drew]

Oliver, close off. Oliver, close.

[Brent]

Got it. Got him.

[Mike]

Got it.

[Drew]

If I am carrying a bag of grenades on the battlefield and one of them is hit by a bullet or fragment, will the entire bag go high order or do grenades not work that way?

[Brent]

The chance. So one thing. The. The only chance that grenade has going off is the. I'm trying to think of the actual initiator inside the grenade, which is the blasting cap. Essential. Essential. Which is very, very small. It's like half the size of. It's not even as long as you're pinking. It's about half the size of that. And that's what's detonating. A small amount of C4 inside that thing. And then, of course, the C4 isn't really what's killing you. That C4, it's the. The shell of that grenade is thick enough to keep the fragments together, but it's packed loose enough to where they kind of intentionally shatter and large enough fragments that are. That. That can kill you or hurt you or maim you. So if you just hit the shell of it, or if you just hit the C4 of the C4 bullets. Not going to launch off C4. You would have to hit the initiator itself. That's where some of the more volatile chemicals are. And I still don't think you can set off a grenade doing that. So to say that. So even if you did, let's say it would be low, low, low, low probability. And if you did, when those. When those. When that one grenade went off, the other grenades would just suck up. You know, that. That explosion. I don't. I don't see a chain reaction happening in that.

[Drew]

Well, what I see is if you are on the battlefield and you see somebody with a bag of grenades, take a picture, because the memes are going to be awesome.

[Mike]

Awesome. Well, they. They used to tell us, like in the fire service, if you ever go into a place and it's. There's a lot of ammunition, you know, it could be set off by the fire, but since it's not going down the barrel, a lot of the energy is lost. It wouldn't even puncture your turnouts. Your turnout gear like your bunker coat Bunker pants and stuff. It won't penetrate it.

[Brent]

Yeah. So a good, A good. There's a video out there on, on YouTube about this. And if you think about it, obviously explosions, if, like when you tamp one side of explosion, you know. So let's say, let's say I put that grenade right there in the middle of the floor. And if I set it off, the floor is tamping it underneath. So all the energy is going to go where the path of least position resistance. So it's going to go up. But if I put a sandbag on top of that grenade now, it's going to at least start pushing that energy down into the ground. Well, a gun's essentially the same way. It's an explosion going off. But the back of that bullet is tamped onto the back of the barrel and a bunch of, you know, heavy machine parts. And so the path of least resistance obviously is that is the empty barrel. That's where it's going to fly through. So you take away the tamp ness of the bolt of the gun and if a bullet just went off, it's just going to essentially separate. And since the bullet itself is now the heavier piece and the, and the casing is now the thin metal piece, the casing will actually push out harder than the bullet itself and it kind of just explodes. Now here's where it gets a little crazy. If it's sitting behind things, like it has a possibility of. Of gaining some sort of traction. But if it's just laying down flat, it's. I don't want to be hit by one, but it's not going to do much damage.

[Mike]

Yeah, I never wanted to test the theory. I just heard about the theory.

[Brent]

Yeah, sorry, you got, you got, you got me ranting there on kind of an interesting, an interesting topic.

[Drew]

It's a YouTube video waiting to happen.

[Brent]

Yeah.

[Drew]

All right, vets talking. An old LRS buddy just told me about you guys. Awesome show y'all got. My YouTube goal is to have an in person studio just like you guys and unsub. Much respect.

[Brent]

Man. Appreciate. Appreciate you an lrs. Yeah. Drew. Drew gets to learn something new every day. Every day. Yeah. That's a LUR unit or long, long range surveillance.

[Drew]

Long range surveillance.

[Brent]

Yep.

[Drew]

All right. More, more I get to forget. All right. Papperman 38.

[Mike]

50 bucks.

[Drew]

Thank you, brother. Thank you very much. BRCC is better than FRCC. Please send Bort. Jocko is stroking my arm and saying yes while Tim rehearses his next story in front of a mirror. I am in Danger. FRCC is superior. Much love.

[Brent]

I unfortunately played that whole scene in my head as you were reading it.

[Drew]

That's why I get to do this.

[Brent]

Pepper man, send your coordinates. We're coming. Oh, oh, you're in trouble.

[Mike]

Good.

[Drew]

Oh, good.

[Brent]

Now you appreciate the good times even more.

[Drew]

Michael, bring the grenades. All right. Crow is definitely drinking the Kool Aid. Brent, if if run against him and defeat him, you will make him eat Crow. End of. So request Playing the Outlaw by Crocus.

[Brent]

Crocus? Man, I fancy myself a. A music connoisseur, but I. I've never even heard of Crocus.

[Drew]

Love your cigars and bourbon. Pecan coffee. That's right, buddy.

[Brent]

Yeah, life is good playing the Outlaw. All right, don't make me regret this. If it's not good, I'm stopping it before we even get to the course.

[Drew]

And then he'll play. Kenny G flight designs another 20. Brent. Talking about Rangers. Look at that plate. Said your name right. He's so nice.

[Brent]

Oh, man. In fact, it must have been a mess up. He's been saying it wrong, so he must have thought it was another wrong name.

[Drew]

There you go. At this point you might not know your name. All right. We love you, bro. Talking about Rangers not leading the way, did you see the. Nick Irving says that China would completely knock us out. Completely.

[Brent]

Yeah. Nick Irving's known for. For being. For being very factual. Nick Irving also said if a.50 cal round missed the target, but still like went right by him, it rip his arm off or something just ridiculous like that. I've heard that. Which is not true. So it wouldn't be the first thing he said that I was like, that's not true.

[Drew]

Well, President Sundowner, back again. I don't know who this is, but I like him. He's got a nose. Brent, Drew and Tyler spin off show. Call it God, Guns and Clashing with supervision.

[Brent]

That would be a good show. Gods and guns. I'd like to. I'm not saying clashing with supervision is wrong. I like where it started. Gods and Guns. Let us know if you guys can come up with a third. A third. Good one on that. Oh yeah. Like where you're going. God, Guns and Gore. I don't know. That was horrible. Wish I didn't say that. It's alive. I can't even edit that out. No, we're just.

[Mike]

I'm just stuck with that bad idea that has happened.

[Drew]

Nate Taylor can confirm the bullshites. Reacting to fire in that way. Oh, bullets. That's bullets reacting to fire. In that way. Had a house fire back in 02 and 03. Or 03 and the homeowner had enough ammo to invade Cuba. Oh, man, that was a good Fourth of July there.

[Brent]

Yeah. Gosh.

[Drew]

Sack full of nades. Thanks. Once again. Fun fact of the day. Saw a chick walking around Bragg with a Green Beret and a long tab. Upon further inspection, not a chick, but a dude with no chesticles.

[Brent]

No.

[Drew]

The Caitlyn Jenner of the regiment. Oh, my goodness.

[Brent]

All right, I gotta, I gotta look that up.

[Mike]

No, they make high heel combat books.

[Brent]

Is there a transgender Green Beret?

[Drew]

Come on, tell me.

[Mike]

No, tell me.

[Brent]

No, tell me. No.

[Drew]

No way.

[Brent]

Oh, check this out, though. I don't know if this is true. There's. Yes, there are transient individuals who are former Green Berets. It's. It says that. But here's a stat. I'd imagine it's that they keep track of this. According to the Defense Department, about 4,200 current service members, or about 0.2% of the military are transgendered. 4,200 transgenders.

[Mike]

Are they all in the Navy? That's.

[Drew]

Oh. They used to say 10 of the population was homosexual.

[Brent]

Yeah, I know.

[Drew]

That was inflated.

[Brent]

I know. I. I'd like to. I mean, that's. That's Google and you know, and it got that through its kind of first because it's like AI overview kind of thing. So I'd like to see where, where it. Get. Where that gets cited. I don't know if that got cited from an actual DoD statistic. But again, first, first thing I read off. Off Google. Don't like it. Let's stop here just for a second, if you can remember. We're going to stop. I want to get back on Duncan, on Jason Crow for. For a second because I'm. Because almost perfect timing. Speaking of transgenders, his transgenders, he had. He had an issue with the transgender ban that, that recently got implemented and then put on hold through a lower court, basically putting a pause on it. Yeah. And until March 30th.

[Mike]

Temporary injunction.

[Brent]

Temporary injunction. Thank you. So. But when that initial ban got put in, he said the military is the stand. Then, by the way, this is Jason Crowe again saying this. The military is the standard bearer of American values. The court's decision makes our country less safe, undermines the sacrifice of thousands of transgender soldiers and fails to uphold basic civil rights. I have a major issue with that because on. Unlike Jason Crow, who doesn't understand that illegals here are not law abiding or citizens he also doesn't understand what transgenders are, which is. And the US Wildly agrees with me on this. They. It's a mental health issue.

[Mike]

It's a mental disorder.

[Brent]

It is a mental disorder. And, and until 2019, the WHO, the World Health Organization, just in 2019, did they rename it as a. As not a mental health still listed.

[Mike]

In the DSM 5.

[Brent]

Yeah, but, but, but the who, as we know are, are very politicized and they, they sway to. To powers, politicians and paychecks. They weren't very accurate on Covid. So let's, let's go back to their. Their track history of understanding science. So that's who they are. But science, like you said, the DSM 5 still.

[Mike]

Still categories categorize the mental disorder, that.

[Brent]

It'S a mental disorder, and it absolutely is.

[Mike]

If Anthony Fauci is your poster boy. Yeah, like for the who, Right. You're on the wrong side of history, bro. Yeah, like 100. If that's your golden boy. Come on.

[Brent]

And so if you're telling me, Jason, that not allowing people with mental health issues who are so mentally disturbed that they don't know if they're a boy or a girl, if you think that undermines and fails to uphold basic civil rights and let's see, it makes our country less safe, I would argue politicians like you are actually what's making our country less safe. And literally.

[Mike]

Yes. Well, the judge.

[Brent]

So, Jason, you're wrong again.

[Mike]

The judge that ruled on this, you know, he said that all men are created equal. And when I say all, I mean all. So that means the DSM 5 is gone. So you would have people that hear voices, like schizophrenics, major depressive disorder. All of these people could, by what the judge is saying, they can all serve in the military.

[Brent]

Right. So that's a great point. So if all men are created equal, can someone with schizophrenia, should they be able to join the military?

[Mike]

It's like, well, my commanding officer didn't give me that order. It was the voice that I hear in my head gave me that order. It's.

[Brent]

Right.

[Mike]

It's just. It's a. From knack. It's a. It's a. A shitty thing from activist judge.

[Brent]

Right? So what you really get is the benefits of us. This is what you still get, that all men are created equal. Like, you do get the benefit of living in a free country and getting the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness, and I will give you that. But life, liberty and happiness does not ensure that you can do whatever you want and have whatever job you want. You still. You still get life. You still get the pursuit of happiness. You just have to explore it somewhere else. But guess what that means if. If you have low IQ and it's like, well, I'm only happy if I'm an astronaut. Well, it's a basic civil human right.

[Mike]

All men are created equal.

[Brent]

All men are created equal. You now get to be an astronaut. And it would be. It would be. It would be. What's word I'm looking for? Not a racist, but it would be ableist.

[Mike]

Don't be ableist.

[Brent]

Right? Yeah. So it's absolutely insane to. Anyone can join the military just because that's their pursuit of happiness. That's not how. That's how that term works.

[Mike]

We were talking about it before the show about, what is it? Gender, disposition, dysphoria. And it's one of the only, like, sicknesses that the cure for it is affirmation. So all the other ones, you know, you can take pharmaceuticals, you can have therapy, you can do all this stuff. But when you're transgender, if you have gender dysphoria, the only way for you to be cured and for you to be treated is for me to say.

[Brent]

You'Re right, you're right.

[Mike]

So if. Let's move that over to someone that's schizophrenic that hears voices in their head, and you're like, yeah, you know what? Those voices are real. Listen, Stuff they tell you to do. Yeah, go walk in traffic, bro.

[Brent]

That's right. Yeah, I'm gonna affirm it. I'm gonna affirm.

[Mike]

Makes no sense. It's no sense whatsoever.

[Brent]

Right? And it. And this. Which is why they had it right all the way until 2019. We had it wrong and just became smarter. We've had it right this whole time, and the DSM 5 still has it right.

[Mike]

The problem is, is when you have people like that in the military, that identity, that identity of being a trans person becomes who they are. It's their identity, and it becomes more important than doing what they're supposed to do, following orders.

[Brent]

I think. I think one of my favorite quotes of that is, you get to live in America. You still have that, and guess what? You can identify with that all day long. It's your right. In a weird way, it's your right, but it's not your right to make me believe what you want.

[Mike]

Well, I can't compel your speech.

[Brent]

That's right.

[Mike]

I can't make you say something that you don't believe in.

[Brent]

Right. That's where it's absolutely crossing the line.

[Mike]

I mean, I identify as a guy that can bench £600. I can't. But I tell myself that I'm saying that, right?

[Brent]

I can bench it halfway. Yeah, halfway down, not up. I got it on the way down. Here's something else that irritates me about Jason Crowe, where he's just. He's just. He's lost. He's lost his mind, like he really has. He's lost his sense of who he is, what his purpose is, and what reality is. He goes to Munich and he says this. I came here because I refused to let Donald Trump and J.D. vance and Secretary Hegseth be the voice of America to the world. I have two problems with that. One, who are you to go to Munich and undermine what the people of America voted for? I don't care that. That you're here and you refuse to let it. You are no one. Because the American people actually gave him a mandate to be the voice of America. And by the way, his name isn't Donald Trump. Jason Crowe, his name is President Trump to you. And his name isn't J.D. vance. His name is Vice President Vance to you. And then, oddly enough, he actually says Secretary Hegseth. So the lowest ranking of those three. He decides to use the proper terminology, but refuses to even call our president his boss, the President of the United States or President Trump. He's just. He's lost. He's out of test.

[Mike]

Well, you know, the President of the United States is the only politician in the entire country that was voted on by the entire country. Crow was voted on by people in the 6th district of Colorado in eastern Denver. Those are the only people that voted for him, right?

[Brent]

Yeah, absolutely. And it, and it goes back to. To my premise, which I think I stated earlier, but to me, it's. It's worth reinstating again. We'll get back to some. Some super chats, see what you guys have to say about this is, is this we've laid out. I think you probably have some more things that he voted on, but if you do, we'll get back to it. We laid out that when he. We can go through videos, I saw videos after videos after that. He refers to his service all the time, and he refers to his service all the time because he expects the veteran vote. He expects to say, hey, I serve my country, so, you know, I have a leg up with my service and things I did. But you do not just get the, the veteran vote blindly. Yeah, you don't get it? I don't, I don't think, I don't think Barack Obama should have got the black vote blindly. The veterans are not going to get the veteran vote blindly. Go down that list. I don't care what it is. No one should vote.

[Mike]

Well, block of people is a monolith like that. I mean, it's, it's ridiculous to think that all people of one specific whatever are going to vote the exact same way or that you deserve their vote.

[Brent]

And I would go as far to say, I believe when you, when you roll out the veteran card as often as he does, it's a little disingenuous because if someone tells me, hey, you're a veteran and you're in Congress, it is a, it is a safe assumption that you swore to uphold the Constitution and so protecting our borders are important to you. It's almost synonymous. It's almost, you know, an unheard of, you know, unspoken thing. Yeah, but you're saying one thing, but you're, again, you're acting a different way.

[Mike]

Well, he's absolutely violated his oath now. I mean, you know, going after the Second Amendment, open borders.

[Brent]

Right.

[Mike]

I mean, everything, everything that he stands for violates that violates the oath that he took.

[Brent]

Yeah.

[Mike]

I'm pretty sure when you become a congressman, you take another oath.

[Brent]

Yeah. And, yeah, something tells me we're not the, we're not the only one that they're going to bring this up. There will be other podcasts, I, I assure you. And actually, I already know there are other major podcasts are going to come and bring this topic up because. Because it warrants it. Guess what we said, we said it before that the tides, the tide's turning. Oh, yeah, Guess what? Crow like you, you rode the wrong tide. Trying to get to a position that, that you wanted. Well, now, because you didn't stand on morals and values and the right thing.

[Mike]

He doesn't have any.

[Brent]

Because he doesn't have any. Now the tide is going to turn. And now the tide is turning against you.

[Mike]

It's grandstanding and it's virtue signaling. Whenever you play to that, you're on the wrong side. You know it. But you're going for those people that are vandalizing Tesla's and, and they're doing all that stuff. I didn't mean to jump the shark.

[Brent]

No, we'll talk about that teaser there.

[Mike]

It's, it's just like you're pandering to these people because it's an easy vote.

[Brent]

Oh, we're going to super chats. Don't let me forget to talk about what some of the things he's voted on. On law enforcement.

[Mike]

Oh yeah.

[Brent]

Okay. Let's go to. Let's go back to some super chats. Just real quick.

[Drew]

Speaking of law enforcement, officer Dangle, Bobby T is back in the house. I have seen a sympathetic grenade explosion from a 40 millimeter direct hit. Thought it was a suicide bomber. What's a sympathetic grenade explosion?

[Brent]

A sympathetic one is when. Oh I got, I got. Sorry I was reading. Actually I was reading a text from Tyler. Bobby T's back in the. I've seen a sympathetic grenade explosion from a 40 mike mike direct hit. Thought yeah like I said, I think it can happen. The only reason why I say say what I said it has has to do one through experience and from you know I would have heard that from other people. The amount of teams I've been on, the amount of combat we've seen. I've never seen it but I did leave the door open. Say like it. It could happen.

[Mike]

Does that mean it was not fired sympathetic so.

[Brent]

Yeah, yeah it means it was not fired. So a sympathetic so like if. If one explosion causes the other explosion, the secondary explosion is explosion. But yeah, I can see that. I mean a 40 Mike Mike is big enough and it's going to crush that. That whole grenade to get to that detonator. I I can see that. But if you think about from a 40 mike mike shot to a grenade. That's a. That's a big round moving really fast. That's. Let's, let's. Let's put it in this terminology. 40 Mike Mike. It's about this size.

[Drew]

Yeah.

[Brent]

And so is a grenade. 40 Mike Mike's because they're traveling at a insane mile an hour because getting shot out. In fact they don't even arm until they twist. I forget how many twists but they don't even arm for like I got to make it up 100 yards to get this thing to hit this thing dead on. It's a pretty damn good shot. It'd be the equivalent of a bullet hitting another bullet of a similar size mitts. That's a. The chances of that.

[Mike]

I've seen the damage of people getting direct hits from a 40 bike. Bike.

[Brent]

Yeah.

[Mike]

And there's like nothing left.

[Brent]

Yeah. The chances of that happening are super small. But. But they happen. And it's cool that that and I hate to say that's cool but it's unique that they actually got to experience that.

[Drew]

Zulu Whiskey says with the way Ukraine and Russia is going, what Would you say to get first in the list of priorities, nods or some kind of thermal clip on or dedicated thermal scope?

[Brent]

I think in a weird way, I think that has to do with how much, how much money you have to spend and how rich you are. I would actually go with thermals. The thermal technologies has come down a long ways. I mean no technology has gone up along, but the price of it has, has come down a long ways. And cheap thermal technology is really good as opposed to, you don't get that same. It doesn't parallel that way yet with night vision because of the way night vision tubes are made and how long it takes the, the process to get night vision tubes to actually work. So I would probably go with, with thermals if, if budget for any reason is a part of your equation.

[Drew]

And is that thermal just a scope or is that something like dedicated over your face?

[Brent]

Yeah, I would get, I would get a, a thermal that you can, that is both a handheld and that you can put as a quick attachment onto your gun so you could, so you could use your gun at night.

[Mike]

They have some that are multi use. They have like night vision and then they have thermal and then they'll have like, they have like three or four different settings and the price is coming like way down from reputable companies.

[Brent]

Here's speaking of hollow sun, Hollow sun has a reticle that's the night vision is in the reticle and the thermals in the reticle. It's like 1300 bucks. It's not, it's not cheap, but it's not crazy expensive either.

[Mike]

Cheaper than not.

[Brent]

And you can, of course you can, you can turn it off and use it as a, as a red dot reticle during the day and at night you can have it. But here's why I don't like, here's why I don't like those systems. I would much rather have a clip on where or a quick, a quick attach, a quick detach that I can put on my gun and take it off. Because now let's say it's daytime and I just want to see something because thermals work during the day. Yeah. Or at night if I want to walk somewhere undetected and see something like a red dawn type scenario. Yeah. I can hide that thermal anywhere on me and pull it out and see what I want to see. When it's attached to your gun, you look like you're on the hunt. Yeah, all the time. Anytime you want to see anything.

[Drew]

Yeah. Well, our dad just bought like a thermal Scope for only, like, 700 bucks.

[Brent]

Yeah.

[Mike]

So, yeah, like, you could walk around with a range finder at a presidential, what, at a.

[Brent]

As a predator rally. What could go wrong?

[Mike]

And you could just put it in your pocket. You could actually just walk around with it out in the open, and nobody will say a single thing.

[Brent]

Everyone will see it, and no one will say anything about it.

[Drew]

All right, Brent wasn't here last week, so airborne. Homestead says. Brent, what's your take on dancing Green Beret?

[Brent]

I hate him so much. I hate him so much. I've seen him for years. People have been sending me that guy, you know, clips of him for years. All the team group chats I'm in that he gets posted in there. He's. Like I said, he's been an embarrassment to us for years. And what do you want me to say? There's. There's. There's one in every group. That's. That he's ours.

[Drew]

Austin Ober, Brookling. God's guns and an appropriate amount of inappropriate.

[Brent]

It's long, but I like it. That's what she said.

[Drew]

That's a good one. All right. Pato says he might be a lib, but Crow hasn't taken any PAC money and voted against having Congress on corporate boards. Not all bad. Also not bad on Israel.

[Brent]

Well, you want to take this just.

[Mike]

About that political action committee, he likes to virtue signal over that all the time that he does not take money from the packs. However, he does take a lot of contributions from, like, upscale lawyer firms, like law firms and other undisclosed, like, private, you know, donors and stuff like that. So he can't say that he's not get. Come on. He's getting them. He's just not getting them out in the open, which is even worse. Like, you're getting it from all your buddies that you went to college with and you practiced law with, you know, because he is an attorney scumbag. And so that's just. I think it's a thing that he preaches about. Like, I'm this awesome guy. I don't take money from the. The packs or the super PACs. But on the backside, you know, there's some really, like, like, well put together law firms that I get money from.

[Brent]

Which is kind of like a pack. Yeah, yeah. I mean, it really is. If they're. If they're a group of people that are politically aligned to get something done, that's the same thing as a pac.

[Mike]

It's kind of in the name, right. Political action committee.

[Brent]

It's in the name, right I'll say this and I'll give credit where credit's due. Go back down to that. Gotta make sure I word it right, that Congress, that I voted against Congress on corporate boards. A part of me wants to give credit where credit's due, but another part of me wants to say that's a no brainer. Like, do you get credit for having one thing that should be there anyway? Yeah, I know it probably sounds like I'm being overly hard on him because if he can't do anything right, but.

[Drew]

And you got to go further, they shouldn't be buying stocks.

[Mike]

Well, I actually agree with that. Like not being on corporate boards. But you know, they also set themselves up to be on these boards when they retire from Congress. That's how they award all of these big, like, like big companies for, like the industrial, like more complex or whatever.

[Brent]

It sounds crazy. I would not, I if king for a day, I would not let Congress have stocks. Right, Absolutely. You cannot have anything before you go in. You get to liquidate it and you can put it in a savings account and that's all you have. And you cannot be a part of stocks. And all your families and friends will be disclosed and their stocks better not have any sort of, you know, spikes.

[Drew]

In the business world.

[Brent]

Okay.

[Mike]

Business world.

[Brent]

And then on top of that, you will be barred from any corporate positions for five or ten years after your, your, your service to this country.

[Mike]

I've heard people say permanently.

[Brent]

And I would. Permanently. Fine. You know what? Guess what? That's fine with me. And if you're like, well, if I can't be on a corporate board, then, then I won't be a congressman. Because that's unfair. Good.

[Mike]

Good.

[Brent]

Because. Because you're not the person we want.

[Mike]

For the job the whole time that you've been in Congress or in Senate. In the Senate. And you know, like you're approving all these contracts for like Halliburton and like whatever, whatever, you know, the big companies are. And you, you do that because you're, you're vying for a position afterwards, a big cush job where you don't do kind of like being a congressperson.

[Brent]

And I would do this, and I would do the same thing to generals and admirals in our military.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Brent]

Because the same thing happens.

[Mike]

Well, anybody that has any kind of influence.

[Brent]

That's right. That's right.

[Drew]

So to quote the great theologian Chris Rock, you don't get credit for stuff you're supposed to do. Right. That stuff you're supposed to do. All right, look, What I did, you're supposed to do that. All right, Martin Celery says, Brent, are you gonna go on the Cleared Hot podcast anytime soon? Would love to see more of you and Andy.

[Brent]

I don't know if it's anytime soon, but I just got back from Utah on the Fieldcraft Survival, their podcast. They have a couple different, you know, podcasts underneath their umbrella.

[Mike]

With Mike?

[Brent]

No, Mike's no longer.

[Mike]

He's not part of it.

[Brent]

Yeah, yeah, he stepped down. That's. And that's one of the reasons I went out there is that they asked me to come out like, hey, we're trying to rebrand ourselves. And it's like, hey, we're still good people. Like, we're, we're going to do good things. We want to do good things. We kind of have to. We want to, you know, rebrand ourselves. So I went out there to help him with that and be a part of that because I don't think all the good people with Fieldcraft Survival should have to pay because of, you know, some things that happened to Mike.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Brent]

So I went out there to try to help out with that, but it was super cold and wherever Andy is right now, Montana. Anyway, I know it's cold where he's at, so I will not be going up there until it's warmer. My Florida blood can't take it.

[Drew]

Let's see. The shady 187 says Brent. Was there a moment in war when you became aware that your emotional response to an event was different than it would have been pre war? How did it feel to recognize that change? Was it profound?

[Brent]

Man, that's a good question. That's a real good question. I actually think it's hard for me to be self aware enough to say, hey, like I act different to this because of war. I've always been a little bit of a, like, unemotional, like low key, like type of person, you know, to events. So. So going off to war, dealing with whatever we dealt with. But I say that most of my work experience were, were good. I loved war like it was, it was a great time to do what I signed up to do. So I don't really remember coming home being like, well, now I'm dead inside. I don't know, I kind of went toward dead inside. But I'm sure if I asked that, I don't know my family members or, you know, or ex wife, maybe she'd have a different answer.

[Mike]

If you were a great crayon before you left and you come back a great crayon you're still just a gray crayon.

[Brent]

Yeah, that's a good question. It's a good question.

[Drew]

Sack full of nades. Back again, Brent. Dude was wearing a 3 SFG flash. Talk to your boys on Bragg. Going back to that training with the Green Beret.

[Brent]

Yeah. Third Special Force. Third Special Forces Group. Which. Which is. Which is on Bragg and was always named Brag. We never called it Liberty. And it's back to Brag thing.

[Mike]

I heard it. Threat.

[Brent]

Yeah.

[Drew]

Gosh, they're gonna start calling that special if they're not careful.

[Brent]

I'm still in denial. I'm gonna look into this. I really. I'm going to look into this and we'll. We'll bring it back up next Thursday. I'm. I'mma find out. Got to hope you're wrong.

[Mike]

I asked.

[Brent]

I got a feeling you're probably not.

[Mike]

And Gro said there was no evidence that Gro could find. That's the AI on.

[Brent]

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[Mike]

Yeah, well, he co sponsored the George Floyd justice and Policing Act. Of course. It has the following stipulations. It bans chokeholds and no knock warrants produces a. Lost my place. Sorry. A national police misconduct registry which establishes a public database to track officers misconduct records. Aiming to prevent problematic officers from moving between departments. It changes the use of force standards going from willful intent, which is where. What it would be before like you did it with willful intent to whether you were knowing that it was reckless. And it ends qualified immunity.

[Brent]

All right, here's some, some real issues I have with some of those. One, the. It just shows how uninformed he is. He's just, he's just a. He's just a puppet just regurgitating things that other people told him. And George Floyd was not killed by a chokehold. We did a whole episode on George Floyd. Guys, if you want to know the truth about George Floyd, even I was not completely right because at the beginning of the. George Floyd's like, oh, that looks real bad. When we did our in depth look into George Floyd, you will find out that Derek Chauvin's in jail and he's an innocent man. And if that sounds crazy to you, go watch our video on George Floyd. And I'm gonna go on a limb here and say the no knock thing probably had to do with Breonna Taylor.

[Mike]

Yes.

[Brent]

Which was another lie about, about Breonna Taylor was, you know, died because of a no knock warrant. They announced that's absolutely not true. So he's putting in, he's putting in policies of things that, that didn't happen. And we, we already have a problem this country with recruiting good officers and officers in general. Take away qualified immunity. Like how, how can you do that job without qualified immunity.

[Mike]

Well, that means that you could be sued by anybody for anything. That's right, anything. It just. If I get pulled over and I don't like your attitude, I think you're being racist. You violated my civil rights. I'm gonna sue you now if they.

[Brent]

Ever did away with that. This sounds, you'll watch this.

[Mike]

You sound recruitment. Go like this.

[Brent]

Not just recruitment. I, I think I, I think you'll have people walk off the job over it because as they, they can't do the job. They can't do the job without it.

[Mike]

We've been changing these standards. Like you're taking away all of these, you know, you're supposed to, you know, de escalate and that's the big thing they're pushing. But a lot of these things that he wants to take away are de escalation things like holds and stuff. Like you're not tasing him, you're not hitting him with CS gas or pepper spray.

[Brent]

Hey, de escalation works both ways. And that's what people forget. You can de escalate all you want. If the person you talk to wants to keep on escalating, they have to want to de escalate as well. There are two people involved in, in this incident.

[Mike]

Well, there's usually only one that's trying to de escalate.

[Brent]

That's right. What's, what's the, the one with law enforcement equipment that he, that he voted on.

[Mike]

Oh, yes. He wants to limit the militarization, which restricts the transfer of military grade equipment like armored vehicles, grenade launchers, which would just be for CS class. They're not explosives. Right, but he wants to limit the police from even having them whatsoever. So the SWAT team no longer gets apc.

[Brent]

Right. That's crazy to me. Because what people don't understand is one, a Bearcat, which looks just like an APC or an mrap, is only a law enforcement thing. And they're super expensive and only big departments generally can, can afford those. You're taking away SWAT teams who are going against highly armed gunmen across this country and now saying, hey, you can't have old military equipment and roll up protected like you have to endangered your life. Because I say so. Yeah. I mean, essentially just because I say so. It's ridiculous. It's absolutely ridiculous. Here's the second. This is a little bit for a discussion. I always say the problem is. Give me a second. The problem with the second amendment is this. And it says citizens essentially should be able to arm themselves up if we're Freely looking at it by its founding fathers up to a military standard because it was for well regulated militia who could overthrow a tyrannical government if need be. So that's really what it's there for. That's why they said shall not be infringed. But if they're allowed to weapon up, police forces when going against bad guys, also have to either weapon up or defense up to counter those bad guys. So it's kind of this thing that kind of keeps escalating and I'm sure as hell not going to take away the second Amendment. So that's going to be able to escalate. So what you're going to take away is the police's ability to escalate their, their defensive posture when going after bad guys. No.

[Mike]

Well, guys like Crow are in favor of like not sending law enforcement but sending a social worker. Do you know what domestic violence, you.

[Brent]

Know, do that in Denver. Let us know how it goes.

[Mike]

Yeah, do it anywhere.

[Brent]

Play with your. Play with your 6th district.

[Mike]

Do it in a pop gun and see what happens. I'm from Popcorn. I know exactly what would happen.

[Brent]

All right, Anything else you want to cover on that? There's a couple of things I want to cover, but anything like, man, I don't want to. I don't leave the episode. Like we really should have covered this one. Well, I just think I have all the things I wanted to cover.

[Mike]

He. Yes, we were saying that he voted against the Lake and Riley act, which he did.

[Brent]

A SAVE Act.

[Mike]

He also voted against the SAVE act, which means that you have to be a US citizen to vote. And he vote. This is the one that it's just a smack in the face. He voted against the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act. He voted against that. Which means what? What's in that? That that law is if you've ever been accused or arrested for domestic violence, child abuse, child neglect, battery, like on a female, any of that stuff, automatic deportation, you can't ever come back. And he voted against. Against that.

[Brent]

Colorado, you better wake up, I'm telling you. And the veterans of Colorado, you guys better wake up and you better put a candidate up against this guy and, and he needs to be primary. Undo this.

[Drew]

Citizens of Colorado, put your weed down and yes, vote responsibly.

[Brent]

All right, back to super chats. What do you got?

[Drew]

All right, Hard Stuck says would you guys do a tango tango episode. The only footage released is literal propaganda and there was a lot of heroics done by the guys on the ground. Lots misplaced blame on the ODA as well.

[Brent]

Absolutely. I believe Vanessa is in the chats and I believe we have that episode coming up in May and we have one of the survivors, one of the widows of the ODA guy there is going to come on the show. She wrote a book about it. We'll, we'll cover the actions on and we'll cover the, the what happened to her and how the, the military basically tried to throw those guys under the bus. So we're that that episode is finally coming.

[Drew]

Papa Penguin Sundays Newsweek article 3-6-2025 mentions a Staff Sergeant Reagan. Morgan is a Trans 18 Delta with 5th Group. Got approved for transition by the cockpit. Has also joined the trans lawsuit against Trump to fight discharge.

[Brent]

It's funny you say that. I think I now that you jog my memory. I think I did know that There was an 18. I know it was from fifth group. There was an 18 Delta looking to transition. Of course it probably would be an 18 Delta. Anyone's in the medical field are weird. No offense, firefighters and Mike, but when you're overly in the medical field, you get a little bit weird. Yeah.

[Mike]

Well, gosh, weasel.

[Drew]

287 says long time listener, first time chatter and I love the show. Keep up the amazing work.

[Brent]

Thank you, Weasel.

[Drew]

Thank you, man. Freaking thing jumped on me again.

[Brent]

Yep, there you go. We're there.

[Drew]

Brits Camaro make desert Queens women again. Yeah, yeah, we're talking shite. Brent. I want to talk about me being selected to Delta Force at five weeks past my 18th birthday.

[Brent]

Talk about me being selected to Delta Force at five weeks past my 18th birthday. I don't think you did, but if you did, that'd be crazy. D. Send us a message. Go to the antihero podcast gmail.com. go to the contact Contact us. Send me a message. I'll, I'll. I'll listen to your story.

[Drew]

Well, this might have been a long time ago. Just on, on the.

[Brent]

Yeah.

[Drew]

Picture profile. Yeah, it's been a while since I was 18.

[Brent]

Even if it was a while ago, I'll still listen to your story.

[Drew]

That's crazy enough show you airborne Homestead back again. Brent, how accurate is movie 12 strong? From what you know, I actually talked.

[Brent]

To one of the 12 strong guys at, at an event and talked to him about that and like anything else, he said it was a little bit, you know, Hollywood up. But he also said there's, there was. They were, they were, they were happy with the, with the outcome of the movie and they thought they got a lot of, a lot of things. Right.

[Drew]

Another commentator says, hello, Brento box. Do you like sushi?

[Brent]

Oh, I'm a. I'm a basic sushi eater. In fact, I'll upset some of you guys with this. Let me tell you how I eat sushi. California rolls almost exclusively. And there's no fish in there. And I use white sauce to dip in. Not soy sauce. The yum yum sauce. That's my go to California rolls. Yum yum sauce. Not. Not very sushi of me. I get it. But. But it is.

[Drew]

All right, Raven. Two, three. I like this one. Hey, bunt. How about God, cigars and guns?

[Brent]

God, guns and cigars. There you go. 3. Three words right to it. Love it.

[Drew]

For red dots, which would you prefer, an open emitter or closed emitter?

[Brent]

I like the. The open emitters just because closed emitters are a little bit bulkier, but it's. It's a little bit of a win win.

[Drew]

Where's Sky? Where's Skyler at? Is he making a dancing cop video?

[Brent]

He know he's not making a dancing cop video. He'll have to undo his shirt line. He is at a concert tonight. Good on him.

[Drew]

All right, Sergeant Will says, hey, Brent, we talked via extortion. Follow up. You.

[Brent]

Yep.

[Drew]

You all are amazing. Objective and fair. Designing a bookcase for you all. More to follow. Vet supporting vets and Leos.

[Brent]

Love it. Oh, yeah, thanks. Thank you. Well, I remember talking to you. Really appreciate that, man. Yeah, yeah. Vanessa's talking to us about book. I said I didn't know it was you. That's awesome.

[Drew]

I do like a good library. Airborne homestead. Back in again, Brent. On the subject of immunity, should military doctors, which are officers in the medical field, be immune from medical malpractice lawsuits by people in the military on the.

[Brent]

Topic of immunity, that is a good subject. And there is a green beret that actually won this case because he went in. I'm probably going to butcher this, but this is the generalization of the story is correct. He went in, wasn't feeling good. They said, basically go home. He goes in several more times. Eventually they kind of take him serious or whatever the case is. They do the right diagnostics on him, and by the time they do that, what's. What's the Highest stage cancer?

[Mike]

4.

[Brent]

4. He has stage 3 or 4 cancer and he's terminal and he dies when. When everything that he was talking about at the beginning was. When they looked at it was clear. Everything was complaining about everything that. That he talked about. They should have done this from the get go. And I could be wrong, but I believe he ended up. His family ended up winning a wrongful death lawsuit to the military, which is what's. And so directly that question. A part of me says yes. A part of me says yes. They ironically should be liable. They should be liable because they, they, they screwed up my surgery on my arm and it cost me a lot of pain and suffering needlessly. But I think that's the emotional side of me. Logically, I'm going to say no because it's going to open up a can of worms. There's no way to ever just like on our, you know, on the civil side of people suing doctors say sue them for all sorts of things, good cases, bad cases. There's really no way to ensure only the good cases are seen. So. To the detriment of a few. But to the good of the, of the, of the whole. Of the whole structure, I'm gonna say no.

[Mike]

I, I could see the doctors being liable. Like, if you were in the military and you got your trans surgery while you were in the military and the doctor made your vagina sideways, like horizontal instead of vertical, that's a lawsuit.

[Brent]

What are you gonna do?

[Mike]

It's like.

[Brent]

But if you're Asian, I think it's supposed to be sideways.

[Mike]

It's like a mailbox slot instead of a vagina.

[Brent]

Brings a new term to mail delivery for sure. It's where you put your mail package now. Okay, I'm sorry. All right, there you go. What do we got next?

[Drew]

All right, T. Diesel 5000. Brent, when you have Pete Blaberon, will you be questioning his very positive opinion on Brit Slab? Brit Slabinski.

[Brent]

I will.

[Drew]

I really respected the man until I heard him on the team house. Call Slab a great man.

[Brent]

I absolutely will. And here's. And I'll give you a caveat that to that, though. You know, people are entitled their opinions, you know, the guy worked with them and worked with him in a combat situation. And in the day when, when Slab volunteers to, to go back up there and get that, you know, Pete Blabrad is the commander. Like, when he sees that that's something he, he highly respects. And there are moments of time that, that I'm sure that Pete dealt with was like, man, that's, that's, that's a good dude. So it doesn't mean that Pete's wrong by thinking about that, but it doesn't mean that that Slabinski is. Gets. Gets the eternal moniker of a good dude either. Somehow you can both be right.

[Mike]

You're right.

[Brent]

I don't mean to, like, play the fence on that, but I'm just saying.

[Mike]

That, well, you can't take away, if you take away everything good that someone's done just because you don't agree with them, like 90% of the time. I mean, not defending Crow, but he earned a bronze star. You can't take that away from him.

[Brent]

Here's, here's another example. In the chats or somewhere, I called, I called Mike Perry the bare knuckle fighter we've had him on here. I called him a good dude and someone replied, it's like, he's a good dude, really got a DUI and the name, like a whole bunch of like, other things that are negative against Mike Perry. And I was like, well, you know what? I see that, like, those are things like that you want to like, cherry pick and could be true. But my experience with Mike Perry is he was very respectful to me. When Mike Milmersat, who we just talked about earlier, needed help raising funds, Mike Perry jumped in as a big supporter of law enforcement and used his, his pool and his power for good. Mike Perry was at the Mike Milmersat ruck March just last weekend, you know, and he was there the year before. So those are things that I know about Mike Perry. So to me, he's a good dude and those are the experiences that I've had with him. Yeah, you can have different experiences with people and somehow either both be right or one person be right, one person be wrong.

[Drew]

And good dudes can make mistakes. They don't have to live in them. Yeah, but they can make mistakes for sure. Officer Dangle. 18 Delta are straight weird. Too many digital rectal examples name 18 Echo are the smartest and most sexy MFers. Is that MF?

[Brent]

Yeah, I mean, I'm, you're not wrong. I don't say that because I was an 18 echo. It's just, you know, facts are facts, guys.

[Drew]

Thin blue line videos. Bert, you're three inch inside Drew and Skyler is three inch inside you. How do you get out of the middle going forward or backward?

[Brent]

Yeah, I, you guys put me in a bind with these things. I'm like, I mean, it's, it's a super chat. We said we'd address super chats. Just stand up the. Well, I, I, I can't. It's incest with Drew. So it's a, it's a, it's an obvious answer. I got, I got to go away from, from the incest.

[Mike]

The old saying is it's Only gave you pushback.

[Brent]

So I know that that's. That's what's sucks is now I, I, I, I, I have to. I have to because. But just lose. Lose.

[Drew]

Just stand up.

[Brent]

I'm just. Okay. I'm just.

[Drew]

You don't have to go forward or backward. Just stand up.

[Mike]

It's like a new kind of human centipede.

[Drew]

Not a.

[Mike]

Okay, definitely a horror movie.

[Drew]

It's not hard.

[Brent]

Okay, don't do that to me again.

[Drew]

Stupid questions.

[Brent]

All right.

[Drew]

Polite designs.

[Brent]

You don't have to read them all. Drew. Give me an out. You don't have to read them all.

[Mike]

All right.

[Drew]

I'm currently doing a thing for work on lessons learned for the GWAT and other events like Gothic Serpent and Robert's Ridge with how they can be applied for the current warfighter and future wars. Any suggestions on events? Lessons learned for the GWAT like Gothic.

[Brent]

Serpent, which wasn't a g. Wat, but I think he knows that. He's just talking in general. Which can be applied to current warfighter and future wars. Any suggestions on events?

[Drew]

Don't be stupid.

[Brent]

Plight Designs. We talk enough. I, I will put. Actually, some, Some good thought. There's. I have some ideas. I just don't remember. Remember what those battles were called. And so I will. I will get back to you on that because I want to be accurate.

[Drew]

All right. I know you want to talk about a flashlight.

[Brent]

Yeah, yeah, let's go ahead. Yep. It's one. One. One more word from a sponsor.

[Drew]

Cloud defense makes a damn good flashlight.

[Brent]

Oh, is this. This is embarrassing.

[Drew]

This is where Tyler usually talks.

[Mike]

Oh, is this a read?

[Brent]

Is this a host Red?

[Drew]

Yeah, we'll.

[Brent]

We'll get back to you. We'll get back to it.

[Drew]

We'll do it twice. All right, so then someone else in the chat talked about, are we gonna do a caption winner for somebody from Patterson? A caption winner? Do you know anything about that?

[Brent]

I will ask Vanessa right now.

[Drew]

That's not the Patreon winner, is it? That's something else.

[Brent]

I don't know. But. And we will. We'll see if we have a Patreon winner today as well. And talking to Vanessa, we'll. We'll come back to all those things. We'll keep it. We'll keep it. We'll keep it. We'll keep it rolling just for a little bit longer.

[Drew]

Zubi. Zubi, thoughts on the JFK files?

[Brent]

Yeah, Drew, I, I, I missed that via travel. I knew they were happening. But, but you, you. Before the show, we talked about other Current events. And you had some small insight into that?

[Drew]

Well, I, you know, I just curbsided a little bit off of, I think, I guess maybe some Newsweek stuff this week. A lot of the stuff is stuff we already know. You know, there was mobile stuff going on, involvement, mob involvement, you know, Cuba invasion type stuff. People upset about JFK from the Cuba. CIA was upset with JFK because he was talking about, you know, fractioning the. The CIA. So he made. He made enemies with CIA, with the mob, with the Cuban thing. And then.

[Brent]

So you said something about Israel being involved.

[Mike]

And I guess there's a lot of Israel stuff.

[Drew]

The newest information that's leaked so far with the JFK files is that a lot of mentioned about the. About Israel somehow involved. We don't know yet, but Israel's mentioned and that was detracted from a lot of the public files. So something about Israel. We don't know. Stay tuned.

[Brent]

Yeah, you know, give us another week. I'd like to come back to this next Thursday with a little bit more of a deep dive and, and, and see what, see what the experts are saying.

[Mike]

There's one document that's in there that was from JFK Jr.

[Brent]

Okay.

[Mike]

And he wrote a note to Joe Biden and said, you are a fucking traitor. And that's in the JFK file. Gosh. And then four years or five years after he was dead.

[Brent]

No way.

[Mike]

From the airplane crash.

[Brent]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Martha's Vineyard.

[Brent]

Yeah. Let's hit the cloud defense. We can get through that. Just real quick. Throw up the logo for me, if you will. At Cloud Defensive, they are dedicated to optimizing your gear through innovative design, technology and materials. From industry leading weapon lights to handheld flashlights, their products set the standard for excellence and illumination, ensuring you are always equipped for success. Use a promo code. Anti hero 15. That's antihero one five for 15% off.

[Drew]

Nailed it. Nailed it.

[Brent]

Suck it, Tyler. Perfect.

[Drew]

All right. Officer Dangle back in. Rich Stakehouse is still alive. The Green Beret that was misdiagnosed with cancer. He is fighting the legal battle.

[Brent]

Okay, good. That's good to hear. That sucks. I. I called him dead. Thank you so much for, for clearing that up, Nate.

[Drew]

Taylor. Blake, could you and Tanner maybe organize a round robin tourney involving paintball and ever clear for us hooligans?

[Brent]

Yes, that. That would be fun. I think we, we are looking at doing like some, some sort of an event somewhere and getting the, Getting the Patreon involved and going to somewhere like a little more central to finding out, like, where are all the most amount of our patreons are a central location where they could drive the. Where the most of them can drive the least amount and doing a get together and. And doing something fun like that.

[Drew]

I'm a big airsoft fan. I like airsoft over paintball. I love airsoft. Man.

[Brent]

Those things are awesome. You had some?

[Drew]

Yeah, fully auto.

[Mike]

They're cool.

[Brent]

I've seen videos of airsoft guys and kit looking like tier one operators.

[Mike]

They have like whole contests.

[Brent]

Oh my gosh. Yes. They have snipers. They have like fake radios that look just like embitters. Their gear is. Some of those guys look more professional than actual special operations team guys. It's crazy.

[Drew]

The ultimate gear queers. Yeah, absolutely.

[Brent]

Yeah.

[Mike]

They're larping like hardcore Todd Smith.

[Drew]

Hey boys, I'm planting corn in the dark listening to the show. That's awesome. That is very. That's very hillbilly. I love it. Plant corn in the dark. Please stop saying transgender and start saying transgender.

[Brent]

From South Park. Nice south park reference. Always welcome Papa's Fruit stand.

[Drew]

Speaking of 12 strong CSM, Gary Stone was my battalion CSM at 5th Group when I got there in 2017 before he retired. Bad m effort would be a dope guest. Probably has some wicked stories. Love the the pod. My my dudes.

[Brent]

Hey, do you know if Gary Stone see if you can track Papa's Fruit Stand reply. But if he's part of the. Were those guys. Yes, those guys were part of Horse Soldier Bourbon and I don't know if. I don't know if everyone on the ODA was part of Horse Soldier Bourbon or only a few of it. Can you see. See if Gary Stone was part of Horse Soldier Bourbon? If you guys can let me know.

[Drew]

All right, next one is everyday American thoughts on Chris Van and his stories from Delta. Guy said he had control of a Navy destroyer when he needed it. Badass. If true.

[Brent]

I. I don't know him personally. I only know him like through. Through watching him do a podcast. I've never heard anything bad about him. That is a. A wild claim. But you know what? Sometimes the Delta Force does some wild stuff. So I'll. In fact, I'm a. It wouldn't be too hard. I would like to reach out and get Chris Van Sant on the. On the show and I will ask. And I will ask him that. Or you could ask him that if it's not true.

[Drew]

The memes of you sank my battleship are coming out.

[Brent]

But something tells me if he. If he said it, if he said it, that it's that it's true. The. The. The only guy who says things that aren't true from the unit is probably Shrek, Airborne, Homestead.

[Drew]

Brent, what were NCO schools like for you after entering cag?

[Brent]

They were a little awkward, to be honest with you. When I went to slc, the senior leader course, I went there from the unit, and the lead NCO in charge, I actually went to Robin Sage with. And when I got there, he's like, brent, what are you doing here? I'm like, I still got to go to promotion schools. He was like, all right, go sign into your class, then come to my office. I want to see you. And so I went, signed into my class, did the weigh in, did the PT test. Everything came back in. And basically the only thing I did for most of my leadership school was go hang out with Matt and tell stories in his office and then leave early and go back to work. That was what I did. Leadership school. Then at graduation, I showed up for graduation. Everyone was like, you haven't been here for most of class. I thought you dropped. We had a bet going that you weren't even going to show up for graduation.

[Drew]

All right, we're going to take a break from the super chats and move to some cool videos.

[Brent]

But I won the Iron man contest.

[Mike]

Oh, did you?

[Brent]

So. So I had to show up to. To. To get my earnings.

[Drew]

All right, boys, what do you want to. What do you want to watch here? We got the Instagram videos.

[Brent]

You know, let's. Let's.

[Mike]

Oh, my God. Not the brown to pink guy.

[Brent]

Oh, gosh. Which one do we want to do? All right, let's do the Tesla one real quick. I know. We're. We're. We're. We might even end up going a little long tonight. We got things we want to talk about. The people here. I want to talk about it.

[Drew]

Watch the dealership. And then the. And then the Buttman.

[Brent]

Vegas are investigating what they're calling a targeted attack at a Tesla repair center. Here comes the dramatic video right here showing just multiple flames hitting this row of Teslas. It's similar to what we've seen here recently in the Seattle area. Police in Vegas now say they found flames, five vehicles on fire or damaged here, and the word resist spray painted on the front of the business. This attack comes just hours after two Tesla cybertrucks were set on fire at a dealership in Kansas City. The FBI has stepped in to help investigate both. That's enough. I will watch those who might think that. Good job. Good job. Liberal America, resist fraudulent spending. Resist. Resist fraud, waste and abuse, you idiots.

[Mike]

What happened to the saving the environment from fossil fuels?

[Brent]

Gosh. Do you know we're gonna show up that. Show that the next one. Yeah. Obese liberal man wipes butt with.

[Mike]

Man.

[Drew]

That's a new level.

[Brent]

Jesus.

[Mike]

He's really getting in there.

[Drew]

Yeah.

[Brent]

What a shit bag.

[Drew]

He probably just got out of the grocery store I shop at or something.

[Mike]

He just got railed by his boyfriend. Gosh.

[Brent]

Yeah, so it was just falling out.

[Mike]

There's no telling what's coming out of there.

[Brent]

So this is a. A good like parallel to earlier. You'd never believe what Congressman Crow is adamantly against Doge.

[Mike]

Oh, yeah.

[Brent]

So he's very much against the prevention of fraud, waste and abuse from within our government. And here's the thing that people don't understand, and I believe I would almost say it's worse. I bet Congressman Crow does understand this. He just refuses to speak the truth about it. Most people that are upset about Elon think that Doge has any sort of power. They have no power. They can. They can investigate things and they can present their findings to Congress, but they can't cut any job. They can't. They have no power. The only thing that they have the power to do is to research things. So Elon Musk isn't going and firing anybody?

[Mike]

No. He works at the pleasure of the President.

[Brent]

So you don't have an unelected official going out there cutting government programs. He's just looking into it. He presents it. They then make the decision. I don't know how. It almost seems like a really a perfect scenario.

[Mike]

Well, it's a perfect group of guys that are all into data. You know, they could just read like lines of data and just go through and they're like finding all of these things, you know, like the $50 million in condoms and yada, yada. There's so much stuff, so much waste and. And bloat. And I just don't understand how anybody that's in office can defend that to their constituents.

[Brent]

It's. It's. You want to talk about something sickening? I watched Elon Musk interview on the Joe Rogan Experience.

[Mike]

Oh, it was good.

[Brent]

And it was. Did you see it?

[Mike]

Oh, yeah.

[Brent]

So you'll know what I'm talking about when I say this. They didn't have to wait. How long were those astronauts stuck in space? Nine months. Nine months. Elon offered his services to President Biden early on when this happened. And because Elon had. Was basically in the Corner of the Republicans at this time.

[Mike]

Trump camp.

[Brent]

He was in the Trump camp. Biden essentially said no, Biden left. Intentionally left astronauts stranded in space for political reasons.

[Mike]

They're supposed to be there for eight days.

[Brent]

Are you kidding me?

[Mike]

Eight days? They did nine months.

[Brent]

And then when. I mean, they're supposed to be there eight days when they're supposed to come back. Something. Something went awry. So. So they were going to be there longer than eight days when things went awry, but they didn't have to be there for nine months.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Brent]

That they should have been saved six months ago.

[Mike]

You know, that he. He's the only person that's capable and has the vehicle to save them. Unless you went to the Russians and then the Russians would tax you like hardcore.

[Brent]

Yeah.

[Mike]

And Trump would never do that.

[Brent]

Right. So that's a. That's a perfect tie in to that. So like I said, Congressman Crow doesn't even like Doge Biden for political reasons. Stranded our astronauts in space. I mean, how do you think that.

[Mike]

He even knew, in all honesty, do you think that he. With this whole auto pen thing. It's going on.

[Brent]

I'm not sure he knew. Did you see the recent development where some of the old cabinet people or people within the White House admitted that the last months of his pregnant pregnancy presidency. Dang it. It's live. Why can't I edit these things out? Because it's funny that his son, Hunter Biden was making decisions.

[Mike]

Oh, yeah.

[Brent]

In the Oval Office for him.

[Mike]

Joe Biden was running.

[Brent]

Was running our country for Joe Biden.

[Mike]

Was running cabinet meetings. He would have Joe Biden's cabinet, and Joe Biden was the only Biden in the room.

[Brent]

Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Dr. Jill, did you see where. Where Oprah Winfrey got. Got caught saying at the Views, like, she is a medical doctor. She is a smart woman. She is a doctor. And then someone on the View, like, knew better but, like, knew it was gonna be a problem. Was like, sheepishly. Was like, hey, she's like, she's an honorary doctor. And she was like, she's got a Ph.

[Mike]

She's got a Ph.D. in education.

[Brent]

Yeah. She's like, yeah, she's an education professor. It's.

[Mike]

She should have worked with his English.

[Brent]

Not a medical doctor. All right, go. Going doctor. Going forward.

[Drew]

You want to do the Patreon winner? Do you have this? And caption contest winner?

[Brent]

All right, let me call. Let me call Vanessa. Vanessa. I was making fun of you, Drew.

[Drew]

Marika. No one's asked me to say that for a while.

[Brent]

Hello. Hello, Vanessa.

[Drew]

It's a nice. Hello.

[Brent]

Hi. Who do we got for a Patreon winner right off the bat? Well, we have a Patreon winner.

[Mike]

His name is Jackson's Tramler. And he also wanted to write a note.

[Brent]

He said, tell Brent to come to Oregon and teach a class with Nate from Valhalla. I was. As soon as I said organ, I was like, you know, that's where Valhalla's at. I should probably go. Go up there and hang out with him and his show for a little bit as well. So I feel like that's a. I feel like that's. That's a. That's an easy. It's a easy ask. All right, I can find out. What do you win? He won a Nomad Milsom LLC hat, shirt, patches, and 20 gift card.

[Drew]

Nice.

[Brent]

Nice. And there's also a caption contest winner. Okay, who's that? It is Robert Selig. The caption was Brandt trying to hitch a ride so he doesn't miss another Thursday night with the boy. And he won. I.

[Mike]

Well, he has to reach out to.

[Brent]

Me on Patreon, but he won our very first sold.

[Mike]

Not enough sold. It's going to be free. We're partnering with Moral Decay Patchwork, and.

[Brent]

They'Re going to be doing our exclusive anti hero patches. That's right. They. They gave us some of those patches at. At Shell Shock, didn't they? Do you remember? Yes. And I gave them to you. Yeah. Yes. They're awesome patches. That's awesome. Yeah, they're legit patches. All right. And that's going to be launching April 1st for everybody who wants to buy one. All right, thank you, Vanessa. Thank you, Brentifer.

[Mike]

Bye.

[Brent]

All right. And the show must go on.

[Mike]

Congratulations.

[Drew]

Absolutely. All right, next super chat is Executive Order 11110. Only two presidents have issued constitutionally legal money, and both were shot in the head in public.

[Brent]

Oh, no. Is he saying that there's. Is that something Trump is considering doing or is that just a fun fact? I don't know if there was a tie in.

[Mike]

I'm not sure the context of that.

[Brent]

Okay, who is it?

[Mike]

Lincoln and what, Grover Cleveland?

[Brent]

Who else was shot in the head?

[Drew]

I mean, Reagan was shot, but one in the head?

[Brent]

Yeah. No, you know. You know, it's really embarrassing as. As. As an American and someone who likes history. Have you ever seen the list of American presidents and then realize you don't know half of the American presidents?

[Mike]

Yes, it's embarrassing. Not as much as I think about The Roman Empire. But I do think about that occasionally.

[Drew]

In the late, in the late fun fact. In the late 1800s in public school, there was a textbook that had a small biography on every signer of the Constitution. Or is either every sign of the Constitution or every president up to that point Camera. Which one? But that's pretty interesting. Like we don't have anything like that now.

[Brent]

Yeah, there's no need for it.

[Mike]

You're right.

[Brent]

Well, no, there's no need for it to be gone. Oh, yeah, that sounded wrong. Yeah.

[Drew]

All right. Cultured redneck. Brent was around a lot of cultured rednecks last week. Cultured redneck says this Slava Ukraine congressman was hiding between. Between pews during the January, during January 6th.

[Brent]

Oh.

[Mike]

Oh, my God.

[Drew]

Jack Murphy.

[Mike]

Oh, my God. I heard.

[Brent]

Yeah.

[Drew]

Jack Murphy and Jason Crow have to have the lowest testosterone of any men to ever serve in the regiment.

[Brent]

Yeah, that's right. Someone told me about that hiding.

[Mike]

He said that January 6th reminded him of being in Afghanistan. That's how bad it was.

[Brent]

Yeah, that's how bad he is.

[Mike]

That's what he said. That was a quote. That's a quote from him.

[Brent]

How dare you be surrounded by unarmed Americans? I guess, I guess he saw a lot of that in Afghanistan.

[Mike]

The only person that died was Ashley Babbitt and she was killed by a cop.

[Drew]

The girl in a backpack, Is that what he saw?

[Brent]

Yeah. Here's. I, I, I thought of the second president that was shot in the head. Little known president, probably never heard of him.

[Drew]

Abraham Lincoln.

[Brent]

Abraham Lincoln was one and a guy. I can't remember his full name. I'll just, I remember his initials though. I think it's jfk.

[Mike]

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[Brent]

Oh, duh. We were just talking about that. Oh, yeah.

[Mike]

What an idiot.

[Brent]

Thank you, Rick.

[Mike]

I feel like an idiot.

[Brent]

I do. Rick how texted me that from how arms JFK was was.

[Drew]

I thought that was understood.

[Brent]

My bad. That's what I'm going with too. Drew.

[Mike]

Yeah, man. Yeah.

[Brent]

All right.

[Drew]

You want to do one of these Instagram goodies?

[Brent]

Yes. You know, we, we. I'll save the best for last, so to speak. We always like break down videos of, of cops doing things wrong, but that's also a little unfair. So that the, the one at the bottom of that screen right there will say for last, go down. Let's hit this one. We'll beat this guy up a little bit or something. Says he's taser or. Drop the. Drop it. Drop it. Drop it.

[Mike]

Drop it.

[Brent]

So let me set the stage just real Quick. On the ground. He's clearly at some sort of, like, retirement home or, like, a old person care facility. And there's this. There's a crazy here. And he has a chainsaw. There's a chainsaw. And so he shows up, taser out, and he's trying to get control of the situation. Keep going. On the ground.

[Mike]

Get back, get back, get back, get back.

[Brent]

Hey, drop. Hey, hey. Hey. Drop the chainsaw. Drop the chainsaw. Try to start it. Probably do something about it now. Hey, drop it. Why don't you do something about it before. Before he starts it?

[Mike]

Drop it.

[Brent]

Drop it now. And now I got one Taser point. Step it up. And anyone's used a chainsaw knows it almost started there. So what do you think is going to happen the next time he tries? It's probably going to start. It's primed.

[Mike]

Yes. Step it up.

[Brent]

All right, pause it. Just real quick. This is. And I hate doing these without Tyler, to be honest with you, because, you know, I like it when a law enforcement guy's here. But this one's so cut, cut and dry. Yeah, I'm. I'm willing. I'm willing dry.

[Drew]

Old chainsaw joke.

[Brent]

I'm willing to risk this one on my own until a chainsaw starts. Let's be honest with you. He just has a paperweight in his hand. Really? Until it starts. He has a paperweight in his hand. And the lack of wanting to close with and put hands on this dude, you know, I'm just judging by his. His voice and what I can see from his hands. He's a. He's a. We'll call a military age male. All right, he's probably in some sort of shape and. And. And. And the least. And the guy's going up against. Clearly has issues as an older gentleman. Just get up there, throw the. Send the taser if you want to, and then be prepared if the taser works or doesn't work, to complete, to continue to close with and puts. And put hands on this individual.

[Mike]

Tell me you couldn't just snatch that chainsaw, slap it out of his hand. You could just snatch it from him.

[Brent]

Because once he gets this thing started, now he's a menace. You know what I mean?

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Brent]

What are you waiting for? The talking time is over. He's shown. Maybe you can talk at the beginning. He's shown a propensity to want to get this thing started, and you still haven't gone up there and put hands on this man. It drives me crazy that the end actually gets worse. And as you'll see, this has devastating effects. Effects. His inability to take action. Keep going. Step it up. Drop it. I just want my wife, man.

[Drew]

I just want.

[Mike]

Hey, hey.

[Brent]

And now instead of that, that closed with. And he had it. That was his moment.

[Mike]

And now he retreated.

[Brent]

And now he retreated. Now he's loose. And now he has his gun out. This is dangerous. And that's it. And now we have a man shot honestly, for no reason like this. He was clearly a disturbed individual. And he's like, I just want my wife. And he's, you know, running around hooting and hollering and. And now we have a. Now we have a shot, man. Which easily, easily could have been prevented. So this is where a little bit of that ds. We talked about de escalation earlier. Yeah, De escalation isn't always the answer. It really isn't. Like, that was the time he really should have escalated, get there, put hands.

[Mike]

On, and it would have de. Escalated.

[Brent]

And it would have de escalated.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Brent]

We're in this really bad part of society where safety first, safety, always safety, safety, safety. There's times especially, I see it all the time in the shoot house with SWAT teams where sometimes they're trying to be safe and by being safe, they've actually made the situation more dangerous. Yeah. And there's. There's a classic case of trying to de escalate and giving it plenty of time to breathe actually ended up making it more dangerous. And a poor guy lost his life who didn't have to.

[Mike]

Yeah, it's like, what do they say? You got to move off the X. You're on the X and you're. If you're hesitating because you're trying to be safe, you've got to. To move because you're standing on the target like you are the target.

[Brent]

And it's a little bit. I don't know when those other guys arrived, because at first I thought he was. He was kind of by himself. And it seemed like those guys may have been there the whole time, which kind of makes it even worse.

[Mike]

Well, you've got at least three officers that I saw.

[Brent]

Right.

[Mike]

And you still have to shoot. You have to use lethal force. Now the chainsaw wasn't even running then. He just had his hand on it. He's like, drop it, drop it. It's like he. He's sitting on the floor or he's leaning up against the wall. Three guys can't take a chainsaw. Now. I don't, you know, I can't tell in all fairness, if the guy was old or what. I don't know what kind of facilities this is in, you know, like, I don't know, his mental acuity, whatnot. But I mean, it's like if a guy had a baseball bat and there's three of you now, if you're by yourself, maybe, yeah, but three guys.

[Brent]

Yeah. And what? And again, it's easy to, it's easy to sit here. And I will say this, I understand it's easy to sit here and Monday morning court about it, but we do this for the benefit of, of any law enforcement people watching. So if they're ever in this situation, it sucks. That guy in the situation is probably the first time ever in that situation. And rarely are you going to execute something right the first time you see it. So these videos should be talked about. It's for the benefit of law enforcement, not for, for tearing down law enforcement.

[Mike]

Yeah, I agree with you.

[Brent]

But the, the guy ends up making an exit, you know, a little bit further down into the right. Well, those people shouldn't have been behind that officer. They should have moved around and positioned themselves to make him fight from two different directions or at least split his attention. You have to. Sometimes law enforcement has this kind of bad instinct where they stay together and they believe that. I'm, I'm going to assume this a little bit, but they can mutually support each other the closer they are to each other. But when you separate from a bad guy, we are forcing him as a. Split his attention. And that's really what you want. You really want to separate and force him to fight from two sides and you'll come out on top.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Brent]

Otherwise to the left. That's right. Otherwise he only has one person or one thing to worry about. I want him worrying about all sorts of things.

[Mike]

And it is just like armchair quarterbacking, whatever. But if he had been flanked like that and he's. Now he knows he's. Whatever the problem is, I think there'd have been a bigger chance of him.

[Brent]

Just saying, okay, like, right, yeah, one, you're overwhelming him. You're mentally overwhelming him. But he may not have the mental acuity to be overwhelmed. So the other thing you do in that situation is as a, as, as a police officer or even in the military, like we. I've run across crazy people on target in the military. I'm going to continue to talk to you to keep your attention. So while that person flanks, he can go in and take that person down and get hands on without having to have that direct confrontation. With him. So there's so many advantages to separating. So don't be scared to separate. It's not. It's not the worst thing.

[Mike]

I'd be interested to find out if that was a clean shoot or not.

[Brent]

Yeah. I wonder what happened to him. Wonder if he. If you're not surviving it because of. Because of poorly placed shots to be honest. And hopefully did. But. But the. Let's go. Let's go back to this because a few more things want to hit up. We're getting close to 10 o'clock. Any more super chats?

[Drew]

Yeah. Let's see. Thoughts on drone combat footage in Ukraine. These drones are terrifying with seemingly no good solutions.

[Brent]

They're. They're two things. One terrifying if you're on the other end of them. So you're right on that aspect. And the other thing is they're really cool to watch and hopefully they're your drones. Yeah. Yeah.

[Mike]

They're very cool. I've seen that's. It's crazy.

[Brent]

It's crazy.

[Mike]

I think you could take one with a shotgun.

[Brent]

Yeah.

[Drew]

Let's see. Brody Martin. Much love. First super chat. Crow's bronze star is without valor. So it's leadership officer award. Brent. See or no.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Drew]

Happy anniversary. Hi to the.

[Brent]

So I didn't bring that up earlier. I did see where it said one of the articles I read where it said he was awarded for bronze star for his combat and it gave a small. Like a particular scenario. If it's a particular scenario it could be with a V and so I wanted to be careful not to discredit him in case it was with a valor device. But the more I researched I never saw it stated that it was a bronze star with a voice so I'm gonna assume it was for service. And being an officer just being deployed, he's gonna get a bronze star for. For service.

[Mike]

Well it's just an officer participated in a battle in the city so I don't.

[Brent]

So I'm not. I'm not. But since I'm 99 sure not 100. I would never want to be wrong on. On. On being wrong on a valor award. I wish Tim Kennedy had the same had the same wherewithal to not be wrong about a valor award.

[Drew]

Todd Smith gently reminds us Kennedy, you idiots.

[Brent]

We already got it figured out Todd.

[Mike]

Thanks.

[Drew]

Well, I actually wasn't joking. I knew Kennedy was one. I was thinking of the other.

[Brent]

You don't have to call us idiots. We felt like idiots. Would I still feel like an idiot? Thanks.

[Drew]

Don't call us idiots. We know we're idiots. Idiot. All right, Zulu Whiskey. Who is more sneaky? SEAL Team 6, Black Squadron or Delta 4G Squadron?

[Brent]

Neither. Assaulters are. Will always be the sneakiest. That's where. That's where the best people reside. And they will always be your best performers.

[Drew]

So who are the assaulters? These aren't assaulters.

[Brent]

No.

[Drew]

All right, Sean Husk.

[Brent]

Not in a true way, but go ahead.

[Drew]

Told man in a nursing home told me to shoot someone. Told man in a nursing home told me to shoot someone. Well, there's a guy having some. There. There's a guy having some good bourbon tonight. All right, Sean. Thanks, brother.

[Brent]

Maybe he's having some of that horse soldier.

[Drew]

There you go, Oliver. Close off. Back in again. What are your thoughts on the armory changing from 556M4M249. 2. 68 millimeter. Next gen weapons. Army says 6, 8 is a more lethal round, but basic load is reduced by a third. Is it worth the trade off? Basically, that's.

[Brent]

That's a real good question. And that's. That's always the. The debate. I will go with this. Excuse me. I will go with the more lethal round. One, it'll take less rounds to take someone down. Two, it'll be. It'll be a more accurate round because it's a flatter shooting round. And most times. I'm not saying all. Most times in combat, you're not going through your. Your. Your whole magazine, your whole basic load. You usually have plenty of ammo, so I would err on the side of a more lethal round to end an engagement quicker than. Than more rounds. That's just. That's my opinion.

[Drew]

All right, Brent. I'm gonna let you take this one because I'll fuddle through it.

[Brent]

March 20 marks the anniversary of the start of OIF Operation Inherent Freedom. Deaths 4,431 wounded. 32,000 Medal of Honors, four Distinguished Service Cross, 13 Navy Cross, five Air Force Cross, one Silver Stars. 160 plus Bronze Stars. Thousands exact, probably are unknown. That is pretty crazy. But I'll give you another crazy stat about that. Obviously it was. It was a war just as long as. As Vietnam. Yet everybody that came back from that had PTSD. I'm by no means saying that 4, 000 deaths is insignificant. Every American that died should always be taken serious. But Vietnam, we lost 60, 000. Yeah, 60, 000 men. That just shows you how more. How much more of a violent conflict Vietnam was.

[Mike]

Oh, yeah.

[Brent]

Really does.

[Drew]

I might have missed this one. I Don't know. You let me know. Brent, what were NCO schools like for you after entering cag?

[Brent]

Yep, we talked about that one.

[Drew]

We did. Okay. I'm good. All right. There's this one time I thought I made a mistake and we all caught up.

[Brent]

All right, let's. Let's go back to the videos. I want to. I want to. We talked about that. The good shooting right there. Let's watch this one. A lot of it's him driving it that like the first half. So fast forward it. And these guys just didn't do this right by chance.

[Drew]

There's no fast forward.

[Brent]

Okay, well, good. It'll give me a chance to talk about it. These guys just didn't do it right by chance. These guys clearly practice this. They either got outside training of it. Maybe they got training from police officers, you know, that were more senior. Like, hey, we. We were in gunfights earlier. This is like. This is how you have to do it. Like, they really, really do a good job. No gunfights ever perfect. There's always gonna be, like, some things because it happens so fast and there's a lot of moving parts. There's so many variables of it. I'll talk about one thing that's like, ah, but. But trust me, the Delta Force doesn't get into perfect gunfights. You know, it's. It's a dangerous game. And. And these guys absolutely executed this about as perfect as. As you can.

[Mike]

You know what department this is?

[Brent]

I don't. I was really hoping. I. I forgot. I was gonna look at that, see if I could find the department to give these guys a proper shout out, because they nailed it. They absolutely nailed it. And. And the problem is, though, not everyone's gonna watch. They're not gonna be happy about, you know, watching them do right. Everyone wants drama. Everyone wants to see them do something wr about it, and that's what gets views. Yeah. But guess what? When. When they do it, right? When. When I come across it, we're. We're still gonna show the positive stuff, Whether. Whether you guys want to see it or hear about it.

[Mike]

I would say that there's a section of the population that doesn't like to see them doing it right. All they do is watch the fails. That's all they want to watch.

[Brent]

Yeah.

[Drew]

I want to give a shout out to the dispatcher. You know, she's part of this. She's part of this operation as well, doing a great job.

[Brent]

What's crazy, they're doing a lot of talking, and they're trying to, you know, they're doing updates, making sure that everyone knows where everyone's at. This is just another clear case where. Apollo, where you have this, like, common operating picture. You know, where everybody is. You'd. You'd cut out half this, Almost all of this verbiage going across right now. Because you would literally see all the cars, you know, moving on the map, and you'd see, like, the. The officers, even when the officers left the vehicles. Because most departments can track where the. Where the. Where the. Where the vehicles are moving, but maybe not all officers themselves can be. But they. They'd be able to track all this movement on their phone. And other cops who are coming to help support this would be able to find them more efficiently by knowing where everyone is at all times. Yeah, but just another little filler. Let me tell you something else. That dude with his KIA bracelet on and his tattoos tells me this dude takes his job seriously. Anyway, so they're already getting into a fight. Pause it just for a second. He gets out. He immediately returns fire. Rather than going, oh, like, what's going on? He immediately returns fire. The way he goes back to the side of his. The back of his vehicle, using cover properly and not overly exposing himself. Kudos to him. The next thing he does is he takes shots. Maybe he doesn't like the. The angle he has and what view he has. I don't know what causes him to move. Either way, he's either changing his position because be a moving target, like, pop up here, pop up there. That's a good thing. Or rarely does. The first position you decide to take up, rarely is it the best one. So maybe he saw that and said, hey, I want to move to the front of my vehicle, and I'll get a better view of what's going on. Either way, I love what he's doing here. And this position right here between the wheel and the engine block. He has plenty of concealment and true cover. Keep going. Good communication. The wherewithal can reload now. Give me a second. Pause it here. He had. He had a rifle in his. In his trunk the whole time. And I loved that he didn't go right for it. That was the absolute right thing to do. Return fire, get their heads down, maybe end it right away. But when it didn't end right away, he's like, you know what I got? I got something else. And he went right for his. For.

[Mike]

For his right rounds on target. So the guy's keeping his head down.

[Brent]

Yes. Then you go for this, and it Gives his backup time because he's the first one there. They have to pull up. They have to unass. They have to get up there. And so now he's going for his rifle. Keep going.

[Drew]

Some in the chat say this is Breckenridge.

[Brent]

Breckenridge, Colorado.

[Drew]

Breckenridge Hills.

[Brent]

Okay. Breckenridge Hills.

[Drew]

Don't know where that is.

[Brent]

Okay. Goes immediately to getting his gun up. And now he's writing some hate. Hey, switch with me around. I got spares.

[Drew]

Got spares?

[Brent]

Yep. Switch it off. Because the guy. The guy says down to one bag or that he was low or something like that. Looks like he gave up his rifle, went back. He's like, you know what? I got. I got plenty. I got plenty left. Well, that's the right decision. Or not. I probably would have kept the rifle, but I don't. But it just shows, like, the communication they have.

[Mike]

These guys are moving really well. All.

[Brent]

Look at this. I love this right here. This guy sent some. He comes out, he's using good cover. The guy to the right, I. I actually don't mind that he drifts that far out because he's. He's assessing it. If he fit. Guess what? If you feel comfortable over there drifting. That the other thing that we talked about earlier? Pause it just for a second. What do we say about. In the old person home. Hey, don't be. Don't be right. Right next to someone. It feels comfortable being right next to someone. You're bunched up, spread out. They can only return fire to one of you at the same time.

[Mike]

Accurately.

[Brent]

Accurately. Absolutely. Now you got this. Get this bad guy's head on a swivel. He feels like he's overwhelmed. He doesn't know how many of you there are.

[Mike]

And then what starts breaking down? Everything. His trigger pull, his reload. Everything is messed up because now he's over. Like you said, sensory overload.

[Brent]

Absolutely. They. They do a great job of using cover because concealment. Their vehicles spreading out. Keep going.

[Drew]

I. I'd love to see these guys against a chainsaw. It'd be.

[Brent]

Be amazing. Yeah. And they'd ended that real quick. They might have ended it already. I haven't heard any return firing. A little bit. I don't remember exactly how the video ends. Okay, so like I said, something tells you I believe it. It. It. It ended right there. And they just. They just executed it beautifully, to be honest with you.

[Mike]

There at the end, that's when you throw the sack of grenades and you shoot it. And then that's it. That's the end.

[Brent]

You shoot it. The. I still. For there's. I don't care. We're on the timeline we want to be on. There's one more thing that's gonna make this episode end and something that's just. I think will make. Make everyone happy. Do we have any. Any last second super chats?

[Drew]

Well, I got one in front of my face. Went, love you, my brother, but gotta shout out my man Drew behind the camera. This awesome show that we all enjoy. 100 wouldn't be the same without him. Love you, Drew. Drew and Buen no homo.

[Brent]

We've been druing Buen for 40 years.

[Drew]

Oh, man. Yeah. Heck yeah. Me and you, bro. All the way.

[Brent]

Let's go back to the one last one that. That warms my heart when I said, hey, I think. I think things are changing. Like, things aren't as bad as they were. Like, common sense is coming back. Play it. This is in Washington D.C. live pictures showing you the work that has already started. Crews have started to remove Black Lives Matter Plaza. And we're showing you live pictures of the jackhammering that's taking place. Crews have to get rid of the cobblestone walkways, the bollards that will. That are there as well. The street will eventually be repaved. Crews will change the plaza back to the two lanes of traffic in each direction. But it's going to be done in phases.

[Drew]

So the work is expected to go on for the.

[Mike]

The next several weeks.

[Brent]

Six to eight weeks in fact.

[Mike]

And cost an estimated $600,000 our mark.

[Brent]

See Graves reported on this. We are back now.

[Drew]

Man, they blocked traffic for that thing.

[Mike]

I would have done it for free.

[Brent]

Yeah. Have you been in dc?

[Mike]

Yeah, once.

[Brent]

Getting around DC Is absolutely atrocious. And to think that they shut down a whole block of what should have been traffic for. For that trash that ended up just being an organization.

[Mike]

I think that was right. Right off of Pennsylvania Avenue.

[Brent]

It's really close. It's like a part of me in a weird way, part of me. I'm surprised it took so long that it's finally coming down and like, hey, let's just. Let's let's open up the streets again. Especially after they got found out funneling all that money to themselves and building mansions off of it.

[Mike]

Oh, yeah.

[Brent]

But the other part of me is still a little bit surprised. Maybe I haven't completely realized that. That, hey, guess what? Like, things. Things are actually getting better. Yeah. Yeah. It's a little bit of what they call that, like battered Wife syndrome.

[Mike]

A little bit.

[Brent]

Like, it's, it's, it's. It's not. It's not really happening, is it?

[Mike]

Well, you remember when the Berlin Wall came down and the people were tearing it down, and it's the people that collected the pieces, that's not that they were in support of the Iron Curtain, you know, the fall of the Soviet Union. So if I was those guys, I would be keeping all those pieces and I'd be on ebay. Oppression is over, bro. This is part of the blm. Like, that's it. I'd be a millionaire.

[Brent]

I love it. Any more super chats? If not, we're taking to the house. I hope you didn't screw me over with playing the Outlaw by Crocus Crocus. But here we go. We did it. Send me back to the chats. No, don't get a phone call right now. Who's calling me at 10 o'clock? Your crews were just itching to get back to work. Absolutely. And I assure you they enjoyed that. That project. Tom Wilson, as always, good to see you in the chats, brother. Slick South 57. Take it eas.

[Mike]

Who?

[Brent]

Car. Car Box Lady. Best podcast on the web. I think so, but my opinion is biased. But I really appreciate you guys hanging out and watching us. A Tyler tried to get a call in the last second. No, it was. It was actually a. A supplier from overseas for frcc. Brett say the man in the black pajamas is a worthy adversary. Oh, Tom, I don't. I don't know what you just did to me there, but if you made me sound like a fool, it'll be on Reddit tomorrow. Sean Hus, good night. Thanks for staying tuned. Thanks for staying tuned the whole time. Appreciate you guys. Guys, give Vanessa a big raise. She has earned it. Oh, gosh, she's. She's earned that five times over. We're getting there. We're slowly growing and we're slowly getting there. Daniel Homer on the show. I think you're talking about. I can't read it. I think you're actually talking about Daniel Horner. If it's Daniel Horner. Yeah, I can probably get Daniel Horner on the show. Me and him did some shooting together. James Smith flight designs, reading Charles Beckwith book. It's amazing. I tell you, the beginning's super cool about him working with the sas and at some point it gets a little bit boring with the bureaucracy of him trying to fight to get the Delta Force up and running. But it's an amazing buff. It's. It really is an amazing book. And not a lot of people know as people are hate that I'm out in the open and I'm adults. Force Guy. Like, oh, I liked it better when Delta Force guys never, never said anything. Our founder, Charlie Beckwith wrote a book, so shut up. Jocko and Tim say good night. He says good. Good night. Tell you, that song playing with the Outlaw is a little ACDCish. A little bit. Yeah. It was. Yeah.

[Drew]

Very AC DC.

[Brent]

I liked it. Thanks so much, guys for tuning in. We'll see you next Thursday.