Frontlines of Freedom ™

Gen. Audino's Comments: Veterans Day history, Medal of Honor heroes.Special Guest: What better way to cap off this Veterans Day week than to be joined by a genuine American hero….US Army infantryman, Airborne Ranger, CPT Flo Groberg…Medal of Honor recipient. On August 8, 2012, while serving as a Personal Security Detachment Commander for Task Force Mountain Warrior in Afghanistan, Groberg heroically confronted a suicide bomber, pushing the attacker away from senior leaders, saving numerous lives, and nearly costing his own. For his extraordinary valor, he was awarded the Medal of Honor on November 12, 2015, the highest U.S. military decoration.Website: Semper Fi & America's Fund

Gen. Audino's Comments: How to handle the midterm election results, the real definition of genocide.Special Guest: Lt. Colonel (res) Maurice Hirsch is an international law expert who specializes in the prosecution of terrorists, the Palestinian Authority and the law applied in the West Bank. He joins us to dissect the popular claims of genocide in Gaza and to explain the situation on the ground in Gaza from recent years through today. Also, why has the International Court of Justice (ICJ) never found a nation legally responsible for genocide? Is the International Criminal Court (ICC) corrupt? Is there an attempt to change the definition of genocide in an attempt to prosecute Israelis? Can we really trust genocide statistics from Hamas? Get answers to these questions and more!Website: JCFA.org

Gen. Audino's Comments: Mass Protests in Europe! Who's behind them and how do they compare to mass protests in Europe in the past?Special Guest: US Army Colonel (Ret) Myles Caggins is the former Strategic Comms Director at the NSC and the former Comms Director & Senior Spokesman for Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in Syria/Iraq. He travels to Syria regularly, and he joins us to share the latest on the embattled country. Who's really in countrol of Syria? What's the current military and economic situation there? What's going on with ISIS, Hezbollah, HTS, Jabat al Nusrah, etc.? What's the forecast for the foreseeable future in Syria and its relationship with the US? Get answers to these questions and more!Website: IAVA.org

Gen. Audino's Comments: Looking back at Hezbollah bombing of US Marine barracks in Beirut 43 years ago. Does Israel’s war in Gaza comply with Just War Doctrine?Special Guest: Retired British Army Col. Richard Kemp served as a soldier and officer in the Royal Anglian Regiment from 1977 to 2006 (Commander of the Order of The British Empire, recipient of the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery). He has spent time on the ground in and around Gaza several times with the IDF and other organizations since the Hamas attacks on 7 Oct 2023. He recently returned from Gaza and provides a full report on the current situation there between the IDF and Hamas, what's truth vs disinformation, how Hamas uses civilians for cover, what the IDF does to minimize civilian casualties, and more!Book: Attack State Red

Gen. Audino's Comments from Israel: Seizing ground takes BOG, major threats Israel NEEDS to be ready for.Special Guest: Mike Ettore is a retired Marine Corps Infantry officer and decorated combat leader, the founder of Fidelis Leadership Group, and the author of multiple books on Leadership. Mike knows his stuff! Hear how to become a better leader at any level and why the committed study of leadership makes all of us better persons and better citizens.Website: Fidelis Leadership GroupLeadership Books

Gen. Audino's Comments: Life really is like a James Bond movie.Special Guest: Chris Costa is the Executive Director of the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., a role he has held since 2018. A retired U.S. Army intelligence officer with 34–35 years of service, Costa’s career spanned counterintelligence, human intelligence, and special operations in some of the world’s most volatile regions.Website: International Spy Museum

Gen. Audino's Comments: 3rd anniversary of the Hamas massacre on Israeli non-combatants (7Oct23). What makes a border defensible?Special Guest: Colonel (ret.) Joe Kopser is a combat vet, Ranger, and also a multi-time entrepreneur, author, and the founder of the non-profit, Leading2Win…purposed to help build shared understanding between our military veterans and civilian citizens. In addition discussing the meaningful work Leading2Win is doing for military vets, Joe and Gen Audino talk military strategy, key terrain, hybrid threats, and more.Website: Leading2Win.orgBook: Catalyst: Leadership and Strategy in a Changing World

46th Anniversary of the start of the Iran-Iraq War: A brutal war with at least 1 million casualties, trench-warfare, human-wave attacks, wide-spread employment of chemical weapons, and yet after 8 years, no terrain was gained, and neither side was victorious.Special Guest - Multi-time US Ambassador Stan Escudero was on the ground (undercover) in Tehran during the Revolution in 1979, AND he was POLAD to CENTCOM in 1988 when Ayatollah Khomeini decided to shut down the Strait of Hormuz. He joins us to share valuable insights into the Iranian regime and to discuss the absolutely brutal Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988. How devastating was it to both sides? Why did Iran eventually agree to a ceasefire? What are the lessons for today?

Gen. Audino's Comments: Commemorating National POW/MIA Recognition Day. PSYOPs, AI data centers, and enemy-sponsored disinformation activities.Special Guest: LTC (ret.) Charles (Chuck) Fowler, a 39-year Army veteran, is now a business leader, patriot, and huge advocate for veterans. He's the president and founder of 1Nation, a cross-partisan nonprofit dedicated to rediscovering common ground as Americans by championing unity through shared values. He joins us to share some of the interesting highlights of his military experience as well as how his background in infantry, special forces, and civil affairs has equipped him to be a successful business owner and champion of the veteran community today.Website: 1nation.org

25th Anniversary of 9/11 Comments by Gen. Audino: Why we won after 9/11.Special Guest: General Sheikh Jaafar, longtime commander of Kurdish Peshmerga forces and now Vice President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, spent years fighting not just al Qaeda but also the armies and agents of Saddam Hussein. He tells us about the years of guerrilla ops against larger enemies…including the years of Anfal (Saddam’s Kurdish Genocide…which was capped by his gassing of the Kurdish town of Halabja). Called back to duty to fight against ISIS, he led the Kurdish forces in the great Battle of Mosul, the largest ground battle since WWII.