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Kenneth Steiger served a Special Agent in the FBI from the 1980’s until 2006, and was assigned to major cases in organized crime like the Colombo family. He even worked on the famous case of the largest Ponzi scheme in history with Bernie Madoff. We really get the lowdown on mafia crime in New York […]
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has been called a “traitor” and a “defector” by the likes of prime time television hosts on mainstream media, military personnel, and even our current President. The narrative has also been that the Obama administration traded him for five terrorists, and the lives of American war fighters were lost in the process […]
Bob Baer served as a CIA case officer, primarily in the Middle East, and has written renowned books on his experience including “See No Evil.” Baer served with the Agency from 1976 to 1997, and as some of you may know, “See No Evil” became the inspiration for the critically acclaimed film “Syriana” with George […]
We start off this show with a pretty big announcement some of you may have heard earlier in the week from myself (Ian Scotto,) that I have decided to move on from the podcast and work on some future endeavors. I greatly appreciate the positive feedback from any of you who reached out, and have […]
Joining us this episode are previous guests of the show Doug Kechijian & CJ Woodruff. To refresh you on both of these guys, Doug is a retired Air Force PJ, physical therapist, and current CEO of Resilient Performance Systems, and CJ is a retired Marine, personal trainer, and social media personality. I decided to pair […]
We’ve all been waiting for it, “Messages From Beyond” by James “Smokey” West is finally here, and joining him in studio to talk about it is his co-author, Charlene da Silva. As you’ll hear Jim discuss, this will be the first in a series of books, and this one begins at a time detailing the […]
Fans of the Hurricane Group network of sites may be familiar with our aviation website FighterSweep.com, and it’s former editor and writer for the site Paco Chierici has just today released his debut novel, “Lions of the Sky.” The retired Navy fighter pilot who now captains a 737 and recreationally flies a Yak-50 is fulfilling […]
With nearly three decades of service in Army Special Forces, also serving as a Special Agent in the DEA, authoring several novels, and inventing tools now widely used by the military like the R.A.T.S. Tourniquet, Jeff Kirkham’s background is both versatile and impressive. He joins us this episode getting into stories that include his tourniquet […]
Joining us for the first time on SOFREP Radio is 13-year Marine Corps veteran with Force Reconnaissance, Jose “Pep” Tablada. Calling Jose’s background impressive would be a massive understatement, serving both as a team leader and platoon sergeant with qualifications including graduating as a combatant diver, scout sniper, SERE-C, HALO, and more. It’s not often […]
Can you believe that there are still 82,000 Americans that remain missing in action? This was the catalyst for Richard Jellerson’s latest work “A Solemn Promise: America’s Missing in Action.” Jellerson has written and directed quite a few films that can be seen at StoryTellerFilms.TV including “The Personal Experience: Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam” for The […]
The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19th, 1995 in Oklahoma City stands as the most deadly act of domestic terrorism, killing 169 people and injuring nearly 700. Although perpetrator of the attacks Timothy McVeigh would take sole credit for the atrocity on that day, there have always been theories involving […]
C.J. Ramone is a friend to the show, and for the uninitiated played bass from 1989 on with pioneers of punk rock, The Ramones. Prior to joining the legendary New York band, he was a Marine, and has some great stories. As you’ll hear, you may learn of some of these stories for a future […]