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Ep57 | Jordan Laird USMC Scout Sniper Post Trauma and Healing

Jordan served 10 years in the USMC as Infantryman and Scout Sniper. He deployed to Ramadi & Karmah, Iraq in 2007 with 2nd Battalion 5th Marines and Sangin, Afg. in 2010 with 3rd Battalion 5th Marines. He witnessed some of the worst fighting a single battalion had seen since Vietnam. After getting out in 2011, he started working as a private contractor, but an undiagnosed brain injury eventually became to much to bare. In 2017 after two suicide attempts, he became homeless on the streets, unemployed, facing divorced and a felony DUI. He finally got the right help for his brain injury and began turning his life around dedicating himself to a life of service to others, veterans, first responders, and young adults. It is His calling to speak, teach, and serve others full time. Recently he was accepted to Calvary Bible Institute in Joshua Springs, CA. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2151876/support]

The 13th Department Top Secret KGB Assassination Unit

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Ep56 | George J Veith author of Black April: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-75

This interview is from 2020. We talk about his book Black April, and discuss a little bit of Swords Drawn George J . Veith, a former Army captain, is the author of "Code-Name Bright Light: The Untold Story of U.S. POW Rescue Efforts During the Vietnam War" (1997), "Leave No Man Behind: Bill Bell and the Search for American POW/MIAs from the Vietnam War" (2004) and "Black April: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-1975" (2013). He has published many symposium papers and newspaper articles. He has testified on the POW/MIA issue before the U.S. Congress, and is currently working on his Ph.D. studying Vietnamese modern history. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2151876/support]

M13 | MEDITATION: In the Modern Era the Warrior still Exists

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Ep55 | Andrew Curtiss Green Beret Faith Love Violence, Author Combat Applications Techniques 1984 Redux

Andrew A. Curtiss, was born in Rome, New York in November 1977. He grew up in Upstate New York. He has been involved in the martial arts since the age of 4. Inspired by his father, he trained in the arts of grappling since the age of 7 by enrolling in Pee-Wee wrestling programs and continuing through out his senior year of high school. By the age of 16 he had attained his first black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do under the instruction of Cady's Academy of Martial Arts out of Boonville New York. Andrew has held the title of 1995 A. I. K. A (American Independent Karate Association) National Black Belt Champion in forms, weapons and Kumite. He was an amateur World Champion Kickboxing "Runner up" in his weight class in 1995. Andrew is now a professional Mixed Martial Artist. He has attained a Black belt ranking in Kempo as well as an Honorary Brown belt in  Kano Jiu-jitsu. He holds a purple belt in Jiu- Jitsu under Professor John Siracusano. Andy served in the US Army in elite units such as F Company 51st Infantry (Long Range Surveillance) and the 3rd Special Forces Group as Weapons Sergeant. He served two tours in the Global War on Terror, was nominated for the Silver Star and received the Bronze Star with V Device. He is a Diplomatic Security Specialist and has worked protecting high profile music artists. Andrew is the author of Combat Application Techniques: Principles of Destruction, a book written based on the combatives program he developed for his Special Forces A-Team. He is a tactical trainer available for Combatives, Edged weapon, counter edged weapon and defensive tactics courses and seminars. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2151876/support]