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Round 1: They might be the best at social media but they aren’t doing the best at Navying. Their new weirdo systems that uses fucking magnets to launch planes off aircraft carriers is so far a 13 billion dollar failure. Round 2: West Virginia was in the news and it wasnt for burning couches. The Mountaineer state tactically acquired some tactical vehicles and people on twitter were nontahappy with...

ROUND 1: Cher once strutted her stuff in front of the troops singing “If I could turn back time”. Well this week we asked, what would you do differently in the military if you could turn back tiiiiime - fiiiiind a way - I’d take back those words that hurt you and saaaay… ROUND 2: Hookers and Sailors and Pimps, oh my! We’re not in Kansas anymore folks - we’re in Bahrain with a salacious story about...

Round 1: 1000 Marine Recruits at Parris Island, notably not San Diego, volunteered for coronavirus testing. The military gave it an acronym, shockingly enough. The name? CHARM. You gotta be butt fucking kidding me. Round 2: Marine veteran Paul Whelan was convicted in Russia of spying. He got 16 years of hard labor… in Russia. Yikes. Round 3: Kate interviews a Marine Sergeant about his experience i...

ROUND 1: Ope! Heads up! A Hypersonic Mach-5 Missile Accidentally Fell Off An Air Force B-52 over California this week. I’m sure whatever it hit will totally buff out. ROUND 2: If you ain’t first, you’re last - and even NASCAR has now pulled ahead of the Army in the race to get rid of all things confederate. Who’s slowing the Army car down? ROUND 3: Cons sat down with a decorated Vietnam veteran wh...

Round 1: New Zealand Goofin. Our Kiwi pals announce that they haven’t had any new cases of Covid-19 in 44 days. They acted like they’ve been there before and handed the ball off to the referee. Round 2: President Trump is taking shots at Colin Powell and his legacy over remarks that the general and former Secretary of State gave on CNN this weekend. We’ll get into that just a little bit. Round 3:...

ROUND 1: A North Carolina woman passed away this week at the age of 90 thus ending a 155 year long pension from her father’s time in the Civil War… How is this possible? Well the ‘ol vet was 83 when she was born, go old man, go. ROUND 2: One of the most cringe worthy military love texts led us to ask you about the worst love stories you ever witnessed in uniform. From a motorcycle wedding to Jody...

Round 1: The nation is hurting. We’d be foolish to ignore it. Round 2: An Interview with World War 2 veteran, Marine, Medal of Honor recipient, and 96 year-old grandpa, Woody Williams! You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30

ROUND 1: A Fort Leavenworth soldier saved the day when they rammed their car into another on a bridge over the Missouri River this week. How’s that a good thing? You’ll just have to listen & find out. Wowzers, what a teaser by Kate there. Incredible. ROUND 2: 3, 2, 1 - NASA - WE HAVE LIFT-O...OOOHHH NO! Americans were about to launch into outer-space from American soil and on American equipment fo...

Round 1: We’ll do a check-in about our weekends, I’m enforcing staff sergeant rules in my house but in kind of an air forcey way, and some thoughts about Memorial Day weekend in general. Round 2: This weekend I watched one of my favorite movies and came up with a realization…. Col Jessup is the World’s Biggest Truckrant Vet Bro. Round 3: We get to the bottom of a SALACIOUS rumor that is sullying t...

ROUND 1: President Teddy Roosevelt was a Rough Rider even inside the White House where apparently he enjoyed challenging the staff to ::checks notes:: punch him in the face. Would you punch your boss if they asked you??? ROUND 2: Sure, no one wants their spouse to deploy… but would you sabotage things behind the scenes & stop them from going if you could? One woman did just that and then asked, “A...

Round 1: BUCKLE UP, SLUTS! WE GOT A NEW MISSILE ALERT and the Space Force has a new guidon (they don’t rate a flag yet)! Round 2: reddit had the most timeless military letter we've ever seen. We’ll break it down for you shotgun-style and give it a bolt bore check to see if it’s cleared hot. Yuck. That was too much. Round 3: A little Singapore social distancing goofin led to a former Air Force memb...

ROUND 1: On the Gulf Coast near Fort Meyers there’s a little restaurant that shares the same name as ‘ol Capn Cons. We’ll read the Yelp reviews for both of them and boy we hope you like things roasted. ROUND 2: A former Afghan police chief has pulled a big time Benedict Arnold and switched sides to join the Taliban in what is thought to be one of the highest-level defections to those assholes yet....

Round 1: The Last Dance is the greatest 10 part docuseries of all time behind Band of Brothers so we put Michael Jordan in a foxhole and even slap a rank on him. Round 2: Long drag on a cigarette, back in my day, the recruits at Marine Corps boot camp weren't so pussy that they needed a falcon to protect them from seagulls. Shit’s changed. We’ll tell you about this new breed of mask-wearing soft c...

Round 1: The military might be rushing to judgement. I know that’s shocking but there was a memo released this week that says that people who have tested positive for coronavirus are PERMANENTLY disqualified ROUND 2: I’ve had it with these mothafuckin’ Devildogs on this mothafuckin’ plane! At least that’s how one man felt when 3 yoked infantry gents took him down for acting out in the plane’s bath...

Round 1: There’s a situation that I need to get to the bottom of. I had a fear that ripped through me on Saturday morning, I want to discuss it in the trust tree. Round 2: A veteran, who was acting as a contractor, was captured by terrorists in Afghanistan. Navy SEALs and others tried to do a rescue mission. Why havent we heard shit about this until now? We’ll tell you what we know in round 2. Rou...

ROUND 1: A British Royal Navy captain was fired for a barbeque…! Did he overcook the steak? Not season the meats enough? Use propane instead of coal? We’ll find out. ROUND 2: BA-BA-BA-BIRD-BIRD-BIRD, Bird… internet’s the word when it comes to the Navy’s latest experiments. You heard that right, bird. Internet. Hopefully that really uh… takes flight for them. ROUND 3: Crippling depression is no jok...

Round 1: Ding Dong, the bitch is dead….maybe. Rumors are flying around that Kim Jong Un has bit the proverbial rocket launched at you while tied to a pole. Is this good or bad? Well, there’s essentially two schools of thought about that. Round 2: In this round, we are going to play a game called, “How Long Can It Live?” Round 3: West Point is calling back all their seniors, or whatever the fuck th...

ROUND 1: Maybe he’s born with, (me & Cons:) Maybe it’s MattisMarine. Many folks were a bit surprised this week to see General Mattis modeling a jacket in ads for a clothing company… Do you think they’ll ask us next? (weird silence) ROUND 2: Army base Ansbach has a colorful, winged fairy flitting around making sure soldiers are staying socially distant and we’re sure they are absolutely loving that...

Round 1: Coronavirus is still the top news in the world. It’s affecting the military too but it just might allow some navy boot camp recruits to do a little water-park goofin before their knot-tying lessons at boot camp. Round 2: A luxury cruise ship is finally going to dock after 14 weeks at sea. The ship was going to go around the world but coronavirus made them shift plans. Would a 14 week crui...

ZERO BLOG THIRTY Thursday, April 16th (Friday, April 17th) ROUND 1: Cons, Kate and I are throwing a Mess Night and we’ve each invited three well known guests… but only the strong survive this group elimination challenge. ROUND 2: Our Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff beefed with The Secretary of Defense at a live, televised press conference over - you guessed it - haircuts! The saga continues....

Round 1: Stuck inside for the past month has made me realize that I essentially have zero hobbies besides golf. The golf course is closed. Let talk about some things we should bring back from childhood. Round 2: A French VIP retiree did the one of the only things you cant do in a fighter jet; he pulled the ejection lever much to the chagrin of the pilot. Round 3: Career day goofin continues with a...

ROUND 1: An Iraq war Veteran with Purple Heart tags had his truck stolen right outside his house yesterday and he’ll be joining us to talk about the ordeal because, ope, it was me. While we’re on the topic, ZBT listeners told us what they’ve had stolen from them and we’ll share the best ones with you! ROUND 2: Try as we might, we can’t escape Coronavirus scuttlebutt as it’s had a massive effect on...

BONUS - We open the show today with something a little different, providing a little mental refresher for everyone out there listening at home. A Zero Blog Thirty first. Then, we get into the rounds and we have a full show! Round 1: Andrew Yang talked to a friend who was a soldier and we all had to read the dumbest tweet as a result. Hey Andrew, you got firewatch, bitch Round 2: Huge shoutout to o...

ROUND 1: Allll aboard… We are goin’ off the rails to tell you the story of a man who tried to take out the USNS Comfort this week… with a train! ROUND 2: Social distancing is pretty much impossible on Navy ships and that’s become apparent as over 100 Sailors on an aircraft carrier have come down with Coronavirus. As the situation worsens one Captain on the ship has put their neck out to plead with...

a list of resources on our website: https://getheadstrong.org/covid19/ Additionally, Headstrong has gone to full tele-health with clinicians in Colorado, so cadets can reach out: https://getheadstrong.org/get-help/ Vets4Warriors, which 247 peer support that can link the cadets to other resources: https://www.vets4warriors.com/author/vets4warr/ ---- Career Day 1 ROUND 1: Over the weekend President...