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 Software Up Radio, Special Operations, 3 00:00:24,920 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: military news and straight talk with the guys and the community. Hey, guys, 4 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: welcome back the Software Radio. It's Brandon Webb. This week 5 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: I'm going to cover something that has been probably on 6 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 1: everyone's minds is Trump's intervention with Eddie Gallagher, the Navy 7 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: seal who was brought up on war crimes and had 8 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: a tumultuous trial and eventually was found not guilty. And 9 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 1: apparently the Navy Seal Command, which is a war come 10 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: under Admiral Green, decided to essentially do a tried and 11 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: review board. And what that is is when somebody has 12 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 1: issues and the teams and they're essentially it's a mechanism 13 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: to review them as an operator and decide whether to 14 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: pull their seal and so strip them of their identity 15 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: as a seal or not. And so, you know, no 16 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: surprise to me that Trump intervening, I mean, Eddie Gallagher's lawyers, 17 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: one of whom was a former Trump attorney, has really 18 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: done a maskful job of working the press and the 19 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: public relations angle the whole case, which matters quite a bit, 20 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: and and Trump being a vocal supporter of Eddie, I 21 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: mean should have come from. Was no surprise to admal 22 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: Green that Trump would get involved and essentially shut down 23 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: the attempt to what appears to be an attempt to 24 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: strip Eddie Gallagher not only his rank but his official 25 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: title as a Seal right before he retires. And yeah, 26 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: I had a bunch of friends just asked me over 27 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: and over in the business community because this was you know, 28 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: for a couple of weeks there, it was was on 29 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: everyone's mind. Um, so I ended up writing an article 30 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: about it. I really didn't want to write the article 31 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: and all honestly, I just I'm so tired of throughout 32 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: the years that all the internal seal drama that me 33 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 1: and my fellow author friends have how to deal with that, 34 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: I just I didn't want to write it. And at 35 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: the point then I started thinking about it, and a 36 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 1: good friend of mine, James Alter, says he doesn't write 37 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,959 Speaker 1: anything these days unless he's afraid of what people think. 38 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: And it's just really Daunamy that you know what, I 39 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: feel the same way, and so let's write about this. 40 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: And I really respect my my friend James positions because 41 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: too often in the in the world today that we 42 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: live in America, people are afraid to speak their mind, 43 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: you know, they're worried about what people think, whether it's 44 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: politically correct, and somebody and hate hate on me for this. 45 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: So that's when I decided to write this piece. So 46 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: I'm actually gonna read you the piece that I wrote 47 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: in its entirety, and hopefully the goal is will answer 48 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: any of your questions regarding this whole Eddie Gallagher, the 49 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: Trump situation, and I'll kind of read as I read 50 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: through it, I will try and elaborate as well, just 51 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: to give you guys some more color on the situation. 52 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: And it's important to start from or give you guys 53 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: a little bit of background behind the situation. So the 54 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: seal Teams an incredible magacy and heritage back to the 55 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: naval construction demolition units and the underwater demolition teams of 56 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: World War Two that that cleared the beaches of Normandy 57 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: would swim ashore in the middle of the night blow 58 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 1: up the beach landing obstacles that the Germans had placed 59 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: on the beach for d Day, you know, in the 60 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 1: middle of the night, blowing those up so the landing 61 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: forces could get ashore and then we could take back 62 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: France from from the Germans. And so the Navy Seals 63 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: are established by John F. Kennedy in the sixties to 64 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: really give the U. S Military maritime on littoral fighting force, 65 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: the special operations fighting force, and so they looked to 66 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: the Navy for that. The Navy had its toes in 67 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: the water already, So the Seals were commissioned Seal Team one, 68 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: Seal Team two or the two founding Seal teams sil 69 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: TAM two being on the East Coat and one being 70 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: on the West coast in Coronado too. And Little Creek 71 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 1: Virginia and Vietnam happened, and at the time you had 72 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: the ut T and Slash Seal Teams. We all we 73 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: all know famously jesseven Tura was actually was a ut 74 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: T guy and fully earned the right to call himself 75 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 1: a Seal. So then we had Vietnam and the Seals 76 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: had an incredible record in Vietnam of excellence in mission 77 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 1: success and really like built a strong legacy. Then, you know, 78 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: we went through a large period of time and the 79 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: Seal Teams where there wasn't much conflict in the world, 80 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: we had some involvement in the First Gulf War. You know, 81 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,919 Speaker 1: little skirmishes here and there, but largely you want one 82 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: iron the Seal teams, and then in the late nineties, 83 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 1: the two operational teams that were actually doing stuff even 84 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 1: outside of of dev group as the Team six. We're 85 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: still Team three because still Team three had responsibility for 86 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: Southeast Asia largely the Middle East, and still Team four 87 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 1: having responsibility for South America, so a lot of drug 88 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: interdiction stuff. And on the flip side, at Team three, 89 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: we're doing a lot of operations around the Middle East, 90 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: mainly enforcing the UN sanctions against Iraq. So I'm saying, 91 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:33,039 Speaker 1: with smuggling oil out of the country, we would board 92 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 1: their ships at night, take them over and steer them 93 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: down to Dubai. And another interesting fact, those of you 94 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: that are in business will appreciate this, or in the 95 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: corporate world, there wasn't much upward mobility for the officer 96 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 1: ranks and the Seal teams. It's and the Seal teams 97 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: largely is the way they're structured. Is great to be 98 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 1: an enlisted seal because you get to go to all 99 00:06:57,760 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: the schools you want. If you have a good reputation 100 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 1: and do a good job, you can go to all 101 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: these amazing schools kind of pick and choose what you 102 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: want to do and maintain a largely operational role until 103 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: you until you don't want to or your body just 104 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: can't take it anymore. We're officers pre nine eleven that 105 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: pre terrorist attacks on nine eleven didn't have a lot 106 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: of upper mobility. They would do that typically do a 107 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: third officer platoon where they're just kind of in a 108 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: platoon to observe. Then they would come back and do 109 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: an assistant officer and charge assistant like we call it 110 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: a O I C. Then they get a platoon commander 111 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: bill it and and typically they're a full lieutenant at 112 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: this point or oh three, they would do that platoon 113 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: commander ability and largely there was no not much place 114 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: for them to go. They could go to deb group, 115 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: but really that we had at the time I believe 116 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: only one or two see admirals, So there just wasn't 117 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: enough to kind of upper mobility for these guys to 118 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: promote it. And a lot of smart officers, I would 119 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: say the majority of smart officer recognized that and decided 120 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 1: to get out and they went on to other things 121 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: outside of the Navy. And so the reason I mentioned 122 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: this is because then LEVNT happened, the re orger of 123 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: the entire Special Operations community happened, and all of a 124 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: sudden we have this massive upward mobility and the Seal teams, 125 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: but we essentially had somewhat of a brain drain of 126 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: officers that left and so who who were left and stayed. 127 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: We're not the best and brightest officers and that's just 128 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: a cold heart fact, and that's you know, people will 129 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 1: be upset about that, but it is what it is, 130 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 1: um and I'm just giving you all this background information 131 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: to get us where we are today, and it's not 132 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: a good place. The Seals community, the ethos, the training, 133 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: selection is still training and selections still one of the 134 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 1: best in the world. But I see this as a 135 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 1: massive leadership failure from the top down where we currently 136 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 1: stand on the Seal teams. And I wrote a at it. So, 137 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 1: so here it goes with all that background, and I'm 138 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: gonna start with a quote from an anonymous seal. This 139 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: is where I'm one of those interviews where it was 140 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: an anonymous interview with was CBS. You can google it 141 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: on YouTube. But the quote says, I wouldn't want my 142 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: son to be in the seal teams that exist today. 143 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 1: It's a mafia so environment where everyone has dirt on 144 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,319 Speaker 1: each other. The culture was more Hell's Angels than professional 145 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 1: special ops unit, and that kind of I lead out 146 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 1: with that, and so here we go. I'm gonna read 147 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: this and give you guys some commentary as well. I 148 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: was initially worried about addressing this topic because of the 149 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: toxic peer pressure that exists among the seal community. However, 150 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: my business network kept asking me about Gallagher and Trump's 151 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: intervention in this case, and in the end I decided 152 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: that if the thought of speaking about this may be uncomfortable, 153 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 1: I should write about it. The Gallery case was anything 154 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: but uncomplicated. It pitted Navy Seal against Navy Seal. The 155 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: n c i AS was found to be bullying and 156 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: intimidating to get their way. Not only that they broke 157 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: the law for anyone that's familiar with ncs does not 158 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: come as a surprise. According to Maybe Times, Maybe, Captain 159 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 1: Aaron Rue determined that the n c AS intrusion placed 160 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: an intolerable strain on the public perception of the military 161 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: justice system because an objective disinentrance stood observer fully informed 162 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: of all the facts and circumstances, would harbor a significant 163 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: doubt about the fairness of the proceeding. Another quote from Reuters, 164 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: the military judge presiding over the court martial of US 165 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: maybe Seal Eddie Gallagher, charged with war crimes set on Friday. 166 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 1: Prosecutors who electronically tracked email communications of defense lawyers without 167 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: a warrant violated the accused right to a fair trial. 168 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: So this was like an incredibly botched trial from the start. 169 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 1: Everybody is entitled to do process in America. That's what 170 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: makes US country great. And the fact that Eddy did 171 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,959 Speaker 1: not essentially get it really from the start of fair 172 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: or shake is really at the root cause of this. 173 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:05,719 Speaker 1: So what do I think of Trump's intervention? Personally, I'm 174 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: not surprised at the theatrics, and in this case, I 175 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: support Trump for stepping in given the unusual nature of 176 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 1: the case and cis mishandling of the investigation and the 177 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 1: current dysfunctional environment of the Seal teams. Most on active 178 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 1: duty and the Seal teams will not realize how crazy 179 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: it looks from the lens of the outsider or former 180 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:30,079 Speaker 1: Seal Team member. Who is now outside looking in, and 181 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: that's obviously myself. N C I S botched their case. 182 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,599 Speaker 1: No argument there. It's sure to go down as a 183 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: legal case study for the ages to the uninitiated. Trump 184 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 1: as well within his right to inject himself as the 185 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: commander in chief of the U. S military. It may 186 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: be inconvenient for some of the top brass, but it 187 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: is what it is. Trump's intervention should come as no 188 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 1: surprise to Apple Green in the Seal community given the 189 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: ongoing strategy of Eddie's legal team of constantly outflanking their 190 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:03,479 Speaker 1: adversary is in the press, and also one of Gallagher's attorneys, 191 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 1: Mark Casey, has worked for Trump in the past. However, 192 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 1: I'm not surprised to see the myopia of senior Seal 193 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: leadership get the best of them again when it comes 194 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 1: to dealing with the press. We've seen this time and 195 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,559 Speaker 1: time again. My opinion is given here in the open 196 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: as a former SEO combat veteran who served honorably for 197 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: thirteen years, has had both secret and top secret clearances, 198 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: went back to Iraq as a contractor and support of 199 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: US intelligence interests, and then went on to build a business. 200 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: So that's me and who I am, And I just 201 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 1: wanted to to set the stage there. The Pump's line 202 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: of the story is this, the leadership of the seal 203 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 1: community needs to get its collective ship together. Many will 204 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: read this on active duty and be outraged, But this 205 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: anger is part of the hubrists that is now plague 206 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,679 Speaker 1: the seal community and will continue to be cancerous until 207 00:12:56,360 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: true reflection and change happens. Now, I'll talk at leadership 208 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 1: one on one. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska, 209 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: it's spilled millions of gallons of crude oil into the 210 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: Prince William Sound of Alaska, including habitat important to birds, whales, fish, dolphin, salmon, 211 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: many other sea life. However, it was the captain of 212 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,959 Speaker 1: the ship, not his crew, that was to blame. A 213 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: captain has to take responsibility and not point fingers or 214 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: blame his crew. It's his job, and his job only 215 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 1: to steer the ship safely to its destination, regardless of 216 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:35,839 Speaker 1: the conditions. And as hard as it has been to 217 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 1: see my own community steadily drift off course, it hasn't 218 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: happened overnight or without morning. In fact, it's been years 219 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: in the making. And let's do a little thought experiment. 220 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 1: Now we pretend Admiral Seal Green is running a publicly 221 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: traded company. What would the stakeholders or shareholders of this 222 00:13:54,400 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: company think of the following press headlines below as relate 223 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: to the performance of the Seal community. After I read these, 224 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 1: would you honestly say it's a good culture, the results 225 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: of good leadership. With the share price of this company 226 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:12,439 Speaker 1: go up, would it go down? And should the CEO 227 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: of stay or should the CEO go so. Here's a 228 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: quick glance of some headlines since two thousand two. CBS 229 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 1: reports gun trafficking case gets X Navy Seal eighteen years. 230 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: New York Times reports Seal Team six secret history of 231 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: Quiet killings and bird lines. Software Seal training homicide has 232 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: the Roll of Buds two thousand sixteen, The Intercept the 233 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: crimes of Field Team six January two seven, two thousand seventeen. 234 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: Software reports military leadership to blame for Seal Team six 235 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: war crimes. January two seventeen. Washington Post Maybe promote Seal 236 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: commander and defiance of Congress to thousand seven Team l 237 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 1: A Times no charges and drowning of Navy Seal candidates 238 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: two thousand seventeen CBS Evening News, Navy Seal drug use 239 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: staggering investigation Fine San Diego Unit Tribune. Maybe Seal Commando 240 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: please guilty to sex crimes against child. September two, Soft 241 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: Red Seals charged with Green Beret murder and molly six 242 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: years after another case in Ally soldiers deaths and Malayan prostitutes. 243 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 1: Maybe Times War crimes case expands against Seal teams Mark 244 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: two thousand nine. 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They would call to ask for help 260 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: in dealing with anything from internal embezzlement of US government 261 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 1: funds to drug abuse war crimes. In this conduct, none 262 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: of them wanted to blow the whistle themselves because they 263 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 1: knew it would be a career ender. And I would 264 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: encourage you guys to go watch that CBS video on 265 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: where the three Navy seals, one active duty to former 266 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: talk about the drug issues and the teams and how 267 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 1: nobody wants to speak out because it literally will be 268 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: you'll be blackball, They'll end your career. So I was 269 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 1: so overwhelmed and then stated disbelief. I didn't know what 270 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: to do. Some of the reports were clearly motivated by revenge, 271 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 1: but others had real merit and this was disturbing to me. 272 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: I ended up going to a good friend who was 273 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: the editor in a big city newspaper, and he actually 274 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 1: putting his own personal news interest aside, advised me to 275 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:24,440 Speaker 1: reach out to the Special Operations Command directly. The hope 276 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: was they could correct the issues internally and avoid any 277 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 1: bad publicity in the future, so I decided to contact Dotcom. 278 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: I contacted them in two thousand and thirteen. I spoke 279 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:39,919 Speaker 1: several times with Command serv and Major Chris Ferris. Relayed 280 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 1: mostly the serious allegations where I actually had evidence as well, 281 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: and basically he asked us to give up our sources. 282 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:53,120 Speaker 1: Who's talking to you guys who want the names. That's 283 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 1: how it went. That exchange went poorly and ultimately was 284 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,360 Speaker 1: leaked to my own community some of the email back 285 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: and forth. Shortly after that, I started getting threatening phone 286 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,159 Speaker 1: calls and texts. Active duty Seals were threatening myself and 287 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 1: my family. I wrote it off. My main concern was 288 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: trying to do right by the community. I figured I'd 289 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: send my piece, got it off my chests, and just 290 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,159 Speaker 1: dropped it from there with the hope the Seal leadership 291 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 1: would eventually right the ship were full thinking in hindsight, 292 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 1: and the one thing that's not in the story is 293 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 1: I got attacked in the media and and and was 294 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 1: not threatened like, hey, we're going to come after your credibility, 295 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 1: and essentially they're trying to shop a bullshit story. And 296 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,440 Speaker 1: I had friends at all the big newspapers because we 297 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 1: worked with a lot of a lot of different news outlets, 298 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: and they warned me and it's like, hey, there's there's 299 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: a group of unsavory type shopping this like hit piece 300 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:47,959 Speaker 1: on you just see you're aware, like we're not touching it. 301 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 1: But that's where it came from, really, the fact that 302 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:55,119 Speaker 1: the community was scared. Not only the fact that me 303 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:58,359 Speaker 1: and several editors that soft rap knew about what was 304 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 1: going on. We had a platform, we had a very 305 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:04,159 Speaker 1: big platform, and so there was like this attempt to 306 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 1: destroy our credibility, which really didn't go over to well 307 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 1: for them. But that was like at the heart of 308 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 1: the matter, and what I do it all over again? 309 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,399 Speaker 1: Absolutely had percent um. I could just sleep with a 310 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 1: good conscious. So they have it. Like my first platoon, 311 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: she said, if you have a problem, better suggested a solution. 312 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 1: So what's the solution here? I'm a Green and his 313 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: staff need to address a very clear cultural rock internally. 314 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 1: And I remember reading something about I'm a Green saying 315 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:36,679 Speaker 1: I don't know if this is a cultural problem, but 316 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: we have a ordered discipline problem. Well, I've got something 317 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: news for you. It is a clear cultural problem, and 318 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: it's time to start dealing with the cancer because it 319 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 1: runs deep. And the fortunate thing is the good operators 320 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 1: of the Seal community, which I would say the majority are, 321 00:19:55,960 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: are drubbed down by the acts on the small percentage 322 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 1: and then by nature having to be quiet. I'm ma 323 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 1: sure to cause problems. So I would definitely start addressing 324 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,880 Speaker 1: the cultural issues if I was Amal Green and his staff. 325 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: After that, it would be wise to do outreach and 326 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 1: create an environment of camaraderie among the Seal of veteran 327 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: community to replace the hostility, public trashing of teammates and 328 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:27,879 Speaker 1: hatred that exists today. And the unfortunate thing is that 329 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 1: is widely available on the internet. I literally had to 330 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: look into in a restraining order because of the past 331 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: teammate threatening myself and my family that just wouldn't let 332 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: it go. And most of you that are familiar with 333 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:43,679 Speaker 1: the show can probably guess that is the Other thing 334 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: I talked about in the article is hubris. I had 335 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: a friend tell me that War Calm, which is the 336 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: big Seal Command, had a slide presentation that had all 337 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: the Seal authors up on it, Chris Coyle, Marcus Trell, myself, 338 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: up on power points that an attempt to blame outsiders 339 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:07,160 Speaker 1: for outside of seals for a slew of public relations 340 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 1: issues currently facing the Seal Command. This is not only unprofessional, 341 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: it's counterproductive to maintaining the legacy, heritage, and calmaraderie of 342 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:21,440 Speaker 1: the seal community and increases much more division and distrust 343 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 1: among all active and former seals. Creating an exemplary environment 344 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 1: in which all seals can communicate and support each other 345 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 1: is what's desperately needed in the community. So here I'm 346 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: just talking about, like the community at large, active duty 347 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:42,360 Speaker 1: and veterans reservists should really do much more to foster 348 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: a positive environment of communication two way communication, because what 349 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 1: this does would solve a lot of issues for work on. 350 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: If WARKRO came out to look, guys, you guys want 351 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: to go on Fox News and talk about some seal 352 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 1: mission overseas, go for it, but please just don't mention 353 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 1: this actually I Z or when you're talking on an interview, 354 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: don't speak bad about your other teammates. That's what that 355 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 1: two way communication would accomplish. It would basically give the 356 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 1: Active duty Command War Calm a podium to kind of 357 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:19,440 Speaker 1: speak to the veteran community where right now the only 358 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 1: thing that exists is a very tumultuous environment with no communication. 359 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 1: In fact, you can't even bring up software dot com 360 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: on any of the war coom servers. They blocked the 361 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: site completely just year now. So I go on to finish, 362 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: I said, A leadership within the community owes this to 363 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: all seals who have fought and given so much. Civilian 364 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,199 Speaker 1: life can be a lonely and cold place after coming 365 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,400 Speaker 1: from one of the top military jobs. There is far 366 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 1: colder than the freezing Pacific Ocean surf torture of Navy 367 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 1: seal training and Hell week. Fostering positive communication and cooperation 368 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 1: among the active inventertion seals would create alignment and the 369 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 1: community and alleviate a lot of future press headaches that 370 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: are sure to come as soon as everything may be 371 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 1: seal related continues to be newsworthy. In summary, Ady Gallagher 372 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: isn't someone I'd invite to dinner with my close friends, 373 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: but he has a decorated combat veteran multiple deployments. He 374 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 1: put his ass on a line like many others, and 375 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 1: he did it multiple times. How can we send people 376 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:25,239 Speaker 1: to war? Asked them, would brutally kill the enemy and 377 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 1: at the same time expect them to behave like boy scouts. 378 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 1: The nature of warfare is everything but this and the 379 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 1: Seal Community has been at war for almost twenty years 380 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:39,639 Speaker 1: with no break no break. This pace of war and 381 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: deployment is unsustainable and will surely have deep psychological impact 382 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:48,119 Speaker 1: on many. And he had his day in court, was 383 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 1: proven innocent by a jury of his peers. His family 384 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 1: has been through enough with the trial alone, let alone 385 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: the toll of multiple combat deployments. And we've all seen 386 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: the toll that takes on loved ones as showcased by 387 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: American Sniper, a movie by Clinice Wood where Chris Cloud 388 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: was played by Bradley Cooper. Let Eddie retire with his 389 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 1: full rank and Seal Pin intact. Time for the community 390 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: to start the healing and cancer removal and move on. 391 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: If anybody deserves a Budwiser review board, Budweiser being the 392 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:23,880 Speaker 1: nickname for what we call the Seal Pin, or try 393 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:26,919 Speaker 1: to it should be in the very Seal leadership that 394 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 1: is pointing the finger at Eddie and has been asleep 395 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 1: at the helm of the Seal community for so many years. 396 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: They are the ones who need to take a hard 397 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,679 Speaker 1: look in the mirror and start making their own beds 398 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:41,400 Speaker 1: every morning. That's the article I wrote. The bed reference 399 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:46,119 Speaker 1: is in reference to Amaal mccraven give a big speech 400 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 1: about making your bed every day and about accountability. So 401 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 1: that's why I mentioned that My problem isn't with Eddie 402 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 1: the Eddie Gallagher situation. It's with the leadership not taking 403 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 1: care of some of the best of braddest work for 404 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: that world fighters that this planet has ever seen. They've 405 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 1: let the community drift into disorderly place. They've over deployed 406 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: the seal the community without giving these guys a break 407 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 1: rather than say we're going to force you to take 408 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 1: a break if you want to promote and rank. This 409 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,640 Speaker 1: just favored the operators that would deploy over and over 410 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 1: and over again. And so there's just like multiple issues 411 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 1: at hand here. And at the end of the day, 412 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 1: those headlines I read you were like a five minute 413 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 1: Google search. You could pull up probably a hundred more. 414 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: Really look at the situation objectively and see that the 415 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:45,160 Speaker 1: community is in a really bad place and it didn't 416 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:48,159 Speaker 1: get here overnight, and it's due to leadership. When a 417 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,720 Speaker 1: ship runs around, it's the captain that needs to be 418 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 1: held responsible, not the crew under his command. So my 419 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 1: issue is with the Seal Team and the leadership. Time 420 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 1: to get your fucking ship together, take accountability, and stop 421 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: pointing your fucking fingers at everyone else. That's my position, 422 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 1: and hopefully that's shed some light under this Eddie Gallagher 423 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 1: situation for you guys. I mean, it wasn't easy for 424 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: me to write that article. I hope you know that. 425 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 1: So for those who are listening here, you can go 426 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,159 Speaker 1: on software dot com search for the article of the 427 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 1: headline Trump's intervention, Gallagher or crimes talks of culture, the 428 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,680 Speaker 1: issues of the Seal Team. Kind of with a heavy heart. 429 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: I write that note and guys have tried to trash 430 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: me in the past, and the fact is I did 431 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 1: thirteen years, six months, six days of honorable service, was 432 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: meritoriously promoted the six took over one of the top 433 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: sniper programs in the world as a twenty eight year 434 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: old kid or young man, and was extremely proud of 435 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: my service. No one's taken that away from me, and 436 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: I deserved the right to have my own opinion. So 437 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 1: if people don't like it, tough ship. 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So 461 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 1: if you know somebody also that wants to write for 462 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 1: the site, please have them contact us through the site. 463 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 1: We're constantly looking for for more writers. The other thing 464 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: I would say, again, just want to express my sincere 465 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 1: gratitude for the support the listeners and the community that 466 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: really makes software Up and Creer Club what it is today. 467 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 1: So I appreciate that. Just something to mention because it's 468 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 1: it's been a personal issue that I've been tracking. Is 469 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,720 Speaker 1: this recession right? Because we all know markets go up, 470 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 1: they go down, crashes happen. We've been in a bowl 471 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: market now for over a decade and it's going to correct. 472 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 1: Nobody knows when or what it's going to look like, 473 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: but all the signs that a correction is about to 474 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: take place is there, And so I would just encourage 475 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: you to think about that. And there's a great opportunity 476 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: that comes in any financial crisis if you plan accordingly. So, 477 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 1: especially if if you're money in the stock market, you 478 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: should really think about what's happening in the world. All 479 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 1: my friends that in one of them is the CEO 480 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 1: of one of the biggest banks in the world. I 481 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,400 Speaker 1: think that a correction is going to occur in the 482 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 1: next twenty months tumultuous year with the election, what's happening 483 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 1: with Trump most likely will get re elected in my opinion, 484 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: but just be prepared and realized. Like one of that 485 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,120 Speaker 1: friends I mentioned was the CEO of the bank has 486 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,200 Speaker 1: pulled all his money out of stock market and put 487 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: it in cash, waiting for it to motte them out 488 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: and then move back into the stock market. I'm not 489 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 1: a big stock market guy. I like to invest in 490 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,720 Speaker 1: real estate and a lot of tech startups really, so 491 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: for me is just something I know and it's it's 492 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: super stable. But anyway, something think about. They're interesting to 493 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 1: read today about Trump and the trade war. Now he 494 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:17,960 Speaker 1: puts sanctions on basically will teariffs in that sections. He 495 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 1: put teariffs on Brazil and Argentina around steel. For those 496 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: who don't know, we used to sell last means to 497 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 1: try to and left with no other resources. We started 498 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 1: we started selling so beans to Brazil, but they're really 499 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 1: undercutting the market value. So you know, Trump is just 500 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 1: pulling the levels that we have available for us. The 501 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 1: US economy is still very important in this world, and 502 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 1: he's doing pulling the levers he can and look he's 503 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: also running an election in clear that that's happening, and 504 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 1: continues to kind of maned to let the press as 505 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 1: he assist. It's really interesting to see he is. No, 506 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:03,240 Speaker 1: they've dummy, that's for sure. Anyway, I hope you guys 507 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 1: enjoyed the show. 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