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GET YOUR SHIRTS- The Inagural Hell of a Way to Die shirt/Sticker/Tote is here!  The team discusses guns yet again, and then talk about how China's crackdown on officer side businesses are less of a threat to global security and more of the president rolling his eyes at some nonsense. Check out this week's bonus episode. Cathrine Schmit is a currently serving soldier who transitioned from male to f...

GET YOUR SHIRTS- The Inagural Hell of a Way to Die shirt/Sticker/Tote is here!  The team talks about the budget again and just how strange it is that it went through without a fuss. Then we talk about about how if the US Army got together a team they would dominate Street Fighter 2 leagues. Check out this week's bonus episode Mark A Allerton where he and Nate discuss being a lefty veteran on the o...

Francis, Nate, and eventually Adrian talk about the Russian bear in the room. Then we congratulate the Army Times for finally being right about a new Army Physical Fitness Test (which probably still won't happen) Check out this week's bonus episode Mark A Allerton where he and Nate discuss being a lefty veteran on the other side of the pond. https://www.patreon.com/posts/across-pond-with-19957792...

Francis reviews the book The Right Answer by John K Delaney, which apparently involves a lot of private companies making a bunch of money off the tax payers. This is the first of a new series, the rest of which will be available at the $1 level once or so a month at https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie Send me your political books from assholes to PO BOX 16331 1203 Lemay Ferry Rd St. Louis, MO...

Ken Klippenstein, journalist with The Daily Beast and The Young Turks, joins Nate and Adrian to discuss poisoned water on military bases, the Freedom of Information Act, and how anyone with some spare time can start their own investigations Follow Ken -  https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein Check out this week's bonus episode Mark A Allerton where he and Nate discuss being a lefty veteran on the ot...

Adrian makes his triumphant return to the podcast. The team discusses just where the hell he's been and the politics of being a politician. Check out this week's bonus episode Mark A Allerton where he and Nate discuss being a lefty veteran on the other side of the pond. https://www.patreon.com/posts/across-pond-with-19957792 Got a story to share? You can do on the Voicemail line (314) 722-6138. Yo...

IT'S INDEPENDENCE DAY, BABY! Drop your fireworks for an hour and listen as Nate and Francis talk about the original Independence Day. The one with Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum. Check out this week's bonus episode with Spenser Rapone as we break down the Ridley Scott Classic Black Hawk Down. Get it here -  https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-it-fascist-of-19612686 Got a story to share? You can do on t...

Nate and Francis discuss just how screwed the immigration crisis is. Includes: Us being mad at imperialism, Francis trying to parse the idea of the government taking away his kid, and the insanity of VetBro TV. Check out this week's bonus episode with Spenser Rapone as we break down the Ridley Scott Classic Black Hawk Down. Get it here - https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-it-fascist-of-19612686 Got...

Spenser Rapone, in infamous Commie Cadet, as seen on the facebook page of your racist uncle who served three years in the Marines during the Cold War, joins the team to talk about what radicalized him and what he plans to do now that he's out of the loving embrace of the Army. We're doing a fundraiser for NETA, an organization who takes food, water, and other necessities to asylum seekers on the M...

Nate and Francis talk about the jackasses who called ICE on a guy delivering a pizza to a military base, as well as the hero LT who stole an M557 for a Virginia joyride Check out this week's Q&A. Three dollars a month gets you access, but five gets you...More access! Got a story to share? You can do on the Voicemail line (314) 722-6138. You can also feel free to just DM, email at sergeantjoker@hel...

Nate and Francis talk about an upcoming lawsuit to protect HIV+ soldiers serving, the myth of the dependapotomas, and wonder if pizza MREs are better if you leave them in the fridge overnight Check out this week's Q&A. Three dollars a month gets you access, but five gets you...More access! Got a story to share? You can do on the Voicemail line (314) 722-6138. You can also feel free to just DM, ema...

Nate and Francis watched the cinematic abortion known as Pearl Harbor and ask the question, Is it Fascist or just shit? Check out this week's Q&A. Three dollars a month gets you access, but five gets you...More access! Got a story to share? You can do on the Voicemail line (314) 722-6138. You can also feel free to just DM, email at sergeantjoker@hellofawaytodie.com or send us an anonymous question...

Francis talks with Joe Kassabian about his upcoming book "The Hooligans of Kandahar". Joe is a former combat soldier who spent two deployments overseas. In this episode, the two talk about their times in Afghanistan and just how fucked everything is over there. Get the book here Follow Joe on twitter here This week's bonus episode features @TheJustinRose  as he and Francis make fun of Jordan Peter...

This week, we discuss the 82nd Airborne and their strange approach to suicide prevention, and we're getting waterboarded to own the libs. Please enjoy Producer Karl's first appearance on the show This week's bonus episode features @TheJustinRose  as he and Francis make fun of Jordan Peterson for taking Disney Movies too seriously, and then argue for twenty minutes about Disney movies. Five dollars...

Francis interviews Tyler Grant (@The_Tyler_Grant), a conservative voter, writer and thinker. Somehow they manage to agree on a lot of things and we're unsure who that makes look bad. This week's bonus episode features @TheJustinRose as he and Francis make fun of Jordan Peterson for taking Disney Movies too seriously, and then argue for twenty minutes about Disney movies. Five dollars a month gets...

Nate is traveling and Francis had to play Soldier this weekend, so nothing got recorded. Instead, enjoy this old bonus episode with Brace Belden, the California Communist who ran off to Syria to fight ISIS. This week's bonus episode is a Q&A with Nate and Francis . Just $3 a month to get access to one bonus a month. Five bucks a month gets you three episodes. So much content! We're also introducin...

This week, we're talking about how no one is allowed to have fun anymore, and how Trumps's great economy is fucking over recruiters In this week's bonus episode , Nate speaks with former Canadian Air Force officer Alex Fisher about recent hijinks at the Royal Military College, what it's like to serve in the Canadian armed forces, and how weird and insane the American military seems from the outsid...

This week, the fire team brings interviews Phil Klay about his article in the Atlantic tackling what exactly it is we're supposed to be telling troops when we send them to the desert year after year to fight a war no one cares about. Read Phil's work here Extended show notes here In this week's bonus episode , Nate speaks with former Canadian Air Force officer Alex Fisher about recent hijinks at t...

This week, the fire team brings on an Air National Guardsman to discuss what exactly it is the military will be doing along the Mexican border. Turns out it's mostly boring surveillance stuff. Somehow it will still cost taxpayers a billion dollars, I'm sure In this week's bonus episode, Nate speaks with former Canadian Air Force officer Alex Fisher about recent hijinks at the Royal Military Colleg...

This week, Nate and Francis discuss the military barring enlistment, and even pulling someone out of basic training, for seeking counceling while a military dependent, and the firing of David Shulkin and the long march toward privatizing the VA. Extended show notes here ​For this week's bonus interview, Nate spoke with Joe Glenton, a former British Army soldier whose opposition to the War on a Ter...

Nate and Francis discuss John Bolton as the new NatSec advisor to President Trump, and just who we're going to war with first. Then we talk about the 15 year anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. We're also introducing new bonus tiers for the Patreon! We will have a $1 and $3 level you can give to as well. Details in the episode. https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie NEW NEWSLETTER! Sign up...

This week, we're chatting about Shamrock Hellfires and the Space Forces. Both dumb ideas from completely different places! NEW NEWSLETTER! Sign up with your email here for a twice monthly news letter. Don't miss anything and have it delivered directly to you -eepurl.com/dhFP4n Want the full interview you heard? Five bucks a month gets you that access - https://www.patreon.com/posts/17677439 Got a...

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Nate and Francis discuss the toxicity of the military and how there really needs to be a block of instructions on how to turn off your dickishness and casual racism when you're out in the real world. Then the pair talk about just how we're fucking over immigrant soldiers once again by removin the immigration services from military bases, making soldiers who aren't yet full American citizens find a...

Nate and Francis discuss an article from Task and Purpose that gives step by step instructions on how to eat Army Long Term Survival rations. From the bar of compressed peas to your very own chili. https://taskandpurpose.com/army-long-term-food-survival-guide/ Then we talk about reports that the military has been mishandling working dogs post deployment and just how unsurprising it is that equipme...