Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

On today's episode of Change Agents, Andy is joined by Brian Streem, the founder and CEO of Vermeer, a defense tech company with forward operations in Ukraine. He went from using drone technology and Hollywood projects ranging from Steven Spielberg movies, The Fast and the Furious films, and Beyonce music videos to the frontlines of war.

This technology lets drones navigate when GPS is jammed, spoofed or gone entirely. Brian pivoted his company into Vermeer in 2018, after the Department of Defense showed strong interest in his team's XR technology, building AR command controlled and visualization tools for unmanned swarms in GPS denied environments.

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On this week's episode of Change Agents, Andy Stumpf travels to Virginia Beach to spend time with Dom Raso aboard his boat near Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek–Fort Story. Dom spent 12 years in the SEAL teams before founding Dynamis Alliance, a gear and combatives training company built from everything he learned in the teams. Today, Dom's life largely revolves around his faith, family, and protecting time with them has become his priority.

Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original.

Chapters

(00:00) Cold Open

(01:11) The Power of "No"

(02:44) Family, Faith & Current Ventures

(05:05) Gladius Christi: Protecting the Church

(10:51) Combatives Philosophy

(19:11) Should Young Men Join the Military?

(28:58) Faith and Military Discipline

(41:44) Extortion 17 and the Path to Catholicism

(49:23) Redefining Success

(54:15) Fatherhood as the Front Line

(57:09) Leaving the SEAL Teams

(1:01:52) Gift Exchange

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On this week's episode of Change Agents, Andy Stumpf welcomes Jonathan Hackett to unpack the escalating conflict between the U.S. and Iran.

He is a retired U.S. Marine Corps interrogator, counterintelligence agent, and special operations intelligence officer who ran assignments for the NSA, DIA, and Special Operations Command, and is the author of Iran: Shadow Weapons, Covert Action, Intelligence Operations, and Unconventional Warfare.

Co-host the podcast Eyes on Geopolitics: @EyesOnGeopoliticsPod

Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original.

Chapters
(00:01:33) Explaining Iran in one sentence
(00:09:04) Mirror imaging the regime
(00:14:28) The experience gap at the negotiating table
(00:19:02) A broken decision-making process
(00:27:29) Losing our intelligence assets in Iran
(00:32:12) Where the nuclear program really stands
(00:39:41) Why an executive agreement won't hold
(00:50:08) The truth about Iranian sleeper cells
(00:59:36) What Americans get wrong about Iran

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On this week's episode of Change Agents, Andy Stumpf travels to the headquarters of GBRS Group in Virginia Beach to sit down with co-founder DJ Shipley.

He spent 17 in years in the SEAL teams where he served at SEAL Team 10 and Naval Special Warfare Development Group before medically retiring in 2019 due to injuries sustained in combat and training.

Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original.

Chapters
(00:00:41) The Mental Health Void in the SEAL Community
(00:02:25) Feeling Alone on the Island
(00:05:16) Ibogaine Therapy in Mexico
(00:08:15) Missing the Tribe
(00:11:11) The Electrocution
(00:13:04) Building GBRS Group From Nothing
(00:16:11) The Cost of Having No Balance
(00:19:21) Would You Do It All Over Again
(00:24:47) Tour of GBRS Group HQ
(00:30:04) What Would You Have Changed
(00:38:49) Supporting Gold Star Families
(00:42:14) The Physical Toll
(00:54:56) Recovery Room Tour
(01:00:20) What Would You Do If You Lost It All
(01:05:20) The Most Effective Way to Talk About Mental Health
(01:11:40) The Veteran Suicide Epidemic - Is It Fixable?
(01:19:37) Closing Thoughts & Where to Find DJ

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Steve Robinson is an investigative journalist and the editor of The Maine Wire, a news outlet that has grown from 20,000 monthly readers to nearly one million. A Maine native, he spent three years mapping a sprawling network of Chinese organized crime operations embedded across rural Maine documenting over 270 illegal cannabis grows, tracing financial patterns through deed records and electrical inspection data, and connecting the operation to the Chinese Communist Party.

Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original

Chapters

(00:00:00) Intro
(00:08:24) Why Maine Won't Act
(00:17:53) The Search Warrant Gauntlet
(00:27:12) The Governor's Brother
(00:30:31) Following the Money
(00:37:14) On the Ground
(00:48:12) Why This Affects Everyone

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