1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: Oh, beat force. If it doesn't work, you're just not 2 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: using enough. You're listening to soft up Radio Special operations, 3 00:00:24,920 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 1: military news and straight talk with the guys and the community. Hey, everybody, 4 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: welcome back to Software Up Radio. Today. We're hoping to 5 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: have Gary Busey and studio, but something personal came up, 6 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: so we hope to get Gary back sometime between now 7 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: and the rest of the year, so I'll just be 8 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 1: doing the show solo. Got some c stories to to 9 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: share with with the audience. Um, I was at breakfast 10 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: this morning with Buddy Mine, who is a former Navy 11 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 1: guy as well, and we just started reminiscing about the 12 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: past and it's it's funny how how many stories we 13 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: have just from that. The military experience just like the 14 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: funniest stuff, right because people are in the military, you're 15 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: confined to sometimes in the Navy, especially these tight spaces 16 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: on the ship, you get bored, and it's amazing what 17 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: people will come up with. So we'll get to some 18 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: of that some of those stories on this show as well. Also, 19 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 1: I really want to encourage people to reach out and 20 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: email us at just radio at software dot com, Radio 21 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: at softwup dot com. If you guys, have any questions 22 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 1: you want answered, any future show ideas, guest ideas, we 23 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: want to hear from you for sure, so please send 24 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: us that to uh Again Radio at softwup dot com 25 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 1: and looking forward to get into some c stories in 26 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: a minute. One thing I wanted just to to talk 27 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,519 Speaker 1: about because it seems like we're at this weird moment 28 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 1: in America where people are just afraid to speak their 29 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 1: mind and be honest with each other. I see it 30 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: anywhere having kids, I've I've seen it in the in 31 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,399 Speaker 1: the school environment, especially in the media, and and we've 32 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: become so polarized now with with Trump sitting in the 33 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 1: office still and it's kind of twenties coming, and it's 34 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: just it's just creating this like incredibly polarized environment where 35 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: anybody says anything political, it's like the torches come out 36 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: and the angry mob starts gathering on on either side. 37 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: And personally, you know my political views, I've I've been 38 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,959 Speaker 1: a registered independence since I got out of military. Okay, 39 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: I personally I don't have a problem sharing my own 40 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: viewpoints on Trump, but and I do think the kind 41 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: of packaged moral outrage by the a lot of these 42 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: left wing media sites have really kind of hijacked this 43 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: issue of Syria, right, and I talked about Syria for 44 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: a minute. I put a tweet out the other day 45 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: I said, most politicians probably couldn't find Damascus, the capital 46 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: of Syria, on a map unless they had the help 47 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: of their smartphone. You know, as much as it surprised 48 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: me when I got out of the military, you know, 49 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: so ring thirteen years um in the Middle East and Afghanistan, 50 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: and you get out and you think, oh, there must 51 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: just be these really smart people in Washington, d C. 52 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: And and and then you get out and and realize, Okay, 53 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: maybe I need to to kind of rethink this my 54 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: my current thoughts on politicians, because a lot of them aren't. Yeah, 55 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: I'm not saying all of them are the same. There's 56 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: something you know, there are some great politicians out there 57 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: who really are you know, giving up or pausing career 58 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 1: to enter in the political arena and make a difference. Um, 59 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: which I think is the spirit of our kind of 60 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 1: founding fathers was the intent of politics in American general. 61 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: The problem I see today is like you have a 62 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: lot of politicians that aren't smart on issues, and they 63 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 1: start opining and just taking these political stands without really 64 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: understanding how something works. And and that's a slippery slope 65 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: and a scary place to to be current ly in America, 66 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:06,919 Speaker 1: especially when a very schizophrenic foreign policy strategy that spans 67 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: now three administrations. Right, I only have to point at 68 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: Afghanistan and what the hell we're still doing there almost 69 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: twenty years later? Uh? And really, what I'll call my 70 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: own personal case study is I've asked people, high ranking 71 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: people in politics and in government and wrote an article 72 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 1: about it last week on soft up dot com about 73 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: schizophrenic foreign policy that we've had in America, the case studies. 74 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 1: I've asked all these these high ranking people, and nobody 75 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: can give me a straight answer, Right, everybody who I've 76 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 1: spoken to you when I've asked a direct question. And 77 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 1: in the article I wrote recently on soft up dot 78 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: com called fake it until you make it, basically talking 79 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: about the Trump situation, Washington politics, and and our foreign 80 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: policy strategy is nobody can give me a straight answer 81 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: on what we're doing in Afghanistan? What is our long 82 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 1: term U S strategy in Afghanistan? And I talked about 83 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 1: this dinner I was invited to back I believe around 84 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 1: two thousand, probably this had to be two thousand fourteen. 85 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: And I was at a dinner with Mary Walker, who 86 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: was a former General counsel for the US Air Force, 87 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: and she said, honestly, I don't know what we're doing 88 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: in Afghanistan. I don't know what the strategy is. And 89 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: I've heard the same thing from politicians, um and I 90 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: get a different answer. It's each time. And the problem is, 91 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: imagine now you're an American war fighter stationed in Afghanistan 92 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: today and you're losing friends and you're wondering, you're coming 93 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: back from overseas deployment going okay, why did I just 94 00:06:54,839 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 1: see for my my fellow warfighters die in combat? What for? What? 95 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: What the hell are we doing here? And that's the problem, 96 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 1: like we're dealing. We're losing some of America's brightest since 97 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: nine eleven in far away places that sometimes people don't 98 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: even hear about, places like North Africa, you know, remote 99 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 1: regions of Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Middle East, and really, what 100 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: the hell are we doing over there? And when you 101 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: when you have a situation where not even the highest 102 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: elected officials in government understand what we're doing abroad, that's 103 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: a big problem. I mean, imagine somebody running a publicly 104 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: traded company and and they're asking the CEO, you know 105 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: what the vision is and the profit projections are for 106 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: next year, and the CEO says, well, I really don't know. 107 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: I mean that, and done of the senior executives, no, 108 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: and nobody knows. Like there's just no way to run 109 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: a business, and there's no way to run a country. 110 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: I think we found ourselves down in a situation where 111 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: one of the things I really do agree with Trump 112 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: is pulling out of these situations where it's half baked. 113 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: And we have a half big situation in Afghanistan where 114 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: we're still there, we really don't know what the hell 115 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: is going on, and we're putting American lives at risk. 116 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: Same in places like Syria. When civil war kicked off 117 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: in Syria, all these politicians saying, oh, we should back 118 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: the rebels, not really looking back on history saying that 119 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: it didn't really work out for us too well in 120 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: Afghanistan when we backed the rebels against the Soviet occupation 121 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: and those rebels turned out to be al Qaeda and 122 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: Osli bit Lot, and and then when you look at 123 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: the situation what did happen is a lot of those 124 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: Syrian rebels turned in into isis okay? So it's just 125 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,079 Speaker 1: one of those things where not enough people are talking 126 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: about it. And in another problem in this country, like 127 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: I said at the beginning of the show, is not 128 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 1: enough people are really willing to openly and civilly debate 129 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: and talk about these issues without turning it into a 130 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 1: political bombshell whatever you wanna call it. One of the 131 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: things that I think we're really missing in this country 132 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: right now is open dialogue, open debate, where people can 133 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: voice concerns, talk about things in a civilized manner without 134 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: lighting the the you know, virtual torches online and just 135 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:25,319 Speaker 1: going after anybody that says anything that's outside of the 136 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: the norm on either side of your political viewpoint, whatever 137 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 1: it may be. And that and that's a real problem 138 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: and a sad thing. And and I am glad a 139 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: lot of people who have served men and women are 140 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:42,719 Speaker 1: now and in politics kind of being that voice of 141 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: reason in the highest levels of government because we desperately 142 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: need it. We've created a situation again through Republican and 143 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: Democrat presidents, where there's three administrations. Now we've created a 144 00:09:56,440 --> 00:10:00,040 Speaker 1: situation where we have a much more unstable mid the 145 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: least then we did pre Iraq War two. You can 146 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: make an argument says, why do we go into Iraq 147 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 1: the second time? Regardless of that point, we did go 148 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 1: into Iraq. We did, we did remove that I'm the same, 149 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 1: and we basically by pulling out without a really clear 150 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: pullout strategy. And I say that, and I know where 151 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: some of your minds are going, so um with you, 152 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: but really like basically leaving the Iraq in the fashion 153 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: we did left to left this power vacuum, and of 154 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,680 Speaker 1: course Iran moved right in. You have this, you know, 155 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: civil war kicking off in Syria, the rise of ISIS, 156 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: and anyone that says we should be backing Syrian rebels, 157 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: really it's the US essentially backing and fighting a proxy 158 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: war against Russia and Iran, and potentially you could make 159 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 1: an argument China as well, And is that some thing 160 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 1: we do We really want to send American special operations 161 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 1: forces into that situation, not really having a well thought 162 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 1: out long term plan. And that's my point, and that's 163 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: why I have no problem with the fact that Trump says, hey, 164 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: we're getting out of Syria, not our problem. And look 165 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: it sucks that the Kurds who are up in the 166 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:26,839 Speaker 1: north of Iraq are incredibly good people. I've worked up 167 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: in Kurdistan and so Manya and the Kurds are our 168 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 1: our allies, and it sucks to kind of leave them, 169 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: you know, in that position. But at the same time, look, 170 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: we've got to really pay attention to what we're doing 171 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: in the world and rethink our long term strategic goals 172 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:47,959 Speaker 1: when it comes to foreign policy abroad, right because how 173 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: many Benghazis do we need to see that this kind 174 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 1: of like half baked, really half asked attempts to promote 175 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: diplomacy abroad really isn't working out too well for us 176 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: right out, Um, and again it's it's I'm not blaming 177 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 1: any any one administration. This is the inherent problem that 178 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: crosses now three three different administrations. And one of the 179 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: things also that has happened in this country, those of 180 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 1: you that follow me on on Instagram, Now, I I 181 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: enrolled in this Harvard executive program called Owner President's Program, 182 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 1: and it's a two two year program, and one of 183 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 1: the first things we talked about amongst my class was 184 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 1: this kind of vanishing middle class in America. Any and 185 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: I hear all these politicians say, oh, we're gonna bring 186 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: back the middle class, and really it's like the middle 187 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: classes virtually gone. An exercise we did with one of 188 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:46,319 Speaker 1: the professors at Harvard Business School was we survey the 189 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: class what makes America an incredible country to live in? 190 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: And everyone, you know, the hands shot up. It's where 191 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 1: you can be born here, doesn't matter where you're from, 192 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 1: you can make it, which essentially is true, like the 193 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: the environment of that does exist in America, and what 194 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: does make it one of the greatest countries on earth 195 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: is you have all this freedom of choice. But the 196 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: problem is we've when you look at the data, the 197 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: data says it really does matter what class you're born into, 198 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 1: because it really, you know, statistically, the data determines to 199 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 1: some degree the outcome of opportunity, right, so people that 200 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 1: are born in certain classes have more opportunity than people 201 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: that that aren't in that. Look, that's always existed. I 202 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: don't think it's ever going to go away. The problem 203 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: is that gap has gotten so wide between the halves 204 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:44,679 Speaker 1: and the have nots in America. It's a scary thing 205 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: to think about. And statistically, we are the same now 206 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: as Russia and South America. When it when it comes 207 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: to what class you're born into really does predict the 208 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: outcome of how you're going to end up, like how 209 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: your financial future will look in the future, and that 210 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 1: a scary place to be in right now in America 211 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: and especially another really surprising and interesting fact that I 212 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: found is the most the biggest job by number of 213 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 1: people in America is truck driver. Right so when you 214 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: look at that particular job category employees the most out 215 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: of any other job category in America right now. And 216 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: then you you think about, okay, the rise of artificial 217 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: intelligence and autonomous vehicles, what does that do for the 218 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: truck driver of America and that job category. It's a 219 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: scary thing to think about because you wipe that category out, 220 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: and what do all those former truck drivers do now 221 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 1: you start thinking about that that kind of stuff and 222 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: the situation America And so we were really at a 223 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: time where we need incredibly smart politicians, and we need 224 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: not not just politicians but crearently smart people. Well, I 225 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: guess the point I'm trying to make helping us solve 226 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: these real problems we have in America. For instance, Silicon 227 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: Valley is not the center of tech innovation anymore. When 228 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: you look at the rise of artificial intelligence, it really 229 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: is I think on the scale of the next big thing, right, 230 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 1: it's the next Internet of things. In the center of 231 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: AI is you can make an argument it's it's really 232 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 1: in the UK. You know, deep Mind, which is recently 233 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: acquired by Google is now located in London. Yeah. I 234 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: talked to my friends at Harvard Business School and they're saying, yeah, 235 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: if you really want to see what's happening with tech, 236 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: you go to China and Russia and these other these 237 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 1: other places in the world. So we've at one point 238 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: America really did have a have a huge advantage because 239 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: we we had all the big tech companies that came 240 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: out of Silicon Valley. But now we're really we're losing 241 00:15:55,760 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: that edge as well. We have a situation America where 242 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: the Chinese skipped the A T M machine entirely and 243 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 1: they went to mobile banking on cell phones, and so 244 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 1: you think about the rest of the world and how 245 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: the world is evolving so quickly without without us, especially 246 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: in fintech, we have education system that prais on students 247 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 1: and the student loan like predatory student lending that creates 248 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: a situation where kids are graduating with massive student debt 249 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 1: and had a huge deficit and disadvantage going into the future. 250 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 1: One of the reasons why I encourage my my oldest 251 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 1: son to go study abroad in Europe because not only 252 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: is it, I think, a better educational environment and network, 253 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: more of a global network, it's a hell of a 254 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: lot cheaper. But anyway, that's my my kind of rant 255 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: on on the current state of things. Um, my main 256 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: point is, you know, time for us to really do 257 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: some housekeeping at home and get our act together and 258 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: really think about how are we as America going to 259 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: interact with the rest of the world in the future, 260 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 1: and really kind of think about and start doing some 261 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 1: more long term thinking, because look, that's the way China. 262 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:15,679 Speaker 1: China thinks hundreds and hundreds of years, and unfortunately the 263 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: political by nature of our political system, we sure we 264 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,879 Speaker 1: think in very short term cycles, and we have to 265 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: start like changing a lot of things in America if 266 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: we're going to continue to be one of the greatest 267 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 1: countries on the planet. And look, I don't have all 268 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 1: the answers. I'm just kind of pointing out my own observations, 269 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,639 Speaker 1: but I would encourage you to read what I wrote 270 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,640 Speaker 1: Fake it until you make it Navy Seal talks Trump, Washington, 271 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 1: and foreign policy strategy. I wrote that piece for Software Up. 272 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:46,199 Speaker 1: This week, We've got some really cool content cranked out 273 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 1: daily by the guys. I'm really really proud of the 274 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: content team Nick Kaufman, our editor in chief, and stab 275 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: Rows are managing editor Alex Hollings and the rest of 276 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,360 Speaker 1: the guys really doing good work. We got some really 277 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: cool content. And those of you guys that listen to 278 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 1: a few shows back, you know that we're developing this 279 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:08,479 Speaker 1: new supersite now um and we brought back softwaps as 280 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 1: our main brand on the content side of the business, 281 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: and we're completely redoing the site. October three is our 282 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: is our relaunch date. We you know, we have softwarep 283 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 1: and we have our our Create Club quarterly subscription box. 284 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: Now every subscriber to Create Club will get our digital 285 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: content package with the subscription. So we're excited to kind 286 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 1: of have this one site that you know, where all 287 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: the content commerce lives and and really looking forward to 288 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: doing more uh cool shows in the future. I was 289 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: talking to one of our advisors today over breakfast. In 290 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 1: addition to sharing some of these funny ce stories. I'll 291 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: get into in a second. I'll share really funny one 292 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: with you. Guys. We were talking about, you know, how 293 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,159 Speaker 1: cool it would be to do a show like for 294 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 1: those of you who have seen The Deuce on HBO, 295 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:02,920 Speaker 1: it's just like gritty New York in the seventies, and 296 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 1: you're seeing a situation where the police, good cops, are 297 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 1: having to make kind of tough decisions and take money 298 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,199 Speaker 1: in some cases because that's just the way the New 299 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,840 Speaker 1: York police system work, you know, with with the mob 300 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: and the police and the politics. And I really think 301 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,919 Speaker 1: there's some fascinating content there and and some comparisons to 302 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 1: what has gone on overseas in the last decade with 303 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 1: regards to war crimes, guys taking money off targets sometimes, 304 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,719 Speaker 1: you know, making tough choices like having sick kids at 305 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 1: home that aren't getting the best health care. All of 306 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 1: a sudden you find, you know, a million dollars on 307 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 1: a target, and your teammates are encouraging you to take 308 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: this money to go back and and and put it 309 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: into your son's healthcare, because unfortunately, in America, the rich 310 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: have access to better healthcare, and you live longer than 311 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 1: poor families and that's a real tragedy in this country 312 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: we need to fix. But the point is it makes 313 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: for some really interesting content. So one of my one 314 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 1: of my show concepts is called The Reservation, and I'm 315 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 1: kind of basing it off my book The Killing School, 316 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: which is about sniper training and sniper's going overseas. But 317 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,879 Speaker 1: I would love to make a scripted show on HBO 318 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: or Netflix produced by software that is essentially about this. 319 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: Imagine the Wire or the Deuce if it was located 320 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 1: in Afghanistan with a team of special ops guys going, 321 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 1: you know, and that those that tension and dynamics that exists. 322 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,119 Speaker 1: So those are kind of some of the scripted shows 323 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: we're looking at producing, as well as continuing to do 324 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: a lot of the unscripted content which we're looking at 325 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: filming and inside the team room Navy Seals Snipers with myself, 326 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:49,400 Speaker 1: Eric Davis and Charlie Melton, who are two fellow sniper 327 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: cadre that worked with me at the course. UM at 328 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 1: a really interesting time in military history when you have 329 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: some of the most well known some nipers like Chris 330 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 1: Kyle of American Sniper having come through the Snipers school house. 331 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 1: Eric was actually there during Chris Coyle's class. I had 332 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 1: just checked into the to the course as a new 333 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,679 Speaker 1: instructor right as he was finishing up. But Chris was 334 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: a guy that also came back after his Iraq deployment, 335 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:25,400 Speaker 1: as many of the Snipers would and debrief us on 336 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: kind of the current kind of tactics and what what 337 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: was working, and we would use that to kind of 338 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: adjust our our teaching and our coursework to make obviously 339 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 1: the guys as prepared as possible to deploy because literally, 340 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:43,360 Speaker 1: some some of the students, including a student of mine, 341 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:47,560 Speaker 1: Marcus Atrell, wrote Loan Survivor. Literally Marcus came through the 342 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 1: course and deployed a month later to Afghanistan and then 343 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 1: went missing an action. Um and most of you guys 344 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: know that the Loan Survivor story. So that inside the 345 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:02,159 Speaker 1: team room show looking at produceding that end of October 346 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: for a hopefully November release. I say, hopefully we're trying 347 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: to get it produced and edited in time to start 348 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: releasing episodes on on Veteran's Day, which is November eleven. 349 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 1: So also will we will take out the audio and 350 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,399 Speaker 1: put it up on the podcast. You guys can listen 351 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,879 Speaker 1: listen to the show as well. That's kind of a 352 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: company update. We did have a couple of questions from 353 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 1: Fred B which I'm gonna answer. Fred asked, I believe 354 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 1: I heard you mentioned on a previous episode that one 355 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 1: or more of the rangers who rescued Marcus Latrelle an 356 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: Operation Red Wings said that he had all his ammunition. 357 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:44,440 Speaker 1: You didn't expand on this issue, but my question is 358 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,880 Speaker 1: whether that claim is part of the official record. Are 359 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 1: you saying Marcus Marcus's version of events is false or 360 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,719 Speaker 1: he did not engage in the fight as we counted 361 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,119 Speaker 1: in his book. If yes, on what basis are you 362 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 1: making a statement? So that would have been probably I'm 363 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: guessing as show where I wasn't a host and that 364 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 1: was discussed. I can only say this as someone you 365 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,959 Speaker 1: know has been in combat and realized that my combat 366 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 1: experience literally being ten feet away can be very different 367 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: and remembered differently than somebody and myself, right, I can 368 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: say that I also use a car accident in comparison. 369 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: I've I've literally had two people that were in a 370 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 1: car accident and had a very different recollection and experiences 371 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: than the other. You know, maybe one person is wearing 372 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: a seatbelt, one isn't, and so it's extremely hard to 373 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,719 Speaker 1: second guess somebody. And in this case, you know, I'm 374 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 1: going to take Marcus at his word, especially since he 375 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 1: survived such a traumatic event. You saw your entire team, 376 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: saw most of them get killed in front of you, 377 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: and then you just go through this traumatic experience. So 378 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,119 Speaker 1: you know, I'm gonna give Marcus the benefit of the 379 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,360 Speaker 1: doubt to answer your question, Fred, And it's really it's 380 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 1: tough to kind of armchair quarterback these things and without 381 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,880 Speaker 1: putting yourself in that position and a position I don't 382 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,639 Speaker 1: believe anybody wants to trade Marcus the trell on the 383 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 1: hillside in Afghanistan that day. It's just tough, right because 384 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 1: because we weren't there. So I think we just kind 385 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: of gotta respect Marcus's version of events and as best 386 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,880 Speaker 1: as he can recollect and let's leave it from there. 387 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 1: The other questions from Jesse Jesse b asked Australians have 388 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,199 Speaker 1: made quite a substantial contribution to Special operations in the 389 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 1: past ten years, particularly in Afghanistan. I'd really like to 390 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: hear you guys talk to some as vets from to 391 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 1: Commando or s A s are any experience with them. 392 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: I actually I didn't work directly with the Australian sas 393 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: in Afghanistan, but I did. They were literally camped right 394 00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 1: next to us in Kandahar, and I got to make 395 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: some pretty good friends with the guys and great guys 396 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 1: New Zealand as well. The guys that we did operate with, 397 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 1: we're the we operate with the German kiss k Um 398 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 1: something I talked about and in my book the Red Circle. 399 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: But the Australians have an incredible reputation and I would 400 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 1: agree with you have made a substantial contribution in Afghanistan 401 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: over the last decade. But yeah, I think that's a 402 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 1: short answer. But I think what I got out of 403 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 1: this is you guys are interested in potentially getting some 404 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 1: of these says guys on the show. So I'll make 405 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,199 Speaker 1: a note of that. Then I'll finish us up with 406 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 1: a with a C story which I'll kick off. So 407 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 1: this is the story. I work with a guy at 408 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: the sniper course when we were merging East Coast Cadre 409 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,119 Speaker 1: with West Coast Cadre. You know I was West Coast. 410 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: We we would meet up for the course in the Midwest. 411 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: You just got to meet some of these some of 412 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 1: these guys, and and inevitably you end up with you know, 413 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 1: the whole entire group of special ops is a bunch 414 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 1: of a bunch of characters, some of the funniest people 415 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 1: I've met my life, from like just being funny in 416 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: general to like practical jokers. But one of these guys 417 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: was I'll use his name as Mark. Mark was a 418 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 1: sealed delivery vehicle too, guy, which those of you guys 419 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: don't know. STV team to in Virginia beach Um STV. 420 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 1: So these small sealed delivery vehicles like many submarines that 421 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: get attached to a larger submarine. And a typical STV 422 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:37,399 Speaker 1: mission would be the submarine would would take a STV 423 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: team of seals off the coast of Africa, uh and 424 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,680 Speaker 1: maybe you know call it fifty miles off the coast. 425 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 1: They would get in lock out of the submarine and 426 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 1: it's a it's a wet the STV as wet. So 427 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,159 Speaker 1: they're locking out of a dry submarine, going into the 428 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: into the ocean, onto the to the big submarine, detaching 429 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 1: this small sealed delivery vehicle, getting inside of it. Pilot 430 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 1: navigator up front and they drive the fifty miles offshore 431 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 1: onto the coast and maybe they sink this thing a 432 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 1: hundred feet at the bottom of the ocean. They swam 433 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 1: out of the STV with their full kit, weapons equipment. 434 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:21,359 Speaker 1: They swam ashore and do a wreckie for say a 435 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:26,439 Speaker 1: week or two. Finish the intelligence, intelligence reconnaissance mission, go 436 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: back to see, swim out offshore, dive down, get back 437 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: in the STV, go rendezvous at the submarine, and mission complete. 438 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:37,360 Speaker 1: So that's kind of like a typical STV mission. So 439 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 1: Mark was attached to STV team too. They were doing 440 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,439 Speaker 1: some training operations in the middle of the ocean and 441 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 1: they ended up losing one of the stvs, which is 442 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,400 Speaker 1: you can imagine how much these things cost. I don't 443 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: know exactly, but I would imagine, you know, in the 444 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: tens of billions of dollars. So I think it was 445 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 1: the crew of the sub crew that somehow, somehow they 446 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 1: lost one. And the submarine was looking for this this STV, 447 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,399 Speaker 1: you know, pinging it with sonar and in other ways 448 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 1: they have to kind of detect objects, and they're trying 449 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,360 Speaker 1: to find this thing, and they put in a full 450 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 1: day's search. Mark had his penis pierced. And not only 451 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 1: did the weirdo have his penis pierced, he had two 452 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,159 Speaker 1: dice on the piercing. And he would like that. We 453 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: have a common thing in the military is called dick tricks, 454 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 1: Like I remember when guys I go check out my 455 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 1: watch and he literally had his his trick wrapped around 456 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 1: his wrists and get everyone to look at it and 457 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 1: think it was the funniest thing in the world. And so, 458 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: you know, Mark would roll the dice and he would 459 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: call it roll on the bones, and he'd use it 460 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: to make predictions. And this kind of rumor got spread 461 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 1: amongst the regular submarine crew that Mark, one of the 462 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: seals on board, could read the future. The captain kind 463 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 1: of wind of this, not knowing that Mark how Mark 464 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 1: reads the future, which is rolling the dice attached to 465 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 1: his essentially cock ring. The captain of the ship, the 466 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 1: CEO of the submarine, calls him into the office and says, 467 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 1: you know, put off from Mark, I understand you have 468 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,360 Speaker 1: this gift of reading the future. He's like, let's have it. 469 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: And Mark standing there nervously going oh ship, thinking to himself, Okay, 470 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:29,040 Speaker 1: I'm in a really awkward spot. Now this is something 471 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: I do with the guys. But now I'm in front 472 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 1: of the commanding officer of the submarine and there's this 473 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 1: awkward pause and the commanding officers, hey, let's get out 474 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 1: with it, like, let's let's get the prediction. So Mark 475 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:46,280 Speaker 1: unbuttons his trousers, pulls out his penis and there is 476 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 1: a big ring with two white dice on the end, 477 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 1: and he says he proceeds to kind of shake his cock, 478 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 1: stamp it down right on the CEO's desk, which is 479 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 1: like a wooden desk with one of those glass pumps, 480 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: stamps it down and the dice come up snake eyes, 481 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 1: and the CEO looks at him and says, we aren't 482 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:11,400 Speaker 1: going to find that fucking STV, are we. He says, no, sir, 483 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 1: no chance, and they literally called off to certain the 484 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: official search from the roll of the dice. So it's 485 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,120 Speaker 1: funny stories like that that, you know, you forget about 486 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,720 Speaker 1: this stuff, and then eventually you end up in a 487 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: conversation with your teammate or a fellow veteran. He's telling 488 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,040 Speaker 1: them they're they're kind of see stories, and then boom, 489 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 1: this one of these memories pops into your head and 490 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 1: that's what happened to me this morning, literally, and I 491 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 1: told that story to my friend Roy this morning, is 492 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: also a Navy VET, and we had a we had 493 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 1: a pretty good laugh. And that's one of the reasons 494 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,440 Speaker 1: why I really like that Inside the Team Room series 495 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: show that we we do and this podcast, because when 496 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 1: you have other vet's interviewing other veterans, you just kind 497 00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 1: of pull that stuff out naturally, and you you end 498 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: up getting some really cool stories that you could share 499 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 1: with each other. And you know that that's just what 500 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 1: makes the this show, UM Software Radio and Inside the 501 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 1: Team Room such a cool place because you just never 502 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 1: know where it's gonna go, and often it goes to 503 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 1: a really interesting, funny place. Anyway, I hope you guys 504 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:22,320 Speaker 1: enjoyed this episode. It's a it's a little bit shorter show. 505 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 1: Please check out the new site soft up dot com always, 506 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:30,760 Speaker 1: but look for the new relaunch of the content hub 507 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: in oct and also realize we built a very special 508 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:41,480 Speaker 1: digital subscription inside the team Room. The Digital team Room 509 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:43,400 Speaker 1: is a place where you guys have can subscribe and 510 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,960 Speaker 1: not only get long form editorial content, you'll get access 511 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:50,760 Speaker 1: to some pretty cool videos like first looks at shows 512 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 1: like inside the team Room, you're also going to get uncut. 513 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 1: We're gonna do team Room Uncut only for our team 514 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:01,640 Speaker 1: Room subscribers, So we'll have that membership package and we 515 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:05,040 Speaker 1: are selling lifetime membership as well right now now until October, 516 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 1: and we've got a few spots left because those are 517 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 1: limited spots, but we will have the team Room launch October. 518 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:15,800 Speaker 1: Not only like I said, you get the cool videos 519 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,880 Speaker 1: uncut stuff you'll get, you'll get invites to special events 520 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: anything we film in the future. We try and invite 521 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: invite our team Room members to that also October. Starting October, 522 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 1: anybody that has a Create Club subscription will will automatically 523 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 1: get access to the digital package. So it's a cool way. 524 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 1: If you guys are into gear to subscribe to the 525 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 1: Create Club over the holidays or gifted to somebody because 526 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,760 Speaker 1: it's a great gift item, they will get the digital 527 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:49,200 Speaker 1: access with with their Create Club purchase. So that's something 528 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: that that we have never done before and it just 529 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,520 Speaker 1: makes sense to us. So we're excited for that, and 530 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 1: I'm also excited to talk about a new sponsor and 531 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 1: just to talk about sponsorship in general. We've we've had 532 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:06,120 Speaker 1: a really big show on Software Radio on iTunes for 533 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,960 Speaker 1: a while, and I you know, there's been times where 534 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 1: we we've led a couple of sponsors, like it just 535 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 1: got too almost too too many sponsors on the shows. 536 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 1: We dialed it back because we're really I think careful 537 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:21,520 Speaker 1: with you know who we who we partner with. But 538 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:26,160 Speaker 1: one of our news sponsors is mac Weldon, and they're 539 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: really interested company. I'm getting some products set out to 540 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: personally test, but I like mac Weldon's mission because I 541 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 1: draw a lot of parallels to what they their eureka 542 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:40,600 Speaker 1: moment and their mission to to kind of like why 543 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 1: we just started to set up software as a company, 544 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 1: just getting frustrated with a lot of content producers out 545 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 1: there and in the traditional media space that just we're 546 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:55,320 Speaker 1: getting military content wrong. But mac Weldon was founded because 547 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,760 Speaker 1: they wanted more out of their basics um and the 548 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:02,320 Speaker 1: frustration was their Eureka moment happened when they're in a 549 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:06,880 Speaker 1: department store. I'll full of brands that dominated your your 550 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:10,840 Speaker 1: top drawer, but just like my numbing assortment of underwear 551 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:14,720 Speaker 1: and socks. And they realized that consistent fit quality became 552 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,800 Speaker 1: a game of routelette. So they decided to take matters 553 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:19,919 Speaker 1: in their own hands and they started in mac Welder 554 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:23,800 Speaker 1: from scratch, engineer their own fabric, made sure the design 555 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:27,239 Speaker 1: process with Meticulous essentially you could count on the same 556 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:29,319 Speaker 1: fit each time. And how how many of us have 557 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:33,080 Speaker 1: been in that situation where you know you've just it's 558 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:37,399 Speaker 1: become this commodity right you're of other brands, So it's 559 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,040 Speaker 1: cool that like mac Weldon has really carved out a 560 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,680 Speaker 1: niche for themselves. And for sure is just from my 561 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,279 Speaker 1: brief glance on the website and learning about the mac 562 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:50,720 Speaker 1: Weldon brand. Basically, damn sure better than whatever I'm wearing 563 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,719 Speaker 1: right now, and probably better than what you're wearing right now. 564 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:58,359 Speaker 1: So anyway, check out mac welldon dot com for any 565 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:03,200 Speaker 1: of the listeners. You'll off your first order at mac 566 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:07,560 Speaker 1: weldon dot com and that's m A C K W 567 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 1: E L d O N mac worldon dot com. Enter 568 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:16,040 Speaker 1: promo code software and you'll get your first purchase. So 569 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,719 Speaker 1: excited to have mac Weldon on. We got some other 570 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:23,120 Speaker 1: really cool sponsors and giveaways for you guys. Will be 571 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:27,880 Speaker 1: giving away over the holidays on our Instagram page. Custom 572 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:34,239 Speaker 1: bespoke suit giveaway to the Armory New York City. My 573 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:38,440 Speaker 1: friend owns the Armory and they do amazing bespoke suits 574 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,560 Speaker 1: and clothing um and have access to some incredible craftsmen 575 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:46,359 Speaker 1: all all over the world. I had a custom suit 576 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,719 Speaker 1: jacket made by by my friend Mark for me from 577 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:56,239 Speaker 1: a Japanese tailor named Cade, who's incredible craftsman. So look 578 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,160 Speaker 1: for that stuff and be sure to check out mac 579 00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 1: worldon dot com. Appreciate them having them as a sponsor. 580 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:04,400 Speaker 1: That's all I got for now, so please send in 581 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:09,240 Speaker 1: your questions to Radio at soft up dot com. Definitely 582 00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:12,120 Speaker 1: glad to answer mor Q and a really excited about 583 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:16,080 Speaker 1: the leaning back into our content. Uh, not only on 584 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:19,680 Speaker 1: this show but in the team room on soft up 585 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:23,320 Speaker 1: dot com itself. We got some great video shows coming 586 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:25,720 Speaker 1: for you and really excited to get into that world 587 00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:29,640 Speaker 1: of suscripted content and hope to be bringing you guys 588 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:35,800 Speaker 1: some really cool shows on platforms like Netflix, HBO and others. 589 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,920 Speaker 1: And as we continue to kind of build out our 590 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:43,960 Speaker 1: own digital content subscription community, it's more than just a subscription. 591 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 1: It's as most of you know that are subscribed, you're 592 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:51,799 Speaker 1: getting access to this really cool community and being able 593 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:53,920 Speaker 1: to like chat with the writers and other members of 594 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,840 Speaker 1: the community. Is something really cool. And I will also 595 00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:00,279 Speaker 1: end it on the fact that we ran the Create 596 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:03,040 Speaker 1: Club Academy pilot course this year in September. It was 597 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:07,439 Speaker 1: a great turnout, excellent experience through that pilot course. We've 598 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:11,560 Speaker 1: now opened up our Create Club Academy by Software up 599 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:16,120 Speaker 1: essentially for next year and are taking limited sign ups 600 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:20,040 Speaker 1: and we have multiple courses that people can sign up 601 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:25,560 Speaker 1: for over the weekend, from offensive driving, defensive driving, sniper experience, UH, 602 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:30,480 Speaker 1: tactical shooting, a lot of really interesting stuff there. Those 603 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:34,240 Speaker 1: spots are limited. We sold out the pilot course really quickly, 604 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:36,480 Speaker 1: so if you're in into that and want some really 605 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,000 Speaker 1: cool training next year, we're also trying to turn it 606 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:42,839 Speaker 1: Saturday night into kind of an event where we bring 607 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:47,120 Speaker 1: in all the military and special Ops instructors have a 608 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:50,480 Speaker 1: big party. We're looking at getting a live band, UM, 609 00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,319 Speaker 1: so it'll be a really fun weekend as well, uh 610 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,160 Speaker 1: to to spend with the guys UM and I should 611 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:59,200 Speaker 1: be should be there myself next year as well, so 612 00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,760 Speaker 1: be sure and check that out on Software dot com. 613 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,879 Speaker 1: And again thanks for another great episode. Look forward to 614 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:10,680 Speaker 1: getting Gary Busey back when his schedule opens up. Checking 615 00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:13,759 Speaker 1: in with my friend Todd Robinson and his movie The 616 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:17,360 Speaker 1: Last Full Measure UM, and I appreciate all the support 617 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,080 Speaker 1: me and the guys on the content team, which is 618 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:25,200 Speaker 1: a hunter percent veteran run. Appreciate your support for a 619 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:28,520 Speaker 1: veteran run business. And that's it. I hope you guys 620 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:31,240 Speaker 1: have a great week and I'll see you next week 621 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:36,760 Speaker 1: on software Radio. Out Here, you've been listening to self 622 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:41,960 Speaker 1: rep Radio. New episodes up every Wednesday and Friday. 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