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This week Francis is mad online because of a tweet, we read from the Woman's Home Companion, and we open some Desert Storm trading cards (and you can get some too!) Sign up for the Patreon to get bonus episodes. If you join at the $10 level before December you will also get the Christmas Care Package sent out to you! - https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie Get your own pack of Gulf War trading cards for five dollars a pack. Quantities are limited - https://www.hellofawaytodie.com/product-page/gulf-war-trading-cards

On Patreon this week, Francis and Carey answer questions. Everything from gun range team building to polycule etiquette. Listen to the whole episode here - https://www.patreon.com/posts/dear-zoo-crew-93289245

Nuclear Anthropogist Martin Pfeiffer joins Francis to talk about one of the more insane weapons the Americans developed during the Cold War: The Davy Crockett. Support Martin's research and get regular updates on his Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/nuclearanthro https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/nuclearanthro Follow Martin here https://twitter.com/NuclearAnthro https://bsky.app/profile/nuclearanthro.bsky.social Support our show https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie

Writer and conflict journalist James Stout is back on the show to talk about his recent trip around the Kurdish regions of Iraq and Syria. Kurdish allies are still on the front lines against ISIS, but often find themselves hung out to dry by the American Government time and time again. Support James - https://www.patreon.com/Jamesstout/ Follow James on Twitter - https://twitter.com/jamesstout Check out the latest store items - https://www.hellofawaytodie.com/shop

It's a time of Anniversaries. Three years since Francis left the Army, Seven years of Podcasting, and sixteen years of free entrees for veterans at your Neighborhood Applebees Links: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie Curated Pins - https://www.hellofawaytodie.com/shop-2 A-10 article - https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/11/-10-and-f-35-competed-close-air-support-tests-years-ago-report-just-surfaced/391754/ Recruiter crisis - https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/11/01/army-suddenly-and-chaotically-told-hundreds-of-soldiers-they-have-be-recruiters-immediately.html

This week Francis discusses Army base renaming, and we read about a Navy guy getting in trouble for doing Navy guy stuff. We also cover a story about about rural Missouri and the immigrants who found home here. Noel, Missouri Article - https://missouriindependent.com/2023/... Navy Chat group - https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-n... Shop the sale - https://www.hellofawaytodie.com/sale-1 Patreon - / hellofawaytodie

Davis Winkie of Army Times joins Francis to talk about how the Peacetime Army is taking a big step back and trying to figure out if you really need to do all these oil changes on trucks that never move. Find Davis on Twitter - https://twitter.com/davis_winkie BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/winkie.bsky.social Army Times - https://www.armytimes.com/author/davis.winkie Support the podcast! Seven years of bonus episodes await you at the $5 a month level on the Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie

This week we're doing something a little different. This is the audio from the weekly videos Francis has been putting up on Youtube. The series discusses military news, updates and changes in the shop, and features readins from various anti war publications put out during Vietnam. While these episodes are more for a visual medium, I do describe the graphics I am using in detail. The hope is to put these up every week as a suppliment to the regular (and bonus) episodes. More content for the content Gods! This week Francis talks about Marines on TikTok confessing to crimes, and how we're about to lose some Navy SEALs to Steroid testing. Readings from A Four Year Bummer

This week we're unlocking an episode from the Patreon Archives about dueling, and the many ways people have sought to kill each other like gentlemen. Sometimes you're in a balloon. Sometimes you're fighting a dog. Either way, someone is dying in the dumbest way possible. If you like this episode and want more, we have seven years of archives waiting for you for just five dollars a month at https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie. We appreciate your support in whatever way you can give it to us! Check out more in the store at https://www.hellofawaytodie.com/shop

Plague has come to deadwood, and the Zoo Crew is chatting about getting injected with the worst vaccine (Smallpox). We also lament with Joe his flight from Armenia and the vacuum cleaner he left behind Get the whole episode, and more, on our Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/91147915