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The hosts are joined by producer Ben (Bob?) Murray to pick the four characters they\u2019d want to build their armed forces around. Ben went for big shows of power, Leo went for leadership skills, and Joe went for \u2026 his own plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\u2033 scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/664698968&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=true&#038;show_comments=false&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe>\r\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And help decide a winner by voting in the Twitter poll below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Leo\u2019s team: Captain America (from Avengers), John Miller (from Saving Private Ryan), Dutch (from Predator), Sgt. 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Stitcher.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/DefenseNerds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DefenseNerds<\/a> fantasy draft time: Who had the best team of US military movie characters? <br><br>Leo: Capt America, John Miller, Dutch, Sgt Hartman <br>Joe: Aldo Raine, Wardaddy, Glen McMahon, Gerry Lane <br>Ben: John Matrix, Thomas Witmore, WOPR, George Patton <br>Info-<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rXmvZS5gh7\">https:\/\/t.co\/rXmvZS5gh7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Leo Shane III (@LeoShane) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LeoShane\/status\/1160935924789850113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" 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