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Brad Thomas is one of those people you can’t put into a box. He’s an Army Ranger who fought in Gothic Serpent (aka Black Hawk Down), became an SMU Commando, and now makes music alongside other SOF veterans in the band Silence and Light. SOFcast hosts CCM Greg Smith and SGM Matt Parrish talked with Brad about his experience in SOF, finding his tribe, and how music connects him to fellow veterans. Don’t forget to subscribe and follow us on social media and YouTube.

The last 20 years of GWOT and counter-insurgency has dramatically shaped today’s force. Dr. David Kilcullen has been at the forefront of those shaping policies and strategies. Dr. Kilcullen joins the hosts of SOFcast to discuss how the lessons learned from GWOT (the good and the bad) will be applied to the future of SOF and where those lessons fit in Strategic Competition. Dr. David Kilcullen is the former senior counter-insurgency advisor to General David Patreus and former Chief Strategist in the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the US State Department. He’s also the author of The Accidental Guerrilla, Counterinsurgency, Out of the Mountains, Blood Year, and The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West

The Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, SEAC Ramón Colón-López, joins SOFcast to talk about the role of SOF in Great Power Competition, getting the record straight on diversity in the ranks, and what he’s doing to preserve the mission of special operations at the highest levels of decision-making. SEAC Ramón Colón-López is the 4th Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman and a USAF Pararescueman.

Fresh out of JRTC and a training event overseas working with partner forces, members of the US Army’s 10th Special Forces talk with SOFcast about what’s gone right, wrong, and everything in between. This isn’t an “everything’s great” conversation. This is a candid, “no-holds-barred” discussion about their experience training alongside conventional forces, the growing pains of re-balancing to strategic competition, and why working with partner forces is imperative to the mission readiness of SOF units.Subscribe today everywhere you listen to podcasts!

Members of today’s US Special Operations Forces are often regarded as heroes, but there are those that today’s elite operators look up to and regard as their own heroes. John Stryker “Tilt” Meyer is one of those men! As a member of the clandestine MAC-V SOG operating in the midst of the Vietnam War, Tilt recounts his combat experiences, some very close calls, and how close partnership with indigenous forces along with coordinated joint operations lead to successful missions in places where American troops “officially” never were. Subscribe today and leave us a review!

Motivation, drive, and patriotism! We’re talking about Special Forces MSG Tim Kennedy!From lessons learned in the cage, to the ups and downs of running businesses, and living the life of an influencer; Tim Kennedy and SOFcast hosts CCM Greg Smith and SGM Matt Parrish talk about what it takes to stay motivated, driven, and always striving for the next challenge. Subscribe today and leave us a review!

Although they barely knew each other, when Scott Light heard that fellow air commando Brian Kimber needed a kidney, he answered the call. CCM Greg Smith and SGM Matt Parrish talk with Scott and Brian about what it’s like to find out you have a disease that won’t just end your career but could end your life, and how discovering a donor match would lead to a new lease on life for both of them.

SOFcast hosts CCM Greg Smith and SGM Matt Parrish discuss the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 and have a candid conversation about the recent withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan.

From the GridIron to the battlefield; team cohesion, resilience, and the drive for excellence are the cornerstones of the elite. The percentage of college football players that make it to the NFL is comparable to the number of servicemembers who make it to SOF. We talk with Tampa Bay Buccaneers Center Ryan Jensen and Navy Academy graduate, now NFL undrafted free agent, Cameron Kinley about what it takes to work with an elite Super Bowl winning team, overcoming adversity, and what kind of work ethic it takes to get to the top and stay there. All that and more on this bonus episode of SOFcast! Subscribe today and leave us a review!

While we wait for Season 2 to kick off, we’re releasing a BONUS episode! SOFcast host SGM Matt Parrish talks with his former team leader and Active Duty SF Officer “Nate” about their time working together. What does it take to lead a team of diverse experiences and personalities? What’s the right way to think of training? How do you build trust? All that and more on this BONUS episode of SOFcast! Subscribe today and leave us a review!