Twenty One Gun Podcast

Hamody Jasim has been one of America's greatest weapons in fighting the war against AL Qaeda and ISIS. Tonight in Part I of this series, he shares his story of growing up under the devastating oppression of Saddam's Regime and his eventual enlistment into the brand new Iraqi Army. Hamody went from being a young man, beaten every day, in Saddam's prison, to being one of the most lethal spies in Ira...

The Marine Rapper , a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran, is a hip-hop recording artist. He served as a combat correspondent with infantry battalions during his deployments to Iraq and then Afghanistan. TMR earned a combat action ribbon in Iraq and received an award for combat photography during the same firefight.  TMR has been featured on: Apple Music, We Are The Mighty, VET TV - Kill Die Laugh, "...

Dr. Rob Sands is the co-founder of the Pamlico Rose Institute in Washington, NC which advances wellness programs for female Veterans. Pamlico focuses on connecting mind, body, spirit, and community through meaningful/persistent attention to nutrition, exercise, health, and spirituality and build resilience to help in reintegration. Reintegration is more challenging for female Veterans due to: · co...

Tonight we have Dan Santoro from Pizza Strike - making memes, comics and offensively wonderful moral patches for all to enjoy! From his site: ( www.pizzastrike.net ) I have always loved military art, but most of the morale patches I came across were super-serious and not my style. I wanted something stupid and funny, but all that was available was seven hundred versions of the punisher skull with...

Great show of support for this episode! Thank you IW Family!!! When we do this again, I will post it at least 24 hours in advance. This is YOUR show (IW) and you all should be involved as much as possible! Cheers! Today, Jeremy tries to convince Kevin that there is no need to worry. Kevin has begun digging a bunker in his back yard to shelter in place! Who's right? Special Irreverent Warriors Call...

This week, the AMAZING story of wounded Navy veteran Nico Maroulis who literally went from wheelchair to the top of the world. Her personal drive and determination to physically push through injuries is an inspiration to anyone facing hardship. In this episode we discuss the hallmark injuries of the War on Terror, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) and the complicated pro...

Tanner Iskra is a United States Marine Corps Veteran who served as an intel analyst in OIF and later as a combat videographer/photographer. After leaving active duty, Tanner was a Senior Post Production Editor with NASCAR Productions. Tanner is a graduate of the Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication and Media Studies and holds a Cer...

Don Tobul grew up in Leroy, Ohio. As a youth, he was involved in 4-H and expressed strong interests in gardening, agriculture, and the sciences. This interest and passion led him to formal training as a high school chemistry and physics teacher at Bowling Green State University where he obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Science Education. During his time at BGSU, he was also a member of the Ohio A...

This is one of the most important episodes I've recorded so far. Do you suffer from PTSD or TBI? Do you feel like a fraction of your previous (pre-injured) self? This doesn't have to be the case! I first heard Andrew Marr's story on Joe Rogan's podcast and to say it changed my mind would be an understatement. Andrew is a husband, father, Retired Special Forces Green Beret, entrepreneur, and best-s...

Mike Ritland was born in Waterloo, Iowa and served 12 years as a Navy SEAL. He saw action in Operation Iraqi Freedom and numerous special operations missions during his career. He later served as Naval Special Warfare Multi-Purpose Canine (MPC) Trainer for the West Coast SEAL teams. All of this experience prompted Mike Ritland to write three New York Times Best Selling books:  Trident K9 Warriors...

This was a trial and error of sorts to see how we could successfully run a live episode with video (and drink some bourbon). Next year we will be doing new things with the show and what better way to try that out than live, from a bar, with some fine whiskey. I also wanted to get a few vets together and wax philosophically about the holidays and what it meant to serve away from family during Chris...

Allen West is an American political commentator, retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, author, and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives. West represented  Florida's 22nd congressional district  in the House from 2011 to 2013. West was deployed to Kuwait in 1991 and Iraq in 2003. In 2003, West was charged in an incident that involved the simulated execution of an Iraqi policeman. Afte...

John founded Active Self Protection in 2011 to teach people in all walks of life to develop the attitude, skills, and plan to defend themselves and their families from harm. His YouTube channel is among the most-viewed self-defense and firearms channels on YouTube, routinely surpassing 15-20 million monthly views . John is known for narrating defensive encounters caught on surveillance video for l...

Fate has a way of taking your personal plan for life and completely turning it upside down. I can't help to feel that this is a good thing. It allows us to adapt and overcome. More importantly, as we grow, we help those around us grow as well. Brian was an NCO in the Army and was headed back to his duty station after lunch when a patch of black ice changed his life forever. He had two choices - de...

Mike, Jeremy and I got together at Revival 1869 in Clayton, NC for another installment of Twenty One Gun's Veteran's Round Table episodes. The round tables are meant to debate and discuss issues we face as veterans in society. These are meant to be a break from the typical interview based format for a relaxed live episode feel. Plus, it gives me an excuse to go out to a great bar and drink some bo...

Who is Rudy Reyes? That's probably the most common question asked of the former Force Recon Marine. The Drinkin Bros call him the "Murder Hippie", the characters of HBO's Generation Kill lovingly called him Fruity Rudy, and the US Marine Corps called him Sergeant. But if you have the opportunity to meet him, he'll probably tell you he's a conservationist dedicating his time and energy to restoring...

I had a great talk with Marine Corps Veteran Diana Peiffer, founder of The Stabers Group ( www.thestabersgroup.com ), a cyber security firm. She tells the story of her life as a leader of Marines and how she succeeded in a culture which requires you to man-up or get out.  There are a few Silkies Hikes remaining this year and if you haven't had a chance to come out to event, it's not too late. For...

Saturday 9/21/19 was the Raleigh Silkies hike and my first full hike. I embedded myself in the gaggle of pale thighs and half naked veterans for a first hand account of what an Irreverent Warriors Silkies Hike is all about. This episode features interviews with our beloved leader Cindy "Mama Bear" McNally , hike coordinators Russ Oxley and Jeremy Walton  and from a bunch of hikers who were kind en...

This week's 21 Gun interview is with Marine Veteran Daniel Sharp and Army Veteran Michael Steadman of  PopSmoke Media  and the  The Smokepit  Podcast. Pop Smoke started as a veterans entertainment Facebook Page which boasts over 550,000 likes and followers and has evolved into an international comedic media platform. The evolution and success of Pope Smoke is a masters course of marketing and bran...

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Mike Lerario was a 1983 Graduate of the United States Military Academy and served 23 years as an Infantry Officer before retiring from the Army in 2006. He deployed in combat operations with conventional and special operations forces, both as a soldier and as a civilian.  Mike shares his unique perspective having served in the shadow of the Vietnam War to riding across th...

This is a call to action for IW hikers and supporters. Kory Thomas personifies the Irreverent Warrior. He's dedicated to the IW mission and has volunteered a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to make this organization great.  Kory has decided to partake in is own personal North Carolina "walkabout" to raise money for next year's Willmington, NC Silkies Hike. He is spending the week prior to the Ralei...

Okay, every once in a while you meet folks who are the real deal. These are the folks who give you the impression that they would give you the shirt off their backs without hesitation. You are able to judge this class of individual by their actions... not their hashtags.... not their Instagram feeds but by their ACTIONS. Brett D'Alessandro and Alexa Modero are most definitely "those kind of people...

I went out with Russel and the IW-Raleigh crew as they planned the route for the upcoming Silkies Hike in Raleigh, NC on September 21, 2019. Russ shared what IW means to him and how the hikes changed his life.  For information about all the upcoming Silkies Hikes please visit www.irreverentwarriors.com   For more information on the Raleigh Hike, visit their Facebook Page

This is PART II of the round table type open conversation with a couple of Marines.   This week we have Mike Stojic who is a former Marine and owner of Revival 1869, a whiskey bar located in downtown Clayton NC which boasts a library of over 100 different types of whiskeys from around the world. Mike is a brilliant and highly motivated entrepreneur and it shows in the quality of the product he del...

This was the first of hopefully many round table type open conversations with any veteran that wants to hang out, drink some whiskey and wax philosophical.   This week we have Mike Stojic who is a former Marine and owner of Revival 1869, a whiskey bar located in downtown Clayton NC which boasts a library of over 100 different types of whiskeys from around the world. Mike is a brilliant and highly...