Former Action Guys Podcast

George Mills has one of those career paths so unique that it’s almost hard to believe. He enlisted as an infantryman and soon found himself holding a Yankee White TS security clearance, which he later lost after an off-duty incident. From there, he moved on to the newly formed Anti-Terrorism Battalion for a deployment to Iraq before leaving the Corps to work as a contractor. Eventually, he missed the Marine Corps and joined 4th ANGLICO as a reservist, where he gained fire support experience across multiple deployments before becoming a JTAC with the Marine Raiders.

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00:00:00 Intro | Military High School
00:05:22 Joining Marine Infantry | Security Forces
00:10:05 Presidential Security | Yankee White
00:21:31 Security Forces vs Special Operations
00:25:47 Fired From Presidential Security
00:29:56 Anti-Terrorism Battalion
00:33:44 Israeli Military Training
00:40:33 Deployment to Iraq
00:44:54 Afghan Culture Shock
00:57:44 Security Contractor
01:05:04 Iraq Contract Gig
01:11:03 Rejoining the Marines | 4th ANGLICO
01:36:43 MARSOC Fires
01:43:51 Joining a Marine Special Operations Team (MSOT)
01:54:28 MARSOC Fires vs ANGLICO

Brad Colbert is a Recon Marine who served in the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, in addition to multiple Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) deployments. Brad's role in the invasion of Iraq with 1st Recon Battalion was heavily depicted in the HBO mini-series Generation Kill. Check out Brad's podcast at the link below and standby for our follow-up!

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00:00:00 Intro | Maj Capers Medal of Honor
00:01:44 Choosing the Marines
00:04:44 Joining Marine Recon
00:13:47 Favorite Part of BRC | Surf Passages
00:17:47 The Boring Reality
00:23:01 Strikes in Iran | Targeting
00:31:54 9/11 Happens | Activate the MEU
00:39:51 Prepping for Invasion | First Marines In
00:44:54 Afghan Culture Shock
00:51:40 The Enemy in Afghanistan
01:01:19 How The World Changed During the Deployment
01:10:24 Home From Afghanistan and Prepping for Iraq
01:23:24 Generation Kill | Evan Wright
01:35:08 Nasiriyah | Fratricide
01:53:12 Recon's Role in the Drone Warfare Era

Chris Janecek was an enlisted armorer with 3rd ANGLICO while he completed college and worked towards becoming a Naval Aviator. Chris got his wish and was selected to fly the CH-46 Sea Knight. He flew the twin-rotor helicopter during the invasion and follow-on deployment to Iraq before being assigned to 3rd Battalion 1st Marines as a Forward Air Controller for his third deployment to Iraq.

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00:00:00 Intro | Artemis II
00:03:04 Iran CSAR Mission | Rescue of DUDE44
00:10:09 3rd ANGLICO
00:16:50 Flight School
00:21:51 CH-46 Selection | Training
00:28:49 CH-46 Safety Record | Aviation Risks
00:34:53 Invasion of Iraq
00:51:46 Iraq Air Threats
01:03:00 How The War Changed | 3 Deployments to Iraq
01:14:33 3rd Battalion 1st Marines FAC Tour
01:22:53 CH-46 is Decommissioned

Joshua Shores is a Marine Infantryman who served with 1st Battalion 5th Marines in Ramadi then a MEU. He went on to MARSOC and was part of the first Bravo Company to stand up after the unit's formation. Check out his book Counting on Death at the link below.

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Josh's links
Website: https://www.countingondeath.com
Book: https://a.co/d/03jtRhfB

00:00:00 Intro | Tracy Offutt
00:01:51 The Infantry | Joining After High School
00:17:42 Infantry and Pre-Deployment Training
00:23:38 Friendly Fire | Hand Grenades
00:32:51 Ramadi
00:38:22 IEDs and Drones
00:43:22 The Façade of Safety
00:45:07 M249 SAW | First Firefight
00:48:33 Afghanistan vs Iraq
00:52:14 Military vs Civilian
00:59:58 Journalism and Fire Fighters
01:10:36 Security Contractor Opportunities
01:13:43 1st MSOB Bravo Co
01:16:51 The Cost of Awards | Professional Warfighters
01:30:02 Stay In or Get Out

Morgan Lerette is former Airman, and Army intelligence officer, and Blackwater Contractor. We talk about what's happening in Iran as of March 3rd.

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https://www.amazon.com/Guns-Girls-Greed-Blackwater-Mercenary/dp/B0C7P83DL6

00:00:00 Intro
00:05:18 TikTok Wars | OSINT
00:09:44 Target Identification
00:12:40 Boots on the Ground
00:15:42 Government Succesion | Who Takes Over?
00:21:44 Bombing Campaign
00:29:56 Anti-Drone Tech
00:36:33 Intelligence Wafare
00:40:18 OSINT
00:43:35 Why Did We Attack?
00:52:18 Geo Politics | Cutting off China's Oil Supply
00:56:33 What Happens Next?
01:06:21 US Troops on the Ground
01:22:09 Erik Prince