Ep. 246 | Jordan Wilkins | MARSOC Corpsman and Special Operations Independent Duty Corpsman
(00:00:00) Intro | Joining the Navy (00:10:19) Greenside Corpsman | Marine Corps Regulations (00:14:16) Recon Corpsman Pipeline | Basic Reco...
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Former Action Guys Podcast
Former Action Guys Podcast is a way for veterans, first responders and others to share their stories that the world has never heard in a casual, conversational format that allows a natural f...
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20 of 292 episodesEp. 245 | Matt Cavanaugh | Invasion of Iraq, Artillery Officer, Author
Matt Cavanaugh was a senior at West Point when the country was attacked on Sept. 11th. He would graduate college in the spring, then complet...
Ep. 244 | George Mills | MARSOC JTAC, ANGLICO, and Marine Infantry
George Mills has one of those career paths so unique that it’s almost hard to believe. He enlisted as an infantryman and soon found himself...
Ep. 243 | Brad Colbert | Marine Recon | Generation Kill
Brad Colbert is a Recon Marine who served in the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, in addition to multiple Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) d...
Ep. 242 | Chris Janecek | CH-46 Pilot, FAC, 3rd ANGLICO
Chris Janecek was an enlisted armorer with 3rd ANGLICO while he completed college and worked towards becoming a Naval Aviator. Chris got his...
Ep. 241 | Joshua Shores | MARSOC Raider, Marine Infantry, Fire Fighter
Joshua Shores is a Marine Infantryman who served with 1st Battalion 5th Marines in Ramadi then a MEU. He went on to MARSOC and was part of t...
Ep. 240 | War in Iran | Morgan Lerette
Morgan Lerette is former Airman, and Army intelligence officer, and Blackwater Contractor. We talk about what's happening in Iran as of Marc...
Ep. 239 | Kowshon Ye | Combat Camera Marine
Kowshon Ye is a Combat Camera Marine who worked as a videographer and photographer for Marine Corps Installations Pacific in Okinawa before...
Ep. 238 | Neal Fauver | Marine Rifleman, Iraq Veteran, Podcaster
Neal Fauver is a former Marine Rifleman who served with 3rd Battalion 6th Marines in Iraq. Neal is also the co-host of the Tales from the Co...
Ep. 237 | Mike Francis | Marine Assaultman | 3rd Battalion 6th Marines
Mike Francis is a former Marine Assaultman who deployed three times with 3rd Battalion 6th Marines to Afghanistan and Iraq. Mike is also a h...
Ep. 236 | Lee Deckelman | Army Ranger, Green Beret, Air Marshal, Triple Canopy
Lee Deckelman served as an infantryman in the Army before going to the 20th Special Forces Group in the National Guard. He eventually moved...
Ep. 235 | Michael Pack | Last 600 Meters Director and Producer
Michael Pack is an award-winning filmmaker and the producer/director of The Last 600 Meters, a documentary covering the 2004 battles of Naja...
Ep. 234 | Dave James | Force Recon Marine
Dave James is a former Force Recon Marine who served with 1st and 3rd Reconnaissance Battalions. Check out our other interviews on Eps. 063...
Ep. 233 | Brandon & Chris | I Came With Fire Podcast
Brandon is a veteran of the Air Force Security Forces Chris is an Army Special Forces soldier. They are both part of the I Came With Fire Po...
Ep. 232 | Blayne Smith | Special Forces, West Point, Armor Officer
Blayne Smith is a former Special Forces soldier that started his career off as an Armor Officer after graduating from West Point. Blayne dep...
Extra Episode | Bart Womack | US Army Old Guard, 101st Airborne, Invasion of Iraq
Retired Army Command Sergeant Major Bart Womack shares his journey from basic training in 1977 to deployments in Korea, Turkey, and Germany....
Ep. 231 | Brandon Young | 75th Ranger Regiment
Brandon Young joined the Army and immediately tried out for a spot in the 75th Ranger Regiment when the opportunity presented itself at the...
Clip 047 | Will Drones Steal Pilot Jobs? | F16 and F35 Pilot | "Hasard" Lee
Justin "Hasard" Lee is a F35 and F16 test pilot who makes social media content that focuses on the life of a fighter pilot. We discuss the f...
Clip 046 | IED Attack on April 9th | US Army Infantry and NYPD Detective
On April 9th, 2005, Matt Klein, a retired NYPD detective and US Army infantryman, was struck by an IED while patrolling a cemetery in Samarr...
Ep. 230 | Brennan Morton | Marine Recon and Sniper
Brennan Morton is a former reconnaissance Marine who served with 2nd Recon Battalion during two deployments to Iraq. Brennan is also the aut...