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Drew Dix Podcast – Pushback within the Department of Defense

Drew Dix explores a critical threat to national defense. Is internal resistance threatening the mission? Watch:

00:00 Balls to the Wall
9:00 Drew Training a Captain
16:50 Not Respecting the Chain of Command
21:02 Recruiting for an Occupation over a Soldier
31:36 Pete Hegseth Leak
34:35 Making the Military Apolitical
36:45 Drew’s Book


Drew is a member of the STARRS Board of Advisors

Medal of Honor Recipient Major Drew Dix, US Army (Ret). At 17 years old, Drew joined the Army in 1962 in Pueblo Colorado and was assigned to the 82d Airborne Division and deployed to the Dominican Republic for his first combat tour. He then qualified for Army Special Forces and deployed to Vietnam working in a classified project as the lone American. For his heroism in a two day battle, he was awarded the Medal of Honor and became the first enlisted man in the Army Special Forces to receive the Medal of Honor. After receiving a direct commission, Drew was back in Vietnam as a Company Commander serving in the 82d and 101st Airborne; he also served in the 5th & 6th Special Forces Groups. Following his Army retirement, Drew used his special operations expertise to work in numerous anti- terrorist assignments. He is the C0-Founder and Board member of the “Center for American Values” an educational nonprofit in Pueblo, Colorado and former President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. He now lives with his wife Patricia on their ranch in Westcliffe, CO.

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