Latest Special forces Podcast Episodes

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Secrets Behind the Special Warfare Museum | Roxanne Merritt and Living History

Pineland Underground - April 15, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour
Maj. Ashley "Ash" Holzmann is a Psychological Operations Officer with operational experience in South / Central America, the Indo-Pacific, and throughout the Middle East. He serves in the newly re-established PSYWAR School within the United States Army Special Warfare Center and School.  Sgt. M...

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Secrets Behind the Special Warfare Museum | Roxanne Merrit and Living History

Pineland Underground - April 15, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour
Maj. Ashley "Ash" Holzmann is a Psychological Operations Officer with operational experience in South / Central America, the Indo-Pacific, and throughout the Middle East. He serves in the newly re-established PSYWAR School within the United States Army Special Warfare Center and School.  Sgt. M...

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Writing About Writing | The Harding Project and the Effort to Revitalize the Army's Professional Journals

Pineland Underground - April 01, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour
Maj. Ashley "Ash" Holzmann is a Psychological Operations Officer with operational experience in South / Central America, the Indo-Pacific, and throughout the Middle East. He serves in the 1st Special Warfare Training Group at the United States Army Special Warfare Center and School.  Sgt. Maj. ...

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Eat, Sleep, Perform | Human Performance in Special Operations

Pineland Underground - March 18, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour
Maj. Ashley "Ash" Holzmann is a Psychological Operations Officer with operational experience in South / Central America, the Indo-Pacific, and the Middle East. He serves in the 1st Special Warfare Training Group at the United States Army Special Warfare Center and School.  Sgt. Maj. Derek Riley...

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The Bone Marrow Mafia | How a single Soldier is changing the entire Army

Pineland Underground - March 04, 2024 05:00 - 57 minutes
Maj. Ashley "Ash" Holzmann is a Psychological Operations Officer with operational experience in South / Central America, the Indo-Pacific, and the Middle East. He serves in the 1st Special Warfare Training Group at the United States Army Special Warfare Center and School.    Sgt. Maj. Derek Ri...

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Selling SOF | Special Operations Recruiting Battalion (SORB)

Pineland Underground - February 19, 2024 05:00 - 58 minutes
Maj. Ashley "Ash" Holzmann is a Psychological Operations Officer with operational experience in South / Central America, the Into-Pacific, and the Middle East. He serves in the 1st Special Warfare Training Group at the United States Army Special Warfare Center and School.    Sgt. Maj. Derek Ri...

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The Cutting Edge | The Robotics Unmanned Systems Integrator Course

Pineland Underground - February 05, 2024 05:00 - 42 minutes
Maj. Ashley "Ash" Holzmann is a Psychological Operations Officer with operational experience in South / Central America, the Into-Pacific, and the Middle East. He serves in the 1st Special Warfare Training Group at the United States Army Special Warfare Center and School.    Sgt. Maj. Derek Ri...

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One of Us | A Deep Dive into PSYOP Assessment & Selection

Pineland Underground - January 10, 2024 21:29 - 43 minutes
"O.C.," an expert on the U.S. Army Psychological Operations Assessment and Selection (POAS), joins us in a conversation about how to best prepare for the mental and physical journey. O.C. answers the multitude of questions from Derek and Ash, including:  What is POAS?  Is it physically demandi...

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Surviving Special Forces Selection | What is it? How to pass it.

Pineland Underground - November 06, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour
The leadership in charge of Army Special Forces Assessment and Selection takes us through what it is and how to best prepare for the best chances of being successful. They answer the question, "What is selection? How does someone prepare for physically and mentally? What are we looking for in ca...

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Innovative Leadership for the Warfighter or Executive | Applied Leadership and Innovation with Clyde Seepersad

Pineland Underground - October 24, 2023 04:00 - 55 minutes
The Pineland team has the opportunity to sit down with Clyde Seepersad, the General Manager of the Linux Foundation. We dive deep into cooperative innovation and leadership and discuss how the principles for success transcend business and warfighting. Clyde Seepersad has decades of experience ru...

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Special Ops Chess Theory | The power of the Special Operations Noncommissioned Officer

Pineland Underground - October 12, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour
The must listen to final episode of the Pineland Underground Podcast with Major Bobby Tuttle and Sergeant Major Chuck Ritter as the hosts/producers of the show. What sets great leaders and noncommissioned officers apart from their peers? What's expected of officers when they arrive fresh out of ...

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Got new hosts. Who this? | Pineland Underground introduces its next new next level hosts and producers.

Pineland Underground - September 25, 2023 04:00 - 15 minutes
Pineland Underground welcomes the new hosts and producers to the show - SGM Derek Riley and MAJ Ash Holzmann. Bobby and Chuck sit down for a quick fifteen-minute conversation introducing the new hosts, covering what to expect in future episodes, and how to best use jorts at the beach.  MAJ Ash ...

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Transformation Ain’t Easy | The Army Special Warfare Center Command Team delivers the vision for Special Operations training and education geared towards 2030

Pineland Underground - September 12, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour
The United States Army Special Warfare Center and School Command Team sits down with the Pineland Underground Podcast to discuss their vision for Army Special Operations training and education geared towards the future. They highlight the current state of the schoolhouse and the pathway forward ...

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Legend - Medal of Honor Recipient MSG Earl Plumlee

Pineland Underground - July 11, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour
We sit down with Medal of Honor Recipient Special Forces Master Sergeant Earl Plumlee and discuss his life as a Marine, coming into Special Forces,  his actions leading to receiving the nation's highest award, and how he continues to be a positive force of nature in life. From joining the milita...

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(IWI) The Future of Army Special Operations - LTG Braga and P.W. Singer

Pineland Underground - June 06, 2023 04:00 - 55 minutes
Crossover episode from the Irregular Warfare Initiative where the USASOC Commander LTG Braga, and author P.W. Singer discuss the future of Army Special Operations within the future operating environment of Multi-Domain Operations. 

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Building Winning Teams | Hendrick Motorsports on World-Class Competition and Culture

Pineland Underground - May 23, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour
Key themes from this episode: • Army SOF - Small, autonomous teams with diverse sets of skills, competing and winning • Building and defining a winning culture – Driving Performance Together – every day and inspire teams and colleagues to success. • Discussion through the cycle of preparation...

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The Masterplan for World Domination in 2023

Pineland Underground - January 10, 2023 05:00 - 15 minutes
Chuck and Bobby quickly cover their master plan for world domination, so you know what to expect from Pineland Underground in 2023. Prep yourself beforehand for the sheer awesomeness contained within this 15 minutes episode.  Email Us! [email protected] USAJFKSWCS Instagram Speci...

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The Duratus Mind - Chief Inspector Ed Anrude - UK Armed Policing

The Duratus Mind Podcast - December 14, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Chief Inspector Ed Anrude has spent nearly 20 years at the tip of the spear with regard to UK policing and access to police leaders with his experience is rare.  Ed had the unique experience of being the on-the-ground commander during the abhorrent Westminster Bridge attack in 2017 which killed ...

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The Secret to Great Leadership | Combat proven, senior Special Forces leaders discuss the secret recipe

Pineland Underground - December 13, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour
Green Beret Command Sergeant Major Chuy Almonte and Chief Warrant Officer Three Jay Connors discuss their views on how to lead effectively in the military and life in general. CSM Almonte served time in the 1st Special Forces Group as a wheel mechanic and then as a Special Forces soldier in the ...

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The Duratus Mind - Kevin Gaskell - Former Porsche, Lamborghini and BMW leader and author

The Duratus Mind Podcast - December 08, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Kevin Gaskell has led the iconic brands, Porsche, Lamborghini and BMW.  After driving the turnaround at Porsche and leading 5 years of record growth at BMW, he was recognised as one of the UK’s top 40 leaders. He left BMW to set up his first technology business which grew to be an international ...

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The Duratus Mind - Langley Sharp MBE - Former head of the Centre for Army Leadership

The Duratus Mind Podcast - November 29, 2022 09:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Lieutenant Colonel Langley Sharp MBE is the former head of the Centre for Army Leadership (CAL) at Sandhurst and responsible for championing leadership excellence across the British Army.   Having himself graduated from Sandhurst two decades ago, his career in the Parachute Regiment, which incl...

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SFABulous | The Magical World of Security Forces Assistance Brigades with Special Forces Legend COL Mike Sullivan

Pineland Underground - November 29, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour
Special Forces COL Mike Sullivan, Chief of Staff of the Army Special Warfare Center, and former SFAB Commander, takes us on a magical journey discussing SFABs, Special Forces, and the art of advising foreign forces. We discuss the contentious beginning of the SFABs and the roles of Special Force...

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End of Season 1 overview and update on the Pod

The Duratus Mind Podcast - November 25, 2022 16:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Hi all,  I've had a lot of questions recently as to whether there is any more podcasts coming out.  Well, yes there are and i've used this episode to explain whats happening.  In short, it's coming back in the coming days! 

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(Bonus Episode) The Great Equalizer | Irregular Warfare in the City

Pineland Underground - November 22, 2022 05:00 - 49 minutes
(Bonus Episode) As the world becomes more urban, planning for conventional and irregular warfare in the city becomes more important. SGM Chuck Ritter goes on the Irregular Warfare Initiative podcast to discuss the intricacies of urban combat with John Spencer, author of Connected Solders and Und...

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SOCOM SOFcast and Pineland Underground becoming Voltron | Two podcasts are better than none

Pineland Underground - November 15, 2022 21:29 - 1 hour
SOCOM SOFcast host Matt Parrish risks everything to come on the Pineland Underground Podcast to profess to the world that we have the best podcast in the military. SGM Parrish not only runs the SOFcast Podcast, but he also runs the SOCOM Preservation of the Force and Families Program (POTFF). We...

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The Day the Earth Shook | A Special Forces Team responds to the catastrophic 2015 Nepal Earthquake

Pineland Underground - November 01, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour
Two Special Forces Teams arrive in Nepal to conduct a training exercise with the host nation's military but immediately find themselves in the middle of leading crisis response efforts after a massive earthquake hits Nepal in 2015. Luckily, one of these teams was a special skills mountaineering ...

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Tip of the Spear | Special Forces, Critical Injury Recovery and a First Hand Account of the War in Ukraine

Pineland Underground - October 18, 2022 10:58 - 2 hours
SFC(R) Ryan Hendrickson, author of Tip of the Spear, and founder of Tip of Spear Landmine Removal takes on a journey through becoming a Green Beret, being critical injured, receiving a Silver Star, retiring and then going to Ukraine multiple times during the current conflict.  Email Us! pinela...

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The Masks We Wear | The dangers of compartmentalizing our mental struggles with Special Forces SGM Josh Thompson

Pineland Underground - September 30, 2022 04:05 - 55 minutes
Special Forces Sergeant Major Josh Thompson walks us through his thought process on writing The Mask We Wear. An article concerning the ease at which Special Operations personnel hide their internal struggles from their families, friends, and even themselves. The Mask We Wear was a potent and he...

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When the Wolves Come Knocking | From the brink of suicide to running a 100 mile ultra-marathon

Pineland Underground - September 16, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour
Special Forces Soldier, Sergeant First Class Mike Fiocca, takes us through his mental struggles, which took him to the point of having a gun to his head but then persevering through an arduous recovery that culminated with him running a 100-mile ultra-marathon. He shares his personal story, hopi...

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Cry Havok and Release the Dogs of Critical Thinking | LTC Charles Faint from the Modern War Institute/Owner of the Havok Journal

Pineland Underground - September 02, 2022 04:05 - 1 hour
A no BS, thoughtful, yet entertaining conversation on the topic of Critical Thinking  between SGM Chuck Ritter and LTC Charles Faint from the Modern War Institute at West Point.  LTC Charles Faint is currently stationed at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He serves as the Chair...