Military on the Joe Rogan Experience

“We've got 77% of young Americans can't serve in the military because of obesity or drug abuse.”

Casey Means claims 77 percent of young Americans cannot serve in the military because of obesity or drug abuse.

“why is the Special Operations community, according to the Special Operations Command, committing suicide at a rate that's the highest in the military and 30% h…”

The speaker claims Special Operations personnel have the highest military suicide rate, 30% higher than the rest of the military, per Special Operations Command data.

“I had read the, the counterinsurgency manual that was written by general Petraeus. And, and I, part of that explains that the average counterinsurgency takes s…”

Willink claims the counterinsurgency field manual co-authored by General Petraeus states the average counterinsurgency takes seven years to resolve.

“because only 20% of white males voted for Joe Biden, and, well, that means, you know, the rest obviously voted for Trump, and the military is still a predomina…”

Gabbard recounts a claim she attributes to Rep. Steve Cohen (made on CNN) that only 20% of white males nationally voted for Biden, implying the National Guard likely voted heavily for Trump; she notes she has not personally verified it.

“it's safe to assume that 75% of the guard has likely voted for Trump and therefore could not be trusted to uphold their oath to support and defend the Constitu…”

Gabbard says a member of Congress (Steve Cohen) argued 75% of National Guard troops guarding the Capitol had likely voted for Trump and thus could not be trusted.

“The US nuclear arsenal has 5,244 nuclear weapons. Had a total yield of 857.6 megatons or the equivalent of”

A reference read on-air states the U.S. nuclear arsenal has 5,244 nuclear weapons with a total yield of 857.6 megatons, equivalent to 57,173 Hiroshima-sized bombs.

“The B-83, the largest deployed U.S. nuclear warhead, is equivalent to 80 Hiroshima-sized bombs. 80.”

A reference read on-air states the B83, the largest deployed U.S. nuclear warhead, is equivalent to 80 Hiroshima-sized bombs.

“They did it with British soldiers, too, in the 1950s. There's a video of these British soldiers that they gave them acid.”

Joe Rogan claims the British military gave LSD to soldiers in experiments and that video footage of it exists.

“They noticed it on radar 60 seconds after it left Commander Fravor, but it was at his cap point, which is the next point he was destined to go to, 60 miles a…”

Corbell claims radar showed the 2004 Nimitz Tic Tac object traveling 60 miles to Commander Fravor's next patrol waypoint within 60 seconds, implying a speed of roughly one mile per second.

“Eighteen months later, there wasn't one soldier that was ever shot at. And even Biden admitted it in a moment of stupidity, because he shouldn't admit it. His …”

Trump claims that after his direct negotiation with the Taliban's Abdul Ghani Baradar, no U.S. soldier was shot at or killed in Afghanistan for the final 18 months of his presidency.

“The day I left, they flew 28 bombers over the middle of. Of Taiwan. 28 bombers. And it's the apple of his eye.”

Trump claims that on the day he left office, China flew 28 bombers over the middle of Taiwan.

“China's way behind us, but they'll catch us within five years.”

Trump claims China is far behind the U.S. in nuclear weapons capability but will catch up within five years.

“That's the top scope of the SPY-1 radar is 80,000 feet. So the radar system they were using, it was coming from above that.”

Corbell claims the Navy's AN/SPY-1 radar has a maximum detection ceiling of 80,000 feet, and that the reported UFOs were tracked descending from above that altitude.

“So there was, there were radar that was picking this, these things coming down from 80,000 feet dropping to 50 feet in less than a second.”

Corbell claims radar tracked the 2004 Nimitz Tic Tac objects descending from 80,000 feet to 50 feet in less than one second.

“Commander Fravor had eyes on it for over five minutes watching this thing, as four other pilots did.”

Corbell claims Commander David Fravor personally observed the Tic Tac object for more than five minutes, along with four other pilots.

“77% of American kids can't qualify for military service.”

Kennedy claims 77% of American children are ineligible to qualify for U.S. military service.

“I defeated 100% of the ISIS caliphate. They said it would take five years. I did it in a matter of a few, literally a few weeks.”

Trump claims he personally defeated 100% of the ISIS territorial caliphate in a few weeks after being told it would take five years.