The Team House

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...

#1 NYT bestselling author Mark Greaney’s debut international thriller, THE GRAY MAN, was published in 2009 and became a national bestseller and a highly sought-after Hollywood property. Netflix released the film version of THE GRAY MAN, starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, and Ana de Armas, in 2022. Eleven subsequent Gray Man novels have been released to date, including his latest, SIERRA SIX. Book...

During the Vietnam War, Dale was a highly decorated Green Beret who served three years as a commando in the famous SOG program, whose mission involved extremely dangerous raids far behind enemy lines. This unit received more decorations and suffered higher rates of casualties than any American unit since the American Civil War. On one of these raids, Dale earned the first of several purple hearts...

Marc Polymeropoulos retired in June 2019 from the Senior Intelligence Service ranks at the CIA after a 26-year career in operational headquarters and field management assignments covering the Middle East, Europe, Eurasia, and Counter Terrorism. He served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and he is one of the CIA's most decorated field officers. Marc is the recipient of the Distinguished Career Intelli...

Prior to founding Fit Fight - a global competition fitness app, Steve was a consultant for Johnson and Johnson’s orthopedic trauma division, utilizing eight years of critical care and trauma nurse experience. In the military he earned the rank of Master Sergeant after serving over 23 years in Army special forces. He is a level one sniper and attended John’s Hopkins applied physics lab as well as t...

Felipe grew up as a Mennonite in Mexico before immigrating to the United States as a kid where he joined the Army and served as a Ranger. Eventually he came to serve in the elite and little known Regimental Reconnaissance Company (RRC) and was deployed overseas. Today' Sponsor: Vitamin 1 Water ⬇️  (VETERAN OWNED & OPERATED) Hydrate Your Health! https://www.amazon.com/stores/Vitamin1/page/EE9B1...

Justin Sapp was the first green beret in Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks. He was on the mission that saw the first American Casualty in the Global War on Terror Mike Spann. Toby Harnden is a journalist and author who wrote the book on the incredible story of the CIA team Alpha that were the first boots on the ground if Afghanistan. Toby's book:⬇️ https://www.amazon.com/First-Casualty-Untold-Mis...

Andy Milburn served over 25 years in the US Marine Corps. After retiring, he started The Mozart Group, a private crowdfunded military training company that operated in Ukraine in 2022. Grab Andy's incredible book here: ⬇️ When the Tempest Gathers: From Mogadishu to the Fight Against ISIS, a Marine Special Operations Commander at War  https://www.amazon.com/When-Tempest-Gathers-Mogadishu-Operations...

Michael Taylor is a Special Forces veteran who had a hard-earned reputation for taking on dicey assignments. Over the years, Taylor had been hired by parents to rescue abducted children. He went undercover for the FBI to sting a Massachusetts drug gang. He is most well known for smuggling Carlos Ghosn (former chairman of Nissan) out of Japan. Grab Vitamin 1 here:⬇️ https://www.drinkvitamin1.com To...

Michelle Carron Taylor spent 14 years as a Special Agent in the FBI, investigating cyber, counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and corruption matters. As a Special Agent, she also worked with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners to provide security assessments and real-time threat monitoring of large scale sporting events, such as NASCAR races and the Preakness Stakes, a premier th...

Ward Carroll flew in F-14 Tomcats for fifteen years after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy. He was named Naval Institute Press Author of the Year in 2001 for his novel Punk’s War and is also the author of Punk’s Fight and Punk’s Wing. He is the host of the popular Ward Carroll YouTube channel. Ward's Youtube:⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/@WardCarroll Ward's Website:⬇️ https://punkswar.com/ Toda...

Trident Grill was opened in August of 2001 by Nelson Miller, retired US Navy SEAL. Trident is named after the special warfare insignia that all Navy SEALs wear on their uniforms. Miller was still active duty while opening the original Trident Grill and was called to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan. As a patriot of our country, he answered the call to duty. While serving his country he still had to r...

Writer / Photographer Ed Darack has covered the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Marine Regiment since their pre-Afghan mountain warfare training in the spring of 2005 and has stayed with them through their subsequent deployment to Afghanistan and tour in Iraq’s Anbar province. He is the author of numerous articles on military issues for such publications as Smithsonian Air and Space, the Marine Corps Gaz...

Don Bentley is the New York Times Bestselling author of the Matt Drake thriller series including Hostile Intent, The Outside Man, and Without Sanction as well as one forthcoming title. Don also writes in the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan, Jr. universe with Zero Hour, Target Acquired, and one forthcoming title. Don spent a decade as an Army Apache helicopter pilot during which time he was stationed in South...

Dale Hanson is an accomplished sculptor who has led a life of adventure and enjoyed numerous accomplishments. He is a black belt martial artist, an author, a pilot of fixed wing and glider airplanes, has flown aerobatics and is a Special Forces underwater diver. He is a disabled veteran and a member of MENSA. During the Vietnam War, Dale was a highly decorated Green Beret who served three years as...

Dr. David Walton is a retired Special Forces officer with 25 years of SF experience including deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and across the globe with assignments spanning the tactical, operational, and strategic levels.  In addition to his Green Beret credentials, Dr. Walton has a decade of experience in academia where he teaches National Security Studies and Executive Leadership. His research...

Gary Noesner retired from the FBI in 2003 following a 30 year career as an investigator, instructor, and negotiator.  A significant focus of his career was directed toward investigating Middle East hijackings in which American citizens were victimized.  In addition, he was an FBI hostage negotiator for 23 years of his career, retiring as the Chief of the FBI’s Crisis Negotiation Unit, Critical Inc...

If you know one thing about Chris Miller, it's that he was President Donald Trump's final Secretary of Defense, elevated to that position in the days after the 2020 election. If you know a second thing about Chris Miller, it's that he oversaw the U.S. Armed Forces during one of the most controversial and tumultuous periods the military has experienced in decades, culminating in the shocking events...

Roger Lockshier enlisted in the US Army in April 1966. After completing Airborne (Paratrooper) Jump Training at Fort Benning GA, he was assigned to Aviation Battalion 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell Kentucky, December 1966. In December of 1967 the 101st Airborne Division was transferred to Viet Nam. Lockshier was a Crewchief / Doorgunner with the 101st Airborne's Black Angels Huey Helicopte...

Before becoming one of the hosts of Zero Blog Thirty at Barstool Sports, Kate served in the Marine Corps with the Female Engagement Teams. Today's Sponsors: BetterHelp ⬇️ ● If you want to live a more empowered life, therapy can get you there. ● Visit https://BetterHelp.com/TEAMHOUSE today to get 10% off your first month. SLNT (Silent) ⬇️ https://SLNT.com/?rfsn=7107485.9bde8d SLNT® sleeves, bags, c...

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