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Screaming Eagles 101st Airborne | Bought The T-Shirt Podcast #259

Posted on 11 May 202211 May 2022 by Chris Thrall

Screaming Eagles 101st Airborne, features Skip Mondragon who served over 26 years in the US Army and 18 months in combat zones.

Screaming Eagles 101st Airborne | Bought The T-Shirt Podcast

Colonel Dr Donald ‘Skip’ Mondragon of the 101st Airborne Division, served over 26 years in the US Army. He spent 18 months in combat zones and retired at the rank of colonel.

Transcript from ‘Screaming Eagles 101st Airborne’ podcast

Skip – I received an army ROTC scholarship and my college career started off at the university of Notre-Dame. I remember you spent a lot of time talking about your airborne jumps. It reminded me of going to airborne school after my freshman year of college.

Well I made five jumps so I qualified and I’ve got to get this right on the camera. I did get my airborne wings but I never made any combat jumps.

Chris – I like talking about my parachute course because a lot of time in my military career was very boring. The parachute course was being paid to do something that was so much fun.

Skip – I had some upperclassmen, they were going to attend airborne school and then go on to ranger school. They asked me if I wanted to go to airborne school and I thought about it for probably 20 seconds, no more than 30 seconds.

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Who Dares Wins | Phil Campion SAS| Bought The T-Shirt #257

Posted on 9 May 20229 May 2022 by Chris Thrall

Who dares wins features big Phil Campion who is a veteran of the Special Air Service, champion of the cadets and a media personality.

Who Dares Wins | Phil Campion SAS| Bought The T-Shirt Podcast

Phil Campion’s military career started with the Royal Hampshire Regiment. Phil went on to complete both the Commando course and ‘P Company’. Later Phil applied for special-forces selection and he served with D Squadron 22 SAS. Leaving the army with the rank of Staff Sergeant, Phil joined the ‘Circuit’ and became a top-selling author. Seen on national tv, Phil has become a well-received personality in the media and is now a proud champion of the Army Cadet Force.

Transcript from ‘Who Dares Wins’ podcast

Phil – Yes I was in the S.A.S. and yes I’ve been on television and yes I’ve also had some major problems in my life. It’s not all over and you don’t give up at the first hurdle. You don’t just go, ‘Oh I’ve had a few problems and boom it’s all over, the world’s ending’. It’s not that bad if you still have oxygen in your lungs and there’s still something you can do about it.

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Man On Fire In Iraq | Tim Shaw | Bought The T-Shirt Podcast #250

Posted on 9 May 20229 May 2022 by Chris Thrall

Man on fire in Iraq, features Tim Shaw who is a world famous Royal Academy Sculptor and contemporary visual artist.

Man On Fire In Iraq | Tim Shaw | Bought The T-Shirt Podcast

Tim Shaw is a contemporary visual artist and sculptor. Elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in London, he exhibits in the London Summer Exhibition annually. In 2018, the San Diego Museum of Art mounted Tim’s solo exhibition, ‘Beyond Reason’. This was a six-piece retrospective display covering themes of global terrorism and abuse of power.

Transcript from ‘Man On Fire In Iraq’ podcast

Tim – One of the things with growing up in northern Ireland was that the communities were very divided. You had your nationalist areas and protestant areas. In the early days as a protestant, one may not have felt very comfortable going into a nationalist area. Not far away you would have pavements that had curbs with the colours painted on.

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Elite Forces Discuss Flying Planes & Jumping | Jamie Hull SAS | #256

Posted on 9 May 20229 May 2022 by Chris Thrall

Elite Forces Discuss Flying Planes & Jumping, features SAS veteran, Jamie Hull who jumped from a burning airplane.

Elite Forces Discuss Flying Planes & Jumping | Jamie Hull SAS | Bought The T-Shirt

Jamie Hull is a veteran of the Special Air Service Reserve. Whilst out on a routine solo flight, his aeorplane’s engine caught fire. With flames encroaching his limbs, Jamie kept his head and remembered his flight instructor’s advice to, ‘Fly the damn plane!’ After Jamie had brought the plane down to a slightly safer altitude, he climbed out onto the wing and made a jump for it. The jump alone caused great damage to his body and with four degree burns, there seemed little chance of survival. Jamie sustained 60 per cent third-degree burns to his body, tissue scarring and internal injuries. He was given only a five per cent chance of survival.

Transcript from ‘Elite Forces Discuss Flying Planes & Jumping Out Of Them’ podcast

Jamie – They switch off with the supervision and they let them get on with it because they know they’re safe. They’re in the lounge, the snug or their bedroom and they’re watching untold amounts and a lot of it’s uncensored.

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The FALKLANDS WAR Horror You NEVER Hear | 40th Anniversary

Posted on 29 April 202229 April 2022 by Chris Thrall

The Falklands War horror you never hear, features Sean from the Royal Navy chatting with Chris about war and traumatic stress disorder.

The FALKLANDS WAR Horror You NEVER Hear | 40th Anniversary

Sean and Chris chat about the horrors of war and post traumatic stress disorder. Sean is a veteran of the Royal Navy and his father served as a Royal Marine. Sadly, Sean’s father suffered with PTSD and took his own life.

Transcript from ‘The FALKLANDS WAR Horror You NEVER Hear’ podcast

Sean – My trade was survival equipment and I worked closely with air crew and stuff like that. I did some survival, so basically packing life rafts, parachutes and anything that you get air crew to do. I did 5 drills dunker air, which was running around new forest and getting stripped naked afterwards. The interrogation bit that was easy so I got marked above average from joint services interrogation organization. I did a few ships company drafts squadrons of 771, search and rescue and bounced around Illustrious. Then out in the middle east a bit.

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Tumbledown The True Story | Cpt Robert Lawrence MC Scots Guards

Posted on 27 April 202227 April 2022 by Chris Thrall

Tumbledown the true story, features Captain Robert Lawrence of the Scots Guards, who lost 43% of his brain from a sniper’s bullet.

Tumbledown The True Story | Cpt Robert Lawrence MC Scots Guards

Captain Robert Lawrence MC, is a former British Army officer with the Scot’s Guards. Whilst fighting in the battle for Mount Tumbledown, Robert was severely wounded by a bullet going through his skull. The Argentine sniper then fired shots at a Scout Helicoptor which was evacuating the wounded. Awarded the Military Cross for bravery, he spent a year in a wheelchair, being almost completely paralyzed.

Robert had lost 43% of his brain. Doctors predicted he would never walk again, but to their amazement, he eventually regained most movement. Robert retains a slight limp and a paralyzed left arm. The story was adapted into a BBC television play, starring Colin Firth.

Transcript from ‘Tumbledown The True Story’ podcast

Robert – At the time in the battle, I ran out of ammunition. I’d already taken the decision to throw my mags and I took to picking up Argentinian F.N.’s.

The trouble with that is because you never know what’s in it when you bring it. Could be completely empty so I wasn’t going to throw away my S.L.R. I had the misfortune of stupidly thinking I could change the mag on an F.N. It looks so like an S.L.R. but it has a different magazine clip. When people are shooting at you, you don’t stop and start examining the weapon you’re holding. So that’s how I ended up with the two weapons. They translated that into some sort of ‘True-Grit’ firing with both hands, which was pretty much bollocks. Myself on a ridge with my arms in the air shouting, ‘Isn’t this fun?’, well that’s bollocks as well.

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SHOT In Afghanistan | Special Boat Service | Bought The T-Shirt #251

Posted on 26 April 202226 April 2022 by Chris Thrall

Shot in Afghanistan features Toby Gutteridge, who was a Special Boat Service soldier, left paralyzed from a bullet through his neck.

SHOT In Afghanistan | Special Boat Service | Toby Gutteridge | Bought The T-Shirt

Toby Gutteridge is a former member of the Special Boat Service. He is also one of the youngest ever recruits to pass their elite selection process. Shot through the neck whilst operating behind enemy lines in Afghanistan, he was unable to breathe for over 20 minutes. Doctors recommended his life-support machine be switched off. With a defiant spirit, Toby pulled through and rebuilt his life. After returning to formal education, Toby attained a first-class honours degree and now runs his own company called, ‘Bravery’. Toby’s book, ‘Never Will I Die’, is a passionate account of life triumphing over death.

Transcript from ‘Shot In Afghanistan’ podcast

Toby – On an operation a sniper got me in their crosshairs and luckily it just winged me. Basically it was a million dollar wound I suppose. One inch to the left and it probably would have taken my arm completely off. It was the Dragonov sniper rifle. If that had been one inch to the left, it would have hit the bone of my upper shoulder and probably would have taken my arm completely off. I would have had to have it amputated so yes, very lucky there. As it went straight clean through and I was back out on the ground soon afterwards.

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Middle East Suppression To Worldwide Kingdom | Podcast #249

Posted on 18 April 202218 April 2022 by Chris Thrall

Middle east suppression to worldwide kingdom features Khaled Ekermawi, who escaped the hands of an abusive culture to become a life coach.

Middle East Suppression To Worldwide Kingdom

Khaled Ekermawi escaped from the hands of an abusive culture and death threats to become a confidence and empowerment coach. He created his Path To Kingdom, to add value and help to other people’s lives. He holds several degrees, including a post graduate degree in law and a master of arts degree in translation. His mission is to offer incredible life lessons through coaching, helping to empower people to live successful lives.

Transcript from ‘Middle East Suppression To Worldwide Kingdom’ podcast

Khaled – My father was called Abu Khaled because I’m the eldest in my family. I have two boys I’m really incredibly proud of them. I’m not trying to like praise myself but this came out of years and years of healing. In one point because I was rejected out of my culture and beaten and there was a time where I was tortured in prison.

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