E118 - The Iran War Costs You More Than You Think…

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Don't forget to hit LIKE and SUBSCRIBEAfter being mobilized with his Guard unit in February and spending six months flying KC-135 tanker missions in the Iran war, Brian sits down with Hans just three days after landing home for his first unfiltered debrief. He walks through what it was actually like: open-ended orders that kept getting extended with no end date, rockets and missile intercepts in the air around him, congested airspace with multiple near misses, and living out of hotels in an Israeli town while bases a few miles away were locked down.

From there, the conversation widens to the bigger questions. Brian and Hans make the case that this is a war of choice being run around Congress, question the stated justifications given that Iran's nuclear program was declared destroyed in June 2025, and dig into the fallout at home, from gas pushing $7 in California and diesel over $6 nationally to a Strategic Petroleum Reserve running near critical levels. Brian also shares his observations on daily life and culture in Israel, why the Guard and Reserve have quietly become the military's first-line tanker force, and what the loss of Gulf bases means for years to come. They close with what's next for Remnant Finance, including Remnant Frontier and an upcoming IBC presentation at Joe Withrow's Phoenician League investment summit.

Chapters

 00:00 – Opening segment

01:15 – Mobilized in February and the 90-day orders that kept extending

03:15 – Arriving in theater: rockets and missiles in the air

03:45 – Four weeks into a two-week war

04:20 – The Lincoln deployment and why open-ended orders are the worst part

06:15 – Shout out to Molly holding it down at home

07:05 – The Lincoln's first port call

08:55 – Flying under fire for the first time

09:50 – Near misses and the hardest flying of a 24-year career

10:55 – The KC-135 midair collision

11:55 – Casualties, base damage, and what's being reported

13:45 – War or "sustained operation"? The fight over benefits for the fallen

14:15 – Congress, the president, and war powers

15:30 – Does the nuclear justification hold up?

18:15 – Joe Kent, Tulsi Gabbard, and the intelligence assessments

20:10 – Gas prices, diesel, and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

22:45 – Taxes, foreign aid, and Thomas Massie's impeachment articles

25:25 – The midterms and a choice between two bad options

26:10 – Grading the administration: immigration, spending, and COVID

31:05 – Day-to-day life deployed in Israel

32:50 – National pride and honoring the Sabbath

36:10 – Shabbat elevators and religious loopholes

38:30 – Driving culture and what it means to be a "friar"

41:50 – Is "Judeo-Christian" a real thing?

48:30 – What does victory look like?

49:45 – The June 2025 strikes and "demolished" nuclear capability

51:55 – Iran's track record of restraint since 1953

54:55 – How real is the nuclear threat?

57:55 – Why the National Guard became the first force

59:55 – Destroyed Gulf bases and the move to Diego Garcia

01:00:55 – Could Brian be sent back?

01:01:30 – Closing Segment

Key Takeaways

The hardest part of this deployment was not the danger but the uncertainty. Presidential activations for the Guard and Reserve can legally be extended up to two years, and Brian's orders were rolled forward again and again with no real end date. Brian and