Sniper on The Scariest Terrorist, Getting Smuggled Across Boarders, & His Longest Shot | Jack Murphy
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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 zippex Morgan and Morgan  Bluechew  For supporting this hangout  Produced and edited by @99ovrall Timestamps  00:00 Intro 01:11 Blending in 03:32 Growing up upstate NY 04:44 army fascination + parents 07:27 Enlisting & progressing + French Foreign Legion 11:35 Folly of feeling invincible  15:03 Reaching your limits + Failing + Quitting 26:15 Deploying in Afghanistan 28:00 Sniper + Missions + Friendly fire incident 36:59 Distances snipers engage in 41:45 Iraq + Urban warfare + no shots fired 46:58 Black sites + insurgents fighting back 52:30 Handling stress + Mission anxiety 54:50 Leaving Iraq + joining Special Forces 55:55 Being apolitical then + Professionalism 1:03:30 War is intentional + WW1 hair-trigger mobilization 1:11:39 Special Forces + Re-deploying in Iraq 1:15:52 Difficulty in re-integrating 1:20:49 Never feeling like a kid 1:22:30 Junger + Processing & Civilian life 1:28:10 War Journalism + Smuggled into Syria 1:40:27 Mercenary mindset + Anarchists 1:43:39 Recognizing psychopathy + Cannibalism 1:50:42 Embedding w/ army v Guerrilla groups 1:57:34 Seized by border guards 2:01:27 Who are the Kurds? 2:08:57 Interviewing Bashar Al-Assad 2:15:50 Israel-Palestine 2:20:02 Russia proxy conflict with the US 2:22:54 Profiting from war + different perspectives 2:29:10 War being made into content 2:33:28 Special forces in Cyprus + Gaza deployment? 2:39:10 China & Taiwan - no imminent threat 2:48:14 Russia-Ukraine - stalemate 2:54:31 Worldwide conflicts & recalibration 3:00:21 Grifters & Frauds pushing UFO 3:08:27 Furries at cons
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