I figured no better way to kick off this episode than with C.J. Ramone‘s “Grunt” when you have Drew Dwyer hosting this show with fellow Devil Dog and SOFREP writer Alex Hollings as our guest.  We start off this episode with what Drew’s been working on for Crate Club, then get into the insanity that took place at the Congressional baseball practice for the Republicans, resulting in the shooting of Representative Steve Scalise.  We go on to cover the release of University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier from North Korea back to the U.S. in a coma, and how this... More

A lot of you seemed to enjoy SOFREP writer and Marine Alex Hollings’ first appearance on the show, so we decided to bring him back.  First order of business though, Derek Gannon hops on, Green Beret and our go-to expert on Africa for an important update on the deadly car bombing that took place outside of a police station in Mogadishu.  Derek gets in-depth with what’s happening in the region as always, getting into the details that the mainstream media won’t tell you. Alex covers some other major news including the continued unstable relations between the U.S. and Russia, as... More

Can’t get enough of some of the USMC dudes on the show?  We’ll you’re in luck, because SOFREP author James Powell, and CJ Ramone of the Ramones come on this episode, both former Marines (yes, the bassist for arguably the most iconic punk band who was with them since 1989 was in fact a Marine.)  CJ talks about touring the globe the past few years, hitting countries like Cuba and Argentina in support of his solo work (his latest of which is the “American Beauty” album that came out earlier this year, go pick it up!)  Then him and Brandon... More

“I didn’t get a job as an internet writer to wear pants.” You’ll hear this among some other great words of wisdom on this episode from former Marine and current full-time SOFREP writer Alex Hollings as he talks “Old Man Fitness.”  That’s the column he’s been doing every few days, though I do have to ask Alex as we discuss the articles, why the title as an extremely active and young 32-year-old man? We hear about him attending a screening of the movie “Thank You for Your Service” which he just reviewed, as well as sitting down with writer/director Jason... More

It’s been a long fall season without him, but Jack Murphy is back in his regular seat, fresh off of the release of episode 1 of “Tesla’s Death Ray: A Murder Declassified.”  The show stars Jack, and it premiered on Discovery this past Tuesday. We recap some major special operations stories, talk the reality of pushing the nuclear button (a piece Alex Hollings did a great job on) and Jack working on his memoir, officially being titled “Murphy’s Law.” Our special guest is Ed Darack, and he has a lot of thought-provoking things to say on this episode. Ed’s a... More

Ian Scotto here back from Las Vegas, and let me tell you, the Hurricane Group house was packed with a lot of names familiar to you the listeners, and shit did indeed get rowdy.  From the SOFREP end of things we had Jack Murphy, James Powell, The Odyssean, Kurt Troter, and Alex Hollings.  And our friends from The Loadout Room and The Arms Guide were there: Travis Pike, Erik Meisner, Rex Nanorum, Mark Miller, and Scott Witner.  Even more familiar names came out for the annual Team Room/Crate Club event including Frumentarius and Christian Prosser who you’ll hear from. I start off... More

As the title suggests, this was a very fun episode that covered quite a few topics, and just may have been a little scatterbrain.  The first time Jack and I met Alex in person was earlier this year at SHOT Show, and we haven’t had him on in a while, so an update from the Marine staff writer was in order.  SHOT Show 2018 was Alex’s first rodeo if you will, so we hear his account of the trade show.  We get into the interesting subject of the Department of Defense allocating money into the studying of UFOs.  We also... More

Alex Hollings‘s “Old Man Fitness” column here on SOFREP has gained a sizable following, and we often get asked when he’ll be back on with us to discuss, and so we delivered. We talk personal fitness goals, but as usual with Alex, we dive into a whole lot more. We talk about a breaking controversial story of Australian SASR soldiers flying a Swastika flag. That gets us into another recent story of a National Guard officer stealing an armored personnel carrier, driving it off base, and leading police on a two-hour chase. We talk about disaster preparedness, and in particular... More

Always a wide array of topics to discuss when former Marine and writer Alex Hollings joins the show, and you won’t be disappointed by Episode 383. We discuss information operations and how propaganda and urban legends can become cited as fact. We get into Europe, Asia, and the U.S. at length, as well as conflict in the Middle East. We hit on Russia’s involvement in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, and their larger objective to create distrust among people in the U.S. with their own government. We then ask the question, in this day and age, can the average American truly... More

We always enjoy bringing Marine Corps veteran Alex Hollings on the show and we constantly enter interesting territory. On this episode we get into some recent articles from Alex that focus on Russian weapons technologies, the future of space exploration, and we even get into some alien discussion. We also talk about the recent controversy of Elon Musk enjoying marijuana with Joe Rogan on The Joe Rogan Experience, and the repercussions for this action. This leads to some talk on the recent bill to legalize marijuana in the state of New Jersey which could positively impact veterans. We of course also make... More