Scott DeLuzio   00:00:00    Thanks for tuning into the Drive On Podcast where we’re focused on giving hope and strength to the entire military community, whether you’re a veteran active duty guard reserve or a family member, this podcast we’ll share inspirational stories and resources that are useful to you. I’m your host, Scott DeLuzio. And now let’s get on with the show. Hey everybody. Welcome back to the Drive On Podcast. Today, my guest is Dr. Jason Piccolo. Jason is an Army veteran, former special agent and supervisor with the Department of Homeland Security, former US Border Patrol agent near the Mexico border, and went on to work with The White House Security Council’s Human Smuggling Cell. He’s also an author and fellow podcaster of the awesome show called The Protectors. And I don’t know where you have time for squeezing me in, in all of this. So welcome to the show. Jason  

Jason Piccolo    00:00:54    I’ve always got done for you, brother. I appreciate you having me on the show. He does one thing I liked. I like getting on other people’s shows and sometimes it’s just nice to have good conversation in a different format, so I appreciate it.  

Scott DeLuzio    00:01:07    Yeah, absolutely. I’m glad to have you on, so why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself and your background for anyone who might not be familiar with you. Who you are and what you’ve been up to?  

Jason Piccolo   00:01:16    In the nineties I was listening to an enlisted artillery guy, 13 Bravo active duty got out, joined the guard and Intel unit did some HUMINT for a little bit, but I also went to college commissioned as an infantry officer. Instead of going back to active duty, I went into the US Border Patrol, did that for a bit. Then I became a special agent with the former US Customs work in narcotics trafficking. That turns into ICE later on in between all of this stuff, I get recalled and 2005 get sent to Benning for a while. Then Shelby, and then from Kuwait, Iraq came back from that with the workers, then army civilian CID agent work in the Guantanamo Bay investigations. Then I went to work for another DOD agency, then Ice. And now I work for another federal agency right now as a special agent. So yeah, man, and in between there, I got a bunch of education, raised some kids and I started this, my podcast, The Protectors, back in 2019. Yeah. Everything. And it’s, I love podcasts and man, that’s like my outlet. That is like my therapy as you know. Well, right.  

Scott DeLuzio   00:02:25    Yeah. I have to agree a hundred percent with that. I mean, it’s, it’s just something that when I started, I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. I just kinda fell into it. I started doing it and I didn’t really know how much I would do it and how much I would even enjoy it. But, after I started talking to some guests and going through it really does become almost like a therapy where you just get to chat with some people. So here’s some incredible stories and learn a few things along the way. And it’s in a selfish way, I like to learn things. And when I get to talk to all the great guests, these smart people that I’ve had on the show, it’s helping me improve myself as well. And hopefully other people as well.

Jason Piccolo      00:03:10    Yeah. That’s the thing is I get something it’s like when I, when I go to counseling and stuff like that, I actually haven’t been to counseling in years. But when I used to go, I’d always get something out of it. It’s the same way when I have a podcast. And when I’m a guest on a podcast, I learn something new. Whether it...