Welcome to another edition of Geopolitics and Empire.

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And we're joined now by Lieutenant Colonel Chris Kelser.

He's founder of Ready Husband, which provides a family prep plan, giving you a step-by-step guide to

accelerate your family's preparedness for any crisis. He did 28 years, I believe, serving his country. Welcome to geopolitics and empire, Chris.

Thank you, sir. Great to be back with you. I worry. You know, we chatted a couple times on TNT, and I enjoy the work

that you're doing. I think I saw you first on different podcasts, and I called you up on T TNT and I think you and I see eye to eye on many things.

You've got a, you know, fascinating experience plus what your views today and before getting into getting your take on what's happening in the world.

If you want to just what you want to tell us about your background expertise experience yeah

i'd love to give you a quick snapshot uh born in montana i have a wife and two beautiful kids and

spent about 11 years active duty in the marine corps after going to a military academy and and i so i saw

i saw the u.s military from the inside being at the pointy tip of the

proverbial spear out there doing the work that I, that I was doing for the sake of the red,

white and blue, mom, hot dogs, apple pie, Chevrolet, all that stuff. But now as I've been

awakened over the last three, four, five years, I see what I was really doing and serving

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