Episode #103 - TACP Discussion Group - 7/19/2026 - Steve Call and Eric Brandenburg

Doctors Call and Brandenburg are on duty to discuss TACP gear, training, and why everyone should be carrying WD-1 and some MRE spoons in combat.#TACP #ROMAD #JTAC #CloseAirSupport #AirForceSpecialWarfare#USAF #TacticalAirControlParty #JointFires #BattlefieldAirmen#SpecialOperations #MilitaryHistory #VeteranStories #WarStories#NotJustWarStories #EricBrandenburg #SteveCall #TACPDiscussionGroup#Dangerclose

David Zhang, https://davidzhang.net/, is a news reporter, China analyst, and host of China Insider with David Zhang, an English-language China-focused news and analysis channel with more than 1.4 million YouTube subscribers. He also hosts and investigates the 2026 documentary China’s Stealth Invasion: Collapsing the US From Within, which examines alleged Chinese Communist Party influence operations targeting American institutions, infrastructure, technology, and society.Through reporting, analysis, and commentary, Zhang covers U.S.-China relations, Communist Party politics, Chinese society and economics, and the geopolitical forces shaping China’s role in the world. What began as a personal effort to explain China to English-speaking audiences has grown into a major digital platform with hundreds of millions of views and a worldwide audience.#DavidZhang #ChinaInsider #USChinaRelations#ChineseCommunistParty #ChinasStealthInvasion

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Former 17th STS TACP, Brian Musum, talks about a funny story that happened on one of his deployments.#AirForceSpecialWarfare #TACP #leadership #warrior #TACPA#TACPFoundation #war #warstory #warstories #combat #OEF #afghanistan #etac#JTAC #usaf #veterans #veteran #mentalhealth #USArmyRangers #ArmyRangers #SOF#rangers #17thSTS #PTSD #PTSDSurvivor

Former 17 STS TACP, Brian Musum, talks about post traumatic stress, the value of doing what you love regardless of the pay, and how Ranger tells you you're one of them by giving you a hard time. #AirForceSpecialWarfare #TACP #leadership #warrior #war #warstory #warstories #combat #OEF #afghanistan #etac#JTAC #usaf #veterans #veteran #mentalhealth #USArmyRangers #ArmyRangers #SOF#rangers #17thSTS #PTSD #PTSDSurvivor

Newly "doctored", Eric Brandenburg, joins Steve, Conan, Joel, and I in a discussion about why the A-10 is still relevant, and how ordinary 304s (radio maintenance guys) did extraordinary things as ROMADS in Vietnam.Note: In between the recording of this ep and me posting it, The U.S. Air Force has officially extended the service life of the A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthog" to at least 2030, reversing earlier plans to retire the fleet.🤘Topics: Air Force Special Warfare, TACP, JTAC, Close Air Support, A-10 Warthog, GAU-8 Avenger, Military Aviation, Veterans, War Stories, Leadership#AirForceSpecialWarfare #AFSW #TACP #Leadership #WarStories #Combat #CloseAirSupport #CAS #JTAC #USAF #Veterans #Veteran #USMilitary #Military #History #MilitaryHistory #MilitaryAuthor #VeteranAuthor #B52 #A10 #A10ThunderboltII #ThunderboltII #Warthog #Hawg #BRRRT #GAU8 #GAU8Avenger #MilitaryAviation #Aviation

Matt Campbell talks about his family’s fight to challenge the Attorney General’s refusal to allow an application to reopen the inquest into his brother Geoff Campbell’s death on September 11, 2001. He breaks down the legal battle now before the UK Supreme Court, the question of whether the Attorney General’s power is subject to judicial review, and why this case could redefine the line between executive authority and judicial accountability when families seek answers and legal remedy.https://x.com/mattcampbell911https://ic911.org/ https://ic911.org/news/breakthrough-uk-supreme-court-to-hear-matt-campbells-case-challenging-ags-refusal-to-allow-new-9-11-inquest/https://donorbox.org/international-center-for-9-11-justice#MattCampbell #GeoffCampbell #UKJustice #UKAccountability#JudicialReview #UKAttorneyGeneral #911Justice #NotJustWarStories

Heidi Langbein-Allen, author of Save the Last Bullet: Memoir of a Boy Soldier in Hitler’s Army, talks about her father’s harrowing experience as a child soldier in the final days of World War II, the Nazi indoctrination of German youth, and the long shadow war cast over survivors and their families. Raised in Germany, France, and Spain, Heidi wrote the book from sixteen cassette tapes her father recorded in German, preserving a firsthand account of trauma, survival, memory, and the moral wreckage left behind by war.#HeidiLangbeinAllen #SaveTheLastBullet #WWII #WorldWarII#Memoir #HistoricalMemoir #WarMemoir #MilitaryHistory #HistoryPodcast#AuthorInterview #BookTalk #BookDiscussion #ChildSoldier #WarAndMemory#SurvivalStory #TraumaAndHealing #HolocaustEra #NaziGermany #GermanHistory#WitnessToWar #FamilyHistory #LegacyOfWar #UntoldHistory #PersonalHistory#StoriesThatMatter #RememberThePast #HistoryLovers #NeverForget#NotJustWarStories

Hoangmai H. Pham, Vietnamese American refugee, physician, health policy leader, and author of Bridge from Saigon, talks about her family’s escape from Vietnam, the personal and psychological aftermath of displacement, and the path that took her to the highest levels of American health care leadership. She also discusses the story behind Bridge from Saigon, her work in medicine and policy, and the deeper questions of identity, trauma, healing, and resilience that shaped her life.#Memoir #Resilience #FamilyHistory #VietnameseAmerican#Leadership #HoangmaiPham #BridgeFromSaigon

Retired B-52 pilot, ALO, and ASOS commander, Steve Call, talks about the story behind the writing of his book, Danger Close.Danger Close: Tactical Air Controllers in Afghanistan and Iraq https://a.co/d/4flojAU#AirForceSpecialWarfare#AFSW #TACP #Leadership #warstories#combat #closeairsupport #CAS #JTAC #USAF #veterans #veteran #usmilitary #etac #alo#MilitaryAuthor #VeteranAuthor #DangerClose #military #history #MilitaryHistory#MilitaryScholar #b52 #tacpfoundation