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SOFcast

SOFcast

15 episodes

SOFcast is the official podcast of U.S. Special Operations Command. Listen to members of America's elite special operations forces discuss leadership, overcoming challenges, and current issues for the force. Hear from special operations personnel like Navy SEALs, Army Green Berets, Army Rangers, Marine Raiders, Air Force Special Operators, pilots, medics, communicators, and more!



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S5 E9 MSgt Jarad Stout - Retired Marine Raider and Silver Star recipient

Published: Nov. 1, 2023, 10:40 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 41 seconds

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S5 E8 CSM JoAnn Naumann and CSM Thomas Baird

Published: Sept. 13, 2023, 3:35 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 20 seconds

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S5 E7 Hon. Christopher Maier, ASD SO/LIC

Published: Aug. 30, 2023, 10:56 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 44 seconds

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S5 E6 CSM Matthew Williams and the Medal of Honor

Published: Aug. 16, 2023, 10:25 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 8 seconds

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S5 E5 CSM Robert Abernethy - Senior Enlisted Leader, US European Command

Published: June 21, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 24 seconds

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S5 E4 Chef Robert Irvine

Published: June 7, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 44 seconds

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S5 E3 1SG Jason Belford - A Ranger's journey to the brink of suicide and back

Published: May 24, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 seconds

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S5 E2 Dr. Brittany Loney - Elite Cognition and Human Optimization

Published: May 10, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 42 seconds

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S5 E1 Alejandro Villanueva - US Army Ranger and NFL Pro

Published: April 26, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 37 seconds

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New Season, New Hosts, Same Awesome Guests and Stories!

Published: April 19, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 15 seconds

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S4 E13 GEN Bryan P. Fenton - USSOCOM Commander

Published: March 15, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 26 seconds

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S4 E12 USSOCOM Ghost Acquisitions officers Lt. Col. Chris Michele and Cpt. Ricky Garcia

Published: March 1, 2023, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 3 seconds

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S4 E11 Maj. Gen. Shawn R. Satterfield - Special Operations in North America

Published: Feb. 8, 2023, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 41 seconds

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S4 E10 SFC Jason Howell - Special Forces, Ultra Marathons, and climbing Mt. Everest

Published: Jan. 25, 2023, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 22 seconds

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S4 E9 Retired Navy Vice Admiral Sean A. Pybus and Mrs. Patty Pybus- SEALs, Family, and Loss

Published: Jan. 11, 2023, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 52 seconds

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SPECIAL EPISODE Bob Delaney - Undercover NJ State Trooper, NBA ref, and PTSD awareness advocate

Published: Jan. 4, 2023, 3:08 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 57 seconds

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S4 E8 Navy SEALs Mike Sarraille and Andy Stumpf

Published: Dec. 28, 2022, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 44 seconds

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S4 E7 Zack Garner - To the edge of giving up and coming back

Published: Dec. 14, 2022, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 59 seconds

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S4 E6 Mark Stephens - Retired SMU Operator and Chairman of the Executive Board of Task Force Dagger

Published: Nov. 30, 2022, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 36 seconds

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S4 E5 Pineland Underground - MAJ Bobby Tuttle and SGM Chuck Ritter

Published: Nov. 16, 2022, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 24 seconds

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S4 E4 LTG Antonio Fletcher - Commander of NATO Special Operations Forces Headquarters (NSHQ)

Published: Nov. 2, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 47 seconds

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S4 E3 Dan Rayburn - Know what you're worth!

Published: Oct. 19, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 37 seconds

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S4 E2 Chaplain (MAJ) Jeff Struecker - Rangers, Somalia, and Faith

Published: Oct. 5, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 seconds

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S4 E1 Medal of Honor recipient and Green Beret MSG Earl Plumlee

Published: Sept. 21, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 33 seconds

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S3 E12 USSOCOM CSEL CSM Shane Shorter

Published: Aug. 24, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 7 seconds

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2022 Warrior Games - Army Green Beret MSG Ivan Morera

Published: Aug. 17, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 10 seconds

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S3 E11 Lessons learned and more from a PSYDET's return from Europe

Published: Aug. 10, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 57 seconds

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S3 E10 USSOCOM Command SEL CCM Greg Smith - "Farewell episode"

Published: July 27, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 47 seconds

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S3 E9 Matt Hesse - "The Purpose Blueprint"

Published: July 13, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 38 seconds

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S3 E8 CMDCM (SEAL) David Isom, Command SEL, SOCPAC

Published: June 29, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 13 seconds

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S3 E7 LtCol(R) John Griffin - YOU can innovate for SOCOM

Published: June 15, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 56 seconds

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S3 E6 Lyla Kohistany - Afghan American who fought the Taliban and now helps SOF leaders lead

Published: June 1, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 36 seconds

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S3 E5 Czech Republic SOF operator Igor - Partnerships, J3-I, and Service

Published: May 18, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 seconds

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BONUS SOFIC Episode - Ms. Kelly Hughes

Published: May 11, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 36 seconds

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S3 E4 Best Rangers 2022 - CPT Josh Corson and CPT Ty Boyle

Published: May 4, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 31 seconds

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S3 E3 ReBlast - Low Level Blast Exposure and SOF

Published: April 20, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 40 seconds

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S3 E2 SFC Doug Kiesewetter - Preserving what you've built

Published: April 6, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 16 seconds

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S3 E1 SMSgt Derek Anderson - An impossible mission to save 13 lives

Published: March 23, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 22 seconds

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S2 Bonus - The Senior Enlisted Leaders of USSPACECOM and USCYBERCOM

Published: March 9, 2022, 1:49 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 57 seconds

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S2 E12 USSOCOM Commander GEN Richard D. Clarke

Published: Feb. 23, 2022, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 28 seconds

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S2 E11 SSgt Nick Jones - The battle that changed his life forever

Published: Feb. 9, 2022, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 52 seconds

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S2E10 Lt. Col. Onnie Retkofsky - Resilience through spirit!

Published: Jan. 26, 2022, 11 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 24 seconds

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S2E9 SOF Caucus - A bipartisan look at SOF

Published: Jan. 12, 2022, 11 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 56 seconds

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S2E8 Brad Thomas - Rocker, Ranger, and SMU Commando

Published: Dec. 29, 2021, 11 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 30 seconds

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S2E7 Dr. David Kilcullen - Counterterrorism and Strategic Competition

Published: Dec. 15, 2021, 11 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 42 seconds

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S2E6 Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC) Ramon Colon-Lopez

Published: Dec. 1, 2021, 11 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 13 seconds

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S2E5 Maj Carly Costello and CPT Julia Pleasants - Women in SOF

Published: Nov. 17, 2021, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 51 seconds

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S2E4 10th Special Forces Team - whats working and whats not

Published: Nov. 3, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 45 seconds

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S2E3 Legendary Green Beret J. Stryker Meyer - MAC-V SOG, indig partnerships, and jungle warfare!

Published: Oct. 20, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 25 seconds

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S2E2 Green Beret MSG Tim Kennedy - Motivation, Drive, and Expanding Freedom!

Published: Oct. 6, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 54 seconds

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S2E1 Former PJ's Brian Kimber and Scott Light - Giving of yourself, literally!

Published: Sept. 21, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 23 seconds

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Reflecting on 9/11 and Afghanistan

Published: Sept. 8, 2021, 1:41 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 7 seconds

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Bonus Episode - Lessons from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Training Camp with Ryan Jensen and Cameron Kinley

Published: Aug. 24, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 27 seconds

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Bonus Episode - Active Duty SF Officer "Nate" talks toxic leadership, training, and building trust

Published: Aug. 10, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 42 seconds

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24. GEN Richard D. Clarke - SOCOM Commander answers your questions!

Published: July 27, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 1 second

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23. Matt Stevens and Michael Halty Halterman - Making your military transition a ramp instead of a cliff!

Published: July 13, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 30 seconds

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22. CW4 Bradley Palm - An elite pilot, a horrible crash, and his fight to fly again

Published: June 29, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 36 seconds

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21. SGM Matt Williams and SGM Pat Payne - Lessons learned from the Medal of Honor

Published: June 15, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 27 seconds

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20. Chad Robichaux - A Recon Marine fights for his family, his mind, and his faith

Published: June 1, 2021, 9:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 47 seconds

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19. Senator Joni Ernst - Senate Armed Services Committee member & combat veteran

Published: May 18, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 48 seconds

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18. LTC Bryan Dill-Russell - New Zealand Commando & SOF Liaison

Published: May 4, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 19 seconds

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17. MSG Geoff Dardia & Chelsey Poisson, BSN - SOF health, performance, & exposures

Published: April 20, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 41 seconds

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16. Navy SEAL Jocko Willink - Best-selling author, podcaster, entrepreneur, and leadership expert

Published: April 6, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 29 seconds

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15. Dr. Preston Cline - Expert on High-Functioning Teams

Published: March 23, 2021, 1:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 54 seconds

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14. Col (Ret) John Alvarez - Helo pilot & first amputee to return to combat flight duty

Published: March 9, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 50 seconds

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13. Leslie Babich - SOFWERX leader, innovator, and AFSOC Col (Ret)

Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 27 seconds

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12. CMSgt Jared 'Peaches' Pietras - USAF Combat Controller, helps answer hot topics across SOCOM

Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 12:54 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 19 seconds

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11. COL Michael McLendon - Green Beret leader and mentor

Published: Jan. 26, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 17 seconds

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10. CSM (Ret) Rick Lamb - Green Beret and Ranger legend

Published: Jan. 12, 2021, 5:22 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute 43 seconds

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09. MGySgt Jay Root - Marine Raider and Joint Leader

Published: Dec. 29, 2020, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 24 seconds

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08. Col Allison Black - pioneering Air Force Special Ops aviator, helps answer hot topics across SOCOM

Published: Dec. 15, 2020, 3:22 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 18 seconds

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07. CMSgt (Ret) Will Markham - Air Force Combat Controller

Published: Dec. 1, 2020, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 10 seconds

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06 - D.B. - Naval Flight Officer and Special Warfare Enabler

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 1:42 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 24 seconds

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06. D.B. - Naval Flight Officer and Special Warfare Combat Support

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 1:42 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 24 seconds

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05. Maj Frank Anello - Marine Forces Special Operations Raider

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 1:39 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 7 seconds

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04. SGM Nate Griffin, Green Beret leader, helps answer hot topics from across SOCOM

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 1:39 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 59 seconds

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03. WO1 Nick Lavery - Green Beret warrior and amputee

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 1:32 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 46 seconds

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02. VADM Timothy Szymanski - Navy SEAL 3-star Admiral

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 1:32 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 50 seconds

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01. Welcome to SOFcast - Intro to your hosts CCM Greg Smith & SGM Matt Parrish

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 1:31 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 53 seconds

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