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Michael

Solutions, Inspiration, and wisdom for warriors. Find a way or make one!Spotter Up Tactical Solutions (Spotter Up for short) provides credible and applicable information in support of individuals becoming the best Chessmen they can be. A Chessman is an expert strategist, who trains rigorously, and can take action(s) to bypass threats. Becoming tactically sound in anything worthwhile requires sacrifice, discipline and a long-term plan. Spotter Up believes in finding solutions to problems. ‘Find a Way or Make One’. Excuses are never made.

  1. 1D AGO

    COMBATIVES Ep16 | John Valentine Self-defense expert, Martial artist, and Tactical instructor discusses Alex Pretti shooting

    My microphone kept going off every few minutes, so I was quite distracted and was more focused on keeping the blue light on then the interview. My apologies. My good friend John Valentine provides his insight into the Pretti incident. John Valentine is a self-defense authority, tactical instructor, and martial artist with over two decades of experience training fighters, law enforcement, and military personnel. His expertise in entangled fighting, weapons defense, and combatives strategy has made him a leading voice in the industry. He is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt, an experienced firearms instructor, and a founding member of the Combatives Association and the Annual Combatives Summit. ​With two decades of military service, John has become a trusted leader in integrating hand-to-hand combat, weapon retention, and firearms proficiency into a complete and functional self-defense system. ​He’s trained military units, law enforcement officers, and dedicated civilians, always with a focus on performance-based training that forges real skill under pressure. ​Achievements: USPSA Competitive Shooter and Match Director ( L5681 ) Top Gun Honors – Rangemaster Pistol Instructor Development Program Featured Instructor: Firearms Trainers Association, Hill Country Combatives, and more Through his events, training programs, and educational content, John’s mission is simple: To create highly capable, resilient individuals who can protect themselves and their families. SUBSCRIBE: Spotter Up ‪@SpotterUp‬  Website https://spotterup.com/ Instagram   / wefightmonsters     / spotterup   Store https://spotterup.net/ Book: We Fight Monsters https://amzn.to/4adf3Rc Podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/2152638 Support the show

    1 hr

  2. 6D AGO

    Ep64 | Donavon Riley The Collapse of the Church and Western Culture

    Donavon Riley is a Lutheran pastor, conference speaker, author, and contributing writer for 1517 and The Jagged Word. He is also a co-host of the Banned Books and Warrior Priest podcasts. He is the author of the books, "Crucifying Religion,” “The Withertongue Emails,” and, “The Impossible Prize: A Theology of Addiction.” We discuss weak churches, weak culture, and free-thinking. SUBSCRIBE: Spotter Up ‪@SpotterUp‬  Website https://spotterup.com/ Instagram   / wefightmonsters     / spotterup   Store https://spotterup.net/ Book: We Fight Monsters https://amzn.to/4adf3Rc Podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/2152638 0:00 Intro Speaking for God, anti-life advocates  2:00 Therapeutics, and Solzhenitsyn 5:58 Dystopian Points of View, Weak Culture 12:18 Father's Vietnam Experience, the broken world 14:47 Career in laity 16:40 Who are you speaking for, Truth in the church and beyond 24:32 On Killing, Reverence for life, pre-packaged soft totalitarianism  53:37 Escape from Vietnam, Globalist Humanists 39:47 Cultural history and hurtful truth 46:13 A shift in church culture 53:51 Sissies, Enlightenment and the downward spiral 57:00 Communism, Where to go from here? Support the show

    1h 7m

  3. JAN 26

    Ep63 | Catching up with Jack Donovan on Men, Culture, Heroes and Myths

    Buy his book https://amzn.to/4rdA9oj  Fire in the Dark

    1h 8m

  4. JAN 26

    Ep62 | Sean Patrick Flanery Boondock Saints, Born a Champion Actor, Martial Artist, Author 2021

    This video is from 2021. I took it down years ago, because I was shadow banned and wasn't getting any traction. I reposted it tonight. Sean is known for playing Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints (1999) and its sequel The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009), Greg Stillson in the USA Network television series The Dead Zone, Jeremy "Powder" Reed in Powder (1995), Indiana Jones in the ABC television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, as well as Bobby Dagen in Saw: The Final Chapter (2010).  Sean is also known for his role as Sam Gibson on CBS's "The Young and the Restless in 2011." He starred in "Devil's Carnival," a short film screened on tour beginning in April 2012. In 2016. Sean published his first novel, "Jane Two," a coming-of-age story drawing inspiration from his childhood and early experiences.

    52 min

  5. 08/24/2025

    Ep61 | Edgar Mills (RET.) Green Beret, Osprey Shooting Solutions, Junto Podcast

    Robert "Edgar" Mills is retired out of 10th Special Forces Group. He served in the United States Army for 25 years, nine years as an Infantryman with the 82nd Airborne Division and from 2003 to 2020 with Special Forces as a Candidate, Weapons Sergeant, Intelligence Sergeant and Operations Sergeant. He, like his Infantry and SF brethren, has multiple combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan as well as multiple non-combat deployments to several African and European partner nations. While stationed in Tampa, Edgar was the program lead for the SOCOM Marksmanship Program. There he led the development and execution of weekly and quarterly Combat Marksmanship courses tailored to suit a wide range of skill and experience levels. Under masterful mentorship he was able to sharpen his own marksmanship skill as well as his instruction methods helping to make the SOCOM Marksmanship Program highly respected within the Command. He and the team also organized and executed two notable annual events; the “D-Day Shootout” and the “Mogadishu Mile 5K Run and Shoot” to honor the fallen comrades of those two harrowing and heroic events in our nation’s history. Edgar has trained tactical and practical applications of marksmanship at all skill levels, from civilians with little to no firearms experience to special operators and police SWAT officers. His understanding of nuances and significant differences in shooting disciplines makes his method of instruction applicable to all shooters. Edgar uses training methodology that is safe, effective, relevant and encourages a continuous thought process. This methodology teaches how to maintain safety without sacrificing realistic and practical training as well as how to choose scoring, drills and scenarios that force accountability. He defines the differences between principles and techniques and emphasizes the importance of knowing those differences. Edgar provides courses covering several disciplines ranging from new shooter safety to collective team tasks for military and law enforcement with emphasis on individual accountability and mastery the fundamentals. Like many of his contemporaries, Edgar is passionate about sharing his experience. Through quality training he seeks to promote confidence and competence as well as individual responsibility and accountability. It’s his belief that all gun owners should be as safe and effective in their own defense as the most seasoned military and law enforcement operators. https://www.instagram.com/ospreyshootingsolutions/ https://www.threads.com/@ospreyshootingsolutions?xmt=AQF0R2voblOB4l4ybWSOEGIUCkAfifsVjr48Uy1-akvG2Ow https://linktr.ee/OspreyShootingSolutions https://thejuntopodcast.com/ https://2teamguys.com/ https://www.facebook.com/OspreyShootingSolutionsLLC

    1h 39m

  6. 08/09/2025

    Lesser Known Operators with Nicholas Allen

    About Lesser Known Operators In Nicholas' words, "Lesser Known Operators is my attempt to sit down and interview as many of the military's Special Operations Forces also known as "Operators" as I possibly can. There are a lot of really great "Operators" out there that no one has ever heard about. I want to go in to their experiences and learn some more about the best there are in our military." https://www.instagram.com/lesserknownoperators/ https://www.youtube.com/@UCiKA4Z_NvHKyGGCv-0gm2dg  https://open.spotify.com/show/3MBasWGzDWYppDEquMz10t https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=61575983381378

    1h 13m

  7. 08/06/2025

    Ep60 | USASOC Operator Rick Hogg | K-9 Handler | 7th SFG | 82nd | War Hogg Tactical

    Rick Hogg is the owner of War HOGG Tactical, Inc. and is a 29 year US Army Special Operation Combat Veteran including being a Special Operations K9 handler. He has taken his 13 combat deployment, to both Iraq along with Afghanistan, as well as his teaching experience as a Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat Course (SFAUC) instructor and harnessed them into a combat experience bases firearms and tactical training company, War HOGG Tactical, Inc. ​​ Veteran owned, War HOGG Tactical, Inc. a North Carolina firearms training company that travels the country teaching firearms training, tactical training and K9 training to civilians, military and law enforcement agencies teaching through combat proven techniques and experience to improve students marksmanship proficiency. War HOGG also conducts product development and product field testing along with a variety of consulting services in the defense, firearms and entertainment / film industry.​ ​ War HOGG Tactical, Inc was born in 2002 when my Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat Course (SFAUC) students returned from Afghanistan and said "That stuff you taught me saved my life!"   Rick and his retired Special Operations Forces (SOF) K9 Duco have been featured on Trigger Time TV covering an entire season on training a military working dog. Rick has also has instructional videos with Panteao Productions.  ​

    50 min

  8. 08/03/2025

    Ep59 | Perry Yee former U S Navy SEAL & founder and CEO of Active Valor

    As a U.S. Navy SEAL Operator, Perry Yee spent over four years participating in Close Quarters Defense and weapons training. After completing more than three years in leadership, training, and management of projects as an operator, his expertise in identifying problem areas and initiating corrective action developed and refined into shareable skills. His background in this field led him toward a goal of assisting the public in personal protection, tactics, and one-on-one firearms training. During his service, he was awarded the Navy/Marine Corp Commendation medal with a combat “V”, Army Commendation Medal with a combat “V” and the Combat Action ribbon for superior performance in combat missions in Afghanistan. Perry is the CEO/Founder of Active Valor. Active Valor is a 501(c)(3) combat veteran run nonprofit organization dedicated to successfully engaging veterans in civilian life through creating programs that are specifically designed to combat the physical, mental, and emotional roadblocks that can occur after discharging from the military

    1h 13m
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Solutions, Inspiration, and wisdom for warriors. Find a way or make one!Spotter Up Tactical Solutions (Spotter Up for short) provides credible and applicable information in support of individuals becoming the best Chessmen they can be. A Chessman is an expert strategist, who trains rigorously, and can take action(s) to bypass threats. Becoming tactically sound in anything worthwhile requires sacrifice, discipline and a long-term plan. Spotter Up believes in finding solutions to problems. ‘Find a Way or Make One’. Excuses are never made.

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  • Creator
    Michael
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    87
  • Rating
    Explicit
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