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Sun 5/10/2020

Gary Sinise Foundation CEO Robin Rand

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-01-10T18:32:00-07:00May 10th, 2020|

Gary Sinise Foundation CEO Robin Rand joins us to discuss their programs in support of military members, first responders and their families. He updates us on the Foundation’s Emergency COVID-19 Combat Service program. Since March 9, this new element of their programming has funded over 5,000 pieces of PPE and large scale decontamination equipment for 56 first responder units in 25 states. Over $700,000 of the $ 1 million raised for this program has already been allocated and Robin assures [...]

Sun 5/3/2020

Cairo – No Ordinary Dog with Will Chesney

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-03-24T16:36:02-07:00May 3rd, 2020|

Will and Cairo Cairo was a very special dog for many reasons – not the least of which was the fact he was part of the elite team chosen to execute Operation Neptune Spear – the mission to kill or capture Osama Bin Laden. Cairo’s partner and handler Will Chesney joins us to discuss his tribute to Cairo as presented in his book “No Ordinary Dog; My Partner From the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid.” Fellow [...]

Sun 4/26/2020

Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-03-24T16:37:18-07:00April 26th, 2020|

Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation President and CEO Michael “Rod” Rodriguez certainly has the “bonafides” to lead this initiative. Military service is a “family business”; his grandfathers served in World War II and his father served in Vietnam. Rod’s wife is a Veteran and his son currently serves with the 82nd Airborne. Rod himself served 21 years, much of it as a member of the elite Green Berets. Green Berets are often the “first to go” and it was [...]

Sun 4/12/2020

ATF Agent Cynthia Beebee

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-03-24T16:38:07-07:00April 12th, 2020|

ATF Special Agent Cynthia Beebee never considered a career in law enforcement. After all, the good guys on television were always men and in the 1960’s there were few opportunities for women in the field. But two things happened in 1972 that would change her life; President Nixon signed Title IX into law and the ATF became an agency independent of the IRS. Her story is told in the book “Boots in the Ashes”. Cynthia excelled over her 27 years [...]

Sun 4/5/2020

US Marshal David Gonzales

Ben Buehler-Garcia2020-04-09T10:14:59-07:00April 5th, 2020|

US Marshal David Gonzales has spent his entire life in law enforcement. In this episode we talk with David about the rather unique role that the US Marshals play in our justice system. The principal responsibilities of the US Marshal Service are Judicial Security, Asset Forfeiture, Prisoner Operations & Transportation, Fugitive Apprehension and Witness Security. They are the oldest of our nation’s federal law enforcement agencies and also one of the smallest. There are currently approximately 3,571 Deputy US Marshals [...]

Sun 3/29/2020

Coast Guard Captain Martha LaGuardia-Kotite

Ben Buehler-Garcia2020-03-29T13:51:54-07:00March 29th, 2020|

Martha LaGuardia-Kotite has firsthand experience with the old sailor’s superstition that women aboard ships are bad luck. When she an another officer were the first women assigned to serve on a particular Coast Guard cutter in 1989 (along an otherwise all male crew), some of the crew grumbled about bad luck. However, the Coast Guard has in many ways been on the cutting edge of innovative changes and Martha chose to apply to their academy specifically because there were no [...]

Sun 3/22/2020

Weaponizing Influencers – Scott Faith, Havok Journal

Ben Buehler-Garcia2020-03-22T17:20:43-07:00March 22nd, 2020|

Weaponizing the Influencers; Strategy in a Time of “COVID” examines the weaknesses exposed by the COVID-19 virus outbreak and how enemies of the United States could use the current situation as a blueprint for future aggression. We are joined by Scott Faith, Editor of The Havok Journal for his perspective and why he chose to publish the article. In the article I describe the three phases of an action that could bring the US to its knees without ever firing [...]

Sun 3/8/2020

Task Force Pale Horse – Col. Jimmy Blackmon

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-03-24T16:39:29-07:00March 8th, 2020|

“Pale Horse: Hunting Terrorists and Commanding Heroes With the 101st Airborne” is one of three books authored by Colonel Jimmy Blackmon. Pale Horse tells the true story of an Army aviation task force in Afghanistan during a period when “we fought every day of the year”. While he has flown high risk missions all over the globe, Jimmy’s introduction to the Army was not quite so glamorous. With working at the local cotton mill his only prospect after High School, [...]

Sun 3/1/2020

The Moscow Rules – Jonna Mendez

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-03-24T16:43:02-07:00March 1st, 2020|

In The Moscow Rules, Tony and Jonna Mendez share some of the secret CIA tactics and techniques that helped America win the cold war against the Soviet Union. Jonna reveals her "true" self in the Oval office Both Tony and Jonna have been dubbed CIA “Masters of Disguise”. Tony for his masterful execution of a highly risky rescue mission to extract US personnel from Tehran in the middle of the Iranian revolution. (This mission would become the basis [...]

Sun 2/23/2020

Veteran Advocate Dr. Alice Atalanta

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-03-24T16:40:30-07:00February 23rd, 2020|

A glance at Dr. Alice Atalanta’s educational background would never give you a clue that she would become such a strong and vocal advocate for Veterans. She holds two Bachelor’s degrees, three Masters, and a Ph.D. – none of them in disciplines that have anything to do with the military. However, her mission has become one parallel to American Warrior Radio; to advocate by serving as a translator between the military and civilian communities. In a recent Havok Journal article, [...]