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In a derelict industrial complex just outside of Kiev, soldiers of the Ukrainian National Guard are demonstrating their technical and tactical competence. Enlisted men and officers of the Ukrainian National Guard are designing, engineering, innovating, and manufacturing custom tanks developed to meet the evolving challenges throughout the Ukrainian battlespace. Warfighters with pre-war experience in engineering, mechanics, […]
The guys talk about anger management issues, dealing with posers pretending to be Special Operations soldiers, and Jim talks about confronting a fellow team member on a body guard job in Haiti.
The panel discusses war stories from clubs and bars during military life. Plenty of smack talking ensues. Wait for the flaming hot cheetoes, online dating, and eating at Dennys.
The guys talk about training deaths, and thier favorite war movies.
Brandon, Gilliam, and Jim tell stories about Thai “strip clubs” and Jim gets more than he bargained for during a blind date at Dennys.
The guys tell some crazy stories about ex-girlfriends, “Online dating is like eating off the Denny’s menu.”
This past Memorial Day weekend we got a few of the guys together. Jim West, Brandon Webb, Jonathan Gilliam, Steve Ralston and Jason Delgado. Army, Navy and Marine Corps, all cut from the same cloth. In our first episode we get to introductions and begin to dive into some tall, mostly true, stories. This is […]
Tom recalls combat actions on the ground in occupied France, including hair raising nightime recon patrols in which ones of his team mates was killed by a enemy sniper.
Episode 5: Tom tells the hair raising story about how the men of the 501st Parachute Regiment loaded into their aircrafts and took off to jump into Normandy. The para-troopers flew towards France at low level, enduring fog, flooding on the ground, and Nazi boobytraps on the dropzones.
Tom talks about a riot between the Air Force and Army in North Carolina prior to deploying to combat. Tom also recalls one shameful episode in the U.S. Army, however the military justice back then was swift and effective as the para-troopers soon learned.
Tom explains the Tennessee maneuvers, the pre-war combat training conducted prior to shipping off to combat in World War II. Tom also talks about the infamous mount currahee runs that the para-troopers had to conduct before explaining their trip to the European theater by boat.
Tom Rice talks about why he joined the Army, exploring the jungles of Panama, and how being a risk taker led him into the Airborne prior to the Normandy invasion. He also explains the curious history behind the jump towers at Airborne school. While training for combat, Tom also gets into some trouble with his […]