The Team House

William (Will) Yeske is a combat veteran who served 11 years in the U.S. Army. He is a serial entrepreneur who brings significant expertise in marketing, IT, and project management. He currently runs and operates a marketing company, No Limits Marketing Group (NLMG), founded to help small businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic. It uses a combination of modern marketing techniques coupled with a...

CW4 (R) Greg Coker served 22 years in the U.S. Army, 15 years as an AH-6 “Little Bird” attack helicopter instructor pilot who was specially recruited, assessed, and selected in the Army’s only Special Operations Helicopter unit, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. He was one of the senior Lead Instructor Pilots and planner responsible for planning and executing special operations missions...

John Dovey is a South African army veteran with 35 years of service. He also has extensive experience in ITC, including 10 years as Assistant Director of the University of Stellenbosch library, where he was responsible for IT, Knowledge Management, and Online Learning initiatives. He had his final deployment in 2013/14 as Combat Demolitions Team Leader for the South African Battalion that formed o...

Pete Blaber commanded at every level of one of the most elite counter-terrorist organizations in the world during most of recent history’s most significant military and political events (Panama, Colombia, Somalia, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq).In 2006 he retired from the military and transitioned from leading elite combat teams around the globe, to leading elite corporate teams for one of the wor...

Brad served in the 75th Ranger Regiment and was part of Task Force Ranger "Black Hawk Down" as a Ranger in 3rd battalion. He then went on the join The Unit and spent 12 years there pre and post 9/11. Since leaving the military, Brad returned to his passion: music. He gathered a group of veterans who now make up the band “Silence and Light”. Check them out here:⬇️ Instagram @bradthomas_official Sil...

Yaya J. Fanusie is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). His research focuses on the national security implications of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Yaya spent seven years as both an economic and counterterrorism analyst in the CIA, where he regularly briefed federal law enforcement, U.S. military personnel, and White House-level policy makers—inc...

Mike served 3 years in the conventional Army and was stationed in Korea when the attacks of September 11th, 2001, transpired. At that time, he re-enlisted for service with 75th Ranger Regiment. He served with 3rd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment as rifleman, fire team leader, and an assault squad leader on several Combat deployments. He was wounded during a battle in Tal-Afar Iraq in 2005 where he r...

Daniel spent 12 years in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment as a Crew Chief and Door Gunner in the Chinook. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Sponsors: Fum ⬇️ https://tryfum.com Use the code “TEAMHOUSE” for 10% off! Augusta Precious Metals⬇️ https:/...

Pasha served in the UK Armed Forces for 26 years with the Royal Marine Commandos and with the SBS (Special Boat Service). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Sponsors: The AARP Veteran Report⬇️ https://aarp.org/VETREPORT Free, Twice Monthly email newsletter that...

Born in Farnham, Surrey, UK. Following a divorce from his birth father, his mother Hazel married his step-father, who adopted him and gave him the name Horsfall. A broken family life adversely affected his education, so he left school in 1972 at the age of fifteen and joined the army as a boy soldier. Despite a long period of isolation and bullying by his peers, he became a full member of the Para...

Doc would see combat throughout South Vietnam, spending much of his time deep in the bush far from the relative safety of base camps. With the less than encouraging words that “you’ll be dead in 15 seconds” still ringing in his ears, Doc embarked on an eventful and at times harrowing combat tour that pitted the famed 101st Airborne Division against some of the North Vietnamese Army’s finest troops...

Brent Tucker served both as a Green Beret and Delta Force operator during his career. A purple heart recipient with 13 combat deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and more. Brent Tucker started First Responder’s Coffee Company after training first responders and seeing first-hand the budgetary restraints and lack of resources. He also wanted the community to have an outlet to show their support...

David McCloskey is the author of Damascus Station. He is a former CIA analyst and former consultant at McKinsey & Company.  While at the CIA, he wrote regularly for the President’s Daily Brief, delivered classified testimony to Congressional oversight committees, and briefed senior White House officials, Ambassadors, military officials, and Arab royalty.  He worked in CIA field stations across...

Dan Blakeley is a former U.S. Army Special Operations Ranger, who served with the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. During his years of service, he deployed six times in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Following eight years of service, Dan found himself suppressing his experiences in the military to ‘fit in’ to his new community of friends and coworkers. After...

Hudson was in law enforcement and contracting and decided to joined and fight in Ukraine against the Russians with the International Legion of Ukraine. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's sponsors: Ree Medical ⬇️  https://reemedical.referralrock.com/l/TEAMHOUSE0...

Whitcomb spent 15 years with the FBI as a special agent from 1987 to 2002 and worked on many high-profile cases. Whitcomb joined FBI Hostage Rescue Team after completing a rigorous two week specialized selection process and six month training course known as New Operator Training School" or "NOTS". Whitcomb was a participant at the Waco Siege, LA Riots, and Ruby Ridge. His final assignment with th...

Today we're going to do a deep dive on the Ukraine conflict with Russia analyst Aaron Schwartzbaum. Aaron Schwartzbaum is a Fellow in the FPRI Eurasia Program, and is founder of the FPRI’s BMB Russia. He now works with the BMB team as an advisor and columnist. Aaron received an MA in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), with concentrations...

SGM Tommy Shook has had a storied career that has spanned 50 years from Vietnam to Iraq (1960-2010). He was in the 82nd Airborne, Pathfinders, Special Forces, the 75th Ranger Regiment, and as a State Department contractor. He also has done 2 cross training deployments with the British 22SAS and was integral of Project Greenlight during the Cold War. In 2016, he was inducted into the Army Ranger Ha...

Army Staff Sergeant Aaron Hale was severely injured in Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated in his presence. Hale, of the 760th EOD (explosive ordinance disposal), served a tour in Iraq and two tours in Afghanistan. EOD technicians are the Army’s tactical and technical explosives experts, who are trained to destroy and disable unexploded ordnance, improvised explosive de...

My name is Nate and I am a recently retired green beret out of 1st SFG. A decade of experience in Army Special Forces with multiple deployments and extensive combat experience in Afghanistan. My military combat honors include the Army Commendation Medal w/ Valor, Army Commendation medal with C device, and AAM with C device, all from operations in Afghanistan.  Check out Nate's channel here:⬇️ http...

Gary returns for round 2.  I spent most of my career working in the shadows. While some of my service was spent with large groups, such as the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit, serving in Beirut in 1982, I spent most of my career working on small teams or alone. We often lived and worked with foreign military units like a Kuwaiti tank unit in the northern desert in 1996. In 1998, I worked alone in Yeme...

I.S. Berry spent six years as an operations officer for the CIA, serving in wartime Baghdad and elsewhere. She has lived and worked throughout Europe and the Middle East, including two years in Bahrain during the Arab Spring. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and Haverford College. Raised in the suburbs of Washington, DC, she lives in Virginia with her husband and son....

Gary Linderer is the publisher of Behind the Lines, a magazine that specializes in US military special operations. He served in Vietnam with the LRPs of the 101st Airborne Division, earning two Silver Stars, the Bronze Star with V device (for valor), the Army Commendation Medal with V device, and two Purple Hearts. Grab Gary's books here:⬇️ https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gary-A.-Linderer/author/B00...

Andy was born and raised in Northern California. From the age of 11 he knew that he wanted to become a Navy SEAL, and it became the single driving force in his life. He enlisted in the Navy while still a Junior in high school, entering military service in 1996. After completing boot camp he began the most grueling training program in the US Military - Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL, known as BUD...

Frank retired from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) in 2014, which is part of the U.S. Department of Justice, after 25 years of service. The majority of his career was as a Supervisory Special Agent (GS-14). His primary duties were in relation to complex investigations to include undercover operations. He conducted three separate infiltrations of his own into three O...