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Modern Day Wars Episodes

Dec. 7, 2022

Author Ben Kesling, Bravo Company: An Afghanistan Deployment and Its …

Join Robert Child for a conversation with combat veteran and author Ben Kesling. Ben is a Midwest correspondent for the Wall Street Journal , where he focuses on domestic security and veterans issues. He holds a Master of Div...

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Nov. 16, 2022

Author Ethan Chorin, Benghazi!: A New History of the Fiasco that Push…

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Ethan Chorin. Ethan is a former diplomat, senior political analyst, author, and environmental entrepreneur. From 2004 to 2006, he was one of a handful of US diplomats posted to...

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Oct. 12, 2022

U.S. Marine Sergeant and Author Bill Bee, The Shot: The Harrowing Jou…

Join Robert Child for a conversation with U.S. Marine Sergeant and author Bill Bee. Bill enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2000 and served four years with Lima Company, Third Battalion Sixth Marine Regiment as an infantry rifle...

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Sept. 17, 2022

Retired U.S. Army Colonel and Author Richard Hooker, The Good Captain

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author and retired Colonel Richard Hooker. Richard, a career Army officer, his military service included combat tours in Grenada, Somalia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan, including com...

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Sept. 14, 2022

Author, USMC Lt. Colonel Stuart Scheller, Crisis of Command

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author and former Lt. Colonel Stuart Scheller. Stuart gained notoriety last year as a US Marine speaking out and asking for accountability for the US’s disastrous military withdrawal ...

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Sept. 7, 2022

Navy SEAL Veteran and Author Ben Milligan, By Water Beneath the Walls

Join Robert Child for a follow-up conversation with author and Navy SEAL veteran Ben Milligan. Ben became a US Navy SEAL in 2001 and served until 2009. He is the recipient of the Bronze Star and other awards. He received …

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Aug. 17, 2022

British Special Forces Veteran Des Powell, SAS Bravo Three Zero

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author and British Special Forces veteran Des Powell. After serving in the Parachute Regiment, Sergeant Major Des Powell spent twenty years in the SAS at the heart of the Counter Terr...

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July 27, 2022

U.S. Marine Corps Major Fred Galvin (ret.), A Few Bad Men, Part Two

Join Robert Child for the conclusion of his conversation with author and retired U.S. Marine Major Fred Galvin. Fred served twenty-seven years in the U.S. Marine Corps, beginning as a seventeen-year-old who rose from the enli...

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July 20, 2022

U.S. Marine Corps Major Fred Galvin (ret.), A Few Bad Men, Part One

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author and retired U.S. Marine Major Fred Galvin. Fred served twenty-seven years in the U.S. Marine Corps, beginning as a seventeen-year-old who rose from the enlisted ranks to become...

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July 13, 2022

Author Benjamin Sledge, Where Cowards Go to Die

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Benjamin Sledge. Ben is a wounded Special Operations combat veteran with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the recipient of the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and two Army Comme...

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March 23, 2022

Authors Bruns and Olson, Command and Control

Join Robert Child for a conversation with writing duo of Bruns and Olson and their new military thriller series Command and Control. David Bruns and J.R. Olson are both graduates of the Naval Academy and have been creating th...

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Nov. 11, 2021

Veterans Day Special: Richard Casper - Cofounder of Creativets

Join Robert Child for a conversation with Richard Casper. He is the cofounder of an organization that helps wounded veterans release their trauma and pain through music and art called Creativets. Casper, a wounded combat Mari...

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Aug. 18, 2021

Former Army Ranger and Author Dr. Tony Brooks, Leave No Man Behind

Join Robert Child for a conversation with former Army Ranger Dr. Tony Brooks, author of Leave No Man Behind: The Untold Story of the Rangers’ Unrelenting Search for Marcus Luttrell, the Navy SEAL Lone Survivor in Afghanistan....

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Aug. 11, 2021

Former Navy SEAL and Author Ben Milligan, By Water Beneath the Walls:…

Join Robert Child for a conversation with former Navy SEAL, Bronze Star recipient, and author Ben Milligan. Ben has written By Water Beneath the Walls: The Rise of the Navy SEALs , which chronicles the rise of the Navy SEALs …

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