How This Marine's Platoon Hunted Down the Killer of 140 American Soldiers w/ AJ Pasciuti

The Andrew Klavan Show

Society & Culture

4.8 • 22.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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AJ Pasciuti, author of Darkhorse and a retired Marine sniper, joins me for a powerful discussion about the importance of moral clarity on the battlefield and ends by telling me a fascinating war story about the attempt by him and his platoon to hunt down an enemy sniper. Ep. 1284 - - - Today's Sponsor: Boll & Branch - Sleep cooler this summer with Boll & Branch during their Annual Summer Event. For a limited time, get 20% off sitewide at BollAndBranch.com/klavan with code klavan. - - - DailyWire+: Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://dailywire.com/subscribe Becoming a Daily Wire member allows you to see all of our content ad-free. 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. 📗 Read my short story "Jesus, the Movie" at the New English Review: https://www.newenglishreview.org/articles/jesus-the-movie 📕 My latest novel "After That, The Dark" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/AfterThatTheDark 📙 My Edgar nominated non-fiction book "The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/KingdomofCain 📘 My memoir "The Great Good Thing" is available here: https://a.co/d/0icnKMrX 📔 "The Truth and Beauty: How the Lives and Works of England's Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding of the Words of Jesus" is available here: https://a.co/d/0bo2G3Tr 📚 Save the Klavan by shopping my merch here: https://dwplus.shop/AndrewKlavanMerch Connect with me on social media: Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/aklavan Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/theandrewklavan X — https://twitter.com/andrewklavan - - - Socials: YouTube — https://youtube.com/@andrewklavan Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/aklavan Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/theandrewklavan X — https://twitter.com/andrewklavan - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.1	heard in part about chasing a nemesis. It's like a Hollywood movie story about chasing a nemesis sniper. Can you tell that story? I'd like to hear the rest of... Of course. Of course. I'm Hey, everyone, it's Andrew Claven with this week's interview with A.J. Pishuti.
1:36.8	He is a retired U.S. Marine, former Force Recon Scout sniper, Marine Gunner.
1:43.3	He's done multiple, had multiple combat
1:45.7	deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
1:48.4	He tells some of the best
1:49.8	war stories I have ever heard from a
1:52.0	living person. And he is now the author
1:53.9	of Dark Horse, Dark Horse
1:56.2	Harnessing Hidden Potential
1:58.0	in War and Life.
2:00.0	AJ is a pleasure to meet you, and thank you for all you've done. Thanks for coming on. Thank you so much, Drew, for having me on the show. I'm excited to be here. Well, I have to tell you, first of all, you've lived the life that a lot of people, a lot of guys I think daydream about, and I'm really interested in the idea that you learn things in that life that we can use in our
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