Task & Purpose Radio: The Warzone

A lot has been going on this week from Zach getting his first tattoo, a Marine Major proposes micro-dosing LSD, and we interview Josh Tyler from Savage Gentlemen.    Use Code TP for 10% off at BenShot.com.

Rory Hamill lost his leg while serving in the Marines, but it's hardly defined him.  "Self-maintenance is continual. There's no band-aid solution to what you're going through. You must learn, evolve, and adapt to it. Use your circumstances to help others, and you'll find that you're actually helping yourself. No obstacle is impassable; By Endurance, We Conquer. "⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ -Rory Hamill

Ryan Manion serves as the President of the Travis Manion Foundation; An VSO formed in memory of her brother who was killed in Iraq. Ryan tells us the incredible journey in her life that went from running her own retail stores to becoming President of her families foundation. 

Jack Mandaville sits down to discuss the ever-growing suicide epidemic, getting shot at boot camp, and Drunken Debriefs. 

Sergeant First Class Michael "Rod" Rodriguez is a retired Special Forces Green Beret with nine deployments, from his first in Somalia with 10th Mountain Division to his last in Afghanistan with 7th Special Forces Group.  His last assignment was as a Sniper Instructor at Fort Bragg (Range 37) where he was medically retired after 21 years of continuous service for numerous injuries he received while in service to our great nation. Rod joins Task & Purpose to discuss the current issues facing the Special Forces Community. From the the murder of a Green Beret in Mali, to drug smuggling, and a second murder in Iraq; It's time to begin asking what is going wrong culturally and how we can address it.

Marty Skovlund Jr. joins the podcast to discuss everything from Gillette's latest commercial, to the Covington Catholic students, to dropping his trousers on a live stream.  Follow us on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/taskandpurposeradio/

Griff, CEO and Founder of Combat Flip Flops, joins us to talk about his newest project, Pete Davidson, and more. 

This month Canada passed historical legislation not only legalizing marijuana for the country, but also the Canadian military. Now, as Americans we need to ask if we'll ever follow suit.

For those of us that joined the ranks of the U.S. military during the height of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, we expected to be deployed overseas. Regardless of our reasons, most were bonded through the common ground of deployment.  The current generation of war fighters are struggling to find their purpose as they train for a war that they will most likely never experience. 

On a special episode of The Warzone, Patrick and Adam sit down with Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson to talk about the Navy's new branding campaign, readiness, sky penis, and more.

On the eve of the Army-Navy Game, the Warzone crew breaks down the odds and places a high-stakes bet on the outcome. Anyone for sky-penis tats?

The gang is joined by Ukrainian-born writer and journalist (and possible spy) Natalia Antonova, who recently returned to New York after years living and reporting in Moscow. Seeing an opportunity to discuss real, relevant issues, Pat and Adam scrap their original plan (an entire episode devoted to farts) and delve into geopolitics. Is Vladimir Putin a friend or foe? Man or meme? Natalia has the answers.

2017 has been a crazy year with a lot of changes, firsts, and new beginnings. However, one lone Navy pilot takes the cake with his beautiful sky art. People said it couldn't be done and it brought tears of joy and relief to Patrick and Linehan. Of course, Weinstein had to ruin it. 

We sent our good friend Marty "The Party" Skovlund Jr. to Afghanistan to get us that journo scoop. Not letting us down at all, Marty partied with the new Afghan Commando's that are taking the fight to the Taliban.

Learning that Devin Kelley served in the Air Force was a blow to veterans everywhere but the military did its job kicking him out, but why did they fail to report him to the FBI?

Jack Mandaville and Adam Weinstein join The Warzone as permanent hosts and help discuss the complicated story of Bowe Bergdahl. We want to know, what three items would you take?

We're taking the podcast in a new direction as we talk about recruiting, the state of the military, and Adam's piece on the struggles that recruiters face.

Tom Cruise stars in this intense film telling the story of Ron Kovic, a Vietnam war amputee turned activist. Unlike most war films, this covers his time home dealing with PTSD, civilians, and questions about his service. 

Per request of the listeners, the team sat down and watched the Netflix original Sand Castle. There wasn't too much punch to the story to make it stand out in anyone's mind however, they did have awesome technical advisors on set.

Aaron Gell joins the group while Adam is out doing journo things and finds it difficult to apply his usual movie hate as he did to Dunkirk. Everyone really just wants to know, how is for Hans Lander in Nantucket?