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23-year-old Kate joins the hosts to discuss 'The Ick' phenomenon in relationships. They also delve into Gen Z recruits on TikTok highlighting challenges in the military. The episode explores social media's impact on recruitment and the struggles faced by low-rank military personnel.

BTS Joins the Military SEOUL/TOKYO – The remaining four members of K-pop supergroup BTS will begin their 18-month military service in South Korea this week, joining three others already serving, with fans pledging to wait until 2025 for them to perform as a group again. A group of fans braved rainy weather on Monday to bid a temporary farewell to the seven-member band's leader, RM, and vocalist V in front of their boot camp in the central city of Nonsan. "I think I'll be fine except for one thing, that I won't be able to make happy memories with you for a while, which is the hardest part," V wrote on fan platform Weverse on Monday, wishing fans well and happiness.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30

We’ve got a deep dive into the wild story of the world’s creepiest military recruiter, his memoir detailing his own crimes, and the family who got left hanging by NCIS & his unit. Plus super quick news roundup from explosions to a badass sniper making history. HOUSE IN ARLINGTON VA EXPLODING Yesterday afternoon Arlington County Police Department went to a call for possible gunshots where it turned out the fella in the home had discharged a flare gun 30 to 40 times… The suspect then barricaded themselves inside and around 8:30pm when police tried to issue a search warrant he exploded the whole damn house. Huge fireball, was felt all over DC. Three officers reported minor injuries and there were no transports to the hospital related to this incident. The investigation is ongoing. Not clear if the guy survived. MARINE PLEADS GUILTY TO FIREBOMBING PP WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY A former Marine pleaded guilty to a 2022 firebombing attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic in California. Chance Brannon, 24, is one of three men charged in the Molotov cocktail attack which occurred while Brannon was an active-duty Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton. No one was hurt in the incident but the front entrance had some burn damage, and the clinic had to reschedule about 30 appointments. He had also discussed other attacks along with starting a race war, plus a rifle with a Cyrillic message referring to death and a racial slur, as well as a thumb drive with a recording of the Christchurch, New Zealand, white supremacist mass shooting. Boyyyyyy I bet the folks in his unit could share some stories about him. FIRST ACTIVE DUTY WOMAN TO BECOME AN ARMY SNIPERYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30

Round 1: A Marine Corps grad and fancy Columbia grad school boy set miltwitter ablaze this week with talk about the officer and enlisted divide. We’ll see if it’s real or really a bunch of bullshit. Round 2: Young Thug is currently going through a RICO trial. The opening statement of his defense attorney would make all E-4s and below impressed by the spin zone he delivers. Because of that, we’ll go through some of the best military excuses we’ve come across.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30

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Kate is back. VFW recap Taliban Rollerblades Ukraine Uses Jet Skis Amazon health insurance Tragedy in the special operator unitsYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30

The fellas get into some of the worst things old veterans do to the active duty folks. Tiger Woods BZOs his 9 Iron Cons gloats about West PointYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30

The highest military court has largely overturned the conviction of a Coast Guard chief who sent inappropriate messages to other senior-enlisted members in a group text thread ― a ruling that will impact how and when troops are charged for sending such content through their phone. The case involves former Chief Machinery Technician Fernando M. Brown, who was convicted in 2019 on an insubordinate conduct charge under Article 91 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice for sending three text messages to a “chief’s mess” group thread while they were all assigned to the heavy icebreaker Polar Star, according to court records.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30

U.S. military folks are under attack in Iraq, Syria & on a Naval destroyer. A U.S. Navy destroyer shot down multiple drones and cruise missiles off the coast of Yemen this past week. On Wednesday, the USS Carney opened fire on four cruise missiles and 15 airborne drones for nine hours. Initially, the Pentagon said that the engagement only featured three missiles and “several” drones. But then CNN was like, no kweeeens, much longer than that.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30

General-level officers never learn their lessons and there was a prime example this week. The squad also gets into Will and Jada Smith, Real Housewives of New York, Israel and Hamas, fighting at football games and so much more.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30