What a Hell of a Way to Dad

Preview of a bonus episode where Francis and Matt Christman (@cushbomb) talk about the third movie of the Starship Troopers franchise, and how it lines up with politics today. Would you like to know more? - https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie

Francis talks with James LaPorta, a freelance journalist and a former U.S. Marine infantry squad leader and intelligence chief. He frequently covers national security and veterans issues. We talk Marines United, intelligence collecting and the possibility that Ivan is standing outside our windows listening to both of us. James on Twitter - https://twitter.com/jimlaporta Check out his writing for Daily Beast here - http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/james-laporta.html The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts Adrian - www.instagram.com/presumptuous_nominee/

Adrian takes point to talk about the double standard for criminal punishment that exists between Generals, officers and all the lowly privates. The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts Adrian - www.instagram.com/presumptuous_nominee/

This week, the team discusses the unredeemable George W. Bush and his paintings of wounded veterans. Plus, we discuss Chelsea Clinton's possible run for office and all manner of other Army nonsense Read Adrian's article on Portraits of Redemption here - https://medium.com/@HellOfAWay/why-do-we-venerate-george-w-bushs-creepy-war-portraits-ec0105fe56b6 The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts Adrian - www.instagram.com/presumptuous_nominee/

Teresa Fazio, former Marine Corps officer, joins us at the smoke deck to talk about the recent nudes sharing scandal blowing up all over the military. She tells us how something like this is neither new or surprising, and we discuss how we've seen this during our own service and how a failure of leadership propagates these behaviors Read Thomas Brennan's story breaking the news here - https://www.revealnews.org/blog/hundreds-of-marines-investigated-for-sharing-photos-of-naked-colleagues/ Teresa Fazio was a Marine Corps officer from 2002-2006. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Task and Purpose, Consequence Magazine, and Penthouse. She is a contributor to the anthology The Road Ahead, and the nonfiction anthologies Retire the Colors and It's My Country, Too. She is on Twitter @DoctorFaz . Retire the Colors - https://www.amazon.com/Retire-Colors-Veterans-Civilians-Afghanistan-ebook/dp/B01LW83QBW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1489342102&sr=1-1&keywords=retire+the+colors It's my Too - https://www.amazon.com/Its-Country-Too-Revolution-Afghanistan/dp/1612348319/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1489342158&sr=1-1 The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts Adrian - www.instagram.com/presumptuous_nominee/

Adrian talks with Swedish soldier Mikael Skillt about the politics of soldiers, and how quickly that goes out the window as soon as you take incoming fire. Follow Mikael on twitter at https://twitter.com/MikaelSkillt and be handy with the twitter translate function. If you want access to this and other bonus content, consider a $5 monthly pledge to the podcast at: https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie

Trump is promising us a $54b increase to the military budget so we can by more Ripits and Copenhagen long cut. The three talk about insane ways we've personally seen money spent by the Army, from buying useless shit that doesn't work, to just lighting it all on fire. Your tax dollars at work! We're going to start putting up regular articles and linking our work here as well, but be sure to follow the Podcast Twitter account @HellOfAWay for new Medium posts. First up, the beginners guide to buying guns from Francis. www.twitter.com/HellOfAWay/status…39190772490567681 Patreon subscribers, keep an eye out for new bonus content this week from Adrian out in the Ukraine. www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie Pick Up The Road Ahead, now available wherever books may be www.amazon.com/Road-Ahead-Storie…War/dp/1681773074 The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts Adrian - www.instagram.com/presumptuous_nominee/

How bad do you need to screw up to get charged with murder in a War Zone? We talk about the the push to get a pardon for Lt. Clint Lorance, a guy who managed to go to jail for killing people in Iraq, and why he should stay there. Adam Linehan article - http://taskandpurpose.com/think-lt-clint-lorance-murderer/ Article about the CIA bungling pretty much everything having to do with Iraq and ISIS We should have a bonus episode coming out soon. If you'd like access, it will run you five dollars a month. Give often and give generously. www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie Pick Up The Road Ahead, now available wherever books may be www.amazon.com/Road-Ahead-Storie…War/dp/1681773074 The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts Adrian - www.instagram.com/presumptuous_nominee/

First bonus episod with Felix Biederman (@ByYourLogic) of Chapo Trap House as we talk midwest gunfucking and the left

Adrian is out hunting Ukranian Nazis so Francis and Nate are joined by Derek Davison, an expert on Iran. We talk about the Iran/Iraq war, the history of American foreign policy with Iran and if Francis is going to get smeared across the Persian Gulf in an eventual ground war against the Iranian military. Follow Derek for middle east news and general twitter goodness - https://twitter.com/dwdavison9318 His blog - attwiw.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/davisond13 Paypal - paypal.me/DerekDavison As always, you can give your money directly to the troops. We promise to spend it on booze and porn and not Raytheon Hellfires www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie Pick Up The Road Ahead, now available wherever books may be www.amazon.com/Road-Ahead-Storie…War/dp/1681773074 The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts Adrian - www.instagram.com/presumptuous_nominee/