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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, [...]

Sun 2/9/2020

American Spy – CIA Operations Officer HK Roy

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-03-24T16:46:06-07:00February 9th, 2020|

America Spy; Wry Reflections on My Life in the CIA is a humorous and revealing firsthand look into the life of a CIA agent and his continuing career to protect American interests and citizens. Author HK Roy refers to his 13 years as a CIA Operations Officer as an “adventure”. He is being modest. From narrowly escaping capture by Iranian terrorists in Bosnia to using his wife as part of the team while planting a listening device in Latin America, [...]

Sun 1/26/2020

B-17 Over Berlin – Col. Richard Bushong

Ben Buehler-Garcia2020-12-21T22:05:55-07:00January 26th, 2020|

B-17 pilot Richard Bushong completed 28 combat missions over Europe during World War II. He flew as a member of the 390th Bomb Group of the US 8th Air Force, the subject of the compelling documentary “The Cold Blue.” (L-R) BBG, Col. Richard Bushong, Alex Wright- 390th Memorial Museum Richard specifically requested to be a B-17 pilot. After completing combat training in Washington, he sailed to England aboard the Queen Mary. Some might consider this luxury travel but [...]

Sun 1/19/2020

Service Dogs – Josh Aronson & Tom Flood

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-03-24T16:47:07-07:00January 19th, 2020|

Service dogs and their relationships with the Veterans they help is the subject of a wonderful new documentary directed and produced by award winning filmmaker Josh Aronson. Josh and Tom Flood, one of the Veterans featured in “To Be of Service” join us for a discussion. Josh was “pitched” the concept several times before he felt prepared to do the project. However, he says doing the documentary changed him. “I saw the human species in a different way. It’s humbling [...]

Sun 1/12/2020

Police Suicide – Mark DiBona

Ben Buehler-Garcia2020-12-21T22:46:46-07:00January 12th, 2020|

Police suicide is the number one killer of law enforcement officers in the US. In 2019 alone, 228 officers took their own lives. Retired Sgt. Mark Dibona knows the situation all too well. He came close to taking his own life twice during his 33 year law enforcement career. For Mark it really began when he volunteered to travel to New York following the 9/11 attacks in order to assist with recovery efforts. He says the smell of death and [...]

Sun 1/5/2020

Break It Down Show – Pete Turner

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-03-24T16:47:59-07:00January 5th, 2020|

Break It Down Show producer and host Pete Turner refined his cultural skills in “some of the most harsh work environments possible” - Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. He served over 70 months in combat zones as a counterintelligence specialist for the Army, Department of Defense and State Department. Pete Turner at Work His primary job was to be outside the wire “..trying to figure out what was keeping us from winning.” Because he was able to develop relationships [...]