Veterans Day with Eddie Gallagher | Tier1 Podcast Live | Service, Sacrifice, and Brotherhood

Summary

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Tier1 Podcast: Veterans Day with Eddie Gallagher | Service, Sacrifice, and Brotherhood

Podcast: Tier1 Podcast
Host: Brent Tucker
Date: November 26, 2025
Guest: Eddie Gallagher (Retired Navy SEAL), Drew Tucker (co-host)

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Overview

This live Veterans Day special brings together host Brent Tucker (former Delta Force), co-host Drew Tucker, and special guest Eddie Gallagher (retired Navy SEAL) for an in-depth conversation about the meaning of Veterans Day, the brotherhood forged in military service, the challenges and humor of elite military life, and the need to honor all who serve—not just the headline-makers. The episode is rich with personal stories, historical context, camaraderie, and direct engagement with their audience through live super chats.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Understanding Veterans Day vs. Memorial Day

• Veterans Day celebrates all who have served in the U.S. military;

• Memorial Day honors those who died in service.

• Many veterans instinctively think of their fallen comrades on Veterans Day due to the nature of their service and ingrained humility.

• A reminder that every job in the military is vital, regardless of risk level or prestige.

• Quote:

  "If you raised your right hand to serve this country, you have earned your spot in this country, and you should be proud of that. That’s a beautiful thing, without a doubt."
  — Eddie Gallagher [03:30]

• Timestamps:

  • [02:25] Veterans Day vs. Memorial Day clarification
  • [05:12] Historical roots: Armistice Day and its evolution

2. Historical Tidbits: Armistice Day & Military Traditions

• Armistice Day (original name of Veterans Day) commemorates the end of World War I on the 11th hour, 11th day, 11th month (1918).
• Renamed Veterans Day in 1954 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
• Soldier Field in Chicago was renamed on Veterans Day, intertwining sports and veteran honors.
• Quote:

  "On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month... if you know, you know."
  — Brent Tucker [06:01]

3. Brotherhood, Sacrifice, and Humor in Service

• Elite units depend on the wide web of military roles—"team effort all the way around."

• Shared hardships forge unbreakable bonds—often recalled through humor and misadventure.

• Funniest and most capable warriors are often also the deadliest—humor as a coping mechanism.

• Quote:

  "Some of the funniest people I’ve ever worked with were also some of the just most prolific killers on target...They’re just good at everything. They’re annoying!"
  — Brent Tucker [11:09]

• Timestamps:

  • [10:04] Importance of humor and shared hardship
  • [13:06] Early Marine Corps hazing stories
  • [16:05] Disgusting but hilarious deployment stories ("Trashville" tales)

4. Story Time: Training, Barracks Life, and Deployment Fails

• Vivid stories from Marine Corps barracks and "Trashville" (USS Nashville), highlighting both misery and laughter.

• Hazing, shared suffering, and filthy living conditions: a rite of passage.

• Quote:

  "I would lay in my bed and just be in the...stare at the corner while guys...this is miserable. But looking back on it now, I mean, it’s hilarious."
  — Eddie Gallagher [18:06]

• Timestamps:

  • [12:59–18:28] Gallagher’s stories of Marine Corps life and first deployment

5. The Unsung Heroes: Infantry and Conventional Forces

• Strong pushback on the narrative that special operations overshadow conventional forces.
• Conventional infantry often face the harshest, most dangerous conditions and are just as worthy of respect.
• Many infantry and conventional veterans feel overlooked, both in services and in civilian recognition.
• Quote:

  "I hold the infantry up above what we do...their job is...ten times more dangerous."
  — Eddie Gallagher [23:40]

• Veteran-to-veteran encouragement: every experience is valuable and every story matters.
• Timestamps:
  • [22:24–24:24] Addressing “us vs. them” between SOF and infantry
  • [25:44–27:27] Why more conventional veterans should tell their stories

6. Audience Q&A and Community Interaction

• Live super chats covered:
  • Equipment questions (LPVOs vs. red dots/magnifiers) and practical preferences per theater ([28:12–31:03]).
  • Family tributes to fallen soldiers ([42:34–43:44]).
  • Humorous and heartfelt audience stories ([33:11], [47:49], [48:03]).
  • Recovery updates from Gallagher (quad tendon surgery) ([33:47–35:04]).
  • Banter about military culture, jokes, and pop culture references ([51:37]—the "Kiss Kamala for $3" running joke).

7. Reflections on Iraq, Afghanistan, and 'Winning' Wars

• Both Brent and Eddie reflect on the goals, costs, and ambiguous outcomes of OIF and OEF.

• Critique of shifting mission objectives and lack of clarity from military leadership.

• Winning looks different in modern conflicts—often more about influence than definitive victory.

• Quote:

  "What does winning look like? When you’re nation building, winning does look different."
  — Brent Tucker [45:07]

• Timestamps:

  • [42:59–47:38] What did Iraq and Afghanistan accomplish? The role of leadership and shifting missions.

8. Camaraderie, Pranking, and Deployment Humor

• The value of pranks and absurdity for morale during combat deployments ([48:03–50:28]).
• Legendary stories: naked Christmas photos, bed pranks, and the hit-and-miss moments of “super soldiers.”
• Quote:

  "You were naked in my bed!"
  — Eddie Gallagher [48:49]

9. On Division and Respect in the Veteran/Military Community

• Calls for unity among veterans and the public—a plea to avoid divisive rhetoric stoked by social media or political tribes.

• “High road” approach to internal veteran disputes (notably regarding fellow SOF veteran Rob O’Neill).

• Quote:

  "If you are constantly adding to the divisive language that is put out by this, the mainstream media, and through our government and everything else, you’re part of the problem."
  — Eddie Gallagher [73:36]

• Timestamps:

  • [71:13–75:57] Handling division—inside and outside the veteran world

10. Honoring Veterans and the Standard They Set

• Encouragement for veterans to own their day and set positive examples for others.

• The legacy of veteran service is carried forward by upholding high standards for the next generation.

• Quote:

  "Hold yourselves to that same standard and just be a shining example to those young men and women who are thinking about joining."
  — Eddie Gallagher [111:00]

• Timestamps:

  • [110:07–111:04] Closing remarks and Veterans Day message

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On distinguishing Veterans Day and Memorial Day:

  "When Veterans Day comes around...I can't even help but thinking of...the veterans who lost their lives. And I think a lot of us do. It's just the way we're built."
  — Eddie Gallagher [03:30]

• On contribution regardless of MOS:

  "Guys like us couldn't have done our job without everyone."
  — Brent Tucker [04:14]

• On the best operators and leadership:

  "What’s easier for me to pick out is the best officer I’ve ever worked for...he came and testified for me at my trial and put his career in jeopardy."
  — Eddie Gallagher [82:43] "He was there for the right reasons, not for careerism, and careerism is what’s ruining...the officers in our military."
  — Brent Tucker [82:54]

• On humor and coping:

  "If you don’t have a sense of humor, you’re not going to make it. Like, it will break you."
  — Brent Tucker [11:09]

• On facing "us vs. them" with conventional forces:

  "Never once showed up and liked the infantry—love those guys."
  — Brent Tucker [23:04]

• On setting an example as a veteran:

  "Today is your day...set the example for others. The standard that they held themselves to."
  — Eddie Gallagher [111:04]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment Topic | |----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------| | 02:25–05:12 | Veterans Day vs Memorial Day; Armistice Day history | | 10:04–13:06 | Sense of humor, brotherhood in SOF, training stories | | 13:06–18:28 | Barracks life, hazing, and "Trashville" deployment | | 22:24–27:27 | Respect for infantry/conventional forces; call for their stories | | 28:12–31:03 | Audience gear questions (Red dots, LPVOs, practical use) | | 33:47–35:04 | Injury & Recovery update (Eddie Gallagher) | | 42:59–47:38 | Iraq & Afghanistan reflections, 'winning', military leadership | | 48:03–50:28 | Pranks, humor on deployment | | 71:13–75:57 | Addressing division in America and veteran community | | 110:07–111:04 | Final thoughts and message to veterans |

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Memorable Moments

• "Trashville" Story: [16:05–18:28]
  Eddie's stories of overflowing toilets, bottom-bunk misery, and silent suffering turned into laughter later.

• Infantry Shout-Out: [23:40]
  Both Brent and Eddie offer unequivocal respect to infantry/conventional troops.

• Live Prayer for Fallen: [64:41]
  Drew Tucker leads a heartfelt prayer for those lost and their families.

• Friendly Banter: [51:37]
  "Would you kiss Kamala for $3?"—the kind of irreverent humor that surfaces among veterans.

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Tone & Style

The episode balances reverence and solemnity for the meaning of service with the everyday camaraderie, sarcasm, and frankness that define special operations culture. The language is direct, often self-deprecating, and always authentic. Both sobriety (when discussing loss or internal division) and levity (banter, embarrassing stories, pranks) are held in constant interplay—just like in real military teams.

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Call to Action

The episode concludes with a powerful plea:

"Walk proud, hold your head up high...hold yourselves to that same standard and just be a shining example to those young men and women who are thinking about joining."
— Eddie Gallagher [111:04]

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In Closing

This Veterans Day special is both an education and an inspiration. Listeners learn what the holiday represents, why humility and team spirit matter, the importance of unity among military branches and generations, and how the daily grind, gallows humor, and shared sacrifice define military brotherhood. Every veteran—no matter their MOS, deployment history, or post-military path—finds themselves honored here.

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Transcript

[A]

All right, here we go. Veterans Day special. Welcome back to the Tier one Podcast live edition. I'm your host, Brent tucker, owner of FRCC. That's First Responders Coffee, Cigars and Bourbon Company use promo code FRCC15 to get 15 off the world's best coffee, cigars and bourbon. Go to FRCC shop to get that.

[B]

And I'm Drew Tucker, official bag filler at frcc. Well, I want to invite you guys to join our patreon for exclusive content and behind the scenes look at Tier one podcast. The link is in the description. Begin today.

[A]

And this episode is brought to you by hp-trt.com that's human performance, TRT. Go there and use promo code tier one to get 20% off all of your testosterone and peptide needs. With us today, we got Eddie Gallagher. We're doing a classic army with Navy Veterans Day. What more could you ask for? Let's get it going, Drew. Welcome to the tier one podcast. This is amazing. Dude, check this out. All right. It is Veterans Day, and as always, I want to talk a little bit of the. The history of a Veterans Day, what it actually means. Drew, come back out to me and me and Eddie, if you will. The. We talked about this a little bit before the podcast began and not to talk down anyone, but I'm telling you, it happens. There's a small confusion. Small confusion that we can clear up.

[C]

Yeah. With.

[A]

With the public. And I get it to some degree. And I think he had a good, A good theory between Veterans Day and. And Memorial Day.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So let's, let's go ahead. Let's go and clear that up.

[C]

Yeah. So obviously, I mean, Veterans Day, Memorial Day, two different things. Veterans Day, we're celebrating the men and women who raise a right hand to serve this country and defend it. And the Memorial Day is for individuals who lost their life during that, during that service to this country. But I do understand, you know, that they do get intertwined. And a lot of that and we, like we talked about earlier is due to the fact, I mean, when Veterans Day comes around, I think for most of us, especially, you know, that served, you know, we're. I'm, I'm grateful every time someone says thank you for your service, but, you know, I always answer with like, it was my privilege because I honestly loved every, every second of it. But on this day, I can't. I can't even help but thinking of. I'm not thinking of, like, the veterans who served. I'm. I think about the veterans who lost their lives and I Think a lot of us do. It's just the way that we're built. We're not built to, you know, pat ourselves on the back and say, oh, you know, thank you. You know, you should be thanking me for my service. But it's more like, hey, remember the ones who gave all. But I think for the rest of the country, you know, there is a distinction between the two. And I always say, you know, and I think there's also a lot of veterans out there who don't think they did enough or depending on what job they had in the military, they're like, oh, I didn't, you know, I didn't do what you did. It doesn't matter what you did in the, in the military. If you raised your right hand to serve this country, you have earned your spot in this country, and you should be proud of that. That's a beautiful thing, without a doubt.

[A]

And, and you're right. People do that every now and again, like, well, I didn't do what you did.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And sometimes, I mean, and sometimes there, there are certain jobs that are riskier than others. And at certain times, I believe those certain jobs should be looked at differently, rewarded. But on Veterans Day and military recognition across, it's. It is true. Guys like us couldn't have done our job with, without everyone. Yeah, we just, we just couldn't have.

[C]

It's a team effort all the way around. Yeah. I mean, just getting to target takes five different job sets to get us there. So I mean, it's. Yeah, it's. And I get it. We, we signed up to do, you know, we volunteered while we were in to do a more risky job. And that's just the way that we are built. And there's, you know, if you didn't do that, there's nothing wrong with that. You, you sat there and did what you need to do to support the military as a whole. And you should be, you should be proud of that.

[A]

So when talk. I mean, of course we told you Veterans Day is for veterans. Memorial Day is for, for those who, who made the ultimate sacrifice. And yes, they do get. Just intermingled naturally. But the days themselves, that's. That's what we, what they are for. So this, this one's for, for all who served. And the Veterans Day, it actually was originally Armistice Day.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

Which is a, A weird word just for treaty. A treaty between two countries at war. I've. Outside of Armistice Day, I've never heard that word used in my life. Not in my military career. Not. Have you ever Heard that word used.

[C]

No, I think I can remember being used when I was learning about Armistice Day back in elementary school or something.

[A]

So I, I used to have a shirt. Ah, gosh, it might have been like a grunt style shirt or something like that. It was, it was just cool because I like history. And the shirt just said on the, on the, on the 11th. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Y. And that's all it said. And. And I loved it because it's one of those things like if you know, you know like what that means.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Which is really. It's well, beginning. It's the end of World War I, but it's truly beginning of Veterans Day. So that's, that's, that's the history of it. It was the ending of World War I. It was called Armistice Day. Happened in 1918. The only thing I used to have a problem with is remembering not which one was what which one meant, but which one was in which month.

[C]

Yeah, I still have that problem.

[A]

And, and after learning that because kind of easy to remember the hour. That's the only reason I could remember which ones which was Veterans Day. And I just knew the other one is Memorial Day.

[C]

Yeah. The only reason I can remember Memorial Day, it falls on my birth like the day after my birthday. And that's it.

[A]

Yeah. But again it was called Armistice Day for the longest time and in 1954 is when it was renamed actually to Veterans Day.

[C]

Veterans Day. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

[A]

Dwight D. Did something right. He renamed it. He renamed it to that. There's actually a couple cool things that just historically that happened on Veterans Day that we all know about. And it's veteran specific. I just thought it was kind of cool that. And, and we'll talk about it. See if I can find it just real quick. Soldier Field, where the Bears play was renamed Soldier Field on. On Veterans Day. That was never, never looked looked at. Never really knew you know exactly why. But you know the. Where the Bears players actually very intertwined with Veterans Day. That was.

[C]

That's a piece of information. I didn't know either.

[A]

Yeah, I know. We're here for entertainment and information and knowledge. Knowledge. There's a lot of other random things that yeah I go to sometimes I go. This app is called on this day.com and just put it in there and see all the crazy things that that happens on this day. That's another. There's actually another Tomb of the Unknown Soldier overseas. And that's. That's the one that one's talking about. But. I'll find it. I will because it's going to bug me. So I will have to find that before. Before this is all over with. I wanted to make. Make sure that this Veterans Day stayed in a. In a. In a positive light. And your. Your story has ups and downs.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Is that. Can. Can. Yeah, we can party. It's.

[C]

It's got.

[A]

Understatement of the day.

[C]

Got a lot of downs and then a final final up, like.

[A]

And you've told your story. You told my story. Your story on. On our last podcast. Yeah.

[C]

Gotten quick.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Tomb the Unknown soldier was established November 11, 1921, Armistice Day.

[A]

Boom.

[C]

Thank you, GPT brother.

[A]

Oh, chat.

[C]

GPT.

[A]

I'm surprised. I'm surprised we don't have someone that just texts me right now. And I was like, hey, hey, idiot. I'll. I'll fix this for you. The. Is it you. You've told and unfortunately, like, you know, the. The bad things that. That happened to you is a good story. Like, it's. It's a needed.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

A story to be told.

[C]

It had to happen. Yeah. Because now we're doing. We're doing good work out of it.

[A]

Exactly.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But. But that's not. That's. That's not. That's not the. That's what most people know about your military career.

[C]

Yeah, definitely the main focus was that. That portion of my career for sure.

[A]

And I said I wanted to have you on here and I want to talk about essentially everything else about your military career, but that. I don't think you get an opportunity to do that a whole lot. So let's. And. And I just had one of my good friends on Darren Berheeler on my very first episode, and we went through the Q course. We went to selection gather one of the Q course together, and for essentially the first hour of the episode, the only thing we told was just funny stories that happened to us in training.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Those are just.

[C]

I mean, those are the best stories, too.

[A]

They're the best stories. And you forget everyone else that. And. And you can, like, we could have told that story about, like, how much that sucked and, you know, how tired we were and, like, how hard it was. But when you go through things with your best friends, like I'm sure it was during that time, if you'd ask us, when you look back, you really just think about the good times and.

[C]

But that's. Yeah. Even those times that suck and are like, that's where you really forge that bond with people because you're going through it. And the reason you're getting through it is because you're making it funny and you're cracking jokes. Because that's like. I think one of the number one traits from people from our profession need to have is a sense of humor.

[A]

If you don't have a sense of humor, you, you're not, you're not going to make it. Like, it will break you. Like if you take this, that job too serious or too long, it will break you and everyone. And to some don't get around. There's, there's some people that are a lot more serious than others. But I've always said this. Some of the funniest people I've ever worked with were also some of the just most prolific killers on target. And they are funny guys. Yeah, they're just good at everything. They're good at shooting, they're. They're good on target. They're. They're good at humor. Like they're, they're good at planning. They're just good at everything. And they're annoying. They're annoying.

[C]

Well, they're. To me, I have a couple friends.

[A]

Like that be bad at something, you're just.

[C]

But that was like, that was giving me something to constantly strive for. But I was like, dude, how are you? You can watch one thing and then perform it and just do just 100 without any, any mistakes. Where I would be like, I'm gonna go this up for about three times and then, and then I'll get it.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. And, and, and the boot, they're probably good looking on top.

[C]

Oh yeah.

[A]

It's just.

[C]

You're a requirement.

[A]

You're disgusting. Just get. I've always said what I really wanted to do is if I could make the, the perfect selection process. Obviously we're really good at cutting away the turds and the bad. Those are easy to identify for the most part. But I've also said, but these really high performers, they're annoying to work with too. Let's just cut them away too.

[C]

And those guys, they're creating the toxicity around here. They're giving everybody a low self esteem.

[A]

Like that, that group in the building. That's what you want to work with. Those, those, those are the guys, the.

[C]

Rudies of the bunch. Yeah.

[A]

Do you have, do you just, do you have a, a funny bud story? Doesn't that be funny? But just, you know, a bud story that just reminds you that when you look back like man, that was, that was, that was silly. It could anywhere in training.

[C]

Yeah. So I mean I. Some of my funnier stories, I, I'll go back before buds, because I was with the Marines for four years.

[A]

That's right.

[C]

I mean, and that, that was probably the. I always look back like, I, I, you know, love my time at the seals. And I did, you know, everything I wanted to do there. It was a dream job. But like, really my time with the Marines is what forged me and like the just living, living the barracks life. So when I first checked in to, to the Marines, I, I had come from core school, which is the Navy's, you know, medical school that you go to. And then from there you get either shipped off to the fleet or go to the Marine Corps or to a hospital. And so I chose the Marine Corps. And so you show up to the Marine Corps and you're really not given any, like, hey, what to expect? Or like, this is how it is. We go to field med school to sort of learn the Marine culture. And, you know, all you do is a lot of ruck marches and everything because, like, this is what the Marines do.

[A]

That's right.

[C]

And so when I showed up for the first time, they get. Well, it wasn't as bad for me because I was a corpsman, so I didn't show up with the rest of the Marines that were brand new. But you get indoctrinated right off the bat. They know when the fresh meat's there, it's, it's a lot like prison. So right when you, you know, they give me like, hey, this is your barracks room. I go in and then next thing you know, an hour later, there's 10 Marines coming in and hazing the crap out of you and just, you know, messing with you.

[A]

I hate to laugh about it, but when you're like, it's not like prison. A lot of people say that, but if you, you could, you could say that.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, exactly. Believe me, after being both, I just.

[A]

Said I wasn't gonna be diagnosed.

[C]

Actually, I think being in the Marines more dangerous. I saw a lot more crazy, crazy stuff happen with the Marines than I did in prison. But yeah, the, the funniest thing I've ever seen is, you know, I was there for a year already and we were getting, you know, a brand new shipment of boots in which boot is like a brand new Marine from boot camp. And the whole command was like, hey, these guys are coming at 2 o'.

[A]

Clock.

[C]

You guys have the rest of the day off. And so everybody is out there drinking on, on the, you know, the barracks, just waiting until you see these Greyhound buses Pull up. And these brand new Marines, you know, come marching off. And, dude, it was like people were screaming like, you're mine. You're dead. There's people's parents, kids, parents are with them. You're like, yeah, bring your mother over here, too. And they're like, throwing stuff. It's just un. Like uninhibited chaos. Like, no one there is controlling it. And then it just turns into like a haze vest for like a week. These poor Marines just go through the ringer. And that's. And that's in a grunt unit, by the way. Yeah. So I don't think that goes on in a lot of the other jobs.

[A]

Yeah. Let me tell you, from the Army. They. I mean, went there right up, you know, post. Post 2001. So it. They weren't nice to us. Yeah. But. But you know what? There was no point to where our drill sergeants and our parents were at the same point. Like, that's. That's hilarious. Oh, yeah, I love that.

[C]

And then I'll give you. So my first deployment with the Marines, it was the. And I. I swear to this, to this day, it's the only deployment. I came back with ptsd. I was like. And not like I was jacked up, but I had something going on because we were on a ship. We were on the USS Nashville. We call it the Trashville. The thing, it should have been decommissioned. It literally was like, supposed to be decommissioned five times over, and they just kept this thing going. It was all male, all male ship, which actually it ran. Thank goodness. It ran a little smooth because of that.

[A]

Right.

[C]

It would. I mean, everything on that thing was broken. And so me being a brand new Guy Corman, I slept on the bottom rack. And I don't know if you've ever been on a ship and seen how the rack. So, you know, they're like, stacked on top, and I think it's like five or six high. There's not a lot of space.

[A]

No.

[C]

And so in order for guys to get up on their beds, you know, that were above me, they had to step on my bed to go up. Well, that's not really a problem until you hear this. The bathrooms that we had would overflow on a daily basis. So they would. The toilets would explode, and then, you know, everything was just a mess. So. And anytime you had to go to the bathroom, they had two by fours that you would have to balance beam on to get to the sinks or, you know, get to the toilet. The reason you had them there is because there's about 2 to 3 inches of water or. And crap and piss that you're going through. So that is. And then the ship is rocking, so it's sloshing.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

All up against your feet and legs. So.

[A]

I can't believe this is an American name.

[C]

Oh, yeah, it was. It was by. It was my first. My first deployment. So I was like, this is how it must be. I'm like, this is insane.

[A]

Because once I want to. While we're on. Were super clean.

[C]

Yeah. This one, the Trash. It prided itself on being the Trashville, believe me. And. Yeah. So guys would step on my.

[A]

My bed with their disconnects, pits and.

[C]

Crap all over their shoes and sandals and like, I had stains and being a new guy, you can't. You just have to take it.

[A]

That's right.

[C]

I was like, dude, I would. I would lay in my bed and just be in the. Stare at the corner while guys. I'm like, dude, yeah, this is miserable. But looking back on it now, I mean, it's hilarious. Just because you're like, that was it.

[A]

I was just thinking for a second, I was like, why would the new guy get the bottom? You think you make the new guys have to climb all the way up?

[C]

And now it makes complete sense. Exactly. You get a clean bed up top. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. Oh, Drew, let's. That I'm gonna laugh at. I love going to Nashville, and now every time I go to Nashville, I'm gonna think of Trash.

[C]

Trashville.

[A]

Yeah. Those. Those would be synonymous to me now. What do we got in super chats real quick?

[B]

All right, brother.

[A]

Thanks for getting that up.

[B]

Just trying to get everything working here.

[A]

If it's too early, we can come back to it.

[B]

Just trying to figure out. Let's. Let's come back to it. I'm trying to figure out how to just see the super chats.

[A]

Sure.

[B]

Miss anybody?

[A]

You got it. I got you. In fact, Happy Veterans Day from Brotherhood Blades. I have. You know, I'll give. I'll give you the whole thing, dude. Brotherhood Blades has been with us really from. From the get go. And then they're still with me here and they offered to. To give our guest gifts, which I was like, heck, yeah. I'd love. I'd love to give people gift to remember their. Their time and come on the tier one podcast and what. What cooler way.

[C]

I'm sure this is a nice knife. I like the weight. Yeah.

[A]

And I'm sure everyone. Well, I shouldn't say everyone. You have a lot of. I'm assuming you have A fair amount of knives.

[C]

I am. I'm a knife collector.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But one more is always cool. I've never gotten the knife. Not another knife.

[C]

I have. I have like at least 15 just laying out in my dresser at home.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But I can't. I've never, never gotten rid of a knife. It's hard enough to get rid of a hat. I'm not much of a. Of a collector of junk and things, and I'll throw things away pretty quick.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I have some hats hanging around that I will. I don't think I will ever wear.

[C]

No, I have a. I have a whole dresser full of just hats, like the rest of my stuff, and I ain't going to. I'll be honest. I'm a disorganized person. So, like, I have. All my shirts and stuff are on the floor, but my hats. I have like rows of them up. I just. I collect them all.

[A]

Yeah. So I was really appreciative of them to do that. So I have a gift for my guests and like, it's. And I guess lasered on tier one podcast and everything. They did me right.

[C]

Yeah. This is. Dude, this is a beautiful knife, man.

[A]

Don't thank me. Think thank Brotherhood Blades.

[C]

Thank you, Brotherhood Blaze and you both. Yeah, I appreciate it. And I got you a gift as well. Got you some brass knuckles that go. I work with Precision Tactical up in Northwest Florida, and we make those through there. Those are some MAGA ones.

[A]

They are maga.

[C]

Usually they're fafo on the front and then it says it on the back.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You know what? Being from Sanford, Florida, you think I would have had a pair of these in my life? This is my first pair of brass knuckles.

[C]

Really?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Nice. All right, well, good. I'm glad I got you your first pair.

[A]

And it's.

[C]

It's a dual purpose paperweight.

[A]

I'm just gonna.

[C]

I'm just gonna.

[A]

I'm just gonna do the episode like this, you know, since I don't. I don't know, maybe a little jealous of this one. I like this. Thank you. You're a thought. You're a thoughtful and beautiful man.

[C]

I appreciate that. That's not the first time I've heard it. No, I appreciate it, brother.

[A]

The. Drew. You got him up yet? You still working? A little bit.

[B]

I'm having a hard time finding it. Let me just. Let's do a super chat.

[A]

Let's do a super chat, guys.

[B]

Doing out there. We got how arms. 10 bucks. Thank you.

[A]

Oh, nice. Oh, how Alarms speaking. Speaking of Sponsors that were with us for a long time.

[B]

Let's go, brother. We've got Joe Rog at 100 bucks, man. Thank you for the love. Really appreciate it.

[A]

Thank you, Joe.

[B]

He says happy Veterans Day, brothers. Keep up the hard work. Former Paratrooper infantry man. Two deployments with 1508. Is that PR? What's PR?

[A]

80 seconds parachute infantry regiment.

[B]

There it is.

[A]

All right.

[B]

Fury from the sky. Thank you, Joe.

[C]

Thank you. Happy Veterans Day to you, brother.

[A]

You know, there was a, you know, he, he does that and, or, or just. It just reminds me. And there, there was a, A riff that I think some people. And don't anyone look into this. That no one in particular. It's personal level. It's ha. I've seen it happen at a public level as well. And it's also this, this us versus them mentality of special Operations. Verse, verse. Infantry guys that just isn't there. Like it's.

[C]

Is it. Is there something there?

[A]

So I, I think it's. I think some people want it to be there because everyone's always looking, you know, for something and, and divisiveness is always. And it kind of goes. I'm really glad that that came up because. Yeah, as, as veterans, as Veteran Day, like, it's. They're from our. I can speak for you on this. I know I can. From our position, we've never looked down at any infantry guy pulling security for us or, or leading us on. On a, On a, on a presence patrol. You know, if we integrate with them or going to work with them. I've never once showed up and like the infantry. Love those guys. And you were Marines.

[C]

I know you like those guys have almost the opposite. Absolutely. I hold the infantry up above what we do because we. Obviously, I'm not knowing that because I served with the infantry as a, As a medic and the, the what those guys are asked to do, especially in a combat zone and they're fed little information. They're told, this is what you will do. And they do it to the utmost ability without asking any questions. And they put their lives on the line like no other. I mean their job is to me, 10 times more dangerous than what we do. And I always hold them up. Doesn't matter. Army, Nate or Marines.

[A]

Yeah. I mean, and I, I do get this to. To some degree and I don't know how to fix it, but I think there's this. Hey, just like that. Like we, we had a hard job too.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And yeah, they sure did. But special operations does get a lot of the. The notoriety, and it's what. It's what people want to watch. And, And I. And I will do a concerted effort on this podcast to make sure that conventional guys who have a story will. Will come on this podcast and tell their story. In fact, I have. I have a Ramadi Marine from 04. Of course, you know, one. One of it was in 04, the other in oh, six. But the. The 04 one was the. The bad one.

[C]

Yeah, that was the initial push.

[A]

Drew, is that your phone that you can't put on silent? Yep.

[B]

Yeah. So y' all quit texting me.

[A]

And, and as soon as I found out this guy was a Ramadi Marine, I was like, you have to go on the podcast. That story has to be told like the. With those guys with the infantry did in Ramadi, Fallujah, and countless other places were way more, probably more dangerous than anything I've ever done. And they did it for a longer period of time. They were on the ground for those weren't in and out strikes. No, they were in there.

[C]

They were in it for the long haul for a long, long time. And here. Here's my thoughts on that, too, man. And I, I, I agree with you. I, I wish more conventional guys would come on and tell their story. The reason I don't think that happens a lot is the way that they are treated, you know, and then when they get out of the military, you know, they. They go out there and do that job, and they live in the most harshest conditions, like I said we just talked about. They. They're given tasks that even, you know, coming from Special Operations, we would be like, no, like, why would we do that? Like, but they. They're like, nope, charge that hill. Done. Yeah, but when their service is over, they're you. And I've heard, you know, special operators complain. They're like, when it's done, it's done, and they just throw you away. It's like, well, we have a little bit more options when. When we get out. Yeah, and a little bit more opportunities. For the conventional guys, though, and the guys that I serve with and the guys that I've talked to, there's no opportunities. Their command usually doesn't look out for the betterment of them. They're not given the disability that they deserve or any of the stuff that they earned while they were in. So I think a lot of the times these guys go home and don't think that what they did was worthy enough of talking about. And then they. And I've Also talked to conventional guys where they do hold the guys in special operations up on a pedestal. And I'm like, dude, you shouldn't do that. I'm like, you should come on and tell your story, what you've done. It has ten times more than. Than a lot of the guys that I've, you know, that I know or have worked with. And so, yeah, I mean, if guys are listening right now and you guys have done, you know, you have experience and believe me, your experience is your experience and it's. It's worth telling.

[A]

Yep.

[C]

Come on some podcasts and hear about it.

[A]

Yep.

[C]

Or talk about it.

[A]

Do. And that's. And that's all started because a guy from the 82nd decided to chime in and be a part of this on Veterans Day. So thank you so much for. For your service, Joe. What else we got, Drew?

[C]

All right, man.

[B]

We got the super chats up and running. Now we've got llama pajamas. Thank you, man. Eddie, just want to say, your wife is a real one. She's a fighter just like you. Watch the Shine Sean Ryan episode, and her part was pivotal.

[C]

Much love, my man. Thank you. Llama pajama. And I agree, she's not just like me, she's a lot stronger than me.

[B]

All right, John inman says for 50 bucks, man. Thank you for the love. God bless our veterans. Good to see you, Eddie. Appreciate all you guys do.

[C]

Thank you.

[B]

Absolutely. Hard stuck nerd question and a lot of photos. CAG dudes are running a red dot plus magnifier combo, but it seems the UK soft use a lpvo.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Plus offset red dot if there is a reason for the difference. Thank you for your service.

[A]

No, those guys use a lot of just red dots as well if they're. And you know, we. Almost every special operations team will have the option of an LPVO and a red dot. So you just happen. My guess is you're just happening to. You just happen to be seeing pictures of them in a certain either shooting competition or shooting a certain area in Afghanistan.

[C]

Yeah, that's what I was gonna say. It depends on your area of operation and what, you know, you're getting into. I mean, I know I switched. I ran the. The red dot eotech with the magnifier. If I knew, like, hey, we're just going to do some DAs and I knew like, they. The longest shot I'm probably going to take is 25 yards, you know, depending. But if we were in Afghanistan, I would have an LPVO with the down.

[A]

On the side I really towards a little bit later I really quit using that magnifier. To be honest.

[C]

It got in the way.

[A]

It doesn't, it doesn't do much for you. I don't know. I don't, I really, I don't know if I ever decided to do and it. And it gave me something that I really didn't already have. So the choice is this. If you think you're going to be in an area of operations, this can require a longer shot. Bring the lpvo that actually will, will reach out and touch something at 5 or 600 meters. The 3 by just 3 by or 4 by whichever one you have on just isn't that much of an advantage. You think it is but it just.

[C]

Gives you levels of force. A false warm and fuzzy like oh okay, I can see a little bit farther but in reality. And then I'd always have it where you know, you patrol into target. The magnifier is all, you know, dusty or like that stuff. And so I.

[A]

Now you have another piece of kit on your gun, one that can swivel in your way.

[C]

I just, I just caught up on your kit.

[A]

Yeah. I just ended up taking it off. And I'm not saying for, for anyone. Hey, get, get rid of that. That was, that was just something for me. But, but also like I said, look at it that way. Like don't, don't let, don't just let it be some sort of false confidence. Like yeah, I have this and I will be better. You should question everything. Question your kit. Does this, this, does this give me advantage? Is this advantageous to it? Is it worth the weight? Is it worth maybe the negative things that have or should I just be carrying another gun? So really that's more not a negative magnifier comment. It's more of a challenging what you take.

[C]

Yeah. And it's on the individual operator and what he's comfortable with.

[A]

Yeah, don't, don't just grab one and take it because you saw some special operations guys with it. Because if you talk special operations, you might find out that both of them later on their career took theirs off.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah. I don't think I ever shot anybody with that Magnum.

[A]

Yeah, I don't think it's over there.

[B]

We got Joe Rogg says, happy Veterans Day, brothers. Keep up the hard work. Former paratrooper infantrymen, two deployments, 82nd fury from the sky. I already read that.

[A]

But for 100 bucks you get, you get it read twice.

[B]

You get it read twice, my friend. My. I left My finger down the way I figured. Didn't do what it's supposed to do. Here we go. Hero of Canton says, on my first day at my unit, my platoon sergeant asked where the f. I was when he was running around Fallujah. I replied, elementary school.

[A]

Oh, man, I w. I. I hope I could remember this. I was doing some contracting gig conus and some crusty sergeant major retired who was a Vietnam infantry guy. Someone. Someone that was working for him had some smart thing to say to him, and he was like. He goes, boy, I was jumping off a hot LZ's out of Huey's when you were jumping in the puddles off a school bus, so why don't you back off? Never forgot that.

[C]

When you're young and you hear that.

[A]

You'Re like, oh, dude, what a salty badass.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, man. Just the. He's hat and Hopper, just the perfect reply.

[B]

It's gotta be rehearsed. That's too good. All right, we've got. Kenneth says, evening, gentlemen. Hopefully, Vet Veterans Day is going well for y'.

[C]

All.

[B]

Brent, should I get in Patreon to speak to you privately about sending a shadow box to you with my Grandpa's World War II campaign map, Dutch marks.50 cal knife, and Chinese war letters in it?

[A]

That. That would be. But let's talk about. Go to the Patreon, message me. But before you send something that. That awesome. That is. In fact, come to Patreon and message me, and I'll. You keep that, and I'll send you something. How about that? That's what we'll do.

[B]

Justin G. Says, happy Veteran Day, boys. Nothing funnier than line unit stories. Oh, and medics are better than Cordman from your friendly 101st medic. Veteran.

[A]

That's. That's a veteran. That's a Veterans Day message I expect from a veteran.

[C]

Yes. And I might have to agree with you just from my experience with my own being a corpsman.

[A]

From your capability. Yeah.

[C]

For my own capabilities. Motrin rest and ice was my. My thing. My. My answer to everything. Nice.

[B]

Dumb Vita says. Eddie, how's the recovery going? Your Instagram is super motivating. Glad you're off the crut.

[C]

Oh, I appreciate that. Yeah, it's. It's, you know, it's recovering. It's. They said about a year, but I'm about four. Almost four months with this thing, and I'm hoping I'll get this off next week. So. Yeah.

[A]

Dumb Vita in the chats. Hey, and I still. I want you to take me up on this, you know, we. You know when it happened, Not. Not too long ago, like, you ripped the quad off your bone, didn't you?

[C]

Ripped quad off the knee. Yeah.

[A]

That's disgusting, brother.

[C]

It was, dude. It was gnarly. Like, it happened like that.

[A]

And did you know that's from the feeling? Did you know that's what happened? Or did that extent of the injury kind of surprise you a little bit?

[C]

The only thing that I. I. Because I fell back and I looked over to my left. My left foot was up by my head. Well, I was like, well, that's not supposed to be like that. Crossing the street. And I look over and there's oncoming traffic coming at me. So my wife was with me, but she was over on the other side. And I don't remember doing this, but she's like, yeah, you army crawled over to the side of the road and then passed out. And so then I woke up, and I know pain, but I was nauseous beyond belief. And I. I looked down and, yeah, my leg was just dangling by some tendons.

[A]

Why don't you call it Marine crawled?

[C]

Because I'm an army brat.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

I grew up an army brat.

[A]

I know, I know. I remember that. The. I was gonna at some point talk to you about the Army Navy game again. Then I forgot. Oh, hold on. We're actually on the same team with the.

[C]

With the Army Army Navy. Because I grew up for Army.

[A]

Yeah, that's right.

[C]

It's. It's beat into me the.

[A]

Oh, that reminded me of something. Oh, yeah. An offer still on the table, you know, any sort of peptides or anything you need that may speed up that recovery. We will. We will give that to you.

[C]

I appreciate that.

[A]

Absolutely, brother. Don't want you forget that.

[B]

All right. Animal Mother says semper fidelis. And happy Veterans Day, boys. Happy belated birthday to all the MARINES Watching former O331 with, I don't know.

[C]

1 5, 1 5th.

[B]

1 5th Apache. Oh, you actually say it like normal, like all the regular people. 1/5 Apache back in my glory days.

[A]

Or 1 5. Yeah, nice, nice. Oh, when it comes to. To Hilos, of course, like Blackhawks will always have a. A soft spot in my heart, but have you ever seen an Apache on the ground or in the air and not think that thing's just a machine of death?

[C]

Did you ever watch Firebirds Growing up, the movie with Nicholas Cage about the Apache?

[A]

Sure we did. Drew, do you remember Firebirds rings a bell, but I can't remember. Off top of my Head.

[C]

Yeah. It's all about the Apache helicopter.

[A]

Really?

[C]

Yeah. How awesome.

[A]

I feel like we had an Apache helicopter toy because of that. Oh, Airwolf is one thing.

[B]

Yeah, that's why we had that. No, Blue Thunder.

[A]

Oh, Blue Thunder.

[B]

Blue Thunder is Apache toy.

[A]

Blue Thunder was an Apache as well. Correct. Do you remember the. The show was a movie. Blue Thunder.

[C]

I don't think I ever saw that.

[B]

I think it was definitely a movie.

[A]

Okay. All right. Yeah.

[C]

I was thinking. I mean, the Apaches are. Those things are sick. Yeah.

[A]

We also had a blue bicycle that we called Blue Thunder. Because of that.

[B]

No, it wasn't because of that. It was because when we hit the trees, it sounded like thunder.

[A]

Okay, sure. I'm sure it did.

[C]

At least you thought so back then.

[B]

And we were black and blue when we got up.

[C]

We are so awesome.

[B]

Oh, man, Brent. We weren't always cool.

[A]

No, we were still.

[B]

Still debatable.

[C]

All right.

[B]

A fine wine, Nico says, cheers, boys. Thanks for everything you did in Syria. Just wondering, what's your personal opinion on Galani as head of Syria? Also wondering about the reactions to this dude visiting the wa. The White House.

[A]

Yeah, that's always a tough one. You know, what's the saying, you know, when, when, when. When you pull. When you pool water from a muddy river, you're always going to have dirt in it. So which basically, where are you going to? What clean person do you think is going to rise to power in Syria? You won't have one. And. And what? I hate to say this, but I think it's just the truth. He can have a dirty past, but really what he's judged by is. Is. Is what he's doing now. And don't get me wrong, your past is an indicator of what you're going to do in the future, but not always. Some people use that to get in the power and they're like, hey, well, maybe I should act right. I don't know. I don't like it, but I don't see another. It's option of. I don't see another, like, theory or another like a way that it was going. We were going to get a better product than that.

[C]

No. And it's almost, you know, it's like the lesser two evils. You know, you. When dealing with leaders in the Middle east, it's like you got to know what you're dealing with. It's. You're not getting the most utmost, honorable, like, you know, integrity person. It's like, you know that lying is a part of what they do. And they're very good at it.

[A]

I used to believe this and I think I've changed my mind a little bit about it. Him coming to the White House. Really? Anyone coming to the White House. You have two schools of thought on this. One is the White House is a prestigious thing and you should never allow someone who doesn't meet the criteria to share the honor of the White House. And that excludes people. And I think that's a good line of thinking to some degree. However, now that I've gotten older, I actually think that's a little bit of a flawed mindset. Which means how are you, how you take North Korea, take this guy. How are you supposed to talk to them?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

How are you supposed to negotiate with them? How are you supposed to make their country and what they're doing possibly better with America with positive American influence? Because by just shunning them out, you're, you're not going to get that.

[C]

And also, if they want to make relations or do work something out, I'd rather them come here on our soil and negotiate than have that's right. Trump fly out to there and try and negotiate like he did with North Korea.

[A]

Right. And I get it. Again, it's a double edged sword. Like you, you can't, you, you're also, you possibly legitimizing dictators and bad people. But I think the good, the possibility of good outweighs the bad. You have to be able to talk to them and you have to be able to, to bring them up to hate, to say it. An American standard. But an American standard.

[C]

Given the option. Yeah. They meet the American standard.

[A]

Yeah. Real quick, Drew, let's talk about Tasty Gains. They are a sponsor for our show. I don't just talk about them because they give me free gummies, but because I love them. We were talking about it beforehand.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I wouldn't take creatine if they didn't put it in a gummy fashion where I can just literally walk by my kitchen like, oh, I was going to take two or three gummies a day.

[C]

It makes it so easy.

[A]

I travel so much. I'm not going to pack creatine powder and then take creatine while I'm on vacation. But I'll throw that bag in, in my, I'll throw that bag in my suitcase and, and I will take it. So I just got back from the Dominican Republic and I, I stayed on my creatine.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And the added benefits that creatine you've seen studies with of it actually having mental Benefits.

[C]

Well, that's the main reason I do take it.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Creatine is one of the only supplements that have truly stood the test of time when it comes to the supplement world. So many have come and gone and proven to be ineffective or just not as effective as I said they were. No one. No one discounts creatine.

[C]

No, I mean, creatine's in the steak that you eat. You're just not getting an. You're not getting the ample amount enough you need for the cognitive. The cognitive and also physical stuff that it does for you, all the good stuff. So, I mean, I'm. I'm an avid Tasty Gains. Like, I. I take it every day, and like you said it, I have it in my kitchen counter and I just grab. And what. I'll tell this to people who are. Who are thinking about purchasing it. I'll take double the amount of what, you know, what it says on the bag. Yeah, that's just something that I do, and I feel a lot more benefit from it as well.

[A]

I take these ones right here, the strawberry creamsic ones every day. Those are my favorite. If you want to take creatine as well, please go to tastygains.com and use promo code tier one. That is tier and the number one for 20% off tasty gains. All right, what else we got for super chats, Drew?

[B]

Let's say we've got the two A boys, Keith and his family. Salute to all the veterans out there. The two A boys.

[C]

Nice.

[B]

Matt Byrne. Shout out to my good friend Rudy Salcedo, Army Sergeant First Class with 114th Transportation Company KIA from an IED Baghdad, November 9, 2006. Rest easy, my friend.

[A]

Right there in the surge. 2005. 2006 was. Was. It was hard times in Iraq.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

They were getting after it. And. And being Veterans Day, we get. Veterans get a hard time, if you will, about. About the wars because, you know, we didn't win Afghanistan. I argue that we did win Afghanistan because we kicked all their asses. The Afghans lost their country to the Taliban. We gave them every opportunity they had to want it. But that's another discussion. Iraq. Iraq's doing. Doing okay. Like what. What do you hear about. About Iraq? There is a dictator removed that. That was. That was volatile in the region that always wanted to talk about removing Israel from. From the map.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

You can talk about weapon destructions all as you want, all you want, but he would not let UN Inspectors into his facilities when he said he would. So what. What. What do you think he's up to if he's not letting.

[C]

What are you hiding?

[A]

Yeah, what are you hiding? One of the largest terrorist camps was found on the Iraq side of the Iraq Iran border. He used the oil for food program to starve his people and then continue to, to enrich himself. He don't, don't be started on his sons. He wasn't a good guy. He didn't deserve to be in charge. We went in there and, and we fixed things and Iraq is a better country now because of us.

[C]

Yeah, I would say they are better off than they were back then for sure. I don't think that it should have taken 20 years to, to do that.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

But at the same time, I do, I do believe Iraq is a lot better off. But Afghanistan, Yeah, obviously that's back to square one.

[A]

The, the question that is harder, you know, really answered was what was it worth it? And that's, but that, that, that's a, that's a harder one. That truly is. That's a harder one. But when it comes to, did we win that war? Did, did we affect it? Because everyone's to talk, you know, that we haven't won a war, you know, since World War II. That's absolutely not true.

[C]

What does winning look like? That's, that's the winning.

[A]

Yeah, winning looks different now when, when you're, when you're nation building, winning does look different.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, there's two different thoughts. It's like, you know, we could have went in there, wiped them, you know, off the face of the earth and been like, see you don't mess with us again.

[A]

Yeah, again.

[C]

Is that a win? Because all you're doing is creating new enemies and they're going to write, you know, try it again.

[A]

Well, it's kind of how we ended World War II. Yeah, we just, we're just gonna kill everyone, you know, bring you to your knees. Right or wrong. That's the end result. Brought Japan to their knees. We could have done that, but because we're the good guys, we, we didn't want to kill innocent people just, just to get a particular result that we wanted. And it's kind of one of those things. Damned if you do, damn if you don't.

[C]

It is, man. And you can, we could, you could do it a whole three hours on this. But, you know, in my, in my opinion, I went through and what I saw, I think with Afghanistan, we didn't get the outcome that we wanted. And yes, the Afghans, like, they're, they don't have the same belief that we do in our country. So obviously, it's like pushing a clown car uphill to try to get them to, hey, defend yourself, and this is your country. But I will also put a lot of the blame on our military leadership, our leadership in the government. And I, you know, I went obviously, you know, just like you. I was there from the invasion all the way till 2019, and I went through every little phase that they had us go through. You know, in the beginning, it was, you know, rock and roll.

[A]

Yep.

[C]

Push through. Then we're doing DAs. We're actually winning. We're. We're given a directive. And then all of a sudden, it changed to this. You know, we got to rebuild this country and hearts and minds. And then we went to the VSO thing, did the commando, and I did the commando mission. I did every little thing that they. They assigned in. Each time, they kept changing it. I was like, well, what's the end? State what's the end? And nobody could answer that. And I think that was a huge majority of the problem of why we didn't get the outcome that we wanted.

[A]

I completely agree with you. A lot of that has to do with people with stars in their shoulders.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Just. Just.

[C]

It's. It is what it is. Yes. It's been proven from two of the.

[A]

Guys on the ground who have the. Share the same opinion. Maybe.

[C]

And we're not the only ones.

[A]

And we're not the only ones. Yeah. Yeah. We just happen to get two ground guys to share that opinion. You could have got a bunch of ground guys, and then we. There'd be a lot of the same opinions.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

For a reason. All right, what else we got, Drew?

[C]

All right.

[B]

Grace and peace to Rudy's family. Austin Lee. Thank you. Five bucks. Thank you. Joel Oz. And any unexpected humorous moments on deployment.

[A]

There's so many. There's so many. I think. I think I've told all my stories. I was just thinking the other day about a store. I wish I could remember it. Of something that happened that made me laugh. I was like, I don't think I've told that story.

[C]

I got. So we. Obviously. You got. Play pranks on each other all deployment. Right. That's. That's the thing. And I had this buddy. Dude. He was awesome. So he. He's one of my best friends. He. If he went into your room and you weren't in there and you had your computer left open first, he started off by taking, you know, dick pics and put them on your screensaver and you're like, all right, dude. But then what he would do is he would get in there and he would get naked in your bed and it was just during Christmas and he would like put tinsel around him and do this whole thing and he would take a picture of himself and then put it on your screen saver and say, you know, the snow. The snow cat has give you a visit or come to visit you guys. I remember guys just opening it and being like, oh, oh, dude. And then they're looking closer like, that's my bed. You were naked in my bed.

[A]

Y. Oh, that's so funny. I went. I went to one of our team guys room looking for him. He wasn't there. And he had this robe that he'd wear around and robes at the foot of his bed. So I got naked, I put his robe on and I got on his bed and I had to take a picture of me. And the next brief we had, we opened it up like the. Like the mission brief. But then the background of it was me in his robe on the bed. And we're all looking at him, he's laughing. And you can slowly see his face realize, that's my robe, that's my bed. Oh, this isn't fun anymore. Same. It's so funny. Two different communities, same people, same thing, same people.

[C]

And there's like little moments that I remember were I had. I have a. One of my best closest friends. He's out. Travis Newby, he's one of my. One of my brothers. Like one of the guys we were talking about beginning, like tall, good looking, good at everything, dude. Like just, you know, he. And he was like, phenomenal operator, just hell of a guy. And we were doing. We were on some up and patrolling in and we had to jump over this whatever stream or river, I don't know. And so we're all going. He's in front of me and he's like. And people are like doing it this, you know, trying to like divert around it and try to find a better way. And he's like, I'm gonna jump this dude. He's like, watch this. And I remember one. He jumps and gets there and he starts and he just falls back into the river. And I was like, dude, it could not have happened to him.

[A]

Right? His only failure in the past 10 years at least happened.

[C]

That's why it's burned in my brain. I'm like, there it is.

[A]

He's human.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

All right, let's see. We've got Jacob says shout out to Eddie, Brent, and all veterans from Lakeland, Florida. God bless you guys.

[A]

Lakeland. I think we go to Bradenton this weekend. It's called the 2.4 hours of LA mullets, which is like a redneck race thing going on this weekend.

[C]

Yeah, that's got to be some people watching there, too.

[A]

Yeah, I'll probably go there with Jared Taylor from. From Black Rifling. Yeah. So, yeah, the Mullets.

[B]

Is that a fancy name for the hairdos?

[A]

I think.

[B]

I think that's what it is.

[A]

I think they're trying to fancy up a. I think they're trying to fancy up a not so subtle way of fancying up a Rednec event. I call it the two point. The 2.4 hours of lalettes.

[C]

Joe De will be there.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Let's see. Justin G. Rob O eats bananas for the shape, not the flavor.

[A]

You watch out. Get a little.

[B]

Watch out, Justin. You might get sued. All right, Austin Lee says if you guys weren't married, would you kiss Camala for $3?

[A]

No.

[C]

That's three bucks. Where'd you get that number from?

[A]

That question is so funny to me.

[C]

For 2.75 random.

[A]

Yeah. $3. $3.

[B]

Not four.

[A]

Did it entice me with a high number? No, just three dollars.

[C]

Three bucks.

[A]

Appreciate you making it easy for me to answer.

[B]

If I was in the woods with no toilet paper, I would do it.

[C]

Oh, with the dollar bill. Yeah. Three bucks.

[B]

Magically. Toilet paper she got.

[A]

True.

[C]

All right.

[B]

Josh Newman says F. Yeah. Marine Corps birthday yesterday. Simper five boys, 250 years of slaying dragons. Veterans Day to day. May we live forever, gentlemen. Amen.

[A]

I think you forgot f.82. Right above it.

[B]

I'll get it.

[A]

All right. And thank you, Josh.

[B]

Yeah, Josh. Thank you very much, Brent. Glad to see the new channel is going great, buddy. Eddie is a great guy and guest.

[C]

I appreciate that.

[A]

I believe so. Great guest for Veterans Day.

[B]

Back man Union. And again, thank you to all the veterans. It takes a lot, no matter your mos. At the end of the day, you stepped up and served our country. We appreciate you.

[A]

Thank you. Good to see you on here, back man.

[B]

Well said.

[A]

All right.

[B]

Django says shout out from Hungarian sf. Keep up the good work, guys.

[A]

Heck, yeah. I love all the European soft units. They're always great to work with. They are.

[B]

Then he comes in again, says, shout out. Nope. He said it twice.

[A]

That was so good. So good. You want to tell us twice. And I appreciate.

[B]

Nancy said it twice. See? Right wing nut says, my son is a SWAT guy here in Louisiana, he says the magnifier is just good enough to see what's in somebody's hands within 100 yards. He likes it. Happy Veterans Day, boys.

[A]

That's a little bit of a good point. There's always. Again, I was like, don't take our word for it. Like, question it and yourself. The pistol isn't something we really ever had to deal with. Right. It was aks or nothing. So for the most part, yeah. So I didn't. It was easy from 100 to identify. To identify that or not. But here in America with law enforcement, that may be the difference of them seeing a pistol and not seeing a pistol. And I agree with that.

[C]

Yeah. Again, you know, I don't. We weren't bashing the magnifier as being, like, it's not. It's not worthy to have on your gun. It's just depending on your area of operation. And that's a perfect example right there. If you're. That if your son is on SWAT and he's using it and likes it, then that's great.

[A]

Yeah. So I'm. So. I'm glad. I'm glad you mentioned that to. To allow us to dig a little deeper to what we were talking about, honestly.

[B]

Jason Thompson says, tell them about the poopy pants from the brig.

[C]

Oh. Oh, jt, damn. You're on here. That's my boy. Yeah. So he was locked up with me in the brig.

[A]

Even better.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So.

[C]

All right, I'll tell that story. So in the brig, you only. I think I only had two sets of uniforms. So you. You wear your camis in there, and they have laundry day once a week, and so you got to go out there and throw your camis in and get them washed. So that morning that it was laundry day, I was coming back, and, dude, I had bubble guts. Whatever they had served, I was like, dude, I'm. I'm hurting. I'm not gonna make it. And so in order to get back in your cell, you have to get buzzed in.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

And so you get back to your cell, and I'm screaming my cell number out. Like, buzz me in. Of course, you know, they're taking their time. And I knew it. I was like, I'm not gonna make it, dude. It's coming out. So then I literally, like, got in, and right before I got on the toilet, it was, like, so close, squirted out, and I'm like, bro. And so I'm sitting on the finishing up, and I'm like, dude, I'm this is my last pair of camis. Like, the other ones I just threw in the laundry, and I just crap myself. I was like, could it get any lower than this? I'm in a prison. Like, in my prison cell. Crap my pants. So then I. I'm looking out my little window, and I'm banging on the door, and JT's out there. He's sitting at one of the tables, and he looks at me, and I'm like, dude, get the. Get the laundry basket. And he's like, what? I'm like, just get the laundry basket and bring it back here. And he's like. Well, he's like, you yourself. It's like, out loud, like, yes, I did. Thank you for announcing it to everybody.

[A]

Guys have no couth. And I love it.

[C]

No. Oh, I love you, brother.

[A]

Hey, speaking of funny stuff, before I forget, you're gonna go to Instagram. There's. There's. There's two videos. That one I wanted to highlight again because it's Veterans Day, and I want to highlight other veterans. And ironically enough, we're talking about, like, outside the special operation community, like, just other veterans out there doing good things. Kingpix Media was one of my favorite ones out there. If you don't follow kingpix Media on Instagram or social media, you should. He'll. He'll put a smile to your day. There's. There's. There's enough. There's enough overly serious stuff going on, and he is the. The best of the business out there when it comes to the veteran space and making veteran videos. And here he is with Kyle Morgan, up on some steel target engagements. We've been working on those target transitions. Let's reinforce it. Just because we got steel, don't. Don't lose what we've been working on as far as getting our eyes just in front of the gun in between target transitions. But it'll be two rounds left, two rounds, right, and we'll fall in on the 10 to get that started.

[C]

Hey, I think Erica's calling you. All right. Forget everything he just said, okay?

[A]

He has no clue what he's talking about.

[C]

Zero experience. We're gonna do this my way. Fall in on the 10.

[A]

He's one of the few guys that'll go. Because he just doesn't care.

[C]

No, he's awesome.

[A]

Sit right. Right behind Adult Force Operator, you know, doing, like. You know what? I got this. And he does it so serious. You had the same story I had?

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

When I first saw him, he was talking about being A combat cook and, like, giving classes. He's like, well, I've never really done this, but I. I've. I've hung around. I've hung. I've hung around people who. Who have. So I feel like I have the experience, you know, to. To be able to. The knowledge to be able to. To tell this. I'm like, wait, no, no, you don't. Like, what are you doing? And it took me way too long to realize this is satire. And then when I realized it was satire, it was twice as funny.

[C]

Oh, yeah, I did the exact same. I think it was probably the same video. And I watched it, and I'm like, dude, is this guy serious? Like, and then so I actually sent it to a couple my buddies. I'm like, yo, check this dude out. And then, yeah, eventually it came out that, yeah, he. He has. Dude, that guy could be on snl. He's got, like, perfect timing on all of his stuff, so.

[A]

Which reminds me of the second video drew with. Go back to Instagram. Speaking of funny Instagram videos, you. You. You might remember this. We're gonna. They're in Instagram.

[B]

Sorry, man.

[A]

Instagram. And there you go.

[C]

I'll tell you what I love about that dude, too, is how he makes fun of Instagram.

[A]

It's the top right tab right there. There you go. All right, I got you. Side. Let you out a little bit.

[C]

Oh, yes.

[A]

He's. I mean, he's funny, but, you know.

[B]

Oh, I remember this.

[A]

Are we done? I'm.

[C]

I'm out. All right. Thank you, dude. The perfect timing. The timing is impeccable on that.

[B]

That was great.

[A]

I've done funny videos of our own. I. I do. I want to do more of those. I love. I love funny videos. As I said, like, guys in special operations community are veterans. Veterans are funny. We could do more humor.

[C]

What I do love, though, is with king pics, like, how he. He does. He makes fun of everybody.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And I watch the guys that he makes fun of that take themselves too seriously and get butt hurt, and it just makes me love him even more. I'm like, dude, please.

[B]

He.

[C]

He was doing stuff. He was doing videos on me, and I was like, dude, this is awesome. I reposted it. He was like, oh, all right. I'm like, yeah, this is funny, dude.

[A]

But, yeah, I tell you what, like, four veterans, they guys go, go. If you don't follow him. And by the time this is done, well, I don't know. This video have 10,000 views. He should have 10,000 more followers. Go to his page, follow him. Go to kingpicks media.com K-I-N-G P I X.com Go, go buy one of his T shirts. I love it when I go train SWAT teams and every. I'll throw out the, the term punch out and go to work and they'll get that reference. I'm like, nice. So guys, go, go support a, another, another veteran doing good things. Speaking of, let's talk about Cloud Defensive just real quick. They are a tac light company and I am a huge, huge advocate of tac lights. I end up giving it in my CQB course every time. It's kind of funny. We're talking about, you know, being able to identify a pistol from, from a long range. But whether you're concerned about home defense, self defense, any type of use of a weapon, if you carry a weapon because you intend on using it, if you don't have a tack light on your gun, day or night, you're definitely not going to identify things you need to at night. But I can, even as you know, you can, you can carry that into daytime as well. I can walk right into this room right here during the daytime, come in and I, and if someone was in here, I couldn't identify what's in their hands.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Until, until my, my eyes settle in. If you're gonna wait for your eyes to settle in, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're wishing on luck right there.

[C]

Yeah. And believe me, you're going to wish you had a light on your gun.

[A]

You're gonna wish you had a light on your gun. It is that important and it kills me because guys will spend thousands of dollars on the best gun and if it's useless without a light.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So I am that advent about a light. And here in the next week or two, I'm gonna do a good 10 or 15 minute video of how to use a light and all the insides and insights of attack light and to properly use it on your weapon, that'll be on our Patreon. So please go to Cloud Defensive. They're actually doing something cool for us. Use promo code tier one. You'll get 15 off, but they're also going to match 15 and donate to our foundation, the Cat 2 Foundation, which gives free training and helps out with resources for, for first responders. So there's another reason to go support those guys. All right, go ahead.

[B]

Wes Summers. Wes Summers says Brendan and Edgar. Happy Valentine or Veterans Day. Drew, great to see you behind the mic. Again, some funds for yard gars. Brent, you had some kind words for me. Getting hurt in West Virginia a few months back, that meant a lot. Rock on, fellas.

[A]

Heck, yeah.

[C]

Heck, yeah.

[A]

Absolutely.

[B]

Dusty O says, Drew, reading your best Forrest Gump voice. I'll try.

[A]

Oh, gosh.

[B]

Chief Petty Officer Gallagher, you got a new leg. Happy veteran Veterans Day, fellas.

[A]

Drew, that was actually better than I thought it was going to be. Yeah, not too bad.

[C]

Not on the spot.

[A]

Yeah, you do slightly very well.

[C]

I. Yeah, it's almost napping most of my life.

[B]

Never prep for that line. Never press.

[A]

No. No. Never heard you do an impersonation of him before, but you yet, you nailed it.

[C]

All right.

[B]

James De La Cruz says, give us a prayer, Drew, for our vets and the ones who never made it home. All right, let's pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you for who you are. We thank you for all you've done. We thank you that you are in control of empires, the rise and the fall. And you. If you're in control of them, you're in control of the individuals within them. Lord, we thank you for the men and women who are willing to sacrifice their lives for freedom and that we may have the freedom to worship you in the. In. In the truthful way that you've revealed. Lord, we pray for their families, those who didn't come home. We pray for grace and peace. And, Lord, we thank you for the gospel of Jesus Christ that makes it so that even if you don't come home here in this life, you go home in the next, and we will see them again because of the good news of Christ. We thank you for that hope. And Lord, we thank you for these families. We pray for more families like this. We pray for more families in America that will raise patriots to do the right thing when it's time. We love you. We thank you for these men. In Jesus name, Amen.

[C]

Amen.

[A]

Amen.

[C]

Thank you, brother.

[A]

Quick question. Put you on the spot. I love put you on spot questions. This is hard. It's hard. Best get up song. I just did an episode top 10 kid up songs. It was. It was hard to do. It was hard to put a top 10 kid up song. So it's going to be biased from what your experience is. And I tried to. Some were bi. Some weren't.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Best Kid up song.

[C]

So my personal.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

That I would kid up to. It's a band that probably nobody's ever heard of called.

[A]

Which means it didn't make my top 10 kid up songs, but maybe go Ahead.

[C]

Well, I may be the. The version of what they do, so it's the. The band's called Pipes and Pints.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

And it's the Last of the Mohicans.

[A]

Oh.

[C]

Version, but in straight bagpipes.

[A]

And I'll give you that. Oh, bro, I'll give you that.

[C]

It is legit Last Little Mohicans soundtrack. Or that the song the Kiss is definitely like, my go to.

[A]

It's. It's so funny you mentioned that, because one of my favorite. And it has the. It probably has that. That version of it, but it's a coach giving a halftime speech or maybe game speech to a high school team, and as he's giving the speech, like, that song's in the background. And I'm telling you, it was a good speech. Yeah, but the speech wouldn't have been the same without that. Between the speech and that song, I was ready to put on pads and go.

[C]

Yeah. Anytime I hear that, I'll be running or doing whatever that song comes on. I'm like, bro, let's go.

[A]

Yeah, I'll give you that one. It's a good one. It's a good one. All right. What do we got, Drew?

[B]

Let's see. This is big. Strick says, happy belated birthday to the Marines in here. And Eddie, happy Veterans Day to all and rest in peace to Sergeant Byron Norwood. 31 Weapons Company, USMC, Fallujah, Iraq, 1113, 2004.

[A]

Nice. I might have one of your compadres on that was in Fallujah and on 2004. Yeah, that was. Gosh, the Marines.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Took a beating. But they. They. They gave a beating, too.

[C]

They gave a beat.

[A]

They gave a beating.

[C]

They took a lot of losses. I left so that I left my unit and I went to BUDS right before they went and did the Fallujah push.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And, yeah, I lost, like, four or five really good friends during that as I was going through buds. Yeah, it was. It was tough, man. Those guys.

[A]

Yeah, I can't wait to have that guy on and. And get to. And get to hear that story and have other people hear the amazing things Marines did. And during that time. Well, I actually said Ramadi, but it'll be Ramadi. But same Roboti and Fallujah. Those were just. Man, the boys were just slugging it out down there.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

Zulu whiskey and says I'm late. Mention anything about the lawsuit from Rob o'? Gay?

[A]

I tell you what, it's Veterans Day. We're gonna keep it veteran positive. We got another live come. This is Just a special live. We've got another live coming up on Thursday. You want to talk about the lawsuit? Let's. We'll. We'll bring that up on Thursday. I'll talk all about it. It.

[B]

It's a classy move, Brent.

[A]

I'm a classy man.

[B]

That's what I'm talking about. All right. Blake Simpson says, happy Veterans Day, boys. My dad was in the army and he never saw a company, but still one of most impressive people I have ever met.

[C]

We'll say combat.

[A]

Yeah, probably says combat.

[B]

Yeah. There we go.

[A]

You know, it's always luck of the drawing scores a little bittersweet, but, you know, most guys in the 80s and 90s never did. But I'm. I'm certain of this. I'm certain if that 80s and 90s military had the opportunity, they'd have done the same thing.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

They'd have been a force to been reckoned with.

[B]

Yeah. Better music for it.

[C]

Yeah. Those are the guys that pretty much brought us up.

[A]

That's right. That's right.

[C]

Everything that we knew was from them.

[A]

They continued the standard and they laid that foundation that allowed us to have success. Yeah, absolutely.

[B]

Drew P. Bahals says checking in from West Palm Beach. Love the show.

[A]

Yeah, I'll be in Fort Lauderdale tonight.

[C]

I just drove up from West Palm.

[B]

Kenneth Brent sent you a private message in Patreon. Let's be spicy tonight.

[A]

Let's be spicy tonight. I don't know.

[B]

I know. Right after the message. Eddie, what's your take on old Rob o' Neill who won't close his legs from lies out of his mouth? Glad you are doing well.

[C]

My take on Rob is I am actually buddies with him, you know, and I won't degrade him in any way or say anything about him in that manner. The guy has done a ton in his career and whatever is going on right now, you know, my name is Paul. That's between y' all and that's where I'll leave it.

[A]

Yo, please leave.

[C]

Yeah. Hey.

[A]

I'd expect another adult tribute, another classy man.

[B]

Another classy man.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

All right. Sebas says, what has Yalls experience been like working with PJs?

[A]

Always had a good experience. Working with PJs. Always had a good experience.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

PJs, you know, they bring another element to the fight. Yes, they're medics, but they're, they're their extraction skills and what they can do with the, you know, the added with high angle rope rescue, what they can do with a collapsed building, a Vehicle wreck. Like a medic's not. They can get you out of places to allow you to get medicine that other medics are just trained on. On medicine?

[C]

No, I think every PJ that's been attached to us has been. I mean, there's something about those guys where they're super. I mean, when it comes to medicine, like you said, they are probably the highest up there and they. In special operations, but like also just the vibe they bring. They. They're so like lax and cool. They can fit in. I've seen they can fit in with any organization.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And you're glad to have them.

[A]

Yeah, it's just a. Nature of it sometimes. Sometimes medics are weird.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

It's just that. It's the nature of that. And you're right. Most. Most PJs are. Are cool guys.

[C]

Yeah, it is. When someone gets attached, you're gonna do the butt sniffing or be like, can we trust this guy?

[A]

And right.

[C]

PJs, everyone that I've had, I'm like, bro, this guy's awesome.

[A]

Yeah. They can always.

[C]

He's about it, you know?

[A]

Yep, exactly.

[B]

Let's see, it says, how would you. This is Percy. How would you guys handle the internal division in our country? You guys have been through some real stuff, so I would like to hear what you think. Thank you. And Happy Veterans Day.

[A]

I'll take this. Just, Just real quick.

[C]

All right.

[A]

And I said I wouldn't talk about it, but it's, it's. It just happened of sorts and just not going to make it odd. I'm just gonna say, like, this is how people should deal with stuff. You just said something about Rob that say like, that we, that we don't agree on. Of. Of sorts.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You know, it gets muddled. It get. But, but you're his friend and you took the high road and you're like, hey, well, that's, that's between two people. The problem with the country and the division is I could have taken that and be like, hey, well, you see my side or my side only. And, and it's. And it's. And it's us versus them or nothing. And that's exactly the problem that, that, that happened with, with the, the Kirk incident.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Just. You can't have a debate. You can't say, okay, I don't think you're right. But I don't, I don't get to dictate how you live your life. Yeah. And what you say.

[C]

And I'll add on to that because I think this is. Yeah. That's a perfect example that you brought up was just like, the Rob thing. Right. I don't. It's not that I'm like, hey, one of you is right and one of you is wrong. I'm like, it's a muddled thing. And I'm like, and there is. Somebody is right in it. But at the same time, I'm not going to add to that division and be like, oh, yeah, and then start, like, pointing fingers and being like, you know what? Because that really just. Then it's like, okay, now we're separating and we're, you know, you're taking sides where I, I literally. We're talking about this country. You. You want people to get along, and we don't have to agree on everything. But if you are constantly adding to the divisive language that is put out by this, the mainstream media, and through our government and everything else, you're part of the problem. And we saw that with the Charlie Kirk thing, which is why the only thing that I ever said about the Charlie Kirk thing, I told people, I was like, be careful what you're putting out on Instagram and what you're saying, because your kids are watching you and how you behave. And if you are adding to the maliciousness and divisiveness of this country, your kids will, too.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And that's the way they're being raised. I think that, you know, we're all different. Obviously, we all have different beliefs, and some of them contradict with each other. But at the same time, you don't have to go out of your way to sit there and point or try to shove hate towards that person just because their beliefs are different than yours. That is what makes America great. It's a melting pot. And I think people are allowed to have their own beliefs here. Obviously, there's a. There's a certain point to where if it starts harming other people, then, yes, we'll have an issue. But if you're not harming anybody, and yeah, you might be hurting someone's feelings with your beliefs, but then people also got it, like, dude, people need to grow some thick skin and just learn to check their emotion. Or I think we have a very. A lack of emotional intelligence in this country. I think it's. It's gone down big time, and people can't think for themselves. They don't know how to emotionally react to things. They let. They let people dictate how they're going to react.

[A]

Yeah. I think the other. The other issue of is just that there's A lack of emotional maturity. Some things, some people have decided it's worth fighting for. And whether it's the situation we're talking about right, right here with me or what we're talking about with, with political ideology, but just because you think it's worth fighting for, they, they. If someone else isn't worth it doesn't deem that they get mad at them and they're like, how dare you not fight like the way I'm fighting some. It's, it's on them. Like it's, it's. Some people, they just put their beliefs too hard on. On other people and they're going to drag them to, to their side. And that's. I just don't think that's. Yeah, that's how we're gonna get there.

[C]

You see, with the extremist views on both sides, it's like you're either on our team or you're not. It's like, dude, I have, right. I have beliefs that are a little bit left leaning and about. I also have the beliefs that are right leaning. So therefore what am I then? Am I? You're, you're. But you. They want to label you one or the other.

[A]

Yeah, that's, that's. And that's the definition of, of, of the, the, the divisiveness. This side or that side? And it's just. And there's. There's more sides. It is just more than two sides. Good question.

[B]

Let's see. F82dot says apparently any super chat of 100 or more, you have to do the rest of the show and nothing but your ranger panties. I don't make the rules, I just follow them.

[A]

Oh, speaking of that terminology, you know, the marines have their own version. They have their silkies. Yeah, the little green. Is that what you got? They were called a Marine panties. They just called them silkies.

[C]

Silkies. Yeah. And then I heard, yeah. The term Ranger panties, being around the Rangers and in the teams, we had them for a little bit like the blue silkies. Whatever.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

We called them the grab me, fuck.

[A]

Me for that turn before too. I used to, I. When I first got in and around kind of special operations and I saw those. Used to hate them. They're so gay. It's like, why would you wear those? And then at some point, I think I tried some on. I was gonna try this a little bit.

[C]

It's like Lululemon, dude.

[A]

And then I don't wear them anymore. But there was a phase where they were, they were, they were really warm as Boxers. Yeah, they were really comfortable. They were. They. They had a. Had a good use to them, But I did. I did grow out of that space, but I had one. I had my Ranger panty.

[C]

Oh, yeah, for sure.

[A]

I'm not saying I wouldn't wear another pair again. That's not what I'm saying. It's just. There's not. I just don't own a pair right now for whatever reason, but, yeah, they were.

[C]

I thought you guys were. Were you guys selling some at some point or.

[A]

Tyler was accountable.

[C]

Okay. All right.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. What else you got, Drew?

[B]

We got Tyler Dixon says, happy belated birthday, Marines, and thank you to all the veterans. Not ashamed to say I'm a dependo. My wife is an inspiration on a daily basis. True Devil dog.

[A]

Nice. Good job, Tyler. You got to support her, too.

[C]

Yeah, he said he's a dependent. Potomus.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah, he's nice. He's.

[C]

Well played, bro.

[A]

That's right. Yeah. Oh, how the turntables.

[B]

Dumb Vita back in says closing song. Tithe me. Sleeping giant.

[A]

Tithe me. You know, I actually forgot about closing Sogs. And he's back. All right, keep going.

[B]

Sleeping Giant by Tiffany Tithe me. Let's see.

[A]

Sound like you had a lisp for.

[B]

Lawn Hope Rebellion says, survive one day in Ukraine. I use my tier 1 BS, help my killed friends. 16 years old. God is with us. We defend the defenseless and free the enslaved.

[A]

His.

[B]

Okay, I use my tier one bs. I don't know.

[A]

I don't know. I. I hate it, obviously. I feel like he's a. He's a. He's a foreigner doing a much better job in my language than I would ever do in his language. But, yeah, man, the Ukraine war, it's got to end. Like, it's got to end at some point. Like, it's quite. I don't think anyone. Did you ever think it going this long when the invasion started, stand this long without really our support? I mean, yes, we've given a lot of money, but, I mean.

[C]

And at the end, like, I. What, did Trump just come out and like, dude. Yeah, they're like. He admitted. He's like, they're not gonna stop.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

He made some statement, like, yeah, I've tried.

[A]

And, oh, yeah, he keeps on wanting to be a part of the show. I didn't even edit him out during. When he walked down the stairs on the. On the. On the Kid up song one. I don't even edit him out. We just left it in there.

[B]

Part of the show.

[C]

I know he's the mascot.

[A]

He's the mascot.

[C]

He is. He needs his attention.

[A]

He's the go to the bathroom. Is that what it is? Yeah. He's been a baby. I took him out of the bathroom before you got here. So you're £120, dog. Your bladder is not that small. Oh, it's just not. Yeah, deal with it. Yeah, it's crazy. I don't. If it could go on for another couple years at this point, I don't know if I'd be completely surprised.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, I, I. And it's like half the people, we're not paying attention to it anymore.

[A]

Right. And that's, that's the problem.

[C]

It's like Israel, Palestine pretty much trumped. Trumped that war.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And so it's just people have forgotten.

[A]

About it and it's very real to the people that, that it's affecting.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Right now just, just like that guy. What else we got?

[B]

All right, well, we got a few left here. It says Mr. M. 81 says Eddie and Brent. If you could sit down and have a beer with one historical man, military figure, who would it be and why?

[A]

I, I have one. Because we speak the same language. That's the other problem. I don't know. Part of me was like, like, you know, Alexander the Great would be a great one to sit down and talk to some of these. But George Washington, I mean, what's cooler than, than he's a military figure than, than the guy who, who, who beat about the British to, to start our, our country. It's gonna have to be George Washington for me.

[C]

Eisenhower or not. I don't know why I said that. The dude. I don't know why I'm drawing a blank on this. The man in the arena, Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt, that's who.

[A]

Yeah, he was.

[C]

Yeah, that guy.

[A]

One of my favorite quotes.

[C]

But his whole life, I mean, that guy was a man's man.

[A]

Yes, he was. Yeah, he was. What else we got?

[B]

We got Eric Olson says, eddie and Brent, thank you for your service. Who were the two best operators that you've worked with from any squad?

[A]

Oh, man, that's a, that's a good, good question. That's hard to answer. I'll think about that for a sec. If you, if you got one behind something tells, you're gonna have just as harder to.

[C]

It is I'm going through like the Rolodex and it's like, dude, it's so hard to pick because I. You work with so many phenomenal people. I'd say, like what's easier for me to pick out is what's the best officer I've ever worked for? Because there's so few that I respect or were that great. And yeah, it was. He's still in. So I'll say his first name. Rob, but prior enlisted and became an O. And then he was a Jo Jr. Officer in my platoon when he became an officer. And Roic got lost both of his legs on our first op, so he got bumped up into that position. And I'll tell you what I've. I've never worked for. I actually worked for him three more times after that. And he was all about looking out for the boys. But he was also that enlisted mindset, like mission is what matters, not all this other bureaucracy that, you know comes down the pipe. And that guy looked out for us. I mean, every time to the point where he came and testified for me at my trial and put his career in jeopardy.

[A]

Really?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

What's his rig now? Is he doing. Is he doing well in the promotion side or do you get outside.

[C]

Because of that? Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Which makes him a legend in my eyes.

[A]

He's right.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Makes even better. He was there for the right reasons, not for careerism. And careerism is what's ruining. It kills the officers in our military.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

For whatever reason. You don't really see it in on the NCO side. It's there, but it is not.

[C]

Not at the same level. No. Yeah, not at all.

[A]

I mean, and unfortunately, they. They. Especially at the higher levels, they run the military so much. So if they have that type of attitude, they just have more.

[C]

They have more of an effect.

[A]

More of an effect.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

To it.

[C]

Yeah, absolutely.

[A]

I'm gonna go with a man by the name of Anders Johansson who died just. Just last year. He was in the unit with me. And the reason why I think he's the greatest operator ever worked with is because he could do it all. And he was good at it all. Long gun shooting, the intel side of the house, low vis stuff, green machine, you know, raids. I mean, you name it. The guy just knew how to do everything at a high level. And it's always super sad. He ends up dying in a car accident, a vehicle roll over. And you know, at the end of his career, you know, after 20 years of war, so many stories, like so many. One of the most talented guys I ever worked with. And. And the Lord brought him home. He was a great Christian man too. Eagle Scout. I just. The guy was this exact.

[C]

Yeah, he's just that guy. Top to bottom. You're like.

[A]

You're a rock star. Happened to be, like, 6 foot 4. Barn door for a. Back. Just this. The guys we kind of talked about, but one of the most humble guys you'd have ever met as. As well. So Anders and his Johansson.

[C]

That's good.

[A]

I'm glad you guys gave me an opportunity to remember him and. And say his name.

[C]

It's hard to pick out, like, ones that are still alive that you worked with, because if I picked one out, I'm like, well, then. Hold on. And then I'm disregarding, like, there's this other dude who's. You know, and so I'm not. You know, it's just hard. It's. Every guy that I worked with, I. I worked with guys that didn't belong. Yeah. But all the dudes that did that were. I call them true believers in the community. Those are. I mean, the guy. When you walk. Here's a. Here's a good quote is. Or what I was told of, like, what kind of team guy or operator you want to be. It's like, if you're behind enemy lines and you're. You're in a hilo and the hilo crashes and you wake up and you're by yourself, and you see this shadow walking towards you, and you can sort of see, like, the silhouette, like, oh, I know who that is. Do you want to be the. Oh, that guy? Or, oh, hell yeah, I'm safe. Like, I'm with that dude.

[A]

Things either got worse or things got better, depending on what a shadowy figure turns out to be. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. It's super random, but I don't watch a lot of tv, but I did get on the. That show Monster, the Ed Gein story. Are you tracking it at all?

[C]

I haven't. I know it's out there because you.

[A]

Guys share a name. You should probably look into it.

[C]

Oh, dude, I watched. I watched the Dahmer one. Oh, the Dahmer that did it for me. I was like, dude, I couldn't stop watching it. But I also know I'm like, this is not good for my brain to be sitting here taking all this in. So I kind of was like, dude, I'm not gonna watch the end guy one. It's.

[A]

I agree that. I agree with that. At some point, I was in it too late. But there. There are scenes where I'm watching this. Like, I don't. I don't think this is good to watch. Like, it's some. There was.

[C]

It was my soul.

[A]

Yeah, it was. It Was very disturbing. Like, it really was. It's a crazy. It's. It's a crazy story. So. Yeah, so don't start then.

[C]

Yeah, I wouldn't be able to anyways. My wife would be like, heck, no, we're not playing that.

[A]

But things I didn't know the movie Psycho based off his character. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre based off his character. Three, four or five serial killers in. In the 70s or 80s looked up to him and. And what it did. And what they kind of showed was, was this. He was the first one. I don't say the first one, but is in the. In the early 1900s, mid-1900s, where the news was getting more readily available and being a famous serial killer and. And all the things that were really demented with him allowed other serial killers who are. Nor who would normally go, I'm weird. Let's keep this suppressed. There's no others like me. And go, hold on, there's. There's someone else like me.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And this is. And this is. And this is what he did. They kind of show of sorts that so many of them got their start and. And they said, yeah, I. I was. I was a big fan of Ed.

[C]

Gein, so they put that in the show while they're airing the show. So everybody. Is that what I'm.

[A]

Yeah, it's like, dude, right?

[C]

At what point are we like, are we.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Gonna spread this as like a. Is this.

[A]

It's crazy. It's just a crazy show. I have this can't.

[C]

I watched the trailer for it and, you know, and I actually do like that. Actor. Actor. Yeah, he was on Sons of Anarchy.

[A]

Sons of Anarchy. It's. It's an odd movie that. I'm not normally a fan of this genre, but he did a good job. He was on Pacific Rim. Was. Oh, you remember that? That was kind of a. A cool one. General The Gentleman, I'm afraid. In fact, they. They actually mentioned this. I don't know if he made the connection. The guy who played Norman Bates from Psycho never got another major acting role after that. Really. Because he was Norman Bates and no one wanted to touch him. They're like, no, you're the weirdo from Psycho. Like, you can't be.

[C]

That's like, I'm an actor.

[A]

And now I wonder. He plays such a convincing, weird psycho murderer, you know, necrophiliac, Just, you know, schizophrenic. Such a weird role. I wonder if he better get another role really quick. To try to. To try to get.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

View him as another character. If he goes too long within another role, I don't know if I'll be able to see him without the. The weird soft spoken edge.

[C]

I'm sure he did a phenomenal job. Just like the guy who played Dahmer. I mean, I mean, as disturbing as that was, I was like, dude, this guy won an Oscar.

[A]

Yeah. I think I've told this story before. You know the guy from Married With Children, Al Bundy.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Think of his real name here in a second. They tried to cast him, and I believe it was Top Gun. And when they did their original screenings, no one could take him serious because he was Al Bundy. They had to go like, reshoot that with. With another actor. So like every now and again you can, you can't be a victim of your own success.

[C]

They can sort of pigeonhole themselves and do like, hey, this is all you can play now. And you've seen the actors that are like that. They play the same role in every movie.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. Anyway, random sidetrack on that, but what is anything else, Drew?

[B]

Yeah, yeah, they've been coming in. This is a good one. Rudy says, which do y' all prefer, Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell movies? Easy sending love from the great state of Texas. And thank you all for y' all service.

[A]

Eddie, what do you got on that? That's easy for me?

[C]

Will Ferrell is. I mean that his, his comedy is more like our. Our speed, you know?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

But I'll say this about Adam Sandler. He is an icon. And the only reason I watched Happy Gilmore 2, which was in my opinion, the biggest piece of trash ever. Horrible.

[A]

Horrible.

[C]

Thank you. I watched the whole thing just because it was Adam Sandler.

[A]

And the original Adam Sandler movies are. They're iconic. Like, they're classics.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But at the end of the day, he does kind of play the same goofy, high pitched, like. Yeah. Character.

[C]

I like him in serious roles.

[A]

He actually nails. Yeah, Serious roles. Absolutely. He's done. Really?

[C]

Have you seen the one that he did? It's where he played, kind of plays himself as a comedian and. Or an actor. And then he's learns that he's dying.

[A]

No.

[C]

Oh, dude. It's with Seth Rogen. And so we've got a bunch of Jonah Hill, like all these comedians are in it. Probably like one of the best movies that he's been in.

[A]

I can't remember the name of it. There's one where he. He's a jeweler and like Kevin Garnett's in it, you know, and. And that that one.

[C]

He owes all that money.

[A]

That's right. That one was a good one. He did a Netflix one that was kind of a rom com with Jennifer Aniston. Can't remember the name of that one. That was another serious one. That his, his best stuff was that. And then because he's so iconic, I watched how. I tried to watch Happy Gilmore too. I couldn't finish it.

[C]

Yeah, I couldn't.

[A]

I was like, this is just.

[C]

I mean, I was halfway. I was like, dude, what is some.

[A]

People, some people gonna flame us for that? That's all right. That's. I stand by it. Yeah, I stand by it.

[C]

It's my opinion.

[B]

All right. Forlorn Hope Rebellion Sundays, I know 12 languages. That was the Ukraine earlier. My spelling sucks.

[A]

You're good. That's 11 more than I know, brother.

[B]

And 12 more than I know.

[C]

You're too smart to be listening to us.

[B]

All right, RGK86 says, Bert, why are you gray without the R?

[A]

Okay, Adam. Okay, okay. All right.

[B]

It's a good question.

[A]

It's good. It's a good question.

[C]

Question or a statement?

[B]

All right, good. Follow up question would be better. All right. Eric Olson says, awesome answers from both of you and cannot thank you enough for your service.

[A]

Thank you, Eric.

[C]

Appreciate you, brother.

[B]

Michael Huffine says, Brent, how would Leo's book you for training?

[A]

You know, and I hate to say this, Mike, I'm actually doing less law enforcement training, especially in this and this next year. I'm afraid this podcast is taking a lot of my time going, going, going solo. I'll never completely give that up. But basically I'm keep it to Florida, you know, some. Somewhere I can drive and be back on the same training day and not have, not have travel days. So I'll definitely still be doing that. That's a passion of mine. But at least for the, at least for the, the near future, near future, until I can kind of grab a hold of my schedule and really understand all the commitments that I've given to FRCC and H and Human Performance, TRT and, and this podcast. I gotta, I'm just afraid I'm gonna do too much and not do anything. Well.

[C]

Well, I think that's smart. We all have that same problem. We, we're so used to, like, working and constantly, like running and gunning when we're out. I'll do it too. I'll spread myself thin by like, yeah, of course I'll come do that. Of course I'll come do that. And the big thing is like, I don't want to let anybody down. If I say I'm going to do it.

[A]

Exactly.

[C]

I'm going to do it, and I will. But, yeah, I think that's smart. I mean, even with my podcast that I run up there, it's, it's a. I mean, it's time consuming and that's what people don't realize is, like, there's a lot of time and effort put into the podcast, getting the guests. And I also do the training as well. And, yeah, it's like trying to find that balance and not fill your schedule up.

[A]

Well, I haven't been doing a good job of it. I'm. I got to try.

[C]

I'm saying that I'm not. I don't do a great job.

[A]

So. But if you're in Florida for whatever reason, email the antihero. Gosh, email the tier1podcastmail.com and, and we'll figure something out.

[B]

Let's see. Brandon says. Brandt and Ellis, have either one of you ever experienced anything paranormal, whether in personal or professional life?

[A]

That's a good question, actually. But I haven't. I haven't and I haven't.

[C]

No. Just like, for me, it's like nightmares. Like, I'll have some. About some paranormal stuff, but I've never seen anything.

[A]

Yeah, I've. I've never. I've never seen. Seen anything. And I've. I've been to some strange places during some strange times. Never seen it.

[C]

I have, like, I don't know if you. Have you gotten, like, feelings, though, where if you are in a certain spot, you're like, this doesn't. Something's wrong here. Like, it's. It's almost like an evil feeling. But I don't. It's not like seeing something. I don't know if. It's just like something inside me that's like, okay, there's. This doesn't seem right right now.

[A]

I mean, things like that. If you want a spider sense, a spidey sense, if you will, I've had those. Now you bring that. Here's something strange that I've. I've. I've had two or three times. A. A feeling like I've done this before or seen this or been here before.

[C]

Deja vu.

[A]

Almost like a deja vu. And I'm. I have had dreams of. Of places and then. And then been there later.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And I felt that way and it took me a second to figure it out. And sometimes you have the same dream and I might have the same dream later and be like, I've had that dream before, and that's why I felt really weird about that place. I've dreamed of that place.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But I don't know how crazy if. If you dream enough things, eventually.

[C]

Yeah. Something's gonna come true.

[A]

Yeah, something's gonna come true.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So I don't know. Yeah, that's been. That's been a weird one.

[C]

Yeah. Or I'm. I found out recently that I'm affected by the full moon.

[A]

Oh. We just had, like, one of the. Like the. We were the closest to the moon that we've been in five or six years, and it was, like, 33% bigger or brighter because of. Of our vicinity to the moon.

[C]

Yeah. My wife always said it. She's like, you could squirrely anytime. It's been proven. So I believe it.

[A]

Now I'm. I'm blaming my excessive back here on. On the recent full moon.

[C]

There you go. Werewolf.

[B]

Let's see. It says, there was a time says, I heard Tyler was going to come, but his transmission was leaking, so that's what we're gonna.

[A]

Car trouble on Veterans Day? Is that we're doing.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. Kane, Korsoff. Sup, fellas?

[A]

Off.

[B]

Good to have you back. Any books, aside from the Bible, which is 66 books you read on deployment or in prison that had a significant impact on you in a dark time.

[A]

Aside from the Bible? Well, you stole that one.

[C]

Yeah. The subtle art of not giving enough. That's a good. I read that one in prison.

[A]

Oh, did you?

[C]

Yeah. It's actually pretty good.

[A]

If you had to take a guess how many. How many books you think got through in prison? Just. Just a few or.

[C]

Did you do a lot of reading? No, I did a lot. So I read through the whole. I read the whole Game of Thrones from.

[A]

Oh, did you really?

[C]

And, yeah. Which I actually was like, I just picked the first one up and. Yeah, bro, they're way better than the show.

[A]

Oh, I could imagine.

[C]

Yeah. So I read all those. I mean, I. There was a library, so I would go in there and just whatever I could pick. And even if I wasn't interested in it, just. It's a time suck. So you're like, all right, it's just gonna keep my mind from.

[A]

Yeah. Because all my books are essentially like military history books. It doesn't really give you the. The opportunity for it to pick you up during a downtime. It's just all more like reading. And.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I won't say education, but historical. So it'd be maybe weird if they did, but. So that's not really their purpose.

[C]

There's one that's really good. Oh, dude, I can't. I'm so bad at remembering titles. It's a. He survived a holocaust and he wrote a book. I think it's like the meaning. I don't know if it's like the meaning of life. I. I'll have to. Let me look it up on chat GBT and I'll let you know.

[A]

Okay. What else you got, Drew? I looks that up.

[B]

Let's see. Says this is forlorn. Back in again. Says, by the way, I'm female. No washouts with zero clues needed.

[A]

Oh, one. One of one of three female listeners. And. And she's foreign. Look at us. We're so diverse. We're so diverse.

[B]

All right, TG Paris says, are you still going to do a show about Colonel Hackworth?

[A]

Absolutely. Absolutely.

[B]

F82 dot says, see guys, they skipped because they know the rules. I think that had something to do with the hundred dollars and.

[A]

I think so. Yeah.

[B]

We also forget the rules. All right, Veronica, thank you for the love. Very, very nice. Let's see. Right wing nut. Y' all see the Matt Bissonnette interview on Sean Ryan dead. They almost got interesting during the Neptune spear section. Ah, so close. No cigar.

[A]

Well, if you're looking, things got very interesting during the Neptune spear section because the guy who was on target and in the room has a very different story than, than the other guy. And I will say this, and I'll tell him, more likely I'll tell him personally, but it's his own show. He can do whatever he wants on it. I was a little bit disappointed and in Sean's follow up questions. I mean, he's had Rob on the show and it's, and this has really nothing to do with, with, with, with me and my bias. Like, hey, but if I was. I'm just saying if, if I was a fan or, or a civilian or, or someone outside the special operations community and I'm following a guy which a million plus people do, and you have two people on your show with different stories. Wouldn't you at least like ask a follow up question and be like, hey, like this is, this is different than, than what he said. Why? Like, it's just, it's just a, a natural curiosity. But he, he chose not to. And that's, and that's, that's for Sean. That's for Sean to do. It's his show. But I thought, I thought he would. I thought he would, but he didn't.

[B]

I thought One of the interesting things about that interview was just the helicopter information, you know, the, the helicopter information about the lift and also it being pushed back a day because Obama needed to be at some type of dinner. It's like, can you do this another day?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Which raised the temperature 8 degrees, which affected the Blackhawks lift. And then one went down and, and.

[C]

The other one diverted from landing on the roof.

[B]

Perfect.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Didn't go on. That was really fascinating.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. What's really unique is, is, you know, one of the things some people like to bring up is that, you know, that Matt's book got. Got flagged, you know, essentially because he didn't get DoD approval, which he'll explain to you. Yeah, he's probably said it before. He didn't think he needed it, but one of the reasons I believe it really got flagged because Matt, Matt told the truth and, and, you know, said things like that and, you know, he didn't, he didn't give anyone a free pass. But the problem is sometimes if you're gonna, if you're gonna rub some people with stars or even hired them that the wrong way, if there's anything wrong with your book or, you know, with your, with your approval process, they're. They're going to look into it. And I, I believe Matt was a victim of, of being, of being honest.

[C]

Yeah, for sure. And I mean, I think even what he described. And I talked to Matt about this a while ago when he was, he's, you know, obviously going through this battle. Yeah. It, There is a lot of truth to just the elitist mindset that these, and I say it's more in the Navy, these naval officer, especially the admirals in nsw. I do think there was a lot of, hey, you're trying to put this out first. We're going to do it first. And. How dare you? How dare you, you enlisted peasant. I know we say that as a joke, but that is honestly how they feel.

[A]

The old truth joke right there.

[C]

Yeah. It's like, no, you go out there and risk your life, go play hopscotch with IEDs and do all that. I will take all the credit.

[A]

That's right.

[C]

I will write books about your actions, but I'll put myself up front, you know, and that's been going on for a long time. And, you know, and it's. And it's really bad in our community. And I'll say that it's.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

So I hope that. I really do hope that he wins and gets. Gets what he, he deserves at least.

[A]

Yeah. He's a good dude.

[B]

Let's see. Sun Wukong says, happy Veterans Day, gents. Doc, what happened to your leg? And what's the other guy look like now? Also, thoughts on the Matt Bestnet interview.

[A]

Yep. Just. Yeah. Just. Yep.

[C]

Yeah. Rip my quad completely off my knee. I wish I had a sweet like Tim Kennedy version to tell you, but I don't. I was crossing the street and slipped walk with my family and just ripped it completely. Completely.

[A]

I think the irony of that is that's I had a friend who's a unit with me, you know, got through double digit deployments essentially unscathed. He's moving a log in his yard and he rips his bicep completely off the bone, just moving a log. I don't know how many guys who have been through hell and back with war and their biggest injury is. This is the stupidest story.

[C]

The first thing my wife said to me, she's like, like, yeah, this is because this is the first major injury I've ever had. Like this. And she's like, you're. You were safer in war.

[A]

Than crossing this.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Can't make it up. No, can't make it up. What else we got?

[B]

Drew got Rudy back in. Says, I had a dream I was in Ramadi with Mr. Good.

[A]

Love you, Drew. Well, it's. It's your body, but it's. Yeah. Yeah. How would you know? I put. It's a.

[B]

Forces on the wrong.

[A]

You put them fastest on the wrong syllable. It's okay. Yeah. All right. I gotta. I gotta. I gotta let Eddie get. Go home.

[C]

So I got that name of that book.

[A]

What is it?

[C]

Man's Search for Meaning Man Search. I recommend that to anybody. It's freaking phenomenal.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Heck yeah.

[B]

Real quick. 44 truck says Brent and. Or Eddie. When you were deployed overseas, did you see any UFOs out in the desert? Desert? Oh, I know. They get really dark. Love the new podcast. Keep up the good work.

[A]

Thank you. No, I just. I just saw. I just saw our aircraft out there and I assure you, had there been UFOs, our aircraft would have taken care of.

[C]

Yeah, we did a lot of training. I don't. Did you guys do a lot of training out there? Yeah, yeah. And. Yeah, the. And that section no one talks about.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, that's a. It's a crazy place. A place. A place where you think you're on the top of the food chain and they make you go in the hangar and be like, hey, something more secret than you is out here. Go, go. Inside.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And you're like, who's more secret than me? What, do we do it here?

[C]

You're sleeping in this hanger. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

We got three lefts. Operator clip says, brent, what's your take on the Rob o' Neal defamation lawsuit against you? Eddie, what's your take on Rob o' Neal since you're a seal? Thanks for the Bourbon.

[A]

Awesome. It's okay. We already covered this. And like I said, I just want to let you guys know, it's Veterans Day. I want to keep everything positive. I will cover this more in depth on Thursday. Eddie's already given his. His respectful take on. On Rob o', Neill, so I apologize. But. But we did cover that, and we're gonna keep things positive. But come back Thursday and. And. And we'll get after it.

[B]

F8. Back end says, gotta go. Gotta go coach football. Great stream. Happy Veterans Day, fellas. God bless three of you and everyone watching. Watching. Much love.

[A]

Thank you. Thank you.

[C]

Appreciate you.

[B]

Oh, forlorn back in General Washington screaming in his grave, fail.

[A]

No, he's not.

[B]

No, he's not. Well, he might be screaming in his grave about maybe something about some things. Yeah, that's.

[C]

I'm sure. I'm sure there's a couple things. He's like, what in the world is going on?

[A]

Yeah, I think he'd be both extremes. I think he'd be so proud of the United States and what it's become and. And how powerful it is, and. And. And just. He'd just be like, this is what this has become. And then after he realizes how great we are, I think he'd be absolutely disgusted of the other parts of us and why we didn't protect this. This great nation more because it's worth protecting, how great it is.

[B]

Yeah. He'd be like, I didn't know you guys would ever come up with that. I think we'd have to write that down.

[A]

Yeah, we'd have put more in the Constitution if we thought you idiots would ever, ever stoop to this level.

[C]

I think he'd be disgusted with how comfortable we've become.

[A]

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, he absolutely would. And he'd be absolutely disgusted at our taxation. Like, what?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Are there no bid left in this country? We. We went to war over a lot less. What are you boys doing?

[B]

All right, Bo. Motion says, Eddie, how did the prison guards treat you and other prisoners? Were they partial to you with your background?

[C]

Oh, actually, there was a couple guards that were super cool with me. They were marines.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And they definitely disagreed with me. Being in there.

[A]

But the brotherhood runs deep.

[C]

Yeah, they. And, you know, they actually looked into it, and they're like, this is stupid. But the rest of the guards, I got special treatment in there for sure. And I think I went over it in one of the episodes.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And, yeah, it was unfortunate, but that is the other problem with the military, where these guys were only E4E5s, and they're just following orders, so they were told to treat me a certain way, and they. They followed orders and did so. But at the same time, you know, this is what I tell young. Young guys going in right now. And women, I'm like, you know, you need to be your own person. If you're given an order that you do not disagree, you disagree with, you need to say something and be like, hey, why am I doing.

[A]

Doing this?

[C]

What is the purpose of this?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

But, yeah, it's. It was unfortunate. And, yeah, I got. I got a lot of extra love in there.

[A]

Sure.

[B]

All right, let's see. It says, sorry, I didn't know how to add a message. Well, the first one is Scott Young actual says, glad to see you on Eddie. Perfect guest for today.

[C]

Appreciate it.

[A]

It was Eddie's idea, actually, so thank you for doing this.

[B]

And Veronica says, sorry, I didn't know how to add a message to a chat, but I love this podcast. My first time in a live, and now I love Max, too. Can we meet him formally? Origin of name, age, favorite snacks of funny habits. We might have to do an interview with Max one day for Patreon members or something.

[A]

We might just do that.

[B]

The history of Max.

[C]

Max is my new buddy.

[A]

Oh, gosh. He's a funny dog. He's a funny dog. He's a big lover boy.

[B]

Glaucoma says, how about the Marines? New recruiting videos?

[A]

Have you seen it?

[C]

I haven't seen that.

[A]

No. I'm gonna look it up.

[B]

We'll look it up and show it on Thursday, maybe. Kong says, doc, don't forget to change your socks. Also, water cures a broken leg.

[C]

You are correct.

[A]

I see you're a fellow corpsman. He went to the same school.

[C]

Don't forget the motor.

[A]

All right, we all caught up.

[B]

Oh, that's it.

[A]

All right, thank you guys so much for watching. Thanks for hanging out with a pair of veterans on Veterans Day. It. It means a lot to us, I assure you, Eddie, you get. You get the final word as a guest.

[C]

Well, I just want to say, you know, I always love coming down here and. And being with you, Brant, and chatting with you and being on. I'm truly, like, honored to be on here, especially breaking off and doing your own thing. I think that's a. I think it's amazing. And I just want to say, hey, I appreciate everybody saying happy Veterans Day. And I appreciate, appreciate all you veterans out there. Today is your day. As like, my youngest son likes to say to me, it's your day, Daddy. But, yeah, just, you know, they gave you a day for a reason, so, you know, walk proud, you know, hold your head up high and just, again, if you are a veteran, set the example for others. You know, set the example, especially for the younger generation. There's a reason that we all joined, and I think it's because we looked up to a lot of the veterans that we knew growing up, how they acted and the standard that they held themselves to. So that's all I could say right now is just hold yourselves to that same standard and just be a shining example to those young men and women who are thinking about joining.

[A]

Absolutely. That's it. Thank you guys for watching. Happy Veterans Day.

[C]

Appreciate you.