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Spot Report - Time is NOT on the side of the uprising in Iran. Plus, a list of targets to hit if we're serious about bringing the regime to its knees. Special Guest - Abdulla Mohtadi is the Sec General of Komala, part of the Kurdish resistance inside Iran. They are on the ground inside Iran right now. He’s bringing us first-hand information about the widespread uprising in Iran that you are not go...

News - Gen. Ernie Audino shares how removing Maduro from Venezuala seriously hurts Russia, China, Iran, and Cuba. Spot Report - Iranian uprising may have the country trending toward open war! Special Guest - Stan Escudero served as US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, AND he served in Tehran in the 70’s. He was there (undercover) during the Islamic Revolution of 1979. He knows h...

This week's show is all about the violent protests taking place right now in Iran. Gen Ernie Audino and our special guests will be dissecting why the protests are happening, why the US should care, and who would take over if the current hardline regime is overthrown. Special Guest #1 - Nader Parsia, F14 pilot-in-training for the Shah of Iran. Was in the US for flight training in 1979...and then th...

NOTE: This show commemorates the 34th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union, which was formally dissolved on 26 December, 1991. Special Guest: Danny Jazarevic, MD, COL US Army (Ret) is NOT your average US Army colonel. He grew up under communism on the other side of the Iron Curtain, defecting from Yugoslavia in 1983 and obtained political asylum in the US a year later. Here are just a few o...

Spot Reports: Tanker seized in Venezuela has ties to Russia, Iran, and more! Re-visitng a week of mass killings and one thwarted. Special Guest: Namo Abdulla is the NY Bureau Chief for the Kurdistan news network, Rudaw. He grew up in northern Iraq during the regime of Saddam Hussein. He now lives in the US and recently spent two weeks interviewing Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorists on the groun...

Spot Reports: Porsches become paperweights in Russia. Venezuelan President Maduro’s former Chief of Intel publishes letter detailing VZ’s central role in narcotics smuggling and narco-terror. Special Guest: Mark Minelli is a former on-the-ground operator in the DEA with extensive experience in Latin America. If anyone understands the character and magnitude of the narcotics threat in LATAM, it's h...

Spot Reports: Soldier who took DC shooter down was armed with only a knife! Did Sec. Hegseth just commit a war crime? Special Guest: Army CPT Andy Sullivan is an Iraq and Afghanistan combat vet who now leads the No One Left Behind organization, which is dedicated to evacuating, resettling, and advocating for our wartime allies in Afghanistan, Iraq, and beyond who have been displaced from their hom...

Spot Report: The insanity of security guarantees to Ukraine. Special Guest: LTC Marty Young is a West Point grad ('93), infantry, and now in the ARNG as a chaplain. He's also running for Congress (PA6). He and Gen Audino cover a variety of compelling topics that include soldiers disobeying presidential orders if they believe them to be unlawful, how 9/11 called Marty into chaplaincy, dealing with...

Spot Report: 35th anniversary of the end of The Cold War. Special Guest: MG Paul Vallely (US Army Ret - Infantry, Ranger, Vietnam combat vet, Cold War commander) joins Gen Audino to discuss security threats from Russia and Venezuela, the arrival of Carrier Strike Group 12 (with the world’s largest aircraft carrier) in the Caribbean, PSYOP tactics being used against the US, and more!

Spot Report: Why should the US resume nuclear testing? Special Guest: Former Army Ranger and long-time CIA operator Rich DeRienzo has 15 years of on-the-ground experience in Latin America. He's here to discuss the current situation in Venezuela, the US military build-up in the Caribbean, and what could happen next!

NOTE: This show commemorates the 36th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which came down on 9 November, 1989. Spot Reports: Iran Hostage Crisis 46th anniversary, Trump prepared to launch military ops in even more countries. Special Guest: Major Tom Walko is a Cold War veteran of the 3rd Armored Division (Spearhead) and 11 ACR (Blackhorse). Tom was physically standing on the East German bo...

NOTE: This show was recorded from a mountainous Kurdish area in northern Iraq. Gen Ernie Audino was previously embedded with Kurdish peshmerga fighters on the battlefield in Iraq. Spot Report: Iran's influence over the Iraqi Parliament. Special Guest: Amed Demirhan is the director of Kurdistan's Barzani National Memorial and Museum (located about 1.5 hours north of Erbil, the Kurdish Capitol in No...

Spot Reports: Gen Ernie Audino's encounter with crazy uncle Mohamar Qaddafi, tree stand found within direct fire range of where Air Force One sometimes parks at Palm Beach Int'l Airport. Special Guest: Are you patriotic? Do you like beer? Alan Beale is the founder and CEO of Armed Forces Brewing Company. He joins us to talk military, patriotism, American jobs…and...beer. Kick back, crack open a co...

Spot Reports: The last remaining living hostages released by Hamas, things getting spicy in the Caribbean. Special Guests: Gary Bernsten was the CIA’s on-the-ground commander of Jawbreaker, the team missioned to kill OBL. Gary is back on the show, alongside Ralph Pazullo, to tell us about what they've dug up about a very serious national security threat to the USA and other democracies. It involve...

NOTE: This is show #2 of 2 recognizing the 2nd anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel that took place on 7Oct2023. Spot Reports: 7Oct and 11Sep historical date coincidences, Trump's authority to deploy Nat'l Guard in Portland and elsewhere. Special Guest: Brig Gen Amir Avivi, IDF (ret) is the founder and chairman of the Israeli Defense and Security Forum (IDSF). On this week's show, he and Gen...

NOTE: October 7th marks the 2nd anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel that left 1,200 Israelis dead and more than 250 taken as hostages. Spot Report: Sec. of War Hegseth's recent meeting with 800 flag officers at Quantico. Look Back: Gen. Ernie Audino recounts his trip to Israel 3 years ago. Special Guest: Lt. Col. (Res.) Yaron Buskila serves as the Operations Officer of the Gaza Division in...

Spot Reports: Mike Waltz confirmed as US Ambassador to the UN, NATO allies bolstering their defenses against Russia. Funnies: Gen Ernie Audino shares his own George S. Patton stories. Special Guest: Benjamin Patton is the grandson of the famous WWII General, George S. Patton. Plus, he's the son of decorated US Major General George S. Patton, who fought in Korea and Vietnam. Benjamin is also an aut...

First: What are many veterans missing in the civilian world? Spot Reports: Venezuelan narco-terrorists, sanctions and attacks on Russian oil. Tribute: The loss of a Kurdish comrade. Special Guest: Dean Wegner is a West Point grad, Army Ranger, aviator, and founder of Authentically American. After he hung up his uniform, he found purpose building American jobs, American-made products, and by giving...

NOTE: This is show #3 of our 3-part series commemorating the events surrounding September 11, 2001. Spot Report: How to defeat Russia and collapse its economy. Can drones win a war? Special Guest: Gary Bernsten was the CIA's on-the-ground commander of Jawbreaker, the operation to kill Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in late September 2001. Gary details the mission that left over a thousand al-Qaeda...

NOTE: This is show #2 of our 3-part series commemorating the events surrounding September 11, 2001. First: What makes a good strategy? News: Tren de Aragua boat sunk off the coast of Venezuela, Russian GPS jamming of plane carrying EU President. Special Guest: Commander Ahmad Massoud is the leader of the National Resistance Front (previously known as the Northern Alliance), the group leading the f...

NOTE: This is show #1 of our 3-part series commemorating the events surrounding September 11, 2001. News: Trump considering making US airpower available for Ukraine. Is a No-Fly Zone possible? Augmented reality vision (IVAS) headsets for soldiers on the battlefield. Special Guest: US Army COL (Ret) Justin Sapp…aka the first Green Beret into Afghanistan. In Oct '01, he went in with a small CIA para...

In the News - Key takeaways from the Trump/Putin summit in Alaska and the Trump/Zelensky summit in DC. Also, what's up with the DC National Guard being mobilized in the nation's capitol, and what authority does it actually have? Special Guest: OIF veteran, US Army SFC Dillard Johnson. Recipient of the Silver Star and regarded as one of the deadliest US soldiers of all time, Dillard shares his mili...

Apply This: General Ernie Audino tells us how to formulate a simple and effective mission statement that a team of any kind can buy into. Special Guest: Daniel R. Green, Ph. D., is a Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserves and has mobilized four times for service in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He also served 2 years under President Trump as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and...

First off, Gen Ernie Audino tells us what do REAL leaders do. Spot Report - True cross-border operations story involving walking straight into Kim Il Sung’s house during Korea. Special Guest - Tom Waskovich - Army, SF, MACV-SOG (Studies and Observation Group), conducted cross border ops into Laos and Cambodia during the Vietnam War. Tom recounts his missions in great detail, including when his uni...

No Excuses on the Battlefield Warning from Gen Ernie Audino. Spot Report - Operation Midnight Hammer and dissecting Iran's threats against its enemies, including President Trump. Special Guest - Multi-time US Ambassador Stan Escudero shares valuable insights on how we can stop Iran now and what we've done that was successful in the past, including what he's learned from his time as US Ambassador a...