The Salty Files: Spies & The Reptillian Agenda w/ US Vet Josh Alphonso

In this episode, Joshua Alphonso shares his journey from military service to founding Strategic Advisory Group, bespoke security firm providing intelligence and protection services for high-net-worth individuals. Josh is a veteran of the Air Force, U.S. Special Operations Intelligence Support and other intelligence agencies. This episode offers a rare look into the strategies, stories, and challenges behind high-level security operations and training techniques.

Brad & Josh cover important topics such as brotherhood, mentorship, and the importance of community engagement, as well as personal reflections on societal issues and the need for proactive measures in today's world. Josh emphasizes the value of loyalty and the shared experiences that connect people, regardless of their backgrounds.

Podcast Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Friendship Formation
03:06 Military Background and Career Path
05:50 Starting a Security Firm
08:55 Military Training and Protection Strategies
11:55 Community Engagement and Mentorship
15:05 Personal Stories and Reflections
17:50 Addressing Societal Issues
21:07 Closing Thoughts and Future Endeavors

About Strategic Advisory Group:

Strategic Advisory Group is a premier intelligence and protection firm serving high profile individuals, Fortune 500 companies, and global executives. Josh and his co founders draw on expertise from the CIA, Tier One Special Operators, federal law enforcement, and top military & intelligence units to provide the highest level protection possible for their confidential client list.

From executive protection and counter-surveillance to aviation security and global risk mitigation, SAG delivers tailor-made solutions that goes much farther than physical protection.

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Website: https://strategicadvisorygroup.us
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Speaker 2 (00:00.174)
We're talking some deep shit on the couch and we just became really good friends and everybody. What had nothing to do with eating acid. So Josh is going to uncover the mysteries of lizard people. Right. The CERN on the show. So I had to wear this shirt to get ready for those. Stay tuned. It's coming folks. Let's roll.

Speaker 2 (00:28.334)
Welcome back to the McBastard's Studio. Really excited to sit down with Joshua Alphonso. He's an amazing guy. Spent some time in the Air Force, in other government agencies. They started a business called Strategic Advisory Group. They protect high level people. They are just killer dudes. I've met this guy, became like a friend with him instantly. I have to say in all honesty, when he first reached out to me,

And I knew what he did. I was like, do I really want to be friends with this guy? Is this guy tracking me? So Josh, welcome to the show,

Pleasure to be here. Thank you so much. Your studio is amazing and thank you for having me in your wonderful home.

Yeah, no, man, you're your family. Now you and I talked about that brotherhood. We were just like one of those people that in a late night in Nashville after probably being out the bar. Three. Night Nashville, we're talking some deep shit on the couch and we just became really good friends and everybody. What do do with eating acid?

Chapman song, Late Night in Nashville.

Speaker 1 (01:38.912)
Yeah,

So Josh is going to uncover the mysteries of lizard people. That's right. The CERN on this show. So I had to wear this shirt to get ready for those. Stay tuned. It's coming, folks. It's coming out. We're going to release where the lizard people are. Are there aliens? We're about to find out. But a call out to Sully and Jeff and Hefe and Felix and who else is up there?

Yeah, no, those are all boys and I'd just like to make a call out to also all our mentors and people within the community that will go unnamed just because that's some of part of the sacrifice they make. to get to this point, Brad, there have been a whole tribe of people. So I don't want to take any credit, but I do want to just make sure we call out all those people that job.

Johnny JD Nicole. I had Nicole's bro hat on earlier. Sorry, I had to change my attire and shock Josh when he came in. You're not wearing that shirt are you? So

First thing I saw, was like, Brad, all this pushing the envelope. I like it. And that's what I like about you, Brad. When we first met in Nashville, I was like, who's this tall, handsome motherfucker who's pretty confident? And you have a great presence, and you're just really articulate, smart. yeah, I liked you instantly. was like, well, here's someone I won't wonder where he stands.

Speaker 2 (03:06.803)
Good. So you just cleared up your not, I'm not on the list, right?

I've taken you off the no-fly list. Just kidding.

Yeah, I don't know, man. It's a long list of shit, but I appreciate it. appreciate it. man, you know, I know that you've got such a great story. I mean, you came really as an immigrant, your family to the US. You love America. You were raised, went into the Air Force. And I mean, you just got such an iconic Americano life story. And dude, I'm proud of you.

Dude, likewise, and I was listening to your podcast with Johnny and Bob Keith and Brad, you never fail to amaze me, man. Like just all the things you've been through and that's what came out I think in Nashville. was reflecting on it and I was like, here's someone like that has been through so much and has just learned so much. And I know we've talked about your tech past, all those other things you've accomplished. So right back at you and thank you for acknowledging.

Yeah, it's awesome, man. All American story, man. I love it. I love it. mean, you know, what's amazing is being around people that have not only been in the military, but gone into the OGA. can't list certain things, but OGA kind of space and just how much everybody believes in America, loves America for the good of it. And I immediately felt like that with you.

Speaker 2 (04:43.408)
obviously I appreciate that and so it cool man, it's good stuff and Bobby Keith man, Bobby wasn't in Nashville though was he? You didn't show up Bobby, so you weren't really part of the original crew.

Andy didn't show up to the Riley Green concert. That's two indicators, you know, as we call it in the business and you know, yeah, just for people I'll clear up some of that like OGA shenanigans, right? So for those wondering what the F is OGA, right? It's commonly referred to other government agency, but I never I was never undercover or any of that so I can share some of the things and I'll share that right now to clear the room if you will.

So I was a former Air Force intelligence officer. My first duty station was at NSA. So that's kind of where I got my start. And I supported operations downrange, air operations and other special operations in the Middle East, Africa, a couple other places. Got to do that. I left the Air Force after.

met now a good friend, we met at a coffee shop, he was running a contract, he was like, hey man, you wanna come work at CIA headquarters, we're supporting the DNI, so I got to do that, work on the National Intelligence Council for a little bit, as a contractor. It's awesome, but it was a lot of nerd shit, which I didn't really, you know, was like, man, you know, yeah, so it was great exposure, I learned a lot, there are a lot of smart people,

I was not one of them. was like, well, OK, good, man. I'm so fucking glad we have you. And I ran off and did a SOCOM deployment because I was attached to AFSOC briefly, which is Air Force Special Operations. So I supported some operations down in South and Central America. And that was a great fucking gig. It was my last gig in the Air Force. And I was like, well, I'm really happy to be here. And then,

Speaker 1 (06:45.228)
I left that agency and I went to support the NRO for a while as a contractor. for those of you who don't know what the NRO is, they launch a bunch of spy satellites. That's all I can tell you. And yeah, it was great. yeah, I founded strategic advisory group after.

Yeah, that's awesome. Yeah, I'm excited to talk. I want to talk a little bit about that. back to acronyms and stuff, like we had Chris Cathers in here. And he was dropping all of a dude, you're talking a foreign language to me. It's like the tech world, CRM, this, that, whatever, BPO. I'm like, nobody knows what the hell that is outside the tech world. So I appreciate that.

Yeah, because I'm like, well, we're gonna start losing people. Penguins are jumping off the island, you know? dude, Chris is an amazing guy. Thank you for that introduction and I've been following what Chris is doing. And Chris, I just want to say, I know we haven't hung out, but man, I tip my hat to you, my figurative hat. You're fucking awesome, man. Proud of all the things you're doing out there.

Absolutely.

Speaker 2 (07:56.206)
He's a fighter man and he just beat Mercer too. So that's awesome. And he's a fighter and done a lot of good for the country, but also just a lot of great stuff with Brothers Keepers Veteran Foundation that's set to help people, veterans, you know, not commit suicide. They give them an outlet to, you know, kind of get involved and get back into the process and feel part of that brotherhood and purpose again. And so call out to Brothers Keepers Veteran Foundation and Chris, they're amazing. So they got the big shootout up in Nashville. I think it's next

week or the 20th, check it out online, but you can get involved in that. can go shoot some crazy stuff.

He had a fucking minigun. I was like, dude, how did- I was like, how did you get that legally? I know how to get it, but How can you do it for a charity event? was like, hmm, okay.

Damn Air Force guys.

Speaker 2 (08:47.423)
These damn Air Force guys think too much.

true you It's what we get paid to do sometimes.

I love it. But anyways, he's a good dude. I mean, tell me a little bit about sag and what you're doing. Cause I think it's really interesting just for the general public. Like you and I were talking about this, like, you know, it's so foreign to the everyday person about like, yeah. Yeah.

It's not for the every-

Speaker 1 (09:18.094)
because Felix and I were at a meeting. Felix is my main business partner for you, not tracking. really, started off as a friend slash mentor back in the day. We were in a meeting in, I'll just say, undisclosed location, right? And he was sitting down. We were figuring out some war plans for a certain country.

I was like, well, this guy's fucking cool. I like him. I was like, we're filled in a room with like 20 other mofos of different skills and this and that. And I was like, this guy's fucking awesome. Just kind of like how you and I hit it off. So I love people. I think you're the same way, And when I meet awesome people, I like to get to know them, learn more about them, learn their story, and learn from them if I can, and look for opportunities to collaborate.

So that's kind of how strategic advisory group started off in the early days. Felix left the agency as a former case officer.

very specialized type that I won't really go into details and explain, but there's really few of him running around in the world and some of the things he's done, I was like, you're my fucking guy. You're my Huckleberry. I was like, because I was a lot younger too, right? So I knew my place, right? I need to learn from some of these guys who've been doing it a lot longer and develop, because how can I learn and do faster, is always been my thing, right? So shout out

to my mentors, Juice, Eric Monaco, know, number of former Air Force Intel officers that were like, all right, Josh, like, you want to do this, this, and this, this what the Air Force wants you to do.

Speaker 1 (11:07.118)
Get the fuck out, you know, like go take some risks, right? Fail and fail fast, Brad. I think you have the same attitude, honestly. And so I remember telling my buddy, Juice, and telling him, hey man, I'm thinking about doing this shit and thinking about leaving, you know? Because the military is rather safe and secure for some people, right? Absolutely. Like, get your paycheck on time, they don't lay you off, you don't fuck up, you'll make a certain rank. For the most part, that's kind of the deal.

And then you get retirement, which is fucking nice. I'm a burn the boats kind of motherfucker. I'm like, OK, take some risks. And I failed plenty, man. I went to pilot training. That didn't work out. That's what I wanted to do growing up. It was competitive to get there. And I remember it.

Nice.

Speaker 1 (11:55.214)
21 or 22 failing for the first time and being like, wow, you know, the part that sucked was calling all my mentors and telling them, hey man, like I fucking failed out dude. Like that, remember that distinctively like because.

So many people have invested in me to get to this point, right? Even now, right? You know, I have so many people in my sphere. So, I'm very grateful for them. But to get back to your point, what Strategic Advisory Group does, we're a bespoke intelligence slash...

private intelligence company that supports high net worth individuals, CEOs, executives, the typical avatar, someone who's probably worth more than 50 mil, that's when we start having the conversations, right? Because some of the tools and things that we can bring to light are expensive, right? For their bespoke needs and privacy's premier. I've started doing a little bit of social media, but you'll never see any of our clients' faces or things like that because we don't ask for

fucking surveys, Felix has been running it word of mouth, you know, and I'm like, all right, you know, I went to business school. I was like, all right, man, I can fucking do better than this shit. So I kind of aggregated some fit together. I do want to shout out to my mentor, Jerry George, dude really changed my life. Probably the $150,000 I paid Georgetown.

His class was worth it. I wish I could skip some of the rest. Jerry's an incredible entrepreneur, has mentored many people. Have you ever been in the presence of someone who's really fucking bright and you're like, I should probably shut up and start taking some. But Jerry's the nicest guy. So I'm really lucky to have bumped into another awesome dude like that and who kind of helped me out structure some of these things.

Speaker 2 (13:51.958)
You're a people person too. I mean, I tell everybody, mean, if you, know, anyone that I've ever known that was really successful, I mean, you've got some people that are nerdy and, you know, behind the scenes, but most people are really good at relationship building. Like, and if you want to be a really good businessman or whatever, you are the face of your business, whether you want to be in there or not. And, you know, there's people behind you, obviously, there's always people behind you that are doing a lot of work and should be acknowledged. But the reality of it is building relationships, connecting with people on

personal levels. know, that's hard to teach. Yeah, you sometimes either have it or not. I try to beat my kids up like, just talk to people.

You should beat him up. that's clearly, yeah, beat your kids. right. Yeah.

I don't know they can take me now, but my only point in that is I think that's a skill regardless. My dad wanted to be an astronaut. were talking about that. So my dad was a captain in the Army and ran a tank battalion. And obviously, he was a pilot as well. And he always wanted to be in the astronaut program. And he got to the point, and he tried out and made it to the final cut. And he's like, just couldn't do the math. He got to the point where the math was so like, he goes, couldn't do it. And I realized this isn't.

Dude, it's painful when you get to some of those points and you realize there are certain things, just those micro details that you could've tweaked at a younger age to get better, but when you're on the 90 yard line, you can't fucking change that overnight. I think I learned a lot from my failure at pilot training, right? I was only reliant on people gouged, because as all this is really good, fucking people, right?

Speaker 1 (15:35.664)
skill right that I had and I realized it was translating to my lack of confidence in the air when his dude the Air Force will take the fun out of fucking you know like when when it's training time takes the yeah I was like yeah I was like this fucking sucks like I'm going up for another colonoscopy you know and

Yeah, but I learned a lot, right? And after that, man, like I got into the books, like Intel school was pretty fucking easy for me. Like I already knew like I wanted to be an Intel officer, even if I became a fighter pilot, because I was like, firstly, I came to this country, you know, as an immigrant, all that stuff, came here at 15, joined the army at 17, two years later, was in the guard, did that while doing all my ROTC, went to college full time, did the army guard thing.

got a pilot spot. So I had no time to mess around. I was like, this is the train, this is my story. I'm in command of it as far as I can control. I'm going to do it. I had awesome mentors. And I've consistently always had good mentors. And I'm really grateful to all of you because none of this would be possible. that's one of the things I'm passionate about as well.

I like to mentor young kids that are in college or looking for opportunities especially to serve and do badass things. You've been around some of our friends, know, Sully, Felix, I'm like dude, tip the spheres man. Yeah, G-Hog, love you man, you're fucking awesome.

I grew up in a world where I was reading fucking books I could barely read but I was trying to figure this shit out. You know it's like oh man like you know but I'm like wouldn't it be fucking awesome to know like hey there's fucking people out there like this and make them available you know so I feel good calls for like dudes going to

Speaker 1 (17:41.376)
Norwegian Special Operations School, you know as far as like out in Europe and other because the mentality and if you you've hung around some of them They're all the fucking same dude. Yeah, you know at the end of day like some of those warrior ethos Brotherhood thing that you touch upon Everyone's a bro and everyone's gonna take care of you, you know, if you're a part of the tribe, you know, and even just coming down here man, like I was on a plane with Ed Byers and

Yeah, absolutely.

Speaker 1 (18:11.118)
So the dude Chris that I bumped into, Ed's a Medal of Honor recipient, know, fucking DevGru guy. I've known him a couple of parties. I bumped into him. I was like, hey, Ed. He's like, who the fuck are you? You know, I was like, hey, man, we partied with Sully. He's like, with Sully, you know. like, I got like three fucking, I was like, all right, bro. Like, here we met. from Boston. Yeah. He's from Boston, And he's like, oh, yeah, awesome dudes. you know, just on the plane ride coming down here too, I was like, man,

And then Chris too, which I'll just, I don't know Chris that well, but he knew some of the dudes that I know I went to school with that are in command of Ranger Battalion and other things, right? Fucking awesome Americans, man. These guys have made so many sacrifices, right?

It was just humbling. I had the chance on my delayed plane. I sat on the fucking tarmac for two hours. Watching the rain outside my window with the seatbelt sign on. said, well, this is fucking awesome. know, in this shitty Airbus, by the way, didn't even have a fucking coat hanger for my blazer. was like,

Yeah.

Speaker 2 (19:15.118)
He was looking sharp. He did it. came in for a fancier podcast last night and he was in his blazer. So when I saw that, I was like, I got to wear the lizard ass eating shirt. I got to wear it. I got to wear it.

It's fucking great. caught my eye. was like, Brad, you always have the t-shirts, you know. I was surprised you didn't have your hush money t-shirt on. I was like, those guys, when they make it big, they better fucking pay you.

You hear that? hear that? They're good. are good though.

If not, we're going to build... What was that tool that Johnny's grandfather inspired?

Something about a chicken ring or cock ring or something. don't remember what was. But you're talking about the brotherhood. mean, that's the kind of thing that it's awesome when you just meet people that you have some affinity towards. I've got a buddy. He's just like a Sully or Jeff or those type guys. And see old kind of guy. And Ronnie, we're at the gym. He's working out at gym. Another guy, another guy, just a tough, amazing guy. Back surgery, to you, good to you. Back in the gym. But he even said we were talking.

Speaker 2 (20:20.054)
he's like dude we're all the same. Yeah. Like we're we're all the same and I think you know people think they're so different we're so different. look at Johnny coming. Johnny be free. But they think we're so different you know and we're really not like if you can find a common denominator like we're all the same man we're all the same you know.

Just kidding.

Speaker 1 (20:41.654)
Dude, one of my mentors back in the day, I won't mention his name, but he said, Josh, everyone's dirty. You know, grew up putting people on pedestals, right? And that's what he was getting at, right? Like, it's like, man, everyone eats, drinks shit the same way, right?

shit.

Speaker 2 (21:07.175)
Mustard on their shirt. Yeah.

Yeah, G-Hog, you sloppy bastard.

I gotta tell this story. I'm not gonna call him out. But yeah, we were in Nashville and The the single guys were out trying to pick people up honey I was not I was home to sleep on a couch in the closet But uh said I did someone gave me thank you because we didn't know we were gonna stay thanks to JD. But anyways He comes in and he's like, yeah, so yeah, so you talking that lady what I mean is she we're gonna meet out tomorrow my is it because of that mustard stain on your fucking shirt

Speaker 2 (21:42.156)
say this long on your shirt now you put on a nice shirt i love you have

See, that's your word. I was there. I was there. And I'm going to say, Heffy was starting to deep protocolize it.

I a, you will be able to come down and redeem yourself. So, yeah. Good.

But until then, what we say goes.

shit, was a funny night, man. That was a really good time. That was crazy. I can't have any of those. I don't think I'd still be alive.

Speaker 1 (22:12.878)
I think Sully's turning 50 next year Johnny is going to set the same deal up. So I think once a year man, you know Once a year the Nashville brotherhood is going to continue I was talking to the cash foundation because I'm friends with the guys that

Damn, you poor guy.

Speaker 2 (22:21.038)
fun.

Speaker 1 (22:35.976)
are tied to Cash Patel Foundation. I think they're to go there this year in October. But yeah, those guys are awesome. They help a bunch of vets out and try and do good for the community. I know recently they were out at the FBI HRT, which is a hostage rescue team, guys, know, checking and getting a tool out there, but trying to spread awareness. So yeah, good, good, fool. Andrew, love you, ma'am.

He's doing a good job out there, definitely trying to train people in whatever is good business. unfortunately, it's a needed service today because there's of frickwack jobs out doing crazy shit.

I don't know if you saw the news, but the shooting of those two Israeli people out in DC yesterday. I guess former or current embassy workers, I don't know all the details, just broke out. I woke up this morning and I was like, Jesus Christ, in DC, man. That...

From a SAG perspective, you saw the Luigi Mignoni shooting. We have a lot of CEOs, execs that are nervous about that stuff and dangerous copycat typos.

So what not don't tell all your secrets right obviously but like walk walk through like someone like that engaging sag you guys like what that means I know there's a different you know there's you know kind of plethora of things you guys are doing whether they're flying somewhere where there's protection around their you know homestead yeah but like

Speaker 1 (24:09.8)
So when you think of protection, what do you think of?

I mean, think, I think it just like, you know, I just think of like Columbia guys with AK 47 sitting outside on the front porch.

I remember the first time I landed in Bogota actually. I got picked up by this dude I had never met before in a fucking armored Land Cruiser and I was like, I've arrived. Let's go. It's fucking awesome.

No, to answer that, like we host, as you mentioned, like a whole suite of trainings, right? In the market, the market's flooded with a lot of like running, gunning, fancy fucking Hollywood types of shit. But the bottom line is you go to a ball game, can you take a fucking pistol in there? You know? No. You you go on an airplane, most people can't carry a pistol. You travel to a foreign country, you can't take a weapon, right? You know? So, with...

Personas like Felix's, couple others. We have resources across most agencies, I would say, from Secret Service to FBI to CIA. Most of the stuff, I've handpicked some of the dudes and girls from the agency that I work with. We also work with our dev group brothers, Sully and other people we know within the community, Green Berets.

Speaker 1 (25:33.366)
We typically, when we're onboarding a client, they come to us with their problems and then we'll pick the right people to bring into the fold, if you will, and give them some tools. For example, like one of my recent polls, we took this individual's, I'm gonna call them kids, husband and wife, they traveled to a certain country, so we provided them with very tailorized training because

They're not going to carry weapons on an airplane to go to this country and bad shit can happen in that fucking country. But people, especially youngsters, they still want to live their lives. Carrying a weapon changes your life, you know? And you can't carry a weapon everywhere. And it's a pain in the ass. Same with the security detail. If you ever had a security detail, like it's a large fucking presence. People know you're in a bubble, all this bullshit that goes around and it's very fucking expensive to do correctly.

We provide them with, one of the things we do is we'll provide them with, we can do all that fancy shit if they wanna pay for it, right? But for some of the ancillaries and the things they love also that, hey, if your kid's going to college, they don't want all this shit, man. Like your daughter's 19 years old. She just wants to go hang out with her friends and not be fucked with, you know? So we'll provide them with very specialized training on how not to be a target, kind of.

counter-stalker training, some anti-drug training so you don't get roofied, your organs harvested, that kind of stuff, And that's really fun to see and do because some of these people have been victims of crimes and things that are just unsavory. at the end of the day, both Felix and I, we care about people. That's what inspired us to do it because I'm like, well,

I'm no longer doing all the cool shit I did before. That's the bottom line. Someday you gotta hang it up and you gotta build something new. So was like, well, this is a quick way for me to do that, to serve the community and to continue to use what I'm really good at doing. I was getting my job and I was like, I know what I can do really, really well. So I'm gonna use these skills to help and...

Speaker 1 (27:54.414)
In the future I do want to get involved with like nonprofits for like some of the human trafficking stuff you've seen on like the Sean Ryan show There's tons of you know I know friends from like so calm stuff like that that are working to stop all those things and

Which is huge by the way. Huge.

You know, we were talking the other day, right? And recently, man, like in probably the last year, I've started saying, hey, there is no cavalry coming to save us. You know, it's us, you know, as a younger guy, you'd look up to your bosses, this, that, and like look for leadership. If anything, the last four years has fucking taught us is probably you're the leaders. So take an interest in your community, take an interest in your relationships.

Be that fucking example, you I mean, you talked about like, hey, honey, I was home while G-Hog was out there, you know? But Brad, that's one of the things, like, that was all true, you know? I saw the way you conducted yourself, the way you carried yourself, and I like that, man. Like, you know, it showed me you love your wife, you love your kids, you're a good man, and that stood out to me. I like that, you know?

I mean, you know, it's, was out till three in the morning. I'm not going to say I wasn't. I was drinking, but no, I guess the things that like what you're saying, like, it's so funny because I think that it's so foreign to just, you know, everyone trying to make a living, trying to, you know, work, trying to do it. It's so foreign that like,

Speaker 1 (29:10.924)
Yeah, John- P.

Speaker 2 (29:34.188)
this stuff goes on. And I think why a lot of people don't want to talk about it because it's so horrific. Like it's so horrific. I'll never forget I was a freshman in college.

was a psych major, was going to be an abnormal psych guy. And we had an option to go to a Missing and Exploited Children Conference, like for three days. You get credit for it, all that shit. But I mean, I'm probably 18 years old. I mean, I'm a kid. And I'm worried about drinking and doing whatever. But I'm sitting in that thing, and like a couple hours in,

And this guy's like, yeah, at this time, so this is like 1987 or something. It's like, yeah, there's 350,000 kids go missing each year. And I remember kind of sitting there not paying attention. was like, what? What did you say? Like 300, if you're very right kids, your biggest fear is something that happens to your kids. That was in the US. I'm assuming. But I just couldn't believe it.

Was that globally or?

Speaker 2 (30:37.816)
Like I was like, why is this not on the news? Like, why is this not front and center? I mean, that's, know, now it's probably, you know, millions, millions. But I mean, my point in that is, how is, why is no one talking about this? Probably made the most impact to me, like personally, of like, that's one thing, like I don't, like you don't hurt a kid.

I don't give a... There's some fucking bridges you just don't cross, And there's no coming back from those bridges.

I always when I first met Josh and we were talking, I always, I always went back to that part in lethal weapon where they met Mr. Joshua. I kept calling him Mr. Joshua. You know, the guy that how loyal he was and he was burning his hand there when the, and the guy was like, holy shit. want to do business with us? Yes or no. Do you want to do this? Yes. Yes. Mr. Joshua go have that looked at. love it.

loyalty is important. That's the currency, you I mean, you made that post, I was like, Brad, you stole my fucking money. Like, yeah, it's, that's why we have a company, right? Felix and I have one agreement, right? We're never gonna do any shit that's against our country. But they'll hurt.

any of our brothers and sisters for any amount of money. We've seen other incidents where people go train foreign governments, people that may or may not be working against us. like you said, I immigrated here, man. And I tried not to lose sight of that. I'm very fucking grateful for all the things, this country and its people.

Speaker 1 (32:17.218)
Bro, we didn't have shit. My parents are blue collar folk. They're good people. And we moved here with two kids, five bags, and probably like $600. We moved around from aunt's house to aunt's house till my parents could get a house once they got their green card to start. We waited 13 years to fucking come here. So I didn't starve or anything like that. I'm really grateful. My parents always worked really hard and fucking provided

for us but some dude like that fresh off the boat got to be in the army got to fix helicopters got to become an officer in the Air Force world's best Air Force you know got to go to pilot training which not a lot of motherfuckers get to do and washed out of pilot training and they said we'll make you an intelligence officer

trust you with all these secrets, right? know, seriously. And give you all this access and all this power, authority, all the things that go along with that, right? You know, and I got to work at NSA, I got to work at CIA headquarters, I got to work at other places, work with some of the best teams our country has, teach foreign countries how to employ their weapons systems, work with their special operations. I'm like, and liaison behalf of America?

That- that still makes me fucking happy, man.

real question is did you get to meet a lot of chicks this is a trick question it's a bad idea

Speaker 1 (33:53.486)
I was like, no Joppie, you It was nothing but serious and hard, honest work.

Yeah, it's like 007 over here. See him all dressed up on there. Yeah, don't let him fool you, man. The chicks are crawling.

Just an over thinker here, you know. As Brad calls me.

Yeah, I love it. God, man. You're like fucking let it go, bro. You're thinking too deep on this shit. So you do deep, dude. Too deep on it, man. Well, you know, brother, I appreciate you coming on and I know, um, I know we'll be friends for a long time. We're going to got a lot of good times ahead of us. And I mean, definitely check out a sag. Tell everybody like where they can go to find you.

Too deep.

Speaker 1 (34:36.462)
I just started an Instagram page, right? Strategic underscore advisory underscore group. That's one. And really most of our information is on our website strategicadvisorygroup.us. And yeah, if not, hit Brad up. He'll fucking beat you.

Oh, okay. So yeah, I don't I they've I don't know. I've got a lot of kinds of surveillance on me now. I think there's bugs in my house. It's been really weird. I don't know. yeah,

the liquor bottle I gave you. why I asked. it over here? Because I want to turn the surveillance

advice gives me I run it through this kind of bug like testing thing to see if this is real or not. That was the funniest shit ever. Like I don't I don't know. He's like, he's dropped terms like NSA and shit like that. Like, I'm just gonna be friends with this guy. Maybe it's a good idea. Let's do

Keep him in the periphery. Yeah, we love you, Jack.

Speaker 2 (35:27.342)
Well, man, you're a smart guy and interesting guy and I appreciate you coming on and I know there's some things you can't say and I wouldn't do that to hurt anything. anything you want to say to anybody out there before we close out?

Just to Sully well one I want to call out see one p.org check them out former dev room operators That are going around given free training to police To combat some of the active shooter situations. We're seeing that's really important for our community So I want to thank those guys For all that they do and please go check out their website And if you can contribute contribute to them their nonprofit

Otherwise, just want to say thank you to the countless people that have been in my life. I know I wouldn't have made it this far. Without them and without you, you know who you are. I'd probably talk to you more regularly than you'd like. Thank you. And Brad, thank you for having me here. Johnny, thank you for introducing me. I was like the mighty midget. Six foot eight.

Johnny B. Free's back there hiding.

Speaker 2 (36:39.95)
The leg nobody talks about the leg nobody puts the leg in the corner

Johnny tripod free, you know.

Well guys, you there he is. You've heard it. Joshua Alfonso, he's an amazing guy. Good guy. Glad you came on. We're going to have a lot of more adventures and fun next time we'll do live from Nashville and the bar. we'll, we'll, we'll do, we'll do the street testing, with the mustard dogs with Hefe and it'll be live. that's all folks. go.