Master Chief Petty Officer Ken Falke served in the Navy as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Specialist during the 80s and 90s. He was tasked with disarming all sorts of explosives, and deployed all over the world, including to Iraq during the Gulf War, and Bosnia during the Bosnian War.  Now, Falke and his wife run a non-profit called Boulder Crest which helps veterans and first responders with mental health struggles, and achieve “post-traumatic growth”. Learn more at <a href="http://bouldercrest.org">bouldercrest.org</a>.  Thank you to Regal for sponsoring this episode. You can sign up for Regal Unlimited via<a href="https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/7fa9198c-7e9e-11ea-a0be-cf1318375a71/podcasts/ba1f04f8-1eaa-11eb-b8cb-2f21fbf363ff/episodes/75177200-eed6-11ee-9e02-d78fd8e66789/%20https://regmovies.onelink.me/4207629222/b170c9e2"> this link</a>, and make sure to use code WARRIORS24 to get 10% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

<description>Master Chief Petty Officer Ken Falke served in the Navy as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Specialist during the 80s and 90s. He was tasked with disarming all sorts of explosives, and deployed all over the world, including to Iraq during the Gulf War, and Bosnia during the Bosnian War. 

Now, Falke and his wife run a non-profit called Boulder Crest which helps veterans and first responders with mental health struggles, and achieve “post-traumatic growth”. Learn more at bouldercrest.org. 

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MCPO Falke talks about disarming bombs as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Specialist in the Navy. 

Master Chief Petty Officer Ken Falke served in the Navy as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Specialist during the 80s and 90s. He was tasked with disarming all sorts of explosives, and deployed all over the world, including to Iraq during the Gulf War, and Bosnia during the Bosnian War. 

Now, Falke and his wife run a non-profit called Boulder Crest which helps veterans and first responders with mental health struggles, and achieve “post-traumatic growth”. Learn more at bouldercrest.org. 

Thank you to Regal for sponsoring this episode. You can sign up for Regal Unlimited via this link, and make sure to use code WARRIORS24 to get 10% off!
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Bomb Disposal in Bosnia: MCPO Ken Falke

Major Edward James Land Jr. served in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. In the 1960s, Land and Richard O. Culver Jr. worked together to create the first permanent Marine Corps Scout Sniper School.  In this special episode, Maj Land explains how the school came to be, and tells a few stories from his time in Vietnam.  Thank you to Regal for sponsoring this episode. You can sign up for Regal Unlimited via<a href="https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/7fa9198c-7e9e-11ea-a0be-cf1318375a71/podcasts/ba1f04f8-1eaa-11eb-b8cb-2f21fbf363ff/episodes/75177200-eed6-11ee-9e02-d78fd8e66789/%20https://regmovies.onelink.me/4207629222/b170c9e2"> this link</a>, and make sure to use code WARRIORS24 to get 10% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

<description>Major Edward James Land Jr. served in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. In the 1960s, Land and Richard O. Culver Jr. worked together to create the first permanent Marine Corps Scout Sniper School. 

In this special episode, Maj Land explains how the school came to be, and tells a few stories from his time in Vietnam. 

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In this special episode, Maj Land explains how he helped create the first permanent Marine Corps Scout Sniper School in the 1960s. 

Major Edward James Land Jr. served in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. In the 1960s, Land and Richard O. Culver Jr. worked together to create the first permanent Marine Corps Scout Sniper School. 

In this special episode, Maj Land explains how the school came to be, and tells a few stories from his time in Vietnam. 

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The Marine Scout Sniper Program: Maj Edward James Land Jr. 

"The aircraft started to spin. Not really thinking it was anything unusual, I remember calling the pilot saying, 'Hey sir, are we going to stop this?' When he responded with, 'I can't,' I knew this wasn't going to end well." Click <a href="https://evergreenpodcasts.com/blog/web-exclusive-interview-ssg-mark-lalli-talks-about-surviving-a-helicopter-crash">here</a> to check out our web-exclusive interview with Staff Sergeant Mark Lalli. Lalli served in Iraq as a Blackhawk Helicopter crew chief and survived a helicopter crash that killed six of the eleven passengers on board, but he sustained life-changing injuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

<description>"The aircraft started to spin. Not really thinking it was anything unusual, I remember calling the pilot saying, 'Hey sir, are we going to stop this?' When he responded with, 'I can't,' I knew this wasn't going to end well."

Click here to check out our web-exclusive interview with Staff Sergeant Mark Lalli. Lalli served in Iraq as a Blackhawk Helicopter crew chief and survived a helicopter crash that killed six of the eleven passengers on board, but he sustained life-changing injuries.
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Check out our web-exclusive interview with SSG Mark Lalli via the link in the show description!

"The aircraft started to spin. Not really thinking it was anything unusual, I remember calling the pilot saying, 'Hey sir, are we going to stop this?' When he responded with, 'I can't,' I knew this wasn't going to end well."

Click here to check out our web-exclusive interview with Staff Sergeant Mark Lalli. Lalli served in Iraq as a Blackhawk Helicopter crew chief and survived a helicopter crash that killed six of the eleven passengers on board, but he sustained life-changing injuries.
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Web-Exclusive: Surviving a Helicopter Crash w/SSG Mark Lalli

Lieutenant Colonel Henry “Hank” Buttelmann served in Korea and Vietnam as a fighter pilot. In Korea, he flew the F-86, and became the youngest ace of the war at the age of 24. He left Korea with 6 confirmed kills. Buttelmann retired with four DIstinguished Flying Crosses and a Silver Star.  In this interview, Buttelmann talks about his time in Korea, the F-86, crossing the 38th parallel, and fighting enemy MiGs.  Thank you to Regal for sponsoring this episode. You can sign up for Regal Unlimited via<a href="https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/7fa9198c-7e9e-11ea-a0be-cf1318375a71/podcasts/ba1f04f8-1eaa-11eb-b8cb-2f21fbf363ff/episodes/75177200-eed6-11ee-9e02-d78fd8e66789/%20https://regmovies.onelink.me/4207629222/b170c9e2"> this link</a>, and make sure to use code WARRIORS24 to get 10% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

<description>Lieutenant Colonel Henry “Hank” Buttelmann served in Korea and Vietnam as a fighter pilot. In Korea, he flew the F-86, and became the youngest ace of the war at the age of 24. He left Korea with 6 confirmed kills. Buttelmann retired with four DIstinguished Flying Crosses and a Silver Star. 

In this interview, Buttelmann talks about his time in Korea, the F-86, crossing the 38th parallel, and fighting enemy MiGs. 

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In this interview, Lt Col  Buttelmann talks about his time in Korea, the F-86, crossing the 38th parallel, and fighting enemy MiGs. 

Lieutenant Colonel Henry “Hank” Buttelmann served in Korea and Vietnam as a fighter pilot. In Korea, he flew the F-86, and became the youngest ace of the war at the age of 24. He left Korea with 6 confirmed kills. Buttelmann retired with four DIstinguished Flying Crosses and a Silver Star. 

In this interview, Buttelmann talks about his time in Korea, the F-86, crossing the 38th parallel, and fighting enemy MiGs. 

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Youngest Flying Ace in Korea: Lt Col Hank Buttelmann

In this special episode, Lt. Ken Harbaugh, the host of Warriors In Their Own Words, is interviewed by MOH recipient SSG David Bellavia about his service in the Navy. Harbaugh served from 1996 - 2005 as an EP-3 pilot, tasked with collecting signals intelligence from adversaries such as Russia, North Korea, and China.  You can find more information about the 2001 aircraft collision mentioned in this interview <a href="https://www.history.navy.mil/research/archives/Collections/ncdu-det-206/2001/ep-3-collision--crew-detainment-and-homecoming.html">here</a> and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/04/02/us-chinese-warplanes-collide-over-s-china-sea/d919325e-57e7-4da9-a0a3-24db368e8227/">here</a>. Thank you to Regal for sponsoring this episode. You can sign up for Regal Unlimited via <a href="%20https://regmovies.onelink.me/4207629222/b170c9e2">this link</a>, and make sure to use code WARRIORS24 to get 10% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

<description>In this special episode, Lt. Ken Harbaugh, the host of Warriors In Their Own Words, is interviewed by MOH recipient SSG David Bellavia about his service in the Navy. Harbaugh served from 1996 - 2005 as an EP-3 pilot, tasked with collecting signals intelligence from adversaries such as Russia, North Korea, and China. 

You can find more information about the 2001 aircraft collision mentioned in this interview here and here.

Thank you to Regal for sponsoring this episode. You can sign up for Regal Unlimited via this link, and make sure to use code WARRIORS24 to get 10% off!
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Lt. Ken Harbaugh, the host of Warriors In Their Own Words, talks about his service in the Navy. This special episode is guest hosted by MOH recipient SSG David Bellavia.

In this special episode, Lt. Ken Harbaugh, the host of Warriors In Their Own Words, is interviewed by MOH recipient SSG David Bellavia about his service in the Navy. Harbaugh served from 1996 - 2005 as an EP-3 pilot, tasked with collecting signals intelligence from adversaries such as Russia, North Korea, and China. 

You can find more information about the 2001 aircraft collision mentioned in this interview here and here.

Thank you to Regal for sponsoring this episode. You can sign up for Regal Unlimited via this link, and make sure to use code WARRIORS24 to get 10% off!
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My Story: Lt. Ken Harbaugh 

The unsanitized truth of what we have asked of those who defend this nation. From archived tapes of WWI veterans, to conversations with modern-day warriors, these are their stories, in their own words.

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