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CannCon and Alpha Warrior open SITREP 170 after a cold open honoring the troops, and the first stretch is pure deployment nostalgia: CannCon's recipe for gourmet ramen, how Marines in Iraq got water hot enough in a canteen cup, and EOD stories about what they used to heat it. CannCon then shows off gear, including an FRT trigger, a Mossberg 940 Pro and a custom-camo "apocalypse rifle," and vents about California's short-barreled rifle and fixed-magazine laws, which he says only burden law-abiding citizens. The hosts react to Trump announcing that the last American forces are leaving Iraq, debate permanent bases versus a lean presence and better pay for troops in combat zones, and discuss James Blair and Chris LaCivita consulting on an election in Republika Srpska that used voting machines. CannCon pauses to honor HM3 Edwin Gonzalez, a corpsman lost in Afghanistan. From there it's drone warfare, Secretary Hegseth's new Autonomous Warfare Command, the Golden Dome cost estimates and open-ended speculation about what all that defense is really for. Alpha closes with a preview of his own show and a debate over Elon Musk, Tesla and Edison.
