1 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: Ah beaut Force. If it doesn't work, you're just not 2 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 1: using enough. You're listening to Software Radio, Special Operations, military 3 00:00:25,520 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: news and straight talk with the guys and the community 4 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: softwarep dot Com on Time on Target episode three thirty one, 5 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: Steve BALLASTI areas on the Fate. Steve was on back 6 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: ten episodes ago. UM. If you listen to the end 7 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,199 Speaker 1: of the last episode, I said, we have Rob O'Neil 8 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 1: on here. We are going to do an episode with 9 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: Rob O'Neil on the Power of Thought UM, but we're 10 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: not gonna do it for soft rep. So if you 11 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 1: want to check that out, just look up the Power 12 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: of Thought UM on Apple Podcasts anywhere that you get 13 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: your podcasts, and yeah, we're we're gonna have that up. 14 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: I'm also working on social media for Power of Thoughts, 15 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: so we can kind of separate the two. But there's 16 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: so much great content on there, so if you haven't 17 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: checked it out, please do. UM. But with that, I'm 18 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: very grateful that Steve was able to come on with me, 19 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: and there's a lot to talk about UM. For those 20 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: who don't remember, Steve is a former Special Forces n 21 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 1: c O and warrant all Sir, the loan editor and 22 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: writer for Special Operations dot com. And the last time 23 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: you were on, we were talking about these interviews that 24 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 1: you've been doing with veterans from older wars um and 25 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: the biggest news on my end and I want to 26 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,399 Speaker 1: hear about the interviews that you've been doing. Is that 27 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: I remember saying you on our call that we do 28 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: every week. You know, you gotta get in touch with 29 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,959 Speaker 1: Jim Downing, Lieutenant Jim Downing, who is the second the 30 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: second oldest at the time living Pearl Harbor survivor, and 31 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: just the other week he passed away. So it's just 32 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: it really confirms that thought of that these guys are 33 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: not going to be around much longer. And if you 34 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: get the opportunity to talk to them, take that opportunity. 35 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: If they're ever speaking, um, you know in your area, 36 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: it's something that you really should not miss. Yeah. Absolutely, 37 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: And I'm sorry I never got to talk with him 38 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: because you know, talking with an actual Pearl Harbor survival 39 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: would have been really awesome. I I know, you know, 40 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: it goes to what we we talked about, right, and 41 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,679 Speaker 1: that means we're losing so many of these guys every day, 42 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 1: and and you know it's it's really sad. And in fact, 43 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,239 Speaker 1: I mentioned to your offline then you know, the very 44 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: first interview we did with the EO GiMA survivor, he 45 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: was the backseater and a die bomber, and uh, he's 46 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: in the hospital right now. He's he's pretty ill, and 47 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: of course anytime somebody in their nineties is ill, it's 48 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: very serious. So hopefully I'll get over to see him here. Uh, 49 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: well soon, but yeah, we're we're continuing to drive along 50 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: with that. We have a couple of more veterans online 51 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: that we're hoping to get into a studio or visit 52 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: them antor homes and and we're driving on with that, 53 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: and their stories are always awesome to hear. So the 54 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: guy who's in the hospital, and what's his name again, 55 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: his name is Rolling A. Chance. Uh, he was in 56 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: the Navy. He was the backseater and a Dauntless dive 57 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: bomber and and he was over EWO Jima. And yeah, 58 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: he's a very interesting man. I've known him for quite 59 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: a few years and you know, to talk with him, 60 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: he's uh, he's a really cool guy and still has 61 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: a grip of when you shake his hand. If you 62 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: don't shake it very hard. Going back. He'll Prussia. He 63 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 1: lives in a like a revolutionary error old farmhouse. It's 64 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: like two hundred and fifty years old. Uh, in central Massachusetts. 65 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: He lives up over a lake. Is a beautiful place. 66 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: And uh, you know, we we talked about, you know, 67 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: his life. You know, how the the Second World War 68 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 1: affected him. I mean, you know what the prevailing thing 69 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 1: when you talk to these uh, these gentlemen about their experiences. 70 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 1: A lot them were World War Two. They might have 71 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:08,479 Speaker 1: only had twelve to fifteen months combat time, but in 72 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 1: effect of the rest of their lives and how they 73 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: decided to live the rest of their lives, which to 74 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: me is amazing. You know, that's small. You know, he 75 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 1: took a man who was ninety nine four years old 76 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 1: and he's taking a twelve or fifteen months segment of 77 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 1: his life, and that is the prevailing you know factor, 78 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 1: and how he lived the rest of it. So I'm 79 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: I'm guessing that that's an interview people um will see 80 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: at some point. It's not up to now though, right No, No, 81 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 1: We're we're still gathering those and I'm not sure how 82 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: software TV is gonna gonna progress with that. I mean 83 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: that that's still something that you know needs to be 84 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: worked out. We're we're gathering as many of them as 85 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 1: we can and you know, once I'm sure once they 86 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: have enough of them will start seeing those. And I 87 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: think that you know, people who who who reads are 88 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: obviously are our website and uh like the history part 89 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:10,559 Speaker 1: of things. I think they'll really enjoy these because every 90 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: guy has a different story and their experiences differ. But 91 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,919 Speaker 1: I think, um people will will really like them. I 92 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: can't wait to see it because it really is long overdue. 93 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: It's something that I know guys at the company have 94 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 1: been talking about for a long time, and you know, 95 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: it's it's also as we said earlier, it's one of 96 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,799 Speaker 1: those things that you really have to act on now 97 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 1: because many of these guys are not going to be 98 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: with us five years, ten years down the line. No, 99 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: And that's exactly it. I mean, we're losing them at 100 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: such a rate every day. And like I said, uh, 101 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: you know, uh, Roland was our first interview that we did, 102 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 1: and we went to his home because he doesn't get 103 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: out as much. He was very active. He still is active, 104 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: but I mean, you know, he's slowing down a lot 105 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,159 Speaker 1: at at nine before I think, you're you're allowed to 106 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 1: slow down and what's there? But yeah, but now he's uh, 107 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: he's been sick with pneumonia in the hospital and hopefully 108 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: I'll have a chance to go over and see him 109 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: today and and hopefully we'll see him back on his feet. 110 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: But uh, yeah, you know those guys, um, you know, 111 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: they're they're they're getting up there in years, even our 112 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: Vietnam veterans. I've done a few interviews with them, and 113 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: you know, they're they're not spring chickens anymore either. We 114 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: tend to think of Vietnam vetches, you know, younger than 115 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: they really are. Some of the guys who bought in 116 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: the sixties, now you know, they're getting up there and 117 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:39,559 Speaker 1: they're like, you know, in their seventies now, and it's tough. 118 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: You know. We did a couple of interviews with them guys, 119 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: and you know, guys who fought there, and that's head 120 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: offensive and paratroopers with a hundred and first and one 121 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: seventy three, and we're we're trying to get a couple 122 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: of more of the World War Two guys who fought 123 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: in the Battle of the Bulge. But they again they've 124 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: been ill. There's a there's a couple of Korean war 125 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: vets that we want to talk to as well, because 126 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: that seems to be the one war that doesn't get 127 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: a lot of, you know, airplay. It's funny that you 128 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 1: say that these guys are allowed to slow down, because 129 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: it made me think of if people haven't heard it. 130 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: By the way, the Power of Thought, I just looked 131 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,239 Speaker 1: up which episode it was. Look up Power of Thought 132 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: episode thirteen. We had on Captain Jerry Yellen, who was 133 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: a World War Two fighter pilot um flew the last 134 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: combat mission over Japan and the P fifty one Mustang 135 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: uh former Army Army Air Force and which, by the way, 136 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: I learned this from the episode when I was researching. 137 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 1: So like my grandpa was an Army Air Corvette, which 138 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: eventually became the Air Force, but for a short period 139 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 1: of time at the end of World War Two it 140 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: was the Army Air Forces. I'm sure you know this. 141 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: I did not know this. I just thought it went 142 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 1: from the Army Air Corps to the Air Force. Um. 143 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: But anyway, the guy is ninety four years old and 144 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: he's still flying planes. That's amazing, isn't it. Yeah, insane, 145 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 1: you know. I I hope I'm still breathing when I'm eighty, 146 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 1: never mind ninety four, and to be able to still fly. 147 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: I mean the shows. I mean some some guys have 148 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 1: a um have a great way of taking care of 149 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: themselves and there they must be doing something right. Yeah, 150 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: I have to give you his contact to come to 151 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: think of it, because he was great on the show. Um. 152 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 1: Like I said, if you haven't heard it, I don't 153 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: know if you have or the audience, but episode thirteen 154 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: of Power of Thought, that guy has such an incredible story. Yeah, 155 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: we'll definitely have to talk with him. Yeah, he was 156 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: actullent and he still does speaking engagements. Um. You know, 157 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: he was talking about being Jewish and that he speaks 158 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: at Jewish War veterans um events and that type of thing. 159 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: And I think he still does other speaking engagements, put 160 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 1: out a book, so he's still very active. As as 161 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: we've talked about before, there's some of these guys who 162 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: want to make sure that their story is told before 163 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 1: they passed away. And some of the guys are very quiet, 164 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: and you don't hear them say one thing about their 165 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: combat services. You said, you know, with your dad, for example, Yeah. 166 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: Earlier this week I had spoke to our managing out 167 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: of the Odyssey, and I had mentioned that I had 168 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 1: met another Marine Corps veteran from Ego Jima was you know, 169 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: fighting on the ground and and he had spoken with me, 170 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 1: you know, uh, pretty openly. I was actually in the 171 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 1: waiting room at the hospital and we I saw his 172 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: hat and we started you know talking, and I told 173 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,319 Speaker 1: him what I had been doing, and he smiled and said, 174 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: I appreciate what you're doing. I think it's worth while. 175 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: I just don't do to talk about that on camera. 176 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,959 Speaker 1: And uh, I can you know, I can totally understand that. 177 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: I totally get it. And some guys don't really feel 178 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: comfortable doing that. Some guys do and uh and and 179 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,959 Speaker 1: and again. From talking to him in the short amount 180 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,679 Speaker 1: of time I did, he had a very interesting story. 181 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 1: He had fought in a couple of the other island 182 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: campaigns and then he want to show you will. He 183 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: didn't stay there very long. He got wounded in action 184 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,839 Speaker 1: and was you know, met him. Well, he was taken 185 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: on a hospital ship. Um so he was only there 186 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: about three or four days. But his experiences were pretty intense, 187 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 1: to say the least. So now, if a guy says 188 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 1: that he's not comfortable being interviewed, doesn't want to be 189 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: on video, do you just take note for an answer, 190 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: or do you try to like nudge these guys a 191 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: little bit, because I've I've encountered that just as a 192 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: radio producer, with people saying like I don't it's not 193 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: about me, I don't want to come on, and sometimes 194 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: you can coax them to to make an appearance. Yeah. Well, 195 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 1: and in fact, most of the guys I've talked to 196 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: how to be coaxed a little bit, you know, because 197 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 1: as they most of them are very humble and they 198 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: you know, they take the attitude you know, no one 199 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: wants to hear what I have to say. I wasn't 200 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 1: a hero or I didn't do anything special, and you know, 201 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: we tell them everyone's story is important, no matter what 202 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: you did, no matter where you served. Everyone's story is 203 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 1: important because everybody that serves it's important. And are you 204 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 1: know the way we look at it? And uh, yeah, 205 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: I tried to image him because I told him, hey, 206 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: this isn't this isn't about me or you, It's really 207 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: about all of the veterans and of every you know era. 208 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: But he just said no, he just uh, you know, 209 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:47,079 Speaker 1: he's like, certain things will come out of our conversation 210 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: if we start talking, and some of those things I 211 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: want to leave where they are. And I can understand that. 212 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's it's kind of funny to me when 213 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: sometimes these guys say that, um, the you know, they 214 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 1: say like, oh, I didn't really do anything. Why you know, 215 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,439 Speaker 1: why do you want to interview me? And you're right, 216 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: everybody has a story, right, and uh, you know, a 217 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: marine rifleman who fought in a couple of campaigns in 218 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 1: World War Two, to include Ego Jima, he has a 219 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: story to tell and it's important, you know. And he 220 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: was wounded in action obviously, so I mean, so you know, 221 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: you know that he saw a lot of of combat. 222 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: And even if you know his his experience on Ewo 223 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: Jima was only three or four days. That was three 224 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 1: or four days of very I mean, as we know 225 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: in the history, that was amongst the most intense combat 226 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: anyone saw during the Second World War. I mean it 227 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 1: was eight square mile strip of volcanic ash and we 228 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,959 Speaker 1: lost seven thousand men there. I mean, that's speaks of 229 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,079 Speaker 1: the ferocity that happened there, and you just have to 230 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: tip your hat to that generation of men because that's, uh, 231 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 1: it had to be an incredibly difficult place, you know, 232 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: to serve. So there's there's several guys that you have 233 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: interviewed since we last spoke, um that that did agree, right, yes, 234 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: and uh yeah, we spoke with a couple of Vietnam 235 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: that's I spoke to one who's um who arrived in 236 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: Vietnam and early n offensive was wearing down, and he 237 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 1: served in Couccine where the Vietnamese had all the tunnels there, 238 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: and we talked about his life. He was an infantryman 239 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: and you know, they they did a lot of ambushes 240 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: and you know, sweets and stuff like that. And he 241 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 1: talked about the Vietnamese civilians because they seemed to bear 242 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: the brunt of the war no matter which side they 243 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: were on, and a lot of them, unfortunately, really didn't 244 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: take a side. They more than anything, they wanted to 245 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: be left alone. And that was the prevailing thought that 246 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 1: he had of that. Our own Knight spoke with another 247 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: guy who's a paratrooper with a hundred and first and 248 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: the one seventy third Airborne, and his experiences were a 249 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: little Vietnam as well. One of our World War Two 250 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: vets who have fought as an infantryman in the Battle 251 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: of the Bulge has been ill as well. He's been 252 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: in rehab and we're hoping to get him in the 253 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: studio real soon. You know, I had met him before. 254 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: We had talked, and he talked about facing a German 255 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: tiger tank with nothing in his head but of Bsuka, 256 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: So that that should be some interesting stories to talk about. 257 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: You know, when you're talking about an eighteen nineteen year 258 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: old kid, you know, German tanks are coming at you 259 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: and you're you're stitting there with nothing but a bazoo 260 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: because it's basically you know, won't go through their armor 261 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: unless you let it roll past you and you shoot 262 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: it in the rear. So you talk about some guys 263 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: who had some courage, you know, I think that gets 264 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: the scale there. What was the tone like when they 265 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 1: were calling these stories, because it's probably something that they 266 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: haven't talked about in years. Most of the tone is 267 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: most of them, it's it's amazing. They they're upbeat about it. 268 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: I mean they knew, Hey, you know a lot of 269 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 1: them don't have any It will to the guys that 270 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: they fought. They take it. Hey, you know, he had 271 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 1: his job to do. I had mine, and you know, 272 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: at the time, you know the prevailing thoughts. You don't 273 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: think about it until after the fact. Now, as you're older, 274 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: you look back and you wonder how we survived. But 275 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: the prevailing thought is um, you know, they take it. 276 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: You know, their recall is really really good, even after 277 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:05,159 Speaker 1: seventy plus years. You talked to these guys and they 278 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,400 Speaker 1: can remember every little detail down to what they were 279 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,479 Speaker 1: doing at the time. You know, maybe a battle started. 280 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 1: You know, talked to one guy who was talking about 281 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,640 Speaker 1: his uh you know, in the spell of Bulky Guy, 282 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: what he was actually eating in a hole when the 283 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 1: Germans attacked him. So, yeah, it's interesting. And then they 284 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 1: all have the little things that they remember that you know, 285 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: it didn't seem important at the time, and as they 286 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:37,439 Speaker 1: get older it tends to come back to them and 287 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 1: they remember certain little details that I find always interesting. 288 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: I'm also guessing that the veteran the veteran connection helps. 289 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: When you tell them your background, that you're special operations, 290 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 1: they know that you're someone who they could comfortably relay 291 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:57,919 Speaker 1: that story too. Yeah, and in fact, one of the 292 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 1: Vietnam Vets I had interview. Yeah, he was the infantryman 293 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: that Foad and Couci, and he had done an interview 294 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 1: with a local television station and U a few years ago, 295 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: and he said it didn't go well. He was very 296 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:17,400 Speaker 1: uncomfortable and uh he said that, you know, he had 297 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,880 Speaker 1: told his wife he wouldn't do that again. But then 298 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:24,440 Speaker 1: I had talked to him. We had talked pretty extensively 299 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 1: about it prior to him coming to the television the 300 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:31,679 Speaker 1: local television studio where we filmed at, and so he 301 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: felt very comfortable and he was all for it. He 302 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: was like, I think this one will go much better. 303 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 1: And then when we finished, he was like, that was 304 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 1: really interesting. I could have talked for another twenty at 305 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:48,199 Speaker 1: thirty minutes, so that that will come across on film. 306 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: You know, yeah, I think it probably. It probably sets 307 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 1: the tone and gets them to have the right attitude 308 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: about getting in there and and being comfortable telling these stories. 309 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 1: And what's like your favorite thing to ask these guys? Yeah, 310 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 1: you know what, what I'd like to ask him, there's like, 311 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 1: you know, what, how did your service because everyone served 312 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: in different errors and different places, how did it affect you? 313 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 1: Personally after your service was over, did it change the 314 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,639 Speaker 1: way you looked at your life and you know, back home, 315 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 1: did it change what you have had planned? Because you 316 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 1: know a lot of guys, especially the World War Two guys, 317 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 1: they grew up, even if here in Massachusetts most people 318 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 1: came from little farming communities and they had nothing, you know, 319 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 1: more planned with their lives and hey, coming back, I'm 320 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 1: gonna take over the family farm. And a lot of 321 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 1: these guys they decided they were going to go into 322 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 1: some kind of you know, service related um type of 323 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: career where they they still want to serve people. A 324 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: lot of them went into local politics, you know, different 325 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:01,399 Speaker 1: types of things and served in different in realms or 326 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 1: whatever you wanted to fall it. I I find that 327 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:07,679 Speaker 1: really interesting because a lot of these guys, you know, 328 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: they saw there was a lot bigger world out there 329 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: than just their own little no farm and a bucolic 330 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 1: little Massachusetts you know town, and all of a sudden, 331 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 1: now things have changed and it affected them, I think 332 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 1: for the better. I mean, most of these guys said, 333 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: my my service made me a better person today that 334 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 1: I would have been if I had never gone in. 335 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: If I had to guess though, even though you're saying 336 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 1: like there's a pattern of of jobs that they've gone 337 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: into that that are similar, I'm sure it's a very 338 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: different story for all of them. And it's like a 339 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 1: kind of a connecting theme I've seen on this show 340 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,439 Speaker 1: is just that veterans are not a monolith. You're not 341 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,440 Speaker 1: going to get the veterans as a whole to agree 342 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: on many things because they're all individuals, right absolutely, you know. 343 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 1: And then you know, one guy went into the family business. 344 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: Another guy you know, became you know, he served in 345 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: many different aspects of local politics. He was a school 346 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 1: committee member, he was you know, a town selectment, you know, 347 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 1: it served in different committees, and uh, you know he uh. 348 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 1: Another one went into the v A. He served disabled veterans. So, 349 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: you know, I think that that's a really you know, 350 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: telling thing that they decided to keep giving back to 351 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 1: the communities into the country and that that error that 352 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 1: they had of military service stuck with them and it 353 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: affected the way that they lived the rest of their 354 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:46,640 Speaker 1: lives in a very positive manner. All Right, So we've 355 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: teased this out pretty good. People are probably like, when 356 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: do I get to see this, Do we have any idea. No, 357 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 1: I don't. I mean, that's of my realm. I'm I'm 358 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: just helping, you know, putting put some of these together. 359 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: Other we have the guys from software up TV, and 360 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: you know that's I know, they're very, very busy, they're 361 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 1: always out doing other stuff. But I'm sure, like I said, 362 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 1: once we get these uh enough of them together, we'll 363 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 1: probably start seeing these being put out and hopefully we'll 364 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 1: get them out really soon. I think, um, you know, 365 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: I think it's something that our subscribers were not subscribers 366 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 1: anymore now stribers, So oh that's still a description. Yeah. 367 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: But you know, I think, are you know, everyone out 368 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 1: there that that reads our stuff that listens, I think 369 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:43,679 Speaker 1: that they'll be, uh, they'll be really intrigued by this, 370 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 1: and I think it's worth while. Yeah, and I'd be 371 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:47,680 Speaker 1: down to play some of it on the podcast because 372 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: I think people want to hear it. Um, how how 373 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:54,400 Speaker 1: much raw footage do you have at this point? I'm 374 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 1: not sure I'd have to go back. I think the 375 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: longest one was probably fifty five minutes, and most of 376 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 1: them we talked for about thirty thirty five minutes. I mean, 377 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: so we have a couple of hours of good footage 378 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: coming in and uh, I'm sure you know we're gonna 379 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: get a lot more of that as we as we progress, 380 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,919 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, I have another one lined up 381 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: with it. Ye quarter Polegic Special Forces officer down to Texas. 382 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 1: We're gonna have to do it remotely, but we're gonna 383 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 1: do that real soon. He's a very intriguing guy. I 384 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 1: can't wait to do it with him. I'm excited for it. 385 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: I'm excited to see it all um. And then also 386 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 1: with what you're up to at Special Operations dot Com. 387 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: I mean, for those who don't know of the hurricane 388 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:48,400 Speaker 1: meets media sites, Special Operations dot Com is is more 389 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: of the history oriented site. And you're working on a 390 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 1: piece or is it a recent piece on the five 391 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 1: twelve Allied Airman by the OSS and World War Two? Yeah, 392 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: we post said that yesterday. It was something that. Yeah, 393 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 1: it was on the special dot Com yesterday. A few 394 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 1: months ago. I had been I love reading the os 395 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: S because that was the forerunners of the c i 396 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: A in World War Two and then the Special Forces. 397 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:23,199 Speaker 1: And uh, and so I talked. I talked to a 398 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 1: guy down at the spok you know, down in Tampa, 399 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 1: the the big convention we were at last summer or 400 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: last spring, and we spoke about that the OSS. And 401 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: then there was this operation they ran in Yugoslavia where 402 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: all these downed airmen and World War two were being 403 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 1: stranded there and they sent in a handful of OSS 404 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 1: guys and they rescued actually five hundred and twelve Allied airmen. 405 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:57,360 Speaker 1: They made an airstrip right under the noses of the Germans, 406 00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: basically by hand, with no tools, and they were able 407 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,200 Speaker 1: to sneak in a bunch of Sea forty seven's and 408 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:06,160 Speaker 1: get all of these airmen out. They didn't lose a 409 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: man doing it. The story was incredible and it's amazing 410 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: that it's never been really publicized. And so I had 411 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 1: asked for for Christmas and received this book called The 412 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 1: Forgotten five hundred and in the book it explains the 413 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 1: entire operation. It was a fascinating story, and these guys 414 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 1: who did it absolutely incredible and it was a tremendous story. 415 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: They got them all out and then sixty years later 416 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 1: and a lot of them went back to Serbia actually, 417 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: and the guy said, we didn't really have a great 418 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:49,160 Speaker 1: relationship within the nineties, but these Serbian farmers had protected 419 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:54,239 Speaker 1: American and British pilots and they they hid them from 420 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: the Germans, they fed them, they nursed their wounds and 421 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 1: helped us get these all out and it was a 422 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:05,400 Speaker 1: tremendous story. And we put that up on the website yesterday. Yeah, 423 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,640 Speaker 1: I see it up right here. So it's Operation how 424 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 1: You're one of the great rescue stories of World War Two. Yeah. Absolutely. 425 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 1: The thing is you write so many articles so that 426 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 1: that's not even on the front page anymore. Yeah. Yeah, 427 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: there's another one actually today. I think it was about 428 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 1: the most decorated Navy seal ed buyers. He won the medal. 429 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 1: He was awarded the Medal of Honor I should say, um, 430 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 1: just a couple of years ago by President Obama, and 431 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:38,439 Speaker 1: that was from a operation where he freed Am, an 432 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:43,159 Speaker 1: American hostage in Afghanistan in two thousand twelves. And again 433 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: that was a really great story. I remember when he 434 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: was awarded the Medal of Honor. I watched the clips 435 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 1: of him and then he was on Stephen Colbert show. Um, 436 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: I think it was the next evening. Um. He did 437 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 1: an interview with Stephen Colbert which was really really well done. 438 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,680 Speaker 1: And then the other piece of history that you covered 439 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 1: is that as we're recording this, which is March first, 440 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 1: this is the sixteenth anniversary of Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan, right, 441 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: And that's what I'm working on today as a matter 442 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:21,359 Speaker 1: of fact. Hopefully that will be up in the morning 443 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:27,199 Speaker 1: people here this yeah, yeah, and that should be up 444 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 1: March sewo. UM. I always try to get them out 445 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 1: first thing in the morning. But yeah, Operation Anicona was 446 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:39,199 Speaker 1: a big was one of the first big operations we 447 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 1: had over there, and there a lot of guys were 448 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 1: killed and injured during that, you know, during that big 449 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 1: operation where the Taliban and al Qaeda guys tried to 450 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: slug it out and it didn't work out too well 451 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: for them, but we did suffer a lot of casualties there, 452 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 1: and there was a lot of different troops involved, not 453 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 1: only Special Forces guys, but conventional units as well, plus 454 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 1: the United States Air Force who really put some air 455 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:17,639 Speaker 1: support down for our ground troops. Awesome. So I'm looking 456 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 1: forward to seeing that you guys will have that up. 457 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 1: I'll link to it. UM. Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan began today, 458 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: as recording this in two thousand two, UM You can 459 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 1: follow Steve of course on Twitter at Steve B seven SFG. 460 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 1: I know that the last time we talked UM, we 461 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 1: did talk a little NFL because of your side gigs, 462 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: So I guess that is slowing down a little bit. Yeah. Yeah, 463 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 1: And things have calmed down a little bit since the 464 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 1: Super Bowls and over, but you know, the NFL combine 465 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: and the Draft right around the corner. It never really 466 00:28:55,560 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 1: stops anymore, you know, there's really no offseason on. In 467 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 1: addition to my softwarep stuff and the special ops and 468 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 1: the interviews, UH, still doing some NFL Draft stuff as well, 469 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 1: so it keeps me busy, very cool. So yeah, as uh. 470 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 1: Also as a reminder for those who are listening, UH, 471 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,239 Speaker 1: it's appropriate to talk softwarep TV because this is what 472 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,200 Speaker 1: we're talking about is something that you're gonna see on 473 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 1: softwarep TV in the near future, hopefully very near future. 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And then also, if you haven't 483 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 1: gotten a chance to check out the soft Rep Create Club. 484 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 1: It's a subscription to get a box of badass tactical 485 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: and survival gear delivered to your door every month, so 486 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 1: it's like tactical Christmas every month. Here's the kicker. All 487 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:18,320 Speaker 1: the gears handpicked and tested by former Spec ops guys, 488 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:20,920 Speaker 1: so you know you're getting quality gear that's gonna work 489 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: when you needed to. Um. In the past, we've sent 490 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 1: fire starters, multi tools, E d C, med kits and 491 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 1: it's all picked once again by Special Operations veterans. 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And when you talked about 501 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 1: the fire starter and the in the fire starting materials, Um, yeah, 502 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be doing a piece on that and probably 503 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:15,720 Speaker 1: the upcoming weeks. And that is some outstanding material that 504 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 1: it's in the Creek Club. I can't wait to tell 505 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 1: people about it, because, as you know, as a Special 506 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 1: Forces guy, we tend to look at things a little 507 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 1: on the jaded side because you never know what you're 508 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 1: gonna get. People say, oh, this works really good. Well, 509 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 1: I can tell you that the fire starting stuff we 510 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:37,040 Speaker 1: got in our create was some outstanding stuff and I 511 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:40,160 Speaker 1: hope to be able to write about that real soon 512 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, I was. I was actually just over 513 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,680 Speaker 1: at my town dock where I live in Port Washington yesterday, 514 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,960 Speaker 1: you know, as the sun was going down. It's finally 515 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 1: like some nice weather here, even though apparently tonight it 516 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 1: won't be. But yesterday was very nice weather, and I 517 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: brought my binoculars from the Premium Creek Club and man, 518 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,600 Speaker 1: those or those are amazing and it's cool for times 519 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: like that when you have a nice view of the 520 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 1: water and you know, some stuff that you want to 521 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 1: see over the water that you can't see with the 522 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 1: naked eye. Um, it's it's all just great stuff, which 523 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 1: at the time I know was picked out by Drew Dwyer. Um. 524 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 1: Scott Whitner is more uh doing that now. Yeah, Scott 525 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 1: does a great job with that. Scott's the man, absolutely 526 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,960 Speaker 1: and I gotta get him back on soon. Um. Yeah. 527 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:28,000 Speaker 1: So the last thing I'll say is, as we're wrapping 528 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: this one up, head over um once again to the 529 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 1: Power of Thought podcast and you'll hear yet another full 530 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:37,960 Speaker 1: interview with Navy Seal Robert O'Neill, best known as the 531 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 1: U b L Shooter. Um. And this will be the 532 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:42,600 Speaker 1: third time we've had him in studio. But that's on 533 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:44,920 Speaker 1: the Power of Thoughts. If you haven't checked that out, 534 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 1: go to that now. UM. Like I said, in the 535 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 1: next few days, I'm gonna launch like a Twitter and 536 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:53,480 Speaker 1: Instagram for the Power of Thought, where we're actually uh 537 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 1: twenty nine episodes deep on the Power of Thoughts. It's 538 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,600 Speaker 1: about time that we kind of launch her on social 539 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,320 Speaker 1: media for that and I feel like most of you 540 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 1: guys who listen have have checked out that podcast, but 541 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 1: if you haven't, please do so. Um, because many of 542 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,080 Speaker 1: you are wondering, like, what happened to Brandon? What's what's 543 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 1: he up to? He's still doing a weekly podcast, but 544 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 1: that's the podcast he's doing. So her Hurricane group as 545 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 1: a whole is doing three podcasts a week, so it's 546 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,320 Speaker 1: plenty of material for you guys to check out and 547 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 1: enjoy each week. Awesome. Yeah, I actually look forward to 548 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: hearing that Rob O'Neil interview that you're gonna be doing 549 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:33,080 Speaker 1: with Brandon as him. Uh, look forward to to listening 550 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:36,720 Speaker 1: to that as always, He's always an interesting guy that listened. 551 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:40,800 Speaker 1: He again, we're talking about guys with a lot of experience. 552 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,440 Speaker 1: Not many guys can say they did what he did. No, 553 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,480 Speaker 1: that that is for sure. But yeah, thanks Steve, Thanks 554 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 1: so much for coming on and doing this with me. 555 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:53,760 Speaker 1: Love having you on and hearing what you're up to. 556 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:59,080 Speaker 1: And look look forward to seeing his interviews. Okay, actually, 557 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:02,600 Speaker 1: and thank you for having me on the always deploysure 558 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:10,000 Speaker 1: be Bot. You've been listening to soft Rep Radio. New 559 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:13,480 Speaker 1: episodes up every Wednesday and Friday for all of the 560 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:17,320 Speaker 1: great content from our veteran journalists. Join us and become 561 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:20,719 Speaker 1: a team room member today at soft Rep dot com, 562 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:24,760 Speaker 1: follow the show on Instagram and Twitter at soft rep Radio, 563 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:27,799 Speaker 1: and be sure to also check out the Power of 564 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:32,839 Speaker 1: Thought podcast, hosted by Hurricane Group CEO and Navy Seal 565 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,360 Speaker 1: Sniper instructor Brandon Webb.