From West Point to the 101st to 1 Million Subscribers | Preston Stewart | Ep. 402
The Team House
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🗓️ 19 March 2026
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0:00 West Point to War
01:18 Why He Joined After 9/11
07:23 How Army Jobs Are Assigned
14:12 What a Fire Support Officer Does
19:10 Afghanistan: Kandahar Surge
24:13 Combat Stress & Leadership
34:10 Second Deployment Reality
45:24 Leaving the Military
52:49 From Army Officer to YouTuber
1:05:20 Drones Changing Warfare
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone. I want to tell you about my new novel, The Most Dangerous Man, Out in June. |
| 0:06.0 | It is a novel about a regimental reconnaissance company soldier who gets kidnapped while he's on a mission to West Africa. |
| 0:14.0 | And when he wakes up, he finds that he is now being hunted for sport by a group of tech billionaires through the wilds of West Africa. |
| 0:22.6 | This book is based on stories that I heard over the years about safari guides taking |
| 0:28.0 | wealthy clients hunting for poachers on game reserves in Africa. I took that and I took a century |
| 0:34.9 | old short story, the most dangerous game, and modernized it. And the product |
| 0:39.0 | is this book, which I think will feel contemporary and resonate with audiences today. Thank you, |
| 0:45.9 | and please check it out. Guys, this is 4002, episode 400 and 2 of the team house. |
| 1:06.3 | I'm Jack Murphy, here with our guest today, Preston Stewart. |
| 1:09.8 | He is a former Army officer, and today |
| 1:12.6 | runs a YouTube channel, amongst other things. And if people want to find you on YouTube, |
| 1:18.0 | it's under your name. It's Preston Stewart, correct? It is. Yeah, try to keep it simple there. |
| 1:22.7 | Cool, cool. And so thank you for coming on the show today. |
| 1:27.6 | I really appreciate it. |
| 1:29.7 | And looking forward to talking a little bit about your military career and kind of veteran transition experience afterwards. |
| 1:37.5 | Yeah, appreciate it. Jackson. |
| 1:38.6 | It's an honor to be here, man. |
| 1:40.4 | Yeah, thanks. |
| 1:42.1 | So let's see. |
| 1:43.2 | I mean, you know, the question I pretty much ask all of our guests is about their origin story. If you can tell us a little bit about, you know, where you grew up, what your upbringing was like and, you know, how that took you towards, in your case, West Point. Yeah, I have a feeling very similar to a lot of folks in our generation. I'm 40s, I know we're about the same age. |
| 2:04.9 | And I was a sophomore in high school when the 9-11 attacks occurred. So I was in that period of my life trying to decide what's next. |
| 2:13.1 | And military just jumped out. Both of my grandparents were in service. |
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