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Mike Glover served 18 years in Army Special Forces, worked as a contractor for the CIA, founded Fieldcraft Survival, and wrote the national bestseller Prepared. He's been on this show before. A lot has happened since. The legal case that consumed the last 18 months is finished. He talks... about the week he spent locked up — teaching breathing drills in a holding cell full of hard dudes — what the arrest cost him, and how family and a small circle of friends carried him through. Fieldcraft dissolved. He bought the pieces back. Now he's rebuilding it from the roots. There's also a long stretch on the bin Laden story — O'Neill, Bissonette, the recorded debrief, the point man, and litigation nobody needed. Plus Roberts Ridge, the Jessica Lynch raid, Tillman, and why drama in the special operations community has real downstream consequences. TRT, alcohol, helicopters, faith, veteran suicide, and a tribute to a Green Beret they called Swede. Join the Cleared Hot Newsletter: Take the Operator Code Assessment:show more

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Tracey Copeland1 month ago

I will say it again. Great podcasts. You have replaced @ShawnRyan762 as my new favorite

Jonathan T Gilliam1 month ago

Andy, you’re doing an amazing job. Keep up the great interviews and sharing of your insight. Truly an amazing job. AND, thank you for not just leaning back and saying “woooow” like a stoner when given an answer, like other hosts do, and not referring to aliens, psychedelics and the book of Enoch on every other show. Quality shows not clickbait. Much appreciated.

Charlie DiLorenzo 🇺🇸1 month ago

Mike is a good dude. Overcame a lot and better for it, despite all the criticism from all the perfect people. Glad to see you had him back on Andy.

Always Question1 month ago

Don't forget his service at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetary.

Steven Lee1 month ago

I have always enjoyed Mike Glover on your podcasts and it seems he’s a solid dude no matter what hurdles life had for him I’ll be listening to this at the gym for the next 90 minutes Keep up the great stuff Andy!!!!

George Hibard1 month ago

I would love to see an interview of all these "operators" ex-wives. Now that would be a show.

SkylerTango🇹🇿1 month ago

The creator of double sided chafed-ass-sticks. Legend

MEGA LITH1 month ago

This toolbag just can’t stop trying to be in the spotlight. I’m an operator bro listen to me. I have wisdom that I need to pass to everyone and everyone needs to give me attention. Did I mention I’m an operator.

Andy Stumpf1 month ago

Don’t listen then. You have the control, not him.

agorist 🏴1 month ago

oh yeah, the guy that thought his worker stole something he didn't steal and involved the police, ill pass

Saad Alam1 month ago

bought his own company's pieces back, that's a rare kind of stubborn

Craig McConnel1 month ago

Andy, another great episode. Really enjoy you and Mike talking about post-military life as well. I'd love to hear you and Daniel Corbett talk about post-military life as well, his story and "it's OK to be OK" approach post military is a great message imo.

Jonathan יוֹנָתָן‎1 month ago

Roberts Ridge needs to be made into a Movie.

Charlie1 month ago

Turd

Jay Play1 month ago

TRT landed John Kariakou and I in prison..prison...not jail...in Alberta.

Aeron Clentien1 month ago

You know what the second book has to be.... No bad leaders only bad teams.

Cpl Insano1 month ago

Good watch!

Tom Wilson1 month ago

I think the most important lesson is to never give a female the power of calling the cops on you, bcuz she’ll use it to get you locked up with just words, unless you bow down to her. Once she has that power over a guy, she WILL use it again….guaranteed.

Jay Play1 month ago

Rum Running Nose Beers for King Charles isn't that bad..

REVANCHISM FOR THE PEOPLE1 month ago

what was he locked up for?

Jack Snow1 month ago

Go listen to Brent on anti hero he lays it out bissonette lays out the truth on SRS

Amin | Gym & Fights1 month ago

Losing the thing you built and then choosing to rebuild it from the roots is a different level of ownership. Most people quit at the first total loss.

🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲1 month ago

Oh shit, Gonna have to take a break from @AnnieJacobsen Biological War and bang this one out...

Superplums1 month ago

Watching now, love Mikey G! 🙌

Jay Play1 month ago

Rum Running Nose Beers for the Fed and Bank of England has its ups and downs..

Jay Play1 month ago

John Karaiakou and I learned in prison....stockpile Margerine....go Greek.. Survive. The Germans and Russians are bigger and stronger... Also put Fentanyl in people food...if they f*** with you... Lucky for them...nobody f***ed with John.. 🇬🇷

Sean Patrick Condon1 month ago

cant wait to listen to this love hearing what both of you have to say

TDS5511 month ago

Women…..

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225,641 views • 1 month ago

French Montana (born Karim Kharbouch) has told this story in multiple interviews, including a 2018 Billboard cover story, his 2024 VladTV life-story interview, and a 2026 Earn Your Leisure conversation‼️. The core is consistent‼️. He arrived in the South Bronx from Morocco at 13 in 1996 speaking Arabic and French, not English. His father left after a couple of years and went back to Morocco; his mother stayed, went on welfare, and raised him and his younger brothers‼️. His visa expired, so he had no papers‼️. That blocked college and scholarships even though he was a decent basketball player, and it blocked normal jobs‼️. He started selling drugs in his late teens‼️. He got locked up twice‼️. After that, authorities told him another arrest would mean deportation‼️. He has described the situation as being “locked up without being locked up.”‼️ Another charge would have sent him back to Africa and, in his words, slapped his mother in the face after everything she sacrificed‼️. One specific incident he has recounted: he was caught on the block with 15–20 pounds of weed‼️. A friend offered to take the case so French wouldn’t get deported, saying it was just weed and he’d get a slap on the wrist‼️. In court the friend learned it was 30 days and backed out‼️. French took the case himself and received what he called a “one pass” — ICE enforcement was less aggressive then, and weed wasn’t treated like cocaine or a violent charge‼️. That was the turning point‼️. He decided he needed something that wouldn’t land him in jail‼️. He had always liked music, bought CDs, and dabbled in beats. He went to a friend’s apartment that had a small studio setup in a room or living room, recorded a freestyle, played it for people on his block, and they liked it‼️. Someone from the neighborhood signed him‼️. He has said this happened when he was already around 20‼️. From there he did battle rap, the Cocaine City DVDs, linked with Max B, and built the career that followed‼️. He has repeatedly framed rap as the legal lane that let him stay in the U.S. and provide for his family instead of risking being sent back‼️. He became a U.S. citizen years later after a long legal process‼️.

French Montana (born Karim Kharbouch) has told this story in multiple interviews, including a 2018 Billboard cover story, his 2024 VladTV life-story interview, and a 2026 Earn Your Leisure conversation‼️. The core is consistent‼️. He arrived in the South Bronx from Morocco at 13 in 1996 speaking Arabic and French, not English. His father left after a couple of years and went back to Morocco; his mother stayed, went on welfare, and raised him and his younger brothers‼️. His visa expired, so he had no papers‼️. That blocked college and scholarships even though he was a decent basketball player, and it blocked normal jobs‼️. He started selling drugs in his late teens‼️. He got locked up twice‼️. After that, authorities told him another arrest would mean deportation‼️. He has described the situation as being “locked up without being locked up.”‼️ Another charge would have sent him back to Africa and, in his words, slapped his mother in the face after everything she sacrificed‼️. One specific incident he has recounted: he was caught on the block with 15–20 pounds of weed‼️. A friend offered to take the case so French wouldn’t get deported, saying it was just weed and he’d get a slap on the wrist‼️. In court the friend learned it was 30 days and backed out‼️. French took the case himself and received what he called a “one pass” — ICE enforcement was less aggressive then, and weed wasn’t treated like cocaine or a violent charge‼️. That was the turning point‼️. He decided he needed something that wouldn’t land him in jail‼️. He had always liked music, bought CDs, and dabbled in beats. He went to a friend’s apartment that had a small studio setup in a room or living room, recorded a freestyle, played it for people on his block, and they liked it‼️. Someone from the neighborhood signed him‼️. He has said this happened when he was already around 20‼️. From there he did battle rap, the Cocaine City DVDs, linked with Max B, and built the career that followed‼️. He has repeatedly framed rap as the legal lane that let him stay in the U.S. and provide for his family instead of risking being sent back‼️. He became a U.S. citizen years later after a long legal process‼️.

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37,775 views • 28 days ago

INTERVIEW: Derrick Barnes has been with the Lions since 2021, and is proud of the way he's blossomed in his career as a late bloomer. Barnes shared that Lions fans (and Buccaneers fans) find him almost daily to talk about the interception in the 2023 NFC Divisional Playoffs. He reflected on times where he thought Detroit's staff would move on from him, and the pride he has in the trust he's earned.

INTERVIEW: Derrick Barnes has been with the Lions since 2021, and is proud of the way he's blossomed in his career as a late bloomer. Barnes shared that Lions fans (and Buccaneers fans) find him almost daily to talk about the interception in the 2023 NFC Divisional Playoffs. He reflected on times where he thought Detroit's staff would move on from him, and the pride he has in the trust he's earned.

Brad Galli

11,850 views • 28 days ago

JENSEN HUANG: ELON HAS THE BEST AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ALGORITHMS IN THE WORLD “Elon has a great advantage because, number one, his AI factory for his cars is fantastic and has a lot of NVIDIA gear in it. His AV algorithms are incredible—it's the best in the world. He also has a very large fleet of cars on the road, which allows him to collect a lot of data. I think he has a phenomenal position, having worked on this for a long time, and he's in a great position to take advantage of it.” Source: Tesla Owners Silicon Valley

JENSEN HUANG: ELON HAS THE BEST AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ALGORITHMS IN THE WORLD “Elon has a great advantage because, number one, his AI factory for his cars is fantastic and has a lot of NVIDIA gear in it. His AV algorithms are incredible—it's the best in the world. He also has a very large fleet of cars on the road, which allows him to collect a lot of data. I think he has a phenomenal position, having worked on this for a long time, and he's in a great position to take advantage of it.” Source: Tesla Owners Silicon Valley

Mario Nawfal

1,579,768 views • 1 year ago

CNN's Scott Jennings on Zohran Mamdani: "I'm going to compliment your guy. He's the greatest actor you have. You know, he turned himself into a hood ornament for the poor and the downtrodden. He's a rich kid who is a great actor. He -- he play acts. He play acts" "I'm just saying there's no other obvious Democrat. He has all the energy behind him. You talk about slicing and dicing the electorate, he's going to slice it and dice it in one way -- oppressors and oppressed. And I want to find out if he has it in him to give it up. I don't think he does, because that's the energy in the Democratic Party. It's oppressors and oppressed. That's why the Jews in this city feel scared because they know he has labeled them as the oppressors. That's why people who create jobs in New York City are leery, because he labels them the oppressors. That is the the worldview of the energy of this campaign. And it's also the worldview of the energy of Democratic primaries across this country."

CNN's Scott Jennings on Zohran Mamdani: "I'm going to compliment your guy. He's the greatest actor you have. You know, he turned himself into a hood ornament for the poor and the downtrodden. He's a rich kid who is a great actor. He -- he play acts. He play acts" "I'm just saying there's no other obvious Democrat. He has all the energy behind him. You talk about slicing and dicing the electorate, he's going to slice it and dice it in one way -- oppressors and oppressed. And I want to find out if he has it in him to give it up. I don't think he does, because that's the energy in the Democratic Party. It's oppressors and oppressed. That's why the Jews in this city feel scared because they know he has labeled them as the oppressors. That's why people who create jobs in New York City are leery, because he labels them the oppressors. That is the the worldview of the energy of this campaign. And it's also the worldview of the energy of Democratic primaries across this country."

Curtis Houck

4,971,333 views • 10 months ago

John Constantine spent almost 23 years in the United States Secret Service. Fifteen of them on the Counter Assault Team — the assaulters who exist for the day everything goes wrong. Team leader. Instructor. Operations supervisor. He stood with a rifle next to four presidential administrations, worked in almost 90 countries, and finished out in the Dignitary Protective Division running foreign heads of state. He wrote a book about the part of it nobody sees. It's called Hallways and Stairwells. He breaks down what actually happened at the Correspondents' Dinner, why the security plan worked even though the magnetometer checkpoint didn't, and how far that guy really was from the President. Butler gets the same treatment. The layers of security people never see. Why hunkering down has never worked, anywhere, ever. Then it goes past tactics. Mission, men, then you. Getting swatted at his own house over a function fire and suspended for it. Refusing to send guys and guns overseas as a favor unless somebody put it in writing. Two thousand eight hundred agents doing the work of ten thousand. And the part that almost killed him. His identity got ripped out with the job. His wife found him on the bathroom floor. He talks about the climb back. Hallways and Stairwells: Take the Operator Code Assessment: Today's Sponsors: Black Rifle Coffee: LMNT:

John Constantine spent almost 23 years in the United States Secret Service. Fifteen of them on the Counter Assault Team — the assaulters who exist for the day everything goes wrong. Team leader. Instructor. Operations supervisor. He stood with a rifle next to four presidential administrations, worked in almost 90 countries, and finished out in the Dignitary Protective Division running foreign heads of state. He wrote a book about the part of it nobody sees. It's called Hallways and Stairwells. He breaks down what actually happened at the Correspondents' Dinner, why the security plan worked even though the magnetometer checkpoint didn't, and how far that guy really was from the President. Butler gets the same treatment. The layers of security people never see. Why hunkering down has never worked, anywhere, ever. Then it goes past tactics. Mission, men, then you. Getting swatted at his own house over a function fire and suspended for it. Refusing to send guys and guns overseas as a favor unless somebody put it in writing. Two thousand eight hundred agents doing the work of ten thousand. And the part that almost killed him. His identity got ripped out with the job. His wife found him on the bathroom floor. He talks about the climb back. Hallways and Stairwells: Take the Operator Code Assessment: Today's Sponsors: Black Rifle Coffee: LMNT:

Andy Stumpf

22,835 views • 1 month ago

He Left SEAL Team 6 For Delta Force And Finished Number One in Selection 🇺🇸⚔️ Kevin Holland – Former Navy Seal Team 6 & A former Delta Force operator 💯 Larry Vickers reveals one of the most extraordinary stories in American special forces history, a former SEAL Team 6 operator who made the near-impossible decision to leave DEVGRU and attempt Delta Force selection. Not only did he pass. He finished number one in his entire class. One man. Two of the most elite and secretive tier one units in the United States military on his resume. What drives a man who has already reached the absolute pinnacle of special operations to push himself even further? A former Delta Force operator breaks down exactly what that achievement means in the special forces community and why this story is almost impossible to replicate. The ultimate operator. The ultimate story.

He Left SEAL Team 6 For Delta Force And Finished Number One in Selection 🇺🇸⚔️ Kevin Holland – Former Navy Seal Team 6 & A former Delta Force operator 💯 Larry Vickers reveals one of the most extraordinary stories in American special forces history, a former SEAL Team 6 operator who made the near-impossible decision to leave DEVGRU and attempt Delta Force selection. Not only did he pass. He finished number one in his entire class. One man. Two of the most elite and secretive tier one units in the United States military on his resume. What drives a man who has already reached the absolute pinnacle of special operations to push himself even further? A former Delta Force operator breaks down exactly what that achievement means in the special forces community and why this story is almost impossible to replicate. The ultimate operator. The ultimate story.

Larry Conger 🇺🇸

108,322 views • 5 months ago

🎙️In the last month, we’ve seen Arda Güler starting from a slightly deeper position. It feels like it has been harder for him to make an impact and influence the game. What is your analysis of this? 🗣️ Xabi Alonso: I think Arda has the ability to play at different heights on the pitch and to have different kinds of influence, depending on what the team needs. He has a very good touch, he knows how to organize the play, and he also knows, in the decisive phase - when you're already in the final third - how to give the final pass, and even arrive a bit from the second line. The goal against Valencia came from a run he made, and then he crossed to Kylian. It depends on what we have around him, on the players next to him. He can adapt, and that quality gives us flexibility in our game plans. But Arda is growing a lot, and I think I said it at the Club World Cup: we need to invest a lot in Arda because he is a special player, a different player. We need to demand more from him, but we also need to understand the different phases he goes through, support him, and push him hard so he keeps performing at the level he is showing - and he can still improve, without a doubt.

🎙️In the last month, we’ve seen Arda Güler starting from a slightly deeper position. It feels like it has been harder for him to make an impact and influence the game. What is your analysis of this? 🗣️ Xabi Alonso: I think Arda has the ability to play at different heights on the pitch and to have different kinds of influence, depending on what the team needs. He has a very good touch, he knows how to organize the play, and he also knows, in the decisive phase - when you're already in the final third - how to give the final pass, and even arrive a bit from the second line. The goal against Valencia came from a run he made, and then he crossed to Kylian. It depends on what we have around him, on the players next to him. He can adapt, and that quality gives us flexibility in our game plans. But Arda is growing a lot, and I think I said it at the Club World Cup: we need to invest a lot in Arda because he is a special player, a different player. We need to demand more from him, but we also need to understand the different phases he goes through, support him, and push him hard so he keeps performing at the level he is showing - and he can still improve, without a doubt.

Arda Güler (fan)

67,074 views • 9 months ago

12 DAYS OF BENGHAZI: DAY 9 - 2 of 4 GLEN “BUB” DOHERTY Bub was a 9-year Navy SEAL, combat veteran, medic and sniper. He served in Iraq and Afghanistan, responded to the aftermath of the USS Cole bombing, and later worked in some of the same kinds of dangerous places many of us ended up in after the military. He began protective work for the CIA in 2005 and deployed 14 times with the Agency before Benghazi. But Bub was a lot more than a résumé. He was a pilot, skier, surfer, mountain biker and triathlete. His family describes him as the kind of guy who collected friends everywhere he went and made people feel like they mattered. He was also the kind of guy who would help somebody through a divorce, watch their house while they were deployed, or just show up when a friend needed him. He even co-wrote 21st Century Sniper with Brandon Webb. On September 11, Bub was not originally sitting at the Benghazi Annex with us. He came in with the team from Tripoli after the attack had already started. When they reached the Annex and things were going bad, Bub went up to help Rone on the roof. That was who he was. He ran toward the problem. Bub and Rone were killed together when the mortars hit the Annex early on September 12. After Bub died, his family and friends built the Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation in his name. Today it helps members of the Special Operations community transition into civilian life through education and vocational scholarships. The foundation says it has now awarded more than $1 million to 135 scholarship recipients. That is worth remembering too. A man can die, but what he stood for doesn’t have to. Bub was a SEAL, medic, sniper, GRS, adventurer and one hell of a friend to a lot of people. And two days before September 11, none of us knew how little time was left. #12DaysOfBenghazi #Benghazi #13Hours #GlenDoherty #NeverForget #HonorTheFallen

12 DAYS OF BENGHAZI: DAY 9 - 2 of 4 GLEN “BUB” DOHERTY Bub was a 9-year Navy SEAL, combat veteran, medic and sniper. He served in Iraq and Afghanistan, responded to the aftermath of the USS Cole bombing, and later worked in some of the same kinds of dangerous places many of us ended up in after the military. He began protective work for the CIA in 2005 and deployed 14 times with the Agency before Benghazi. But Bub was a lot more than a résumé. He was a pilot, skier, surfer, mountain biker and triathlete. His family describes him as the kind of guy who collected friends everywhere he went and made people feel like they mattered. He was also the kind of guy who would help somebody through a divorce, watch their house while they were deployed, or just show up when a friend needed him. He even co-wrote 21st Century Sniper with Brandon Webb. On September 11, Bub was not originally sitting at the Benghazi Annex with us. He came in with the team from Tripoli after the attack had already started. When they reached the Annex and things were going bad, Bub went up to help Rone on the roof. That was who he was. He ran toward the problem. Bub and Rone were killed together when the mortars hit the Annex early on September 12. After Bub died, his family and friends built the Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation in his name. Today it helps members of the Special Operations community transition into civilian life through education and vocational scholarships. The foundation says it has now awarded more than $1 million to 135 scholarship recipients. That is worth remembering too. A man can die, but what he stood for doesn’t have to. Bub was a SEAL, medic, sniper, GRS, adventurer and one hell of a friend to a lot of people. And two days before September 11, none of us knew how little time was left. #12DaysOfBenghazi #Benghazi #13Hours #GlenDoherty #NeverForget #HonorTheFallen

John “TIG” Tiegen

13,527 views • 15 days ago

Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg Keith Kellogg : "[The Russia-Ukraine war] is not a business deal. It's a war to finish. Putin has been the aggressor, and you need to apply pressure on Putin to do it. [President] Zelenskyy is a hard-ass, I've got it. He's a lot like President Trump. He's very direct, he's very hard, not in stature, but the way he is, and the way he operates, and the way he talks. But I've been in Ukraine, I've seen the people, I know what they're doing, I've been to the battlefront, I know what's happening out there. Great credit to the Ukrainians - what they have done in the last four years plus is astounding. They've basically taken and stopped the Russian war machine dead cold, and you've got to give them credit for that. And I think it's over time that Putin just has to realize he cannot win this war. He's not winning the war. He's not going to win the war."

Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg Keith Kellogg : "[The Russia-Ukraine war] is not a business deal. It's a war to finish. Putin has been the aggressor, and you need to apply pressure on Putin to do it. [President] Zelenskyy is a hard-ass, I've got it. He's a lot like President Trump. He's very direct, he's very hard, not in stature, but the way he is, and the way he operates, and the way he talks. But I've been in Ukraine, I've seen the people, I know what they're doing, I've been to the battlefront, I know what's happening out there. Great credit to the Ukrainians - what they have done in the last four years plus is astounding. They've basically taken and stopped the Russian war machine dead cold, and you've got to give them credit for that. And I think it's over time that Putin just has to realize he cannot win this war. He's not winning the war. He's not going to win the war."

Anton Gerashchenko

120,582 views • 6 months ago