SOFREP Radio

Special operations military news and straight talk with the guys in the community. Hosted by former military operators. As seen ranked #1 in Apple Podcasts government category.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 58m. Bisher sind 388 Folge(n) erschienen. Dies ist ein wöchentlich erscheinender Podcast.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 17 days 9 hours 42 minutes

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episode 636: Alden Mills, SEAL Commander and Author of 'Be Unstoppable'

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Alden Mills is a three-time Navy SEAL platoon commander, author of Unstoppable Teams and Be Unstoppable, and was the CEO of Perfect Fitness, one of the fastest-growing companies in America. He learned that even in an elite team like the SEALs, leadership is not a given and respect must be earned. 

 

Alden shares about his transition to civilian life...


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 May 6, 2023  53m
 
 

episode 635: BG Anthony Tata (Ret), Official Performing the Duties of the Undersecretary of Defense and Author of Total Empire

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Brigadier General Anthony Tata (US Army, Retired) performed the duties of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy under the Trump administration and is the author of Total Empire. He gives a fascinating insider's account of the possible motivations of President Putin on Ukraine in the wake of the disastrous US pullout in Afghanistan.

 

He talks about the great political divide in the US today, as well as his book Total Empire...


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 April 29, 2023  39m
 
 

episode 634: Dale Buckner, Army Colonel, Green Beret & CEO of Global Guardian

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Dale Buckner is a 24-year Army yeteran who retired as a colonel, a former Green Beret and is now the CEO of international security firm Global Guardian. Recently, his team evacuated thousands of people during the COVID border crisis and the violent conflicts in Ukraine, Russia, and Afghanistan. 

 

In this episode, Dale talks about the highly specialized yet dysfunctional nature of special forces teams...


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 April 22, 2023  46m
 
 

episode 633: Ben Williams, Navy Veteran and Award-Winning Technologist

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Ben Williams is a former Surface Warfare Officer who is now the COO of Exyn Technologies, an autonomous drone technology stack leading the industry in unstructured environment and GPS-denied navigation. He shares his first tour which was aboard the cruiser Bunker Hill and running with small boat teams for visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) missions...


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 April 22, 2023  44m
 
 

episode 632: Bob Taylor, B-52 Navigator and Author of From Service to Success

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Bob Taylor is a former US Air Force Major who flew 11 combat missions during Operation Desert Storm as a B-52 navigator. He developed PTSD and has since written From Service to Success, a book that encourages vets to seek community, forgive themselves, and ultimately achieve their greatest potential.

 

In this episode, Bob shares the stresses of combat, from hostile AAA to a close friendly fire incident to the sheer exhaustion of flying extended missions...


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 April 8, 2023  42m
 
 

episode 631: Pilot Tom Paquin and Green Beret Justin Allen, Executives of VictoryBase

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Tom Paquin served as a US Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot and attended the prestigious Navy Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun). After 21 years of service, he achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel before retiring from the reserves. Throughout his military career, Tom participated in several combat operations around the world and received numerous awards and honors, including the Air Medal and Joint Service Commendation Medal...


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 April 1, 2023  47m
 
 

episode 630: Douglas Lute, Former Army Lt. Gen., NATO Ambassador

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Douglas Lute is a former Army Lieutenant General and US ambassador to NATO. He is also featured in Hand-Off: The Foreign Policy George W. Bush Passed to Barack Obama on February 15th. As a young soldier, Douglas never imagined that he would be involved with international affairs. 

 

He would eventually work under Gen. Hugh Shelton, then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and experience firsthand the duties of flag-rank officers during 9/11...


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 March 25, 2023  42m
 
 

episode 629: Derek Leebaert, Author of Unlikely Heroes

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Derek Leebaert is the author of Unlikely Heroes, an account of Pres. Roosevelt and his 4 closest associates: Harry Hopkins, Harold Ickes, Frances Perkins, and Henry Wallace, and how they would forever change the world. In many ways, history tends to repeat itself, and recognizing patterns of the past gives us the opportunity to shape a better future.

 

FDR was a titan. He was elected president for 4 terms and to this day remains the longest-serving president of the US...


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 March 11, 2023  56m
 
 

episode 628: Mike Lahiff, Former Seal Team 4 Operator and CEO of ZeroEyes

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Mike Lahiff is a former Seal Team 4 operator and the Co-Founder and CEO of ZeroEyes, the only AI-based gun detection video analytics platform with US Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation. He shares how he was not the best student as he dropped out to enlist, but that becoming a SEAL was the realization of his childhood dream. 

 

Mike talks about his deployments to Afghanistan and how his FoB was the most attacked FoB in country...


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 February 18, 2023  47m
 
 

episode 627: Stephen Hunter, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author of 'The Bullet Garden'

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Stephen Hunter is the film critic of the Washington Post, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and the author behind Shooter. He talks about his latest book The Bullet Garden which features Earl Swagger undertaking a top-secret secret mission in the deadly German sniper-controlled hills of Normandy...


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 February 4, 2023  38m