Jack Murphy is an author, journalist, & co-host of @TheTeamHousePodcast. Jack is also an eight-year Army Special Operations veteran who served as a sniper and team leader in 3rd Ranger Battalion and as a senior weapons sergeant on a military free fall team in 5th Special Forces Group.Thanks to zippexMorgan and Morgan Bluechew For supporting this hangout Produced and edited by @99ovrallTimestamps 00:00 Intro01:11 Blending in03:32 Growing up upstate NY04:44 army fascination + parents07:27 Enlisting & progressing + French Foreign Legion11:35 Folly of feeling invincible 15:03 Reaching your limits + Failing + Quitting26:15 Deploying in Afghanistan28:00 Sniper + Missions + Friendly fire incident36:59 Distances snipers engage in41:45 Iraq + Urban warfare + no shots fired46:58 Black sites + insurgents fighting back52:30 Handling stress + Mission anxiety54:50 Leaving Iraq + joining Special Forces55:55 Being apolitical then + Professionalism1:03:30 War is intentional + WW1 hair-trigger mobilization1:11:39 Special Forces + Re-deploying in Iraq1:15:52 Difficulty in re-integrating1:20:49 Never feeling like a kid1:22:30 Junger + Processing & Civilian life1:28:10 War Journalism + Smuggled into Syria1:40:27 Mercenary mindset + Anarchists1:43:39 Recognizing psychopathy + Cannibalism1:50:42 Embedding w/ army v Guerrilla groups1:57:34 Seized by border guards2:01:27 Who are the Kurds?2:08:57 Interviewing Bashar Al-Assad2:15:50 Israel-Palestine2:20:02 Russia proxy conflict with the US2:22:54 Profiting from war + different perspectives2:29:10 War being made into content2:33:28 Special forces in Cyprus + Gaza deployment?2:39:10 China & Taiwan - no imminent threat2:48:14 Russia-Ukraine - stalemate2:54:31 Worldwide conflicts & recalibration3:00:21 Grifters & Frauds pushing UFO3:08:27 Furries at cons