Mike Ritland

Former Navy SEAL, NY Times best selling author, Host of Mike Drop, Creator of Owner @trikosdogs, Founder @warriordogs

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐭 & 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟗𝟖

Former Green Beret Tu Lam served over 23 years in Special Forces, deploying to 27 countries, and is the founder of Ronin Tactics and author of The Way of the Ronin. In this episode, Tu shares the full arc of his extraordinary life — from being born in Saigon and escaping war-torn Vietnam as a child refugee on a wooden fishing boat, to becoming one of the most elite operators in the U.S. military. They dig into the Bushido code, the warrior's path, faith, addiction, and what it truly means to surrender.

𝐓𝐮 𝐋𝐚𝐦 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟗𝟖
𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮.𝐛𝐞/𝐭𝐙𝐟_𝐯𝐳𝐊𝐰𝐆𝐘𝐌

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐓 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐰𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐦 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 & 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟗𝟕

@JayCollinsFL spent 23 years in Army Special Forces, serving in South America and the Middle East as a Green Beret, where he was shot in the arm and ultimately lost a leg from injuries sustained in combat. A recipient of two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, and the Combat Infantryman Badge, Jay went on to serve in the Florida State Senate and now serves as Lieutenant Governor of Florida, currently running for Governor. In this episode, he takes us back to Firebase Anaconda in Afghanistan, one of the worst defensible positions imaginable, and breaks down the presence patrol where he took a round to the arm, the mortar blast that would silently cost him his leg years later, and what it took to keep fighting through all of it.

𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐬 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟗𝟕
𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮.𝐛𝐞/𝐐𝐕𝐐𝐎𝐗𝟓𝐥𝐥𝐔𝐓𝐈

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐚 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐮 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟗𝟔

Kyle Morgan spent over 20 years in the Army as a Green Beret and Delta Force operator, serving in every kinetic conflict since 9/11 including deployments to Colombia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. He is best known for leading the hostage rescue and evacuation at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali, where terrorists killed 20 people and took 170 hostages.

𝐊𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟗𝟔
https://t.co/zwQRu0kKJf

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐓𝐍𝐀𝐌: 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟗𝟓

Major James Capers led a four day mission in Vietnam that should have killed him. His unit was inserted, took heavy contact, and fought through the night with everything they had. He was wounded, his dog was killed, and when the helicopter finally came in to pull them out, he told the crew to take his men and leave him behind. President Trump signed a bill awarding him the Medal of Honor for what he did on that trail, outnumbered and outgunned, refusing to abandon a single Marine no matter the cost. In this episode, Major Capers sits down to walk through the mission, the decisions made under fire, and what it actually means to bring every man home when everything around you is falling apart.

𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟗𝟓
https://t.co/sSc0fEKF2o

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

@bh30317 @ShawnRyan762 Would love to have them on

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭'𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫-𝐔𝐩 | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟗𝟒

Retired Army Sergeant Major and Green Beret Terry Wilson spent 24 years in uniform with the 7th Special Forces Group, racking up 11 combat deployments and nearly 11 years total downrange. He is now the CEO of Tactical Edge Coaching and Consulting, where he works with high performance men to become better leaders in all aspects of their life.

In this episode we get into the daily troops in contact grind of Helmand Province, watching a Chinook get blown out of the sky a couple hundred meters away, recovering bodies from the crash site through the night, losing a teammate to an IED within days, the brutal reality of the Afghanistan withdrawal, and hitting rock bottom after losing his son before faith and fitness gave him a way back.

𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 "𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫" 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟗𝟒
𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮.𝐛𝐞/𝐘𝐘𝟒𝐧𝐎𝐧𝐞𝐍𝐧𝐤𝐰

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐫 | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟗𝟑

Ryan Kuperus is a retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant with 17+ years in infantry, recon, and Force Recon. Medically retired after multiple combat deployments, a Bronze Star with V, Purple Heart, and enough kinetic stories to fill a book. From leading teams in Now Zad to pulling his own guys out of multiple IED strikes, this one gets raw fast. We talk leadership failures in combat, hunting, ibogaine, and why the system chews up warriors.

𝐑𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟗𝟑
𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮.𝐛𝐞/𝐰𝟓𝐩𝐬_𝟑𝐄-𝐤𝐚𝐄

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐒𝐀𝐒 𝐯𝐬. 𝐏 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲: 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐓𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟗𝟐

Phil Singleton spent years operating in the shadows — tier one SAS, Operation Nimrod, the Iranian Embassy siege — and then quietly disappeared into a second career training thousands of law enforcement officers across the U.S. as Training Director for Heckler & Koch. He doesn't carry a cell phone, doesn't chase recognition, and until now has been one of the most quietly consequential British operators most Americans have never heard of. This week Phil pulls back the curtain on what it really took to earn that winged dagger, what it was like to storm a foreign embassy in the middle of London on live television, and why — at 72 — he's perfectly content stacking bananas in a grocery store produce aisle with zero regrets.

𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐧 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟗𝟐
𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞.𝐜𝐨𝐦/𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡?𝐯=𝐝𝟗𝐲𝐁𝐫𝟕𝐐𝐲𝐆𝟕𝟎

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐖𝐀𝐑 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐞 𝐚 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑... 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐈𝐭 | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟗𝟏

@AdamSchwarze enlisted in the Marines three weeks after watching the Twin Towers fall live from his senior year English class and never really stopped fighting. Nine deployments, 70 plus countries, classified undersea SEAL operations, and now a grassroots Senate run in Minnesota with no establishment backing. This one gets into all of it, the rocket shots in Iraq, the brother who died in his arms, what it actually took to cross from Marine infantryman to SEAL officer, and why he believes boots on the ground in Iran could turn into another Middle East disaster. The conversation gets brutally honest about what veterans understand about Iran that politicians don’t.

𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐳𝐞 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟗𝟏
𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮.𝐛𝐞/𝟖𝐝𝐄𝐑𝐱𝐅𝐖𝐨𝐬𝟐𝐔

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟒 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 & 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐒𝐖 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟗𝟎

Randy Rozzell is a retired SEAL Chief with 22 years in the teams, multiple combat deployments with Team Seven, the guy who rewrote how Naval Special Warfare teaches hand-to-hand combat. A small-town Texas kid who ran away from home at 14, fought his way into and out of BUD/S more times than most guys even attempt it, then went on to build one of the most operationally relevant combatives programs in special operations history — Randy's story is one of the most raw, honest, and flat-out relentless journeys I've had the privilege of putting on this show. This one's worth every minute.

𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐳𝐞𝐥𝐥 @SOCRandyRozzell | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟗𝟎
𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮.𝐛𝐞/𝐮𝐃𝐟𝐦𝐎𝐊𝐎𝐳𝐝𝐖𝐈

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐀𝐂-𝐕 𝐒𝐎𝐆: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐑𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐖𝐚𝐫 | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟖𝟗

My guest today is a man who existed in the shadows of one of the most classified units in American military history — a Vietnam-era Green Beret named Travis Mills who helped build the legendary MACV-SOG one-zero school, ran recon deep into Laos when we "weren't there," got shot multiple times during one of the deadliest single-night attacks ever to hit Army Special Forces, and lived to sit across from me and tell the whole story. This is the kind of conversation that reminds you what the word "operator" actually means before it became a hashtag.

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟖𝟗
𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮.𝐛𝐞/𝐖𝟖𝟎𝟖𝐘𝐧_𝐜𝐥𝐁𝐔

[SGM Mike Vining @ Blasting Through Official @BlastingThrough]

Today marks the 46th Anniversary of our attempts to rescue 53 American hostages from the Embassy in Tehran. We tried, but the odds were stacked against us. The details are in my book, but today, I ask you to remember the fallen, the eight brave men we lost during that mission.
Recently, Mike Ritland @MRitland asked me if there’s a quote that has significance for me. I paraphrased one from Ernest Hemingway: “It’s said that a warrior dies two deaths, the first on the battlefield, the second the last time their name is spoken.”
I’m honored to say their names.
1st SOW Air Force personnel that was killed:  MAJ Richard L. Bakke, age 34, Long Beach, CA, MAJ Harold L. “Hal” Lewis, Jr., age 35, Mansfield, CT, MAJ Lyn D. McIntosh, age 33, Valdosta, GA, CAPT Charles T. McMillan II, age 28, Corrytown, TN, and Tech. Sgt. Joel C. Mayo, age 34, Bonifay, FL.  Marine Air Group 26, Marine personnel that were killed:  SSgt Dewey L. Johnson, age 31, Jacksonville, NC, SGT John D. Harvey, age 21, Roanoke, VA, and CPL George N. Holmes, Jr., age 22, Pine Bluff, AR.

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐳 | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟖𝟖

Greg Anderson returns to the Mike Drop Podcast. The former Army Ranger and U.S. Marshal breaks down the conflict with Iran, the strategic ripple effects, and what’s really happening in the Strait of Hormuz that isn’t being talked about. He also explains why he wouldn’t want his kids to join the military—and why he believes U.S. foreign policy needs a serious shift.

𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟖𝟖
𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮.𝐛𝐞/𝐒𝐬𝐚𝐡𝐡𝐡𝐫𝐅𝐔𝐬𝟒

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝟏 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝? 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐈𝐒𝐀 (𝐓𝐅 𝐎𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞) | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟖𝟕

Joe England—aka Stoic Viking—shares his incredible story of survival, resilience, and purpose. After a near-fatal car accident that changed everything, Joe opens up about rebuilding mentally and physically, his drive to serve, and the mindset forged through adversity. The conversation also dives into hard geopolitical realities, including a raw discussion on Iran, global conflict, and what many are missing about the threat landscape.

𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟖𝟕
𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞.𝐜𝐨𝐦/𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡?𝐯=𝐇𝐞𝐉𝐓𝐫𝐆𝐦𝐲𝐢𝐈𝐐

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐅𝐋 𝐓𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬, 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩'𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 & 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟖𝟔

Clint Bruce, former NFL linebacker who walked away from the league to become a Navy SEAL, completed multiple combat deployments, and now leads Trident Response Group while co-founding Carry The Load to honor our fallen, sits down for a powerful conversation on leadership and resilience.

From the intensity of competing in the NFL to the unforgiving demands of SEAL training, Clint shares hard-earned lessons on conviction, discipline, and doing what’s difficult when it matters most. This is a raw, unfiltered discussion about mindset, purpose, and what it truly takes to earn your place among the elite.

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐞 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟖𝟔
𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞.𝐜𝐨𝐦/𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡?𝐯=𝐮𝐔𝐂𝐣𝐅𝐈𝐘𝐔𝐈𝟖𝐈

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐫 & 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟖𝟓

@HestonRussell, former Major with Australia’s 2nd Commando Regiment, multiple combat deployments. We’re going deep on what commando selection actually does to your mind and body, how he built and led teams through Afghanistan and Iraq, and why he’s now on a mission to fix veteran support back home. We also discuss the Iran war and Australia's stance in the midst of the the conflict.

𝐇𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟖𝟓
𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞.𝐜𝐨𝐦/𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡?𝐯=𝐊𝐈𝐄𝐲-𝟎𝐁𝐙𝐃𝐢𝐔

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧? 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐪… | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟖𝟒

Former intelligence officer, NGA Chief Technology Officer, and author of The Fourth Intelligence Revolution Dr. @anthonyjvinci joins Mike Ritland on Mike Drop to unpack America’s high-stakes Iran moves. As deception returns, ships reposition, and Marines surge into the region, Vinci draws hard lessons from Iraq: boots on the ground may deliver victory but at the brutal price of prolonged insurgent warfare that Iran is already incentivized to drag out and amplify.

𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟖𝟒
𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞.𝐜𝐨𝐦/𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡?𝐯=𝐣𝐁𝐔𝐙𝟏𝟗𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐠

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐈𝐬 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬? | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟖𝟑

Marine Raider and combat vet @NickKoumalatsos breaks down the current U.S. strikes in Iran and answers the hard question: are these precision attacks the opening moves of a real regime-change campaign, or just the latest massive distraction timed perfectly with the Epstein file drops and the sudden mainstream “aliens are real” push? We dig into the first torpedo sinking of an enemy ship since World War II, the recurring accusations of Israeli influence, and whether America is once again being played as a proxy in someone else’s game—while the bigger upstream truths stay buried.

𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐊𝐨𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐬 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟖𝟑
𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞.𝐜𝐨𝐦/𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡?𝐯=𝟖𝐡𝐣𝟔𝐈𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐋𝐃𝐀

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧, 𝐂𝐮𝐛𝐚 & 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐚: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

Trump says Cuba might be next, oil prices are spiking after Iran, China is building submarines, and Russia is feeding intel to Iran.

In this episode, I break down what’s actually going on behind the headlines—why Venezuela, Iran, and Cuba might all be connected, how energy and the petrodollar play into global power, and why transparency from our leaders matters.

𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐨 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟖𝟐
𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞.𝐜𝐨𝐦/𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡?𝐯=𝐀𝐚𝐛𝐧𝐞𝐥𝟑𝐀_𝐧𝐰

[Mike Ritland @MRitland]

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 "𝐕𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫" 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧? | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟖𝟏

Retired Green Beret, Mark Grdovic shares the largely untold story of what came to be known as "Operation Viking Hammer", a 2003 U.S. Army Special Forces mission in northern Iraq that targeted the terrorist group Ansar al-Islam prior to the main invasion. Working alongside Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, 10th Special Forces Group conducted a coordinated assault on entrenched enemy positions in mountainous terrain near Halabja, following Tomahawk strikes. The operation dismantled Ansar al-Islam’s stronghold and secured the Kurdish region, enabling follow-on coalition operations deeper into Iraq.

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐆𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐜 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟖𝟏
https://t.co/jpYbs074mJ