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JR Seeger served as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne and as a CIA officer for a total of 27 years federal service. Since his retirement, JR has written articles and book reviews in the CIA professional journal "Studies in Intelligence" and the TE Lawrence Society newsletter. MIKE4 was his first novel and the first in a six part series about a family who have served in the special operations and...

During his third tour of duty in Vietnam where he served as a Green Beret, Jim Morris was wounded badly enough to be retired from the army. He came home bitter, angry that his career had been ended. After reading The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, he realized that many members of Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters had also been combat officers. Following this spiritual “hint,” he spent the next couple of...

Dale Comstock was the youngest operator in Delta Force when he joined from the 82nd Airborne and was the master breacher on the military's first successful hostage rescue mission, Operation Acid Gambit which rescued Kurt Muse from the clutches of Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega. Comstock's adventures didn't end when he retired from the Army just before 9/11. He went on the serve as a paramilita...

Professor James Olson received his law degree from the University of Iowa. He is a professor of the practice at the Bush School, where he teaches courses on intelligence and counterintelligence. He served for over thirty years in the Directorate of Operations of the Central Intelligence Agency, mostly overseas in clandestine operations. In addition to several foreign assignments, he was Chief of C...

Bill Gage joined the Secret Service in 2002 and soon found himself in a major national security investigation in cooperation with the CIA in which the IRA and North Korea were involved in counterfeiting US currency with such detail that the fake bills could not be detected. Later, he made it on the Secret Service Counter Assault Team which protects the President, Vice President, and other select p...

Fred Galvin served twenty-seven years in the U.S. Marine Corps, beginning as a seventeen-year-old who rose from the enlisted ranks to become an officer. Serving in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, and elsewhere, he led the first special operations company in the Marines and earned forty-nine military medals and ribbons, including the Bronze Star. Following his retirement, he became a business entreprene...

Douglas H. Wise retired from CIA as a member of CIA’s Senior Intelligence Service (SIS-6) in August 2016 completing nearly three decades of service. He finished his career with CIA in a Joint Duty Assignment as the Deputy Director of the Defense intelligence Agency. As the Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Doug was the Chief Operating Officer for a 20,000 employee, global defense...

Perry was on some of the first MARSOC deployments after spending some time in Marine Recon. He saw heavy combat in Afghanistan, and shares some of his experiences with us. For all bonus content including: -2 bonus episodes per month -Access to ALL bonus segments with our guests -Ad Free audio feed. Subscribe to our Patreon!👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheTeamHouse Team House merch: https://teespring...

Enrique Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, his family fled their war-torn home for the hope of a better life in America. Fifty years later, the Cuban refugee retired from the Central Intelligence Agency as the CIA equivalent of a two-star general. Black Ops is the story of Ric’s legendary car...

Master Sergeant Jan W. “Dutch” Wierenga is a little known but highly respected Special Forces and CIA legend. He has served the USA for sixty years in total, in some of the most dangerous and difficult circumstances imaginable. Born in Indonesia in 1936, he and his family spent a total of four years imprisoned in Japanese and Indonesian internment camps under unspeakably harsh conditions. They wer...

After the 9/11 attacks, small CIA paramilitary teams were secreted into Afghanistan to pave the way for a larger Special Forces deployment. Amongst them was Green Beret Justin Sapp who was the first U.S. Special Forces soldier to infiltrate into Afghanistan. Today's sponsors:👇 ORCA Coolers https://ORCACOOLERS.com/ Use the promo code "TEAMHOUSE20" for 20% off your order!! Keep the good times flowi...

Benjamin H. Milligan became a US Navy SEAL in 2001. He is a recipient of the Bronze Star and other awards. A native of Indianapolis, he currently lives in the Chicago area and has three sons. How did the US Navy—the branch of the US military tasked with patrolling the oceans—ever manage to produce a unit of raiders trained to operate on land? And how, against all odds, did that unit become one of...

Erick served for two decades in an Army compartmentalized Special Mission Unit, rising to the rank of Sergeant Major. Check out Erick here:👇 Erick’s Instagram 👇 https://instagram.com/echo9.axiom?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Everything else : 👇 https://linktr.ee/ECHO9? utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=3eadd5bd-75a5-4445-a0c0-b31956aaabaa Today's sponsors:👇 Boikey's Biltong https://BOIKEYS.com...

Ryan Hendrickson is a Special Forces Engineer in the U.S. Army. Ryan transferred over to the Army in 2008 after completing enlistments in both the Navy and Air Force. Ryan has many military deployments including Iraq, Afghanistan, and several South and Central American countries. Ryan’s decorations include the Silver Star, four Bronze Stars, a Purple Heart, and an Army Commendation Medal with Valo...

After immigrating to America, Samantha Juan joined the U.S. Army with limited options since she was not yet a U.S. citizen and served as a cook until she was able to transition to being a signals intelligence analyst attached to the NSA. Next, she attended the selection course for Special Operations Command's female Cultural Support Team (CST) which saw her deployed to Afghanistan in support of Na...

Zach Dorfman is a national security journalist who has written extensively about the intelligence community. With Team House host Jack Murphy, they published an in-depth article about the Soleimani assassination in Baghdad. Dorfman's recent work has been about CIA activities in Ukraine. Today's Sponsors: Chill Boys Undies https://www. CHILLBOYS.com/ Save 15% on your first order by using our discou...

After serving in the Marine Corps, Gregg went into business with the founder of Blackwater, Erik Prince which saw him as the CEO of Frontier Services Group.  Today's Sponsors: Chill Boys Undies https://www. CHILLBOYS.com/ Save 15% on your first order by using our discount code TEAM15  And keep the boys cool! https://www. CHILLBOYS.com/ The Ridge Wallet Check them out at  https://RIDGE.com/team10 ...

From an award-winning investigative journalist, a hard-hitting exposé of the unchecked crimes of SEAL Team 6, revealing how the Navy SEAL forces were developed and then sacrificed in the service of American empire. The Navy SEALs are, for most Americans, the ultimate heroes. Their 2011 killing of Osama Bin Laden was celebrated as a victory in the War on Terror. Former SEALs rake in thousands of do...

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...

A gripping first-hand account of the combat operations and life of a member of the secretive and elite South African Special Forces, known as ‘Recces’. South African Special Forces, known as the ‘Recces’, are an elite group of soldiers that few can aspire to join. Shrouded in secrecy due to the covert nature of their work, the legendary Recces have long fascinated, but little is known about how th...

On this episode we get a rare inside view from one of our foreign special ops partners, John who has served as an officer in the Special Operations community in Chile. We'll discuss his country's special ops, and a unique mission he participated in as the Colombian conflict with FARC drew to a close. Today's Sponsors: 👇 A-TAC FITNESS (Veteran owned and operated) https://www. ATACFITNESS.com Use t...

Former CIA officer and friend of the stream, Marc Polymeropoulos joins us for an in-studio bonus episode this Wednesday at noon! Find Marc here👇 https://marcpolymeropoulos.com Marc’s Twitter 👇 https://twitter.com/mpolymer?s=21 Marc’s Book👇 https://www.amazon.com/Clarity-Crisis-Leadership-Lessons-CIA/dp/1400223865/ref=nodl_ Sound Off app Supporting veterans on their terms. Non profit mental heal...

Malcolm Brailey served in the Australian Army before becoming a diplomat, and later something of an international problem solver for his government and other parties.  Today's Sponsors: 👇 A-TAC FITNESS (Veteran owned and operated) https://www. ATACFITNESS.com Use the promo code "TEAM10" for 10% off! Selection Starts Here. Ten Thousand Apparel  https://www. TENTHOUSAND.cc Top tier training gear de...

The history of U.S. Special operations from 1632-present. (Abridged)  This video can be far longer we (Jack) tried his best to capture some of the highlights. If you like this kind of content let us know by liking, subscribing, and sharing. Subscribe to our Patreon👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheTeamHouse Check out Jack’s books👇 https://www.amazon.com/Jack-Murphy/e/B00501K130/ref=dp_byline_cont_boo...

Sean Naylor is a national security journalist who wrote Relentless Strike about the history of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and many other journalistic works. In part two of our interview with him we will pick up where we left off with his embed with the US Army during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Sean’s book “Relentless Strike: The Unauthorized History of JSOC”👇 https://www.amazon.com/R...