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Long-form interviews with combat veterans, special operators, and first responders — and the builders, storytellers, and experts whose stories speak to the same fight. New episodes weekly.
Best Clips & Deep Dives
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Clearing a City One House at a Time | Fallujah 2004
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When Close Air Support Was the Only Thing Left Between Victory and Collapse
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Army Ranger Reveals What He Found in the Pentagon Rubble
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Restrepo: The Ambush That Cost Us Three in Thirty Seconds
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Shot Down Deep Inside Iran — The Rescue That Defied Eagle Claw
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Why a CIA Officer Is Sure bin Laden Escaped Tora Bora | Gary Harrington
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Aaron Love's First Public Telling: The Day Cole Condiff Was Lost | Air Force PJ
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He Fought His Way Into Delta Force — Then They Threw Him Out | Gary Harrington
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Special Forces Dad Hit Rock Bottom When His Daughter Stopped Trusting Him | Chane Jackson
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Operation Omega: Mike Edwards on the Night 80 Taliban Fighters Were Eliminated
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Failed Selection, Survived Korengal, Earned SF : Kyle Steiner
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Night Stalker Pilot Shot Down Over Iraq: 3.4 Seconds From Missile Strike to Crash Landing
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I Was SAVED by a Colonel After Learning Pat Tillman Died - Almost Kicked Out of Ranger School
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Mike Cathcart: The Promise We Couldn't Keep | Aaron Love | Air Force PJ
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First moments of the October 7 Hamas Invasion
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One of the Deadliest Nights in Special Forces: How He Trained a Generation After
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Max Martini Breaks Down Practical Effects vs CGI in Military Movies
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The Jessica Lynch Rescue They Don't Teach You About
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8 Hours, 3 Helicopters, One AK-47 Between His Feet
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The CIA Officer Who Planned to Kill an Afghan Warlord | Gary Harrington
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MACV-SOG: The Helicopter Grip That Almost Killed Him | Travis Mills
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His Own Rocket Destroyed His Tail Rotor Over Vietnam
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The Deadliest Day at Baghdad Airport | Medal of Honor Firsthand Account
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Hollywood's Biggest Problem Isn't Superheros, It's This
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Combat Engineer Reveals What Military History Left Out of Baghdad
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The Last Plane Out: Taliban Fighters Waved Goodbye as We Left
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Why This Special Ops Vet Is Advocating for Ibogaine Access to All Veterans
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Iran's Hand in Benghazi: A CIA GRS Officer's Account
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Friendly Fire Gone Wrong: Army Rangers vs Iraqi T72
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Jenny Moreno Died Saving Lives. Her Legacy Still Inspires Warriors.
Full Episodes
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From Streets to Special Ops: Chris McCoy's Insane Pat Tillman Friendship Revealed
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Pat Tillman's Real Life - Everything You Got Wrong About the NFL Legend
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Shot in the Head at Restrepo, Got Up, Earned the Green Beret | Kyle Steiner
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Shot Down in Iraq: The PTSD He Couldn't Outrun
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The Most Dangerous Flying Job in Vietnam | Hugh Mills
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The Street That Broke Him, The Judge That Saved Him | Chris McCoy Part 2
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Air Force PJ: He Was Told to Stand Down. Cole Condiff Was Never Found. | Aaron Love
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The One-Zero School: How One Man Built the Most Dangerous Training Program in Vietnam
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75th Ranger Regiment CSM Mike Burke: Why I Almost Quit
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From CIA Omega Teams to Pastoring: A Ranger's Unexpected Transformation | Mike Edwards
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Marine to Green Beret to Delta to CIA: The Man Who Hunted bin Laden | Gary Harrington
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Why This Green Beret's Recovery Doesn't Look Like You'd Expect | Johnny Wilson
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He Was on the Cover of TIME at 21 — Then Fallujah Almost Killed Him
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Ep 03: The Shadows- 31 Years of Undercover Ops & High-Risk Takedowns with ATF Legend Pete McCarthy
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Breaking Point: When a Fallen Hero's Memory Saved My Life | Mike Burke Part 2
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He Survived Fallujah… Then Walked Away From Everything
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Air Force SOWT: The Combat Weatherman Who Went to War
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Delta Force Operator Reveals What They Never Tell You About Selection | Bob 'Ninja' Porras
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CIA Ground Branch Officer: Why We Don't Talk About the Cost
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The Last Plane Out of Kabul: Air Mission Commander Reveals What Really Happened
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Green Beret Major: 14 Months in Iraq and Six Months in Ranger School
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Breaking the Cycle: How Tom Jones Turned Childhood Trauma Into Superpower
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He Was Broken After 14 Years of Combat—Then South Africa Called
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Tier 1 Special Mission Unit: 20 Years Inside the Shadows
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Inside Canada's SWAT: An RCMP Tactical Leader & Sergeant Major | Seb Lavoie
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Army Ranger's Honest Truth About Combat in Afghanistan
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From Elite Special Ops to Changing Girls' Lives | Major Jessica Yahn's Untold Story
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From Broken Home to Biblical Warrior | How Cody Bobay Beat Addiction in One Moment
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SEAL Team & Mayans Star Michael Irby: From Soccer to Special Ops | Raw Truth About Hollywood
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Combat Controller: How Faith Saved My Life After Rock Bottom | Wayne Hunter Full Episode
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San Antonio Streets vs Marine Corps - One Man's Brutal Journey | Martin Oviedo
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He Left His Partnership to Bet on This | Matt Kuiper
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Chief Warrant Officer Exposes the Cost of Elite Operations | Greg Burrill
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This Army PhD Just Revealed What Rangers Get Wrong About Performance
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Why This Elite Operator's Greatest Battle Wasn't in Combat | Jesse Kostecka
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From Billion-Dollar Rockets to Healing Warriors – David Romero's Unexpected Path
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From Selling Plasma to 8 Figures: Marine Vet Johnny Raushi's American Comeback | Ep 35
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Special Forces Veteran Reveals Why He's Protecting Indian Reservations | Jeremiah Wilber
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The Green Beret Who Carried MSG Gregory Trent to the Medevac | Mike Swenson, ODA 3424
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EP 06: IDF Special Forces Doron Keidar’s Fight for Israel & His Unbreakable Story
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Brilliant, Compassionate, Dangerous: CSM Dave Waldo on MSG Gregory Trent
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The Accident That Tested a Ranger More Than Combat Ever Did
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He Ran Back Into Combat to Save His Wounded Brother | Dovid Berg on MSG Gregory Trent
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The Special Forces Medic Who Couldn't Save MSG Gregory Trent | Carl Hoover
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From Detroit Streets to Green Beret: CSM Robbins on MSG Gregory Trent's Legacy
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He Commanded the Team That Lost MSG Gregory Trent in Afghanistan | LTC Dave Coulombe
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Man of War Director William Kaufman on Ukraine, LaMonica Garrett, and Films That Don’t Lie
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Ep 04: The Shadows- 31 Years of Undercover Ops & High-Risk Takedowns with ATF SA Pete McCarthy Cont-
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The Green Beret Who Taught Him to See the Big Picture: Tim Bostion on MSG Gregory Trent
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She Couldn't Walk—Now She's Leading Western Fitness | Natasha McCann