Podcasts about Special operations

SGM (R) Mark Stephens is a Commando Hall of Fame inductee, former SMU Operator, and now the Chairman of the Executive Board at Task Force Dagger providing assistance to wounded, ill, or injured US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) members and their families. Mark talks about his career in Army Special Operations, fighting in Somalia, striking back at Al Qaeda after 9/11, and his continued service to his Special Operations community. All that and more on this episode of SOFcast!Subscribe Today!

Continuing our LIVE series from the Fight Laugh Feast Conference, Greg sat down with Natan Spearing. Nathan is a 14 year veteran who served as an Army Ranger, Special Operations. He now owns and operates multiple small business',  including Warriors Tending Gardens. We discussed what Godly Dominion in business looks like, how we are called to steward well what God blesses us with, and how his service as a veteran has helped him in the entrepreneurial space. Great episode! Enjoy!The Standard Beard Care is the Christ exalting, veteran owned and simplest name in Beard Care. Use Promo Code DMW at checkout for 10% off. Visit www.thestandardbeardcare.com where The Standard is The Standard. Support the showBe sure to check out our merch store at www.dmwpodcast.com and follow us on all social media accounts @DeadMenWalkingPodcast Thanks for listening and be sure to tell a friend! All Glory to God!

So many of us are doing all we can to break the cycles we were raised in and provide a better life and future for the next generation. Through our pain and struggles, we can grow into the person we are meant to be. On the other hand, it is easy to blame our circumstances and choose the “easy” path of making excuses as to why we are not reaching our goals. The key is to choose the hard path first and pave the way for an easier future for ourselves and our children. Today's guest is an incredibly inspiring example of doing just that, and he encourages us to dig deep to find our core values and filter everything in our lives through them in order to find success.Matt Schneider is the Executive Vice-President & equity owner of a global software (SaaS) company with a target valuation of over $150M. He is also the co-founder of The MDK Project, a leadership development program, and The Squire Program, a development program for young men and their fathers to experience together. Prior to becoming a successful entrepreneur, Matt spent 7 years in Special Operations on SWAT and was a TFO on the United States Marshal's Office Fugitive Team. Matt has helped 7 and 8-figure companies elevate their profits by focusing on leadership, team cohesion, and problem-solving complex issues that are costing a great deal of time and money.In this episode of Lead Sell Grow - The Human Experience podcast, Matt gets real with us about the fact that too many people in our society bail at the first sign of a struggle or adversity. What we need to do is embrace hard times and use them as an opportunity for growth and development for who we want to become. Regardless of our background or personal circumstances, we all have the ability and obligation to take charge of our life and pivot toward a life of abundance. Matt is open about the mistakes he made in his early business days, and how those mistakes cost him his health, happiness, and a lot of money. By establishing his non-negotiable core values and filtering everything in his life through them, Matt was able to turn his life around and create abundance and success.Key highlights:Matt's background and childhood and why he wanted to break the cycle he was raised inWhat it was like to be in Special Operations on SWATEmbracing growth in adversityHaving values and non-negotiables for his habits, relationships, and businessMatt's 4 core values and how they have changed every aspect of his lifeThe problem with cancel culture and why everyone is easily triggeredWhat was going wrong that made Matt create core values?How he helps people realize their potentialHow having ore values has changed his lifeHow Matt measures if he is improvingToo many people lack the discipline to get where they want to goHow to turn your employees into Intrapreneurs and have them fired up about making your company betterWho Matt's program is for and what people get out of itPeople will do more to avoid pain than to seek pleasureOn the other side of adversity and pain, is where passion is foundHis advice to someone that doesn't know where to start to reach their goalsConnect with Matt Schneider:Website: ignitionyearcoaching.comInstagram: @mattschneider_officialConnect with Eric:Be sure to connect with me in the Lead Sell Grow - The Human Experience Mastermind Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/leadsellgrow/Pick up your copy of B2B Sales Secrets HereLearn more about our services: www.TheGoalGuide.comImprove your sales and stay connected – Free Gifts Here https://shor.by/TheGoalGuide

On today's episode of Revitalized Womanhood, Gina is joined by writer and doctor Alice Atalanta, who specializes within the Special Operations community and runs a company called SOFXLE, which involves further training and preparation for members of law enforcement. In this episode, Alice and Gina tackle everything from the difficult societal expectations put onto women, rekindling passion for a career, to mental wellness and feminine power! The essence of powerful women is clear in today's conversation, as Gina and Alice band together to share with listeners how to become the best and most successful version of themselves, and how to escape some of the blockades and mentalities that often keep us from reaching our full potential.    Join the Revitalized Sisterhood    Connect with Gina Trimmer on Instagram    Join the Free Revitalized Womanhood Facebook Community   On this episode:   (0:30) Gina introduces today's guest, writer and doctor Alice Atalanta.    (3:35) Alice begins to describe her biography of success, beginning with her writing career and what it entails.    (5:00) Alice describes all the things her writing career has done for her, such as being able to work with the Special Operations community. Her company is called Sofxle, which is a training program for members of law enforcement.    (7:20) To wrap up her summary of the work she does, Alice describes a rewarding experience just this past year, where she coached a girl's field hockey team.    (8:45) Gina talks about the goals and visions of being a woman. Alice elaborates by discussing the expectations society has on women.     (14:10) Gina describes the differences in backgrounds between Alice and herself, emphasizing her lifestyle growing up in Utah that puts high expectations on women to marry young, rather than go to college.    (17:00) Gina reiterates an analogy about the fog lifting once she began her business and podcast.    (19:00) Alice talks about authenticity and how our assets and personality traits can be transferable to a career.    (23:00) Gina and Alice discuss more of society's expectations, connecting this idea to Gina's parenting techniques and going the untraditional route.    (24:00) Alice refers back to her field hockey team in order to describe how she has tried to shape today's youth to recognize their individual abilities and strengths, again discouraging society's expectations and limitations.    (27:50) In retaliation to today's modernist structure, Gina and Alice share how electronics and media have diminished creativity and imagination.    (28:40) Alice gives some advice on self discipline, sharing her philosophy on accomplishments and how not everyday will have the same outcome or payback.    (32:30) Alice and Gina share the importance of taking breaks to relieve stress.   (35:00) Active recovery, and mental active recovery is just as important as the actual work you are putting in.    (39:27) On a quick break, Gina encourages her listeners to join her Revitalized Sisterhood.    (41:00) Gina inspires listeners, reassuring them that they are enough, and to not give into society's expectations.    (44:00) Alice talks about the Grateful Dead, and how the band influenced her greatly in her formative years and how to appreciate human existence.    (48:00) To further emphasize the idea that a person's social status or viewpoints doesn't take away from good conversation and learning opportunities, Gina shares a personal experience.    (50:40) Alice talks about the toxicity and weaponization of social media, and how different it was growing up without its influence.    (56:10) Gina shares her frustration with the victim mentality, and Alice talks about escaping that mindset.    (1:04:00) Alice continues on the topic of the victim mentality, giving personal examples on how she overcame her hardships instead of submitting to that mentality.     (1:07:30) Alice explains more about Sofxle, which helps to train and prepare law enforcement further.    (1:10:10) Gina shares some of her experience as a dispatcher, and talks about how underfunded law enforcement is.    (1:16:00) Alice and Gina talk more about Gina's experience in dispatching and its difficulties.    (1:20:30) Alice discusses the male gaze, and how to combat that mentality.    (1:27:15) One of the books that Alice has collaborated on as an editor is called Meditations of an Army Ranger, co-authored with LTC JC Glick.    (1:29:45) Alice talks about a book about Maria Owens, and its topics on feminine power and nurturing.    (1:32:40) After inquiring about her sisterhood, Gina explains to Alice a little more about Revitalized Womanhood.    (1:40:50) Gina reiterates her final takeaways:  What's your strategy to win?  Self discipline and mental GPS

Special Forces COL Mike Sullivan, Chief of Staff of the Army Special Warfare Center, and former SFAB Commander, takes us on a magical journey discussing SFABs, Special Forces, and the art of advising foreign forces. We discuss the contentious beginning of the SFABs and the roles of Special Forces and SFABs in Security Forces Assistance and Foreign Internal defense setting. We also discuss the future of the Space, Cyber, and Special Operations "Triad."Email Us!pinelandunderground@gmail.comUSAJFKSWCS InstagramSpecial Warfare Center (@u.s.armyswcs) • Instagram photos and videosUSAJFKSWCS Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/jfkcenterandschool/YOUTUBE:(1) Pineland Underground Podcast - YouTubeDVIDS:https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/USAJFKSWCSContact the Hosts:Sergeant Major Chuck Ritter - Deputy Commandant at the SWCS Noncommissioned  Officer AcademyChuck Ritter InstagramChuck Ritter (@charles.p.ritter) • Instagram photos and videosChuck Ritter LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/in/chuckritterspecialforcesChuck Ritter Facebookcharles.ritter.12Twitter@chuckritter7 Major Bobby Tuttle - Director of the SWCS Language, Regional Education, and Culture officeBobby Tuttle FacebookBobby Tuttle | FacebookBobby Tuttle LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbytuttle Pineland Underground Recording and Editing TeamJason Gambardella#pinelandunderground #bestpodcastinthemilitary #relentlessawesomeness #specialoperation #usajfkswcs #chuckritter #bobbytuttle #community #specialforces #SFAB #security force assistance #sfa #fid #space #cyber #fires #mikesullivan #podcast #podcasthost

There are those of us that take on many responsibilities in life. Maybe we become doctors or lawyers because we enjoy helping others. Then there are those of us that choose to mold and develop the next generation. Coach Rico joins Jody and Morgon in an episode to talk about what it takes to lead the next generation.Jody and Morgon share a passion for leadership, love, and people. “That L Word” is their brainchild born over the best Mexican food downtown Jacksonville, NC has to offer and is meant to evoke the word, “Love” in the same conversation as, “Leadership.” We believe that leadership and love belong in the same sentence and aren't afraid to cut past the noise and talk about what really matters. On “That L Word” we talk about love, empathy, trust, loyalty, listening, life, and ALL of the other things that people are afraid to say out loud in the same sentence with leadership. Leadership is ALL about people and people have feelings, leaders included - so get in here! Sit down and let's talk about the stuff that might make you uncomfortable, but will absolutely make you a better person and leader! Please take a minute to subscribe and leave us a review! Follow us on Instagram @that_lword, let us know what you think, what you'd like to talk about, share your stories, and anything else that's on your mind! Jody is an Executive Coach and Consultant who loves working with leaders to increase their self-awareness so they can build an amazing organizational culture that no one could imagine leaving. Jody served in the Navy with small, highly elite, Reconnaissance and Special Operations teams for 20 years, and the last decade of his three-decade military career, advising two-star and three-star General Officers with organizations of more than 45k people. Jody has a unique ability to see through the BS people are usually telling themselves; he's a patient listener who will ask the questions that spur real growth. For more information about Jody please visit his LinkedIn Profile. Morgon is known best as, “The Peoples Coach.” He coaches athletes, executives, and leaders with an emphasis on knowing and loving themselves first. His leadership and people skills were developed over two decades in the United States Marine Corps but Morgon has taken that passion and knowledge beyond his service. Morgon developed his coaching style after realizing his athletes needed more than just a workout and nutrition plan - they needed to be seen as people first. Morgon coaches executives and leaders the same way he coaches athletes, as people - not titles, so they can be successful in whatever they endeavor. For more information about Morgon please visit his LinkedIn Profile.

Fran Racioppi travels back to the home of US Army Special Operations, Fort Bragg, NC, to meet with retired LTG(R) Ken Tovo, former commander of US Army Special Operations Command. From the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School's Special Forces Museum, Fran and Ken discuss how Special Operations has changed over the 80 years since its inception, the strategic importance of the Special Forces Regiment and what it means to be a Green Beret in the peer-to-peer competition we haven't seen since the Cold War. Today, General Tovo serves as the Chairman of the Green Beret Foundation where he continues his service to our special operators and their families. LTG(R) Tovo recently received a lifetime achievement award for his service. Learn more about LTG(R) Tovo on LinkedIn. Get involved with Green Beret Foundation and follow them on social media @greenberetfoundation. Become one of our nation's most elite warriors at soc.mil.Read the full episode transcription here and learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website. Subscribe to us and follow @jedburghpodcast on all social media. Highlights:-0:00 Welcome home to Fort Bragg, NC-6:30 Starting in the 82nd Airborne-16:32 What is a Green Beret?-22:03 Psyops, Civil Affairs and the 160th SOAR-36:26 Commanding US Army Special Operations through Afghanistan & Iraq-51:46 GWOT: What we got right & what we got wrong-1:05:09 “The Why”-1:09:12 The character of a Green Beret-1:16:00 Peer-to-Peer conflict with Russia and China & the World Order-1:32:15 Green Beret Foundation-1:46:05 Three Daily FoundationsQuotes: -”Green Berets are almost unique in that they are focused by and large on changing something in the human domain.” (17:55)-”A perfect Green Beret mission looks like going to a complex environment…developing some ways to solve it through an indigenous partner.” (21:34)-”The quiet work we do outside the combat zone pays as many or more dividends as what we do when we get employed.” (52:21)-”War is a national effort…not a military effort. It takes a nation to commit to a future.” (1:01:30)-”Being a Green Beret is to live a life of gravitas. You do things that make a real difference.” (1:07:35)-”We're trying to assess and select a complex problem solver.” (1:10:28)-”We are really in an existential struggle with two powers, for sure, that want to order the world in a way that disadvantages us.” (1:15:46) -””All our power as a democracy springs from the people.” (1:29:40)-”Part of this mission of the Green Beret Foundation is to take care of Green Berets and their family past and present.” (1:35:21)LTG(R) Tovo's Three Daily Foundations to Success:-Know your why-Stay focused on your goals-Be a lifetime learner This episode is brought to you by Jersey Mike's, GORUCK, 18A Fitness, and Analytix Solutions

(Bonus Episode) As the world becomes more urban, planning for conventional and irregular warfare in the city becomes more important. SGM Chuck Ritter goes on the Irregular Warfare Initiative podcast to discuss the intricacies of urban combat with John Spencer, author of Connected Solders and Understanding Urban Warfare. This was previously released on multiple Modern War Institute platforms. We are releasing it on Pineland Underground because the principle discussed directly relates to Amy Special Operations students and those in force. John Spencer tackles the topics from the strategic and operational levels, while SGM Ritter discusses the pragmatic approach for the tactical and operational level practitioner. Irregular Warfare InitiativeThe Great Equalizer: Irregular Warfare in the City - Modern War Institute (usma.edu) Email Us!pinelandunderground@gmail.comUSAJFKSWCS InstagramSpecial Warfare Center (@u.s.armyswcs) • Instagram photos and videosUSAJFKSWCS Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/jfkcenterandschool/YOUTUBE:(1) Pineland Underground Podcast - YouTubeDVIDS:https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/USAJFKSWCSContact the Hosts:Sergeant Major Chuck Ritter - Deputy Commandant at the SWCS Noncommissioned  Officer AcademyChuck Ritter InstagramChuck Ritter (@charles.p.ritter) • Instagram photos and videosChuck Ritter LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/in/chuckritterspecialforcesChuck Ritter Facebookcharles.ritter.12Twitter@chuckritter7 Major Bobby Tuttle - Director of the SWCS Language, Regional Education, and Culture officeBobby Tuttle FacebookBobby Tuttle | FacebookBobby Tuttle LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbytuttle Pineland Underground Recording and Editing TeamJason Gambardella#pinelandunderground #bestpodcastinthemilitary #relentlessawesomeness #specialoperation #usajfkswcs #chuckritter #bobbytuttle #community #specialforces #westpoint #irregularwarfare #iwi #irregularwarfareinitiative #modernwarinitiative #princeton #podcast #podcasthost 

We have been taught and consistently shown by society that money is the one thing we need to be happy. This causes us to spend much of our lives striving for external things. The question in this episode is does doing it for the money afford you the happiness you dream of? Morgon and Jody talk about what it looks like to have enough money to be happy. If you need money at all?Jody and Morgon share a passion for leadership, love, and people. “That L Word” is their brainchild born over the best Mexican food downtown Jacksonville, NC has to offer and is meant to evoke the word, “Love” in the same conversation as, “Leadership.” We believe that leadership and love belong in the same sentence and aren't afraid to cut past the noise and talk about what really matters.On “That L Word” we talk about love, empathy, trust, loyalty, listening, life, and ALL of the other things that people are afraid to say out loud in the same sentence with leadership. Leadership is ALL about people and people have feelings, leaders included - so get in here! Sit down and let's talk about the stuff that might make you uncomfortable, but will absolutely make you a better person and leader!Please take a minute to subscribe and leave us a review!Follow us on Instagram @that_lword, let us know what you think, what you'd like to talk about, share your stories, and anything else that's on your mind!Jody is an Executive Coach and Consultant who loves working with leaders to increase their self-awareness so they can build an amazing organizational culture that no one could imagine leaving. Jody served in the Navy with small, highly elite, Reconnaissance and Special Operations teams for 20 years, and the last decade of his three-decade military career, advising two-star and three-star General Officers with organizations of more than 45k people. Jody has a unique ability to see through the BS people are usually telling themselves; he's a patient listener who will ask the questions that spur real growth. For more information about Jody please visit his LinkedIn Profile.Morgon is known best as, “The Peoples Coach.” He coaches athletes, executives, and leaders with an emphasis on knowing and loving themselves first. His leadership and people skills were developed over two decades in the United States Marine Corps but Morgon has taken that passion and knowledge beyond his service. Morgon developed his coaching style after realizing his athletes needed more than just a workout and nutrition plan - they needed to be seen as people first. Morgon coaches executives and leaders the same way he coaches athletes, as people - not titles, so they can be successful in whatever they endeavor. For more information about Morgon please visit his LinkedIn Profile.

Join Liam McCormick, Senior Strategist on the UBS Family Advisory and Philanthropy Services team, in conversation with Jim Ritterhoff, Co-Founder of Force Blue, and Roger Sparks, Special Operations Veteran and Force Blue Diver. Force Blue seeks to address two seemingly unrelated problems - the rapidly declining health of our planets marine resources and the difficulty returning combat veterans have in adjusting to civilian life - through one, mission-focused program. Jim and Roger share the importance of intentionality and having a focused mission statement as Force Blue pursues their mission to unite the community of Special Operations veterans with the world of marine conservation for the betterment of both lives and restoration of the planet.

From the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School's hit podcast Pineland Underground, SOFcast welcomes hosts MAJ Bobby Tuttle and SGM Chuck Ritter. We talk about the show's success, dirty deeds done right and cheap, and how podcasts are opening a whole new world of dialogue. All that and more on this episode of SOFcast!Subscribe Today!

SOCOM SOFcast host Matt Parrish risks everything to come on the Pineland Underground Podcast to profess to the world that we have the best podcast in the military. SGM Parrish not only runs the SOFcast Podcast, but he also runs the SOCOM Preservation of the Force and Families Program (POTFF). We discuss SOCOM, joining as an 18X, the POTFF program, and why Pineland Underground dominates SOFcast in terms of sheer awesomeness. bit.ly/SOFcast_Applebit.ly/Sofcast_spotify Email Us!pinelandunderground@gmail.comUSAJFKSWCS InstagramSpecial Warfare Center (@u.s.armyswcs) • Instagram photos and videosUSAJFKSWCS Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/jfkcenterandschool/YOUTUBE:(1) Pineland Underground Podcast - YouTubeDVIDS:https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/USAJFKSWCS Contact the Hosts:Sergeant Major Chuck Ritter - Deputy Commandant at the SWCS Noncommissioned  Officer AcademyChuck Ritter InstagramChuck Ritter (@charles.p.ritter) • Instagram photos and videosChuck Ritter LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/in/chuckritterspecialforcesChuck Ritter Facebookcharles.ritter.12Twitter@chuckritter7 Major Bobby Tuttle - Director of the SWCS Language, Regional Education, and Culture officeBobby Tuttle FacebookBobby Tuttle | FacebookBobby Tuttle LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbytuttle Pineland Underground Recording and Editing TeamJason Gambardella#pinelandunderground #bestpodcastinthemilitary #relentlessawesomeness #specialoperation #usajfkswcs #chuckritter #bobbytuttle #community #specialforces #SOCOM #SOFcast #Mattparrish #podcast #podcasthost 

The circular economy is often wrongly characterised as a tech solution, or a solution for tech, but it's about much more than that.As we heard in episode 97, there are two cycles: the technical and biological one. In this episode, we're exploring the latter.Colin Webster from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation talks to farmer and soil advocate Abby Rose, and Gero Leson, Vice President of Special Operations at Dr. Bronner's, to hear about the benefits and practicalities of agriculture in a circular economy.--Useful links:Find out more about food and the circular economyCheck out Abby Rose's podcast FarmeramaLearn more about Dr Bronner's work with farmersDiscover more about the biological and technical cycles Listen to all episodes of the Circular Economy Show PodcastVisit the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's website

What is ego? We use the word a lot but we rarely take the time to truly understand it's meaning. Ego is one of those words that pop-up on the podcast regularly. That's why in this episode Morgon and Jody dissect the meaning of the word Ego and get to the root of its popularity.Jody and Morgon share a passion for leadership, love, and people. “That L Word” is their brainchild born over the best Mexican food downtown Jacksonville, NC has to offer and is meant to evoke the word, “Love” in the same conversation as, “Leadership.” We believe that leadership and love belong in the same sentence and aren't afraid to cut past the noise and talk about what really matters.On “That L Word” we talk about love, empathy, trust, loyalty, listening, life, and ALL of the other things that people are afraid to say out loud in the same sentence with leadership. Leadership is ALL about people and people have feelings, leaders included - so get in here! Sit down and let's talk about the stuff that might make you uncomfortable, but will absolutely make you a better person and leader!Please take a minute to subscribe and leave us a review!Follow us on Instagram @that_lword, let us know what you think, what you'd like to talk about, share your stories, and anything else that's on your mind!Jody is an Executive Coach and Consultant who loves working with leaders to increase their self-awareness so they can build an amazing organizational culture that no one could imagine leaving. Jody served in the Navy with small, highly elite, Reconnaissance and Special Operations teams for 20 years, and the last decade of his three-decade military career, advising two-star and three-star General Officers with organizations of more than 45k people. Jody has a unique ability to see through the BS people are usually telling themselves; he's a patient listener who will ask the questions that spur real growth. For more information about Jody please visit his LinkedIn Profile.Morgon is known best as, “The Peoples Coach.” He coaches athletes, executives, and leaders with an emphasis on knowing and loving themselves first. His leadership and people skills were developed over two decades in the United States Marine Corps but Morgon has taken that passion and knowledge beyond his service. Morgon developed his coaching style after realizing his athletes needed more than just a workout and nutrition plan - they needed to be seen as people first. Morgon coaches executives and leaders the same way he coaches athletes, as people - not titles, so they can be successful in whatever they endeavor. For more information about Morgon please visit his LinkedIn Profile.

While in Ukraine, Ryan sat down with Brig. Gen. Viktor Khorenko, the commander of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces. They discussed the roles and missions of Ukraine's special operators in this war, from its opening days to the present, as well as how their Russian enemies have operated. We hope you enjoy this discussion, which marks the first time Khorenko has been interviewed. 

On Veterans Day we want to shine a spotlight on the “Triple 7” event.  In January 2023, Legacy Expeditions, a veteran-owned, extreme expedition company, is raising awareness and inspiring action to support the Folds of Honor Foundation through their upcoming global expedition, “Triple 7”. The seven-day, record-breaking skydiving adventure around the world includes seven skydives across seven continents, in seven days to raise $7 million in scholarships for military veterans and their families.  Newt's guest is: Mike Sarraille. He is the founder and CEO of Legacy Expeditions, former Recon Marine and Scout-Sniper, and retired U.S. Navy SEAL with 20 years of experience in Special Operations, including the elite Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hung Cao, a retired Navy Captain who served in Special Operations for twenty-five years and was the Republican Nominee for Virginia's 10th Congressional District running against Jennifer Wexton, joined WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" radio program on Thursday to thank WMAL and all of his supporters in his hard fought race against Wexton. Twitter: https://twitter.com/HungCaoCongress For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 FM from 5-9 AM ET. To join the conversation, check us out on Twitter: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor,  @Jgunlock,  @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we take a deep dive into the Indo-Pacific region and what logistics Airmen should be aware of from a strategic and tactical perspective. If you are in PACAF, you absolutely do not want to miss this episode! David S. Maxwell is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He is a 30-year veteran of the US Army, retiring as a Special Forces Colonel. He served over 20 years in Asia, primarily in Korea, Japan, and the Philippines. Colonel Maxwell served on the United Nations Command / Combined Forces Command / United States Forces Korea CJ3 staff where he was a planner for UNC/CFC OPLAN 5027-98 and ROK JCS – UNC/CFC CONPLAN 5029-99; he later served as the Director of Plans, Policy, and Strategy and then Chief of Staff for the Special Operations Command Korea. Following retirement, he served as the Associate Director of the Center for Security Studies and the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Colonel Maxwell is a fellow at the Institute of Corean-American Studies, and on the Board of Directors of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, the International Council of Korean Studies, the Council on Korean-US Security Studies, the Special Operations Research Association, the OSS Society, and the Small Wars Journal. He earned a B.A. in political science from Miami University, and an M.A. in Military Arts and Science from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and from the School of Advanced Military Studies, and an M.S. in National Security Studies from the National War College. Colonel Maxwell teaches Unconventional Warfare and Special Operations for Policy Makers and Strategists.

This week's Team Never Quit Podcast guests, Mike Sarreille and Rey Baviera bring a gut-wrenching, firsthand account of their collective 35 years of military service as Navy SEALs - most notably witnessing the valor and heroism of fellow SEAL Michael Monsoor, who willingly jumped on a grenade to save those around him. While the story is brutal, it is equally heart-warming to know the source of “Mikey”s character and moral fabric. During his 20-year military career, Mike Sarreille served as a Recon Marine, Scout-Sniper, and a U.S. Navy SEAL Officer. Much of his career was in the Special Operations community, including the elite Joint Special Operations Command. He now works with small businesses and Fortune 500 companies on the principles of leadership, teamwork, entrepreneurship, and living a life of balance and purpose. Rey Baviera served almost 15 years in the SEAL Teams, with multiple deployments and operations in violent urban environments in Iraq and Afghanistan. He also worked as an intelligence and targeting officer at the Special Operations Command Pacific. He co-founded VTH Consulting, with the intent of bridging the gap between medical providers and veterans, helping veterans fight for the VA disability claims they morally, ethically, and legally deserve. May the memory of Michael Monsoor never die. Read the book honoring “Mikey” - Defend Us in Battle, wherever books are sold. In this episode you will hear: • Not all Marines are equal, just like not all SEALS are equal. Performance comes into play. • Rey: I had no direction, and I joined the military because I had made a promise to my brother. • Mike: I'm standing in for Rose Ray who wrote the book Defend Us in Battle alongside George Monsoor, Mikey's father. • My second time in Ramadi, I fired my weapon for the first time. • You don't really know what you're walking into until guys start getting wounded,. • Shark base [one of the places we slept] was once of Saddam's vacation palaces. We had tents in there. • We had to take bottled water showers. • Mikey spoke thru actions, not words. • It's highly competitive in the SEAL teams in a good way. • With each mission, we learned more lessons. • When you step into combat, there's a inter service rivalry. But eventually you get past the butt-sniffing phase. But when we mesh together, it's amazing what we can do as a team. • The longer you sit in a position, you lose relative superiority and the momentum shifts, because you're static. • It's different than training when you know it's a live grenade in front of you. • Mikey did not hesitate. He went right down on it. What came next was brutal. • While the SEAL teams may have trained Mike, his character and moral fabric of who he was was given to him by his family. His family is like nothing you've ever seen before.

We are all put on this earth for a reason. That reason is what we call our gift. There are people that get the privilege of uncovering their gifts at some point in a lifetime. There are others that never uncover it. During this informative episode Jody and Morgon dive deep in finding and or developing our gifts.Jody and Morgon share a passion for leadership, love, and people. “That L Word” is their brainchild born over the best Mexican food downtown Jacksonville, NC has to offer and is meant to evoke the word, “Love” in the same conversation as, “Leadership.” We believe that leadership and love belong in the same sentence and aren't afraid to cut past the noise and talk about what really matters.On “That L Word” we talk about love, empathy, trust, loyalty, listening, life, and ALL of the other things that people are afraid to say out loud in the same sentence with leadership. Leadership is ALL about people and people have feelings, leaders included - so get in here! Sit down and let's talk about the stuff that might make you uncomfortable, but will absolutely make you a better person and leader!Please take a minute to subscribe and leave us a review!Follow us on Instagram @that_lword, let us know what you think, what you'd like to talk about, share your stories, and anything else that's on your mind!Jody is an Executive Coach and Consultant who loves working with leaders to increase their self-awareness so they can build an amazing organizational culture that no one could imagine leaving. Jody served in the Navy with small, highly elite, Reconnaissance and Special Operations teams for 20 years, and the last decade of his three-decade military career, advising two-star and three-star General Officers with organizations of more than 45k people. Jody has a unique ability to see through the BS people are usually telling themselves; he's a patient listener who will ask the questions that spur real growth. For more information about Jody please visit his LinkedIn Profile.Morgon is known best as, “The Peoples Coach.” He coaches athletes, executives, and leaders with an emphasis on knowing and loving themselves first. His leadership and people skills were developed over two decades in the United States Marine Corps but Morgon has taken that passion and knowledge beyond his service. Morgon developed his coaching style after realizing his athletes needed more than just a workout and nutrition plan - they needed to be seen as people first. Morgon coaches executives and leaders the same way he coaches athletes, as people - not titles, so they can be successful in whatever they endeavor. For more information about Morgon please visit his LinkedIn Profile.

Chuck Pressburg and Steve Fisher sit down with the BTO crew and discuss lasers, zeros, LPVOs and why it matters where you cross the streams.  This is a great episode filled with knowledge from these two experts.(From Presscheckconsulting.com)ABOUT CHUCK PRESSBURGSGM(R) Pressburg retired from the US Army on January 1, 2017 after 26 years of active service, mostly in Special Operations and Special Missions Units. After Infantry and Airborne Training in 1990, Chuck completed the Ranger Indoctrination Program and was assigned to the 1st Bn, 75th Ranger Regiment. Chuck's experience includes:10 years in the 75th Ranger Regiment including Platoon Sergeant of a 65-man strike force that was deployed to Afghanistan two times in 2001/2002. Chuck's platoon was highly decorated for combat action receiving 10 Silver Stars and 11 Bronze stars with “V” during their first deployment.24 months Rifle and Sniper Squad Leader - 82nd Airborne Division.2 years Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) (Founding member, 1st active Army unit member deployed to combat, Selection Class #1, Operational Training Course (OTC) Class #1).20 months in Operation Iraqi Freedom conducting Small Kill Team (SKT) operations and Direct Action raids in support of conventional and Special Operations Forces.12 years, HQ USASOC performing various operational and staff tasks including a two-year assignment to the G8 section where Chuck performed Science and Technology R&D. While assigned to USASOC, Chuck graduated from the Defense Acquisitions University's Combat Developer's Course and The Human Factors Engineering (MANPRINT) Course. Chuck spent several years assisting in material acquisition programs for SOF.(From Sentinelconcepts.com) STEVE ``YETI`` FISHEROWNER & LEAD INSTRUCTORSteve Fisher has been the owner/lead instructor for Sentinel Concepts since 2014. He also is a contract instructor for numerous ranges in Michigan and has been a staff instructor for EAG Tactical.Steve's career as a trainer started in the 90's, first at NTFT and then later as the owner/ lead trainer of MDFI, both Michigan-based companies, and served as one of the primary Instructors for Magpul Dynamics. He was responsible for the development of new programs and tactics for several local police departments and new training curriculum's based on low light, home defense and the use of the carbine, handgun, and shotgun in various roles.Steve has been featured in SWAT Magazine, Recoil Magazine, Breach-Bang-Clear, and has written for both SWAT Magazine and Surefire Combat Tactics. He is a product designer for Tuff Products and provides product development insight for companies like Nighthawk Customs, Midwest Industries, FN, Trijicon, Agency Arms, Surefire and Robar to name a few.Over the years Steve has participated in numerous training programs from notable instructors in the industry as well as many local level schools and stays active on both sides of the training industry. He is also an avid hunter and has a history in the outdoor/hunting television community as both a hunter and cameraman.  Find out more about The Ranch here and Shooter's Symposium here.Want to watch instead of listen? Tune in on Youtube!As always this podcast is produced by Big Tex Ordnance, your source for firearms and firearm accessories!https://www.bigtexordnance.com/  

Hung Cao, retired Navy Captain who served in Special Operations for twenty-five years and Republican running in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 10, joined WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" radio program on Tuesday about his run for office against Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton. Youngkin rally info: https://twitter.com/HungCaoCongress/status/1587161243005030400 Ad: https://twitter.com/HungCaoCongress/status/1586049947580829696 For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 FM from 5-9 AM ET. To join the conversation, check us out on Twitter: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor,  @Jgunlock,  @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two Special Forces Teams arrive in Nepal to conduct a training exercise with the host nation's military but immediately find themselves in the middle of leading crisis response efforts after a massive earthquake hits Nepal in 2015. Luckily, one of these teams was a special skills mountaineering team already acclimatized to extreme altitudes.Dan Kurtenbach is a former Army Special Forces and Infantry officer with Special Operations and conventional assignments in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia.  Notably, he led and Infantry platoon in Iraq, commanded the Special Forces “A” team responsible for conducting rescue operations during the 2015 Nepal earthquake, and subsequently led a Special Operations element in the US Embassy in Bangladesh during the 2016 Dhaka terrorist attacks. He is currently a Director at an AI/ML company and a doctoral candidate at Johns Hopkins SAIS. He was previously a White House Fellow (2020 – 2021) and a program manager for new product introduction at Apple in Silicon Valley.   Dan earned a B.S. from West Point, MBA from MIT, and an MPA from Harvard.Sergeant Major (Retired) Mitch Elwood  is a retired Green Beret from 1st Special Forces Group with 25 years of active service.  He stomped ground and broke bread in 35 countries during that time, and conducted combat operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the highly contested area of the southern Philippines.  He served on Special Forces ODA 153/1223 as a Medic and ODA 1121 as a Team Sergeant – all Mountain Teams!  Mitch is a disaster magnet having found himself in the Philippines during Typhoon Yolanda in 2013, in Nepal for the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 2015, and responded to Indonesia for the tsunami and liquefaction event of Sulawest in 2018.       When he wasn't on an ODA he worked as an Operations NCO for Special Operations Task Force 511, Joint Special Operations Task Force – Philippines, and a future plans Sergeant Major in 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group in Okinawa, Japan. Email Us!pinelandunderground@gmail.comUSAJFKSWCS InstagramSpecial Warfare Center (@u.s.armyswcs) • Instagram photos and videosUSAJFKSWCS Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/jfkcenterandschool/YOUTUBE:(1) Pineland Underground Podcast - YouTubeDVIDS:https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/USAJFKSWCS Contact the Hosts:Sergeant Major Chuck Ritter - Deputy Commandant at the SWCS Noncommissioned  Officer AcademyChuck Ritter InstagramChuck Ritter (@charles.p.ritter) • Instagram photos and videosChuck Ritter LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/in/chuckritterspecialforcesChuck Ritter Facebookcharles.ritter.12Twitter@chuckritter7 Major Bobby Tuttle - Director of the SWCS Language, Regional Education, and Culture officeBobby Tuttle FacebookBobby Tuttle | FacebookBobby Tuttle LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbytuttle Pineland Underground Recording and Editing TeamJason Gambardella#pinelandunderground #bestpodcastinthemilitary #relentlessawesomeness #specialoperation #usajfkswcs #chuckritter #bobbytuttle #community #specialforces #Nepal #Mountain #1stSFG #crisisresponse  

On this episode, Roger sits down with Lt. Col. Scott Mann. He is a retired Green Beret with over twenty years of Army and Special Operations experience and is the author of the new book, Operation Pineapple Express: The Incredible Story of a Group of Americans Who Undertook One Last Mission and Honored a Promise […]

One of our longer podcasts with retired Special Operations member Dutch Chris Moyer. It was an honor and privilege to talk Dutch. He served 31 years in the military and Special Operations at the highest levels. He now runs DMC Consulting, a training company dedicated to training individials and agencies to the highest standards in shooting, tactical applications and defense strategies. Enjoy! Give him a follow on Instagram: @dutchchrismoyeractual DCM Consulting: www.dutchchrismoyer.com Leroy Jenkins Video (gotta watch) :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLyOj_QD4a4 Please give us 5 STARS on our episodes and subscribe to the channel. Make sure to turn on notifications!! Want to connect with me privately? Click here: withkoji.com/@kawa_m_official Follow & Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: 2Alpha Training Group Instagram: @kawa_m_official SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST! GIVE US 5 STARS ON APPLE ITUNES! DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE AND HELP US WITH OUR RATINGS! Follow us on Twitch and Twitter: Kawa_m_official Visit www.2alphatraininggroup.com for our course schedule and sign up for our newsletter!

On this episode, Roger sits down with Lt. Col. Scott Mann. He is a retired Green Beret with over twenty years of Army and Special Operations experience and is the author of the new book, Operation Pineapple Express: The Incredible Story of a Group of Americans Who Undertook One Last Mission and Honored a Promise in Afghanistan. Roger and Scott discuss the story of a group of retired Green Berets who came together to save over 500 Afghans who were targeted by the Taliban in the midst of America's withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Why are we on this planet? Then we have to ask ourselves what are we meant to do in our lifetimes while we occupy this planet? These two questions are not easy to answer. No matter who is asked, it may take a lifetime to really understand ones purpose. During this episode Jody and Morgon share with you their insight on what finding your why could look like. Jody and Morgon share a passion for leadership, love, and people. “That L Word” is their brainchild born over the best Mexican food downtown Jacksonville, NC has to offer and is meant to evoke the word, “Love” in the same conversation as, “Leadership.” We believe that leadership and love belong in the same sentence and aren't afraid to cut past the noise and talk about what really matters.   On “That L Word” we talk about love, empathy, trust, loyalty, listening, life, and ALL of the other things that people are afraid to say out loud in the same sentence with leadership. Leadership is ALL about people and people have feelings, leaders included - so get in here! Sit down and let's talk about the stuff that might make you uncomfortable, but will absolutely make you a better person and leader!   Please take a minute to subscribe and leave us a review!   Follow us on Instagram @that_lword, let us know what you think, what you'd like to talk about, share your stories, and anything else that's on your mind!   Jody is an Executive Coach and Consultant who loves working with leaders to increase their self-awareness so they can build an amazing organizational culture that no one could imagine leaving. Jody served in the Navy with small, highly elite, Reconnaissance and Special Operations teams for 20 years, and the last decade of his three-decade military career, advising two-star and three-star General Officers with organizations of more than 45k people. Jody has a unique ability to see through the BS people are usually telling themselves; he's a patient listener who will ask the questions that spur real growth. For more information about Jody please visit his LinkedIn Profile.   Morgon is known best as, “The Peoples Coach.” He coaches athletes, executives, and leaders with an emphasis on knowing and loving themselves first. His leadership and people skills were developed over two decades in the United States Marine Corps but Morgon has taken that passion and knowledge beyond his service. Morgon developed his coaching style after realizing his athletes needed more than just a workout and nutrition plan - they needed to be seen as people first. Morgon coaches executives and leaders the same way he coaches athletes, as people - not titles, so they can be successful in whatever they endeavor. For more information about Morgon please visit his LinkedIn Profile. 

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Whistleblower Report – During the entire rollout of the experimental COVID-19 EUA mRNA injections, however, Dixon saw that there was no proper use of informed consent. In fact, just the opposite was happening as service members were coerced, threatened, and retaliated against to take the experimental injections. He also discusses the...

Former Green Beret Fran Racioppi joins us to discuss far ranging topics like quiet quitting, meeting people where they are, properly setting standards for yourself and those that you lead, navigating a complex world and a decision-making process to help you come out ahead more times than not. Thank you for listening. Show notes: Fran served 13 years in the United States Army as a Green Beret, deploying three times to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. In 2013, he deployed to Djibouti, Africa in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, where he coordinated Special Operations combating Al-Shabab throughout East Africa. In 2014, he planned and coordinated the Special Forces response to Boko Haram in West Africa, as well as oversaw the operations of Special Forces teams countering the Lord's Resistance Army in Central Africa and ISIS in North Africa. In 2014, Fran was selected to serve as the advisor and aide to the Commander of Special Operations Command Africa. Fran is a graduate of the US Army Ranger School, Airborne School, and several other Special Operations sponsored certifications. A lifelong sailor, Fran volunteers teaching Veterans to sail as the Race Director for Sailahead a Veterans service organization dedicated to reducing the Veteran suicide rate. Fran has also served as the Treasurer of the United War Veterans Council, a NYC-based non-profit focused on the wellness and healing of transitioning veterans, as well as the host of the annual NYC Veterans Day Parade. Fran's website FRsix: https://frsix.com/about Jedburgh Podcast The Ballad of the Green Berets (song mentioned in the podcast)

EP 290 features Brandon Marcello, the Chief Innovation Officer for JAG Consulting. He drives forward-thinking and cutting-edge strategies across a variety of human-performance portfolios. With over 25 years of experience in the performance enhancement industry and extensive involvement in both the applied and research worlds, he has implemented successful, high-performance training programs for professional, Olympic, and collegiate athletes.  Brandon is currently the lead human performance advisor for the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Center's (DEVCOM) Optimizing the Human Weapons System effort.Prior to his work with JAG, Brandon served as the Director of Sports Performance at Stanford University for seven years. Before his appointment at Stanford, he served as the Director of Performance for USA Softball.In the late '90s, Marcello was a Performance Specialist at the International Performance Institute of the IMG Academies, when in 1999 he was approached by Mark Verstegen to join him to help create EXOS (formerly Athletes' Performance, a world-class training facility for professional and elite athletes. A recognized author, researcher, and international presenter, he routinely speaks around the world on a number of topics pertaining to elite-level training and performance. Above all of his accomplishments, he is also a proud father and husband.Catch EP 290 tomorrow on all streaming services.Meanwhile, drop in at our shop and get your LYM Cap today at https://lymlab.com/shop/ or download your FREE Life Lab Starter Kit at https://lymlab.com/free-lym-lab-starter/

In this episode, Dr. Preston Cline and Dr. Art Finch talk about the types of people who choose the hard path. Where do they excel, where do they struggle, and why don't they quite fit in with “normal” People. We focus on different learning and motivation profiles as well as the transitions between the routine and critical worlds.   COL(R) Art Finch, Ph.D., spent over 23 years providing psychological insight to the leading Special Operations and Tactical Law Enforcement organizations in the world. He is a graduate of U.S. Army Airborne, SERE, and Ranger Schools with more than 20 combat deployments to both Afghanistan and Iraq. He retired at the rank of colonel. created personality profiles for more than 10,000 candidates in support of assessment and selection events. Art continues to be licensed to practice psychology in North Carolina and in addition to serving as the Director of the newly formed Mission Critical Psychology Division at MCTI, he also serves as a Research Scientist with IHMC and The Gauge Group, a psychological consulting and executive coaching firm and is the founder and president of The Gauge Group has led leadership consultation and executive coaching for Fortune 100 tech companies; led assessment and selection support for Major League Baseball and National League Football; conducted high-stakes, high-performance psychological support for elite athletes; and assessment and selection psychological support for FBI, HRT and New York State Police SWAT team.   

If the universe was telling you how to be a more effective leader would you listen? Holly Segur brings a new meaning to our destinies being written in the stars. As an astrologer with a corporate background, she helps people understand why life is the way it is and why most things happen for a reason. Don't take our word for it, listen to the work she did with Morgon and Jody. The results are out of the world! Find Holly at: www.hollysegur.com Jody and Morgon share a passion for leadership, love, and people. “That L Word” is their brainchild born over the best Mexican food downtown Jacksonville, NC has to offer and is meant to evoke the word, “Love” in the same conversation as, “Leadership.” We believe that leadership and love belong in the same sentence and aren't afraid to cut past the noise and talk about what really matters.   On “That L Word” we talk about love, empathy, trust, loyalty, listening, life, and ALL of the other things that people are afraid to say out loud in the same sentence with leadership. Leadership is ALL about people and people have feelings, leaders included - so get in here! Sit down and let's talk about the stuff that might make you uncomfortable, but will absolutely make you a better person and leader! Please take a minute to subscribe and leave us a review!   Follow us on Instagram @that_lword, let us know what you think, what you'd like to talk about, share your stories, and anything else that's on your mind! Jody is an Executive Coach and Consultant who loves working with leaders to increase their self-awareness so they can build an amazing organizational culture that no one could imagine leaving. Jody served in the Navy with small, highly elite, Reconnaissance and Special Operations teams for 20 years, and the last decade of his three-decade military career, advising two-star and three-star General Officers with organizations of more than 45k people. Jody has a unique ability to see through the BS people are usually telling themselves; he's a patient listener who will ask the questions that spur real growth. For more information about Jody please visit his LinkedIn Profile.   Morgon is known best as, “The Peoples Coach.” He coaches athletes, executives, and leaders with an emphasis on knowing and loving themselves first. His leadership and people skills were developed over two decades in the United States Marine Corps but Morgon has taken that passion and knowledge beyond his service. Morgon developed his coaching style after realizing his athletes needed more than just a workout and nutrition plan - they needed to be seen as people first. Morgon coaches executives and leaders the same way he coaches athletes, as people - not titles, so they can be successful in whatever they endeavor. For more information about Morgon please visit his LinkedIn Profile.

This edition of Shooting Straight was dedicated entirely to American personnel who are putting their lives in danger on a daily basis in Afghanistan rescuing American citizens and Afghan allies who are being hunted by the Taliban.  Dave Shearman and Roger Patterson join Royce for this program to explain the mission and the need for funds to continue their work. You can help by going to https://outsidethewireinblue.com/ and making a one-time or recurring donation to these brave Americans!! For a donation of $35.00, you receive an autographed copy of Outside the Wire in Blue, a riveting story of Law Enforcement Professionals (LEP's) who were imbedded with Special Operations troops in Iraq and Afghanistan who used their skills as police officers in a wildly successful operation of interdiction of terrorists working therein.Royce read this entire book through in one sitting!!PLEASE SHARE THIS EPISODE!!!https://outsidethewireinblue.com/ The American Police Hall of Fame Museum and Shooting Center (open to public), Law Enforcement and Civilian TrainingSiggarman Buyer and Seller of new and used firearms 561-445-0429Freedom Guns Firearms, Ammunition, Accessories, Training classes The Gun Site 9-Lane 25 yard indoor Shooting Range, Gun Store, Training classesSicarios Gun Shop Firearms, Accessories, Ammo, Safes, and more!Glover Orndorf and Flanagan Wealth Mgmt. Wealth management servicesSHOOTINGCLASSES.COM Online business operations platform for firearms instructors, trainees, and Shooting RangesCounter Strike Tactical Best Little Gun Store in Melbourne, Florida! Veteran Owned and Operated 321-499-4949WJS Guns Gun and Outdoor Shop, ammo, accessories, fishing tackle, moreBlackout Customs Cerakoting, Stipling, Custom builds by master craftsmen. Veteran Owned and Operated. 321-574-05Quantified Performance Quantified Performance, LLC is focused on building safe, high performing keepers and bearers.Ear Care of Melbourne Need hearing aids? Go to the audiologists that gave Royce his hearing back!Support the showDon't forget to catch Voice of the Blue podcast, hosted by Royce, and produced by the American Police Hall of Fame.Voice of the Blue (buzzsprout.com)

  Pete has served and deployed with Fleet Marine Force RECON and was an instructor at the Joint Special Operations Medical Training Center.  He is currently a Senior Enlisted Leader with the 2nd Marine Reconnaissance Battalion. He is incredibly passionate about wellness, suicide prevention, and extremely demanding medical training.  Pete is the Joint Trauma System's Wellness Leader and has developed a wellness/behavioral health class, Maintaining Peak Performance.   In this episode, you will learn about what it takes to become a Navy Independent Duty Corpsman and hear about Pete's experience training and deploying with elite special operations units.   Pete describes the life circumstances that inspired his passion for wellness and behavioral health advocacy.   He describes how important it is and provides strategies to Maintain Peak performance and foster resilience even in the most demanding of environments.   Pete shares many insights and lessons learned over his distinguished career and provides some insight and sage advice for all listeners. You don't want to miss this episode.   Find out more and join Team WarDocs at www.wardocspodcast.com                        Honoring Military Medicine's Past to Improve Healthcare's Future The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine. Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you. WARDOCS documents the experiences, contributions, and innovations of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Docs" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield, demonstrating dedication to the medical care of fellow comrades in arms.         Follow Us on social media. Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast LinkedIn: WarDocs-The Military Medicine Podcast

Samuel Sells is an experienced Chief Executive Officer, combat veteran, and serial entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of success in developing and building sustainable and repeatable systems overcoming many of the key drivers of financial and social poverty.  He is skilled in Innovative Business Planning, Operations Management, International Relations, Management, Entrepreneurship, and Policy Analysis. Strong business development professional with a Master's Degree in Health Care Administration & Policy, Global Health focus, and an undergraduate degree in Business Strategy.   In this episode, Sam reiterates that there is more to life than living for yourself, and you can create an impact by helping others along the way through real estate. He shares his learnings from his failures, his insights on investing in mobile home parks and apartment complexes, and his advice to achieve success. [00:01 - 04:04] Living an Impactful Life Sam started with mobile homes and now went full-time now running successful commercial real estate properties Although he could live a comfortable life after retiring, he pursued to make an impact on the world while making money [04:05 - 11:28] Learning from Failure How his track record of success and how he leveraged his background and experience in the military to attract investors Finding lessons in mistakes He let others who are supposedly industry experts persuade him that something is worth more than he knows Sam talks about losing his earnest money and allowing people to sign him in on deals that weren't what they claimed they were [11:29 - 18:05] From Mobile Home Parks to Apartment Communities The supply chain for mobile homes became stuck in 2020 due to COVID leading to a lack of financing Sam decided to transition into apartment complex He also started self-storage development in Alaska Looking for a mentor who will guide you through every step is crucial Starting is always the difficult part as you need to be more present Sam and his team are focusing on disposition of mobile home parks and they are moving to work with institutional partners   [18:06 - 20:36] Closing Segment Sam on creating wealth by making a difference Reach out to Sam!  Links Below Final Words Tweetable Quotes “We've made a ton of mistakes. Now I know better.” - Samuel Sells   “Apartments are the easiest place to scale. It's the easiest place to secure debt. It's the easiest place to secure equity. It's the easiest place to transition from buying half a million dollar property to buying a 10 million property.” - Samuel Sells   “We're buying ugly stuff and we're changing it and making it a clean and safe and positive place for people to live, and still affordable. We're not turning it into million-dollar little condos. We're turning it into, you know, homes that people can live in and raise their kids.” - Samuel Sells   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   Connect with Samuel Sells! Send him a message on LinkedIn or Instagram at @cleanmoneysam or email him directly at sam@wildmountaincapital.com Connect with me:   I love helping others place money outside of traditional investments that both diversify a strategy and provide solid predictable returns.     Facebook   LinkedIn   Like, subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or whatever platform you listen on.  Thank you for tuning in!   Email me → sam@brickeninvestmentgroup.com Want to read the full show notes of the episode? Check it out below: [00:00:00] Samuel Sells: I believe and I know that we can use our money in a way that makes a difference. And you can tell when you invest in syndication and when you invest in these deals, you know where your money is going. That's the difference. And with us, we're buying ugly stuff, and we're changing it and making it a clean and safe and positive place for people to live and it's still affordable. We're not turning it into million-dollar, little condos, we're turning it into, you know, homes that people can live in and raise their kids.  [00:00:44] Sam Wilson:  Sam Sells is a retired US Air Force officer and combat veteran who founded Wild Mountain Capital in 2018 with his as he says hero dad. Sam, welcome to the show.   [00:00:56] Samuel Sells: Hey, thanks for having me, Sam. Love the name and am super happy to be here.   [00:01:01] Sam Wilson:  Absolutely. You got a great first name. Well, certainly appreciate that. It's great to have two people with the same name on the show. There are three questions I ask every guest who comes on the show in 90 seconds or less. Can you tell me? Where did you start? Where are you now? And how did you get there?   [00:01:15] Samuel Sells: Yeah, we started in 2018, I was still on active duty Air Force trying to find a way to continue my impact on the world man started out with mobile home parks trying to take really distressed mobile home parks and creating nice clean places to live. We did that with found out that you can make money doing that. And a lot of it. And so we continued buying mobile home parks about eight more parks that year and to 2019. So in 2000 we had bought 10 properties that first year about killed myself. And then this was the amount of work we were doing slowed down that next year only bought one more property the following year. And then after that, we bought another 10 properties this time, apartment complexes and we did a storage development ground up develop development that we purchase and turnover. So now we're sitting at 20 properties. And we're in exit mode to a certain degree. We have property selling right now that we've finished our business plans on or gotten to a point where we could not finish the business plan due to COVID restrictions. But we are frozen. And it's been a fantastic journey.   [00:02:22] Sam Wilson: Okay, so you decided 2018. Look, we're gonna get into commercial real estate. Let's go close 10 mobile home parks.   [00:02:34] Samuel Sells: Yeah, so we just decided that we, you know, my dad doesn't retire, I'm coming out of Air Force retirement. Yeah, I can make money and go with Puerto Rico and probably the lid just fine. But I love my family. And I still want to make a difference in the world. And so we figure out how can we make money and make a difference. And we had $0. So like, I had $30,000 in a Roth IRA TSP, and my dad had 80 grand, and that was his entire retirement. And we put those together and we bought two mobile home parks. We turned that 80 grand somehow into $170,000 Credit cards that may have been involved. So was refinancing my core, but we did it with a couple of lines of credit. And we bought these two properties in and we made money and we started making like $10,000 a month and pass passive income we're like, This is crazy. We've got something here. And we totally cleaned up one of these little old park. People love this. crime dropped significantly, occupancy skyrocketed payments on time. And it just was such a nice thing to see. No more trash, no more other stuff. And we just like this is it. Now how do we do it? And so I started finding out about syndication. How do you raise money? FCC rules, and regulations, I absorbed everything I possibly could about it, and went out there and started doing it. And that's when we like I've never raised a single dollar from anybody and somehow I raised like $2 million that first year.   [00:04:06] Sam Wilson: Wow. Okay, what did you do to inspire confidence in your investors like, Hey, my name is Sam. I bought a couple of parks, we are making money on it. But by the way, now we're gonna go we're going gangbusters and buying stuff left and right. Get in because it's gonna be great. Like, how did you sell that?   [00:04:26] Samuel Sells: So, you know, I started flipping single-family homes in the early 2000s. We made it through 2008 crisis because we were buying we were flipping right and we were buying really distressed properties and good locations. And when the market crashed, guess what? You know, I paid $50,000 for this house. I spent 25 grand on the rehab. I'm selling it at $130,000 Cuz houses were cheap back then. Even at the pinnacle, and the market crashed and all of sudden you know, I had two homes I remember closing a 2000s Seven, December 2007, both of them fell apart because the markets are just ripping apart. And you know, we ended up reducing the price on one from 130, down to 120. And so much money, right. And then the other one, we turned to a long term rental held on it, I think for seven years, refinanced it probably four times and pulled cash out over those 10 or 12 years, made a ton of money off that little house in the middle of San Antonio, and then sold it and use the cash from that to buy apartment complex later on, a couple years ago.   [00:05:27] Sam Wilson: Yeah, man, that's great. I guess the, when you start raising money from investors, what was the thing I guess that you feel like you did? Well, that inspired confidence in the people investing with you? [00:05:42] Samuel Sells: Yeah, so a great question. And one was, you know, having a track record of success, it wasn't our first time and in the Air Force, I have been traveling around the world, I've been working with foreign militaries, for governments doing everything from building clinics and Africa, like ground up engineering, construction, the whole thing, right, which is a totally different world, right? Asia, helping them develop systems and working in their hospitals to Hey, Do this, do that? And how do you guys like to do this, you know, building sustainable systems that when I leave, that they continue, I'm not the ugly American great book, if you every death, but understanding how to work with others, right. And so and at the time, when I started raising, I was responsible for a $68 million rehab on a 500-bed hospital at mash ruins. And I was the project lead, you know, reporting to the big leagues. And so I had a ton of project experience, I had a ton of team experience, I spent a lot of time so they're there for Special Operations doing stuff and, and, you know, being able to combine teams and really smart people to accomplish a great task. And that conveyed well, to folks plus, we just proved the model we could show them, here are the financials, this is what's happening. i We flipped a bunch of properties before, essentially what we're doing is flipping except we're holding on to them and keeping the cash flow. So buy low rehab, create a difference, make an impact, and here are the actual dollars.    [00:07:10] Sam Wilson: Right. Okay, now, that gives a lot more color to it. Thank you for that. I mean, I think I think leveraging, leveraging your background is so so so important in this and it may not necessarily be that you have owned a dozen mobile home parks, but yet you've got the requisite experience that when you do take one down, it's, it's not a brand new experience for you.   [00:07:30] Samuel Sells: Right, that's, that's it, we learned a ton. And we've made a ton of mistakes. Now I know better. Like if I go back to my old self, I would stop myself based on examining you do and do it this way. So much better. And two is like go find a mentor coach, and I tried to find a mentor, 3d in 2018 and early 2018, I could not find a mentor who didn't want to charge me $35,000 even talk to me, right? And so now, you know, I offer coaching, a very, very reasonable price. And it's like, hey, let's start your own course, and see how you're gonna get there. And then don't do this. Don't do that. I mean, if you want to do it and learn the hard way, fine, that's on you. But I'm telling you don't do those things. Because that's going to cost you 150 grand, and you're never going to get back.    [00:08:19] Sam Wilson: Don't do that. There's your piece of advice. What are a couple of those things that come to mind initially that you saved me? And those were, those are some hard lessons we learned?   [00:08:30] Samuel Sells: Yeah, so twice, this has happened to me, both, you know, some time ago is, is allowing people who are supposedly experts in the field or in a location convinced me to something's worth more than I know it. Right. So once we pay too much for a property, way too much real property. Fortunately, there was no investors in that deal. But we did it as a favor to a person who had invested a lot with us. And it turned out that it was not at all what they said it was, and I lost money on that deal. I'm not afraid to say that I lost money on that deal. If you're investing with somebody who never lost money in any deal, either one, they're not telling you the truth or two, they just haven't been around long enough. Because real estate, if you spend too much money, you're going to lose money. So you make your money when you buy, particularly in value add and in this case, it was a place of its asset of our expertise. And we listen to him and we pay too much. Right. So the other time was, you know, same thing brokers, property managers, oh, this, this, this and this, and we went into the deal. We did our due diligence, they came back that this was not at all what was being advertised. And you know, we had gone into the deal. And I kept saying, Look, if we're going to go into this, I know this is going to be an issue. It's going to be an issue and we've got to make sure we get our earnest money back. And I allow them to talk me into signing a call on a track where we didn't get our earnest money back, and sure enough, we get in there with due to the diligence and the structure had so many issues, well over a million dollars worth of structural issues and I could see them when we were walking there. And denounce we walked away from that deal. I'm glad we didn't buy it. Somebody else bought the deal. Good luck. I hope they did the due diligence they're supposed to because we hired engineers to go there because I've been in construction long enough. I've built enough things. It's the foundation's fallen apart, and there's mold up in there and there's water we need the buildings, you're just a recipe for disaster. So somebody else's disaster sorry, good luck to them. Another syndicator bought that property. It's really pretty on the outside.   [00:10:36] Sam Wilson: It sounds like you lost your earnest money on that deal.   [00:10:40] Samuel Sells: We lost our earnest money we fought and got a bit of it back because it was so far from what they were telling us the sellers and everything else. And they just refused to work with us there where they weren't local. They were obviously in so they hate you know, look, I would have been embarrassed as a seller. If you came to me and said, Look at all these issues. I would have been embarrassed and would have worked them Nope. Yeah, they were. Yeah, they were not friendly.   [00:11:08] Sam Wilson:  Those are the painful lessons when you go oh, my gosh, my earnest money. There it goes. Like I could have had more fun just lighting a pile of money on fire and watching it burn.  [00:11:17] Samuel Sells: Yeah. And watching them for me. I should have bought new toilet seats for half of America with 150 grand right? That have been better, right? Throwing it down the drain?   [00:11:28] Sam Wilson:  Absolutely. Tell me when did you transition from a mobile home park, into an apartment community and why? [00:11:36] Samuel Sells: So in 2020, with all of COVID happened and everything slowed down. One of the things that happened was a supply chain for mobile homes, brand new mobile homes got stuck really, really bad. And so we had ordered a bunch of homes. And we just kept waiting and waiting and waiting. And they were creating homes for they're only building homes for the biggest mobile home park operators who are buying hundreds of homes at a time and they weren't even though we were way in front of them and the stack. We were too small, right? It's like, well, we want to buy 100 homes, but you got to deliver the first 20 Or we're not doing anything. Yes. And so that process killed us. So we had bought these properties. We've done a bunch of renovations but we had bought property when the tip to bring in all these new homes, and the prices were gone were skyrocketing, and death on mobile home parks became incredibly difficult. We had six refinances fall through with COVID and everything else that Marcus stopped all of our refinances just died and our lenders like well, we'll do apartments, we're not gonna do mobile home parks anymore. And so we shifted and 2021 Early in a t 2020. With buying apartment complexes. We bought one we saw really good turn on that one. Four months later, we bought another one. And it just kind of snowballed. And we bought eight apartment complex that said a year and two other properties. One of them was a property.   [00:13:02] Sam Wilson: That's amazing., And in that, you also transitioned and said, hey, you know what, I think we can do a self-storage development.   [00:13:09] Samuel Sells: Yeah, so we bought, we actually bought that in 2020 the storage development it was right next door to at a park a mobile home park. It was in Alaska, I was living in Alaska at the time, you have this huge space where there was no storage was right along the highway. And it was just an ideal location a guy had bought it had developed it into storage, like the ground and everything. And then his wife had gotten really sick, they moved out of Alaska and Alaska, you really need to be present. You got to understand that market is completely different. You're not going to gain appreciation if anyone comes says oh, we're gonna get you know, 2% per year appreciation, you're like wrong, that's not gonna happen. Cash flow is gonna be great. And so you're gonna bypass flow 100% And so we built this whole complex we moved I found another operator there who was local I could take over and he's gonna do a bang up job.    [00:14:01] Sam Wilson: Got it man, that's a lot of moving pieces, a lot of acquisitions in even a few different asset classes in a very short period of time. And it found it sounds like you found a way to efficiently scale into all of them, what have been or advice or what has been some of the keys you would say that you have used in order to do that.   [00:14:24] Samuel Sells: So mentorship coaching is vital. Finding somebody who can help you buy mobile home parks, the way that you create wealth and mobile home parks are the difference. It's very different. The numbers are different. Financing is different sourcing equity. The capital stack is different than it is in apartment complexes storage in general has really small returns. Now, because there are just so many entities and storage and the gravy train has ended, you can still find these little ones that are doing good. But mostly the gravy train has ended. Right. And so you need it to be a tie operator. And if you lie, if you love store and you really want to leave storage, you can make money in stores. It's just super, super difficult as a starting point. But we'll hold hearts you can start but you need to be present, you've got to be close to that place, or is going to be a disaster. Apartments is the easiest place to scale, it's the easiest place to secure debt, it's the easiest place to secure equity is the easiest place to transition from buying half a million-dollar property to buying a $ 10-million property. That gets easier as you get bigger. Right?   [00:15:34] Sam Wilson: That's really, really intriguing. So you guys have gone, you guys are still going long in apartments right now or as you said, at the beginning of the show you guys are more into the disposition side of your business.   [00:15:47] Samuel Sells: Yeah, so we're on the disposition side of our mobile home parks. We're selling up eight of the 10 mobile home parks were really focusing on some markets in Texas and Oklahoma. Oklahoma gets overlooked all the time. But the cash flow there is great. And so it's like why would you overlook this place college towns, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Stillwater and you get these places where they're Norman, Oklahoma, just financial, little gems that people overlook all the time. And so we love those markets, but you know, our focus really, Dallas Fort Worth, that's where we're buying right now. And one of the things that we also transition and very few syndicators ever make this transition is to move into working with institutional partners that close our last deal with an institutional partner what that is, it's not syndication, it's like the next level up, it's more complicated as more sophisticated, you've got to be able to operate at a certain level, but then they're gonna get all up in your gravy train, if you've been through the military, and you've entered maps, you know what I'm talking about. And I'm, I'll be polite here on the show, but there's a certain amount of sniffing that goes on and underwriting of you as a sponsor. I mean, they listen to all my podcasts or guys, why don't you listen to my podcasts? I mean, I think they're wonderful. My guests are fantastic. I'm an idiot. Don't listen to me, listen to these other people who are smart. But, you know, that model dramatically changes how your money operates. And so just from that single deal, will owe more than 12x Our money with our partners, institutional partners, and we can help other people know how to do that we can help place equity with everybody talks about family offices, family offices are wonderful but they're finicky, need to have a great relationship. And they promise you the world and they never ever deliver. I'm sure they do it just super difficult to get them to deliver institutions will deliver if you meet their criteria and a deal meets the criteria.    [00:17:43] Sam Wilson: I would love to have you come back on another episode. And we talk specifically about that, because there's so much nuance, I'm sure in to getting your first institutional capital partner to come on board and take down deals. I bet I bet we could have a conversation that you know, would go on quite quiet for a long time. That's absolutely cool. Sam, thanks for taking the time to come on the show today. I did have one maybe if you got 30 seconds, maybe about 30 seconds snippet here, if you can tell us what you mean when you say that you guys are creating wealth by making a difference?   [00:18:18] Samuel Sells: We have this concept of clean money. Whenever you get your money you invest. Let's say you buy bitcoin, where did that Bitcoin get produced? Right? Mafias, you know, these big drug cartels, they love bitcoins because they can produce it, they can mine it, they can sell it, it gets to come cash to them. And then they can use that cash to order a hit on a family that they don't like, right? So Did Jesus Buy Bitcoin from a cartel that mined it, and now he's using your money to kill people. You have no idea. You have no idea that your clean hard-earned money that you invested just got used for nefarious purposes, I believe and I know that we can use our money in a way that makes a difference. And you can tell when you invest in syndication when you invest in these deals, you know where your money is going. That's the difference. Right? And with us, we're buying ugly stuff and we're changing it and making a clean and safe and positive place for people to live and it's still affordable. We're not turning it into million-dollar little condos. We're turning it into, you know, homes that people can live and, and raise their kids.    [00:19:29] Sam Wilson: That's awesome. Absolutely. Love it. Sam. Thanks for taking the time to come on the show today. If our listeners want to get in touch with you or learn more about you what is the best way to do that?   [00:19:36] Samuel Sells: Yeah, you can find me on Instagram @cleanmoneysam, you can find me on LinkedIn, Samuel Sells Facebook, please reach out to me. You can also send me an email at Sam@wildmountaincapital.com. And I would love to talk to you about what we do if you want to co-sponsor you want to learn more about how institutional and how to change or move into that space, or how to go from just raising capital to doing your own deals and being the lead sponsor. We're happy to have that discussion and help you make those transitions.   [00:20:05] Sam Wilson:  Fantastic. Thanks again, Sam. Appreciate it. Have a great rest of your day.    [00:20:09] Samuel Sells: Thanks, Sam. Appreciate it.

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Today we hear the Combat Story of Derek Nadalini, who spent decades in the Army with both Ranger Battalion and 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta, better known as The Unit. This is one of the most interesting interviews we've ever done. Derek deployed countless times beginning in Afghanistan in 2002 and conducted HVT operations, hostage rescue (including the rescue of Roy Hallums), ran low visibility and sniper operations, and eventually volunteered to execute singleton missions. After leaving the service, Derek went through a painful and long process to manage traumatic brain injury (TBI). Despite those challenges, he would go on to help sell the company Spatial Networks (earning what he aptly refers to as his “Business Ranger tab”), became a certified life and wellness coach providing pro bono support to Veterans, and is now the Director of Outreach and Development at MusiCorps, which is a music rehabilitation program that helps wounded warriors play music and recover their lives. Derek is easily one of the most accomplished people we've had on the podcast and I hope you enjoy this funny but also very personal experience and highs and lows of the elite as much as I did. Find Derek Online:  MusiCorps http://www.musicorps.net/Home.html LinkedIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-nadalini-0964141b6/ The Warhorse https://thewarhorse.org/ Find Ryan Online: - Ryan's Linktree https://linktr.ee/combatstory - Merch https://www.bonfire.com/store/combatstory/ - Instagram @combatstory https://www.instagram.com/combatstory - Facebook @combatstoryofficial https://fb.me/combatstoryofficial - Send us messages at https://m.me/combatstoryofficial - Learn more about Ryan www.combatstory.com/aboutus - Intro Song: Sport Rock from Audio Jungle   Show Notes:  0:00 - Intro  0:31 - Guest Introduction (Derek Nadalini)  2:07 - Interview begins  6:41 - Growing up with a father  who is a Vietnam combat veteran.  13:38 - Early musical influences 21:17 - How music and creativity are useful in the service  23:28 - Choosing to join the military and why the Army 31:06 - Where were you on 9/11? 35;57 - Leaving The Battalion and becoming a  member of General Dell Dailey's staff in Afghanistan   41:10 - Experiences while in a coveted General Staff position  and story of leadership lessons learned  49:46 - Balancing OTC with having a family  54:16 - Roy Hallums rescue mission 1:02:00 - Combat Story - a weapon malfunction  1:09:26 - funny story of launching first grenade in combat  1:14:43 - Why selection is so tough and how the training show up later  1:16:21 - Most dangerous ops doing low visibility work as a singleton   1:22:32 - Discovering a traumatic brain injury. (TBI)   1:38:32 -  Life in the private sector and missing the mission  1:42:53 - Going to Berkelee and starting MusicCorps 1:55:46 - Tattoos  1:57:31 - What did you carry into combat? 1:59:02  - Would you do it again?  2:01:23 - Listener comments and shout outs  This video covers the following subjects: - 1st SFOD-D Operator -  Delta Force  - Sniper Ranger Battalion  - MusiCorps - Traumatic Brain Injury - Derek Nadalini  If you would like to learn more about 1st SFOD-D Operator, Derek Nadalini I suggest you look into our various other video clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCyApoJr-mNmdMNwdk22xEQ _________________________ Have I responded to all of your questions about 1st SFOD-D Operator, Derek Nadalini? Possibly you wish to comment below and let me understand what I can help you with or information on 1st SFOD-D Operator, Derek Nadalini.

Fran Racioppi spent 13 years in the US Army, much of that time in Special Operations as a Green Beret. Fran’s Army career saw him deploy 3 times to Iraq as well as to multiple countries throughout Africa. His service there included coordinating Special Operations response to Al-Shabab throughout East Africa. In 2014, he planned […]

     COL Andrew Morgan is a NASA Astronaut who performed over 45 hours of spacewalks on a 9-month spaceflight to the International Space Station. He is an emergency medicine physician with fellowship training in Sports Medicine. He also supported Special Operations soldiers in combat with the 3rdSpecial Forces Group (Airborne) “Desert Eagles” during combat deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Africa.       In this episode, Dr. Morgan discusses his time at West Point on the parachute team, his affiliation with the Golden Knights, and his training and pathway to becoming a special operations physician completing Ranger school, combat diver training, and military freefall training along the way. He describes his pathway to applying and becoming an astronaut and his experience now serving on the board for the selection of future astronauts.  Hear about this unique pathway to becoming a NASA astronaut that well suits military physicians and the training that astronauts complete before their first space mission. Drew shares many interesting insights and lessons learned over a distinguished career in Army Medicine and with NASA. You don't want to miss this episode! Find out more and join Team WarDocs at www.wardocspodcast.com           The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine. Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you.  WARDOCS documents the experiences, contributions, and innovations of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Docs" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield, demonstrating dedication to the medical care of fellow comrades in arms.           Follow Us on social media. Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast LinkedIn: WarDocs-The Military Medicine Podcast

Mark speaks with Michael “Punky” Higgs and Dr. Martin Polanco of The Mission Within, a clinical program specializing in treating mTBI, PTSD, anxiety, and depression that has supported over 600 special operations veterans. After witnessing the transformative power of psychedelics, Michael and Martin became passionate about bringing the healing modalities to vets and their loved ones. Today, Commander Divine speaks with Michael “Punky” Higgs and Dr. Martin Polanco of The Mission Within, a 6-week psychedelic therapy program for Special Operations vets based in Mexico. In the episode, Michael and Martin share personal and scientific testimony of the impact psychedelics are having on our vets and their loved ones. Key Takeaways: Drugs to bring us together. Psychedelics like DMT act on a receptor that normally help us differentiate ourselves from others. The effect is we lose track of where we end and the rest of the world begins, which helps create greater cohesion and communion in our world. DMT is already within you. Since psychedelic compounds DMT and 5-MeO-DMT are neurotransmitters, our bodies seem to be wired to have these connected, unifying psychedelic experiences. The caustic cocktail. Michael shares his layered experience with injuries, childhood traumas, concussions, relationship traumas, and medications and the deadly combination they can create. Success worth celebrating. The Mission Within has treated over 600 special operations vets and over 80 veteran spouses with psychedelic clinical programming at their retreats in Mexico.

To run from failures is to never learn the life lessons required to lead the many. If everything always worked out there would be no growth. Albert Einstein said, “Failure is success in progress.” Because he understood the value of the lessons that would be learn over the journey. Listen to this episode and then share what failure means to you. Jody and Morgon share a passion for leadership, love, and people. “That L Word” is their brainchild born over the best Mexican food downtown Jacksonville, NC has to offer and is meant to evoke the word, “Love” in the same conversation as, “Leadership.” We believe that leadership and love belong in the same sentence and aren't afraid to cut past the noise and talk about what really matters.   On “That L Word” we talk about love, empathy, trust, loyalty, listening, life, and ALL of the other things that people are afraid to say out loud in the same sentence with leadership. Leadership is ALL about people and people have feelings, leaders included - so get in here! Sit down and let's talk about the stuff that might make you uncomfortable, but will absolutely make you a better person and leader! Please take a minute to subscribe and leave us a review!   Follow us on Instagram @that_lword, let us know what you think, what you'd like to talk about, share your stories, and anything else that's on your mind! Jody is an Executive Coach and Consultant who loves working with leaders to increase their self-awareness so they can build an amazing organizational culture that no one could imagine leaving. Jody served in the Navy with small, highly elite, Reconnaissance and Special Operations teams for 20 years, and the last decade of his three-decade military career, advising two-star and three-star General Officers with organizations of more than 45k people. Jody has a unique ability to see through the BS people are usually telling themselves; he's a patient listener who will ask the questions that spur real growth. For more information about Jody please visit his LinkedIn Profile.   Morgon is known best as, “The Peoples Coach.” He coaches athletes, executives, and leaders with an emphasis on knowing and loving themselves first. His leadership and people skills were developed over two decades in the United States Marine Corps but Morgon has taken that passion and knowledge beyond his service. Morgon developed his coaching style after realizing his athletes needed more than just a workout and nutrition plan - they needed to be seen as people first. Morgon coaches executives and leaders the same way he coaches athletes, as people - not titles, so they can be successful in whatever they endeavor. For more information about Morgon please visit his LinkedIn Profile.

Host Tim K. sits down in Fayetteville, North Carolina with JP Cervantes, a veteran of the Army Special Forces. JP served his country in combat with distinction and is now working in the world of anti-human trafficking. As the founder of Nous Defions Group he is now doing work to shield children who are sold into slavery around the globe. JP's venture has taken him into some of the most dangerous pockets of the world, and he works to defeat those committed to preying on youth. On the podcast, Tim and JP discuss Cervantes' career in Special Operations, his transition, and his new life as he once again defends the weak. Check out all that JP is doing with @nousdefionsgroup, @letswalkitout222mileruck, @vtsrpodcast, and @specialforcesfoundation_. And, be sure to follow JP's journey at @jpcervantes180a.

Sam and Emma host Jonah Furman of Labor Notes and author of the Who Gets The Bird? newsletter on SubStack to discuss the recent negotiations between rail workers, railroad companies, and the Biden administration. Then they are joined by investigative reporter Seth Harp to discuss his recent reporting surrounding the recent deaths and opioid abuse at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Emma and Sam first run through updates on the Fed's plan to discipline labor by tanking the economy into a recession, migrants file a class-action suit against DeSantis for his stunt, and DeSantis discusses his “Ultimate Solution.” Jonah Furman then joins as they get right into the three-year leadup to last Thursday's sudden climax of a potential rail strike in the US, walking through separate processes for labor organizing in the rail industry, the need for a 30-day cool-off period, and why Biden got involved, before parsing through the federal deal recommended and why it got so much pushback from the various railway unions. Next, he, Sam, and Emma explore how the rail industry came to be under different processes, with 19th Century unrest leading to the 1926 Railway Labor Act that works to keep the country's infrastructure moving, and leading up to the conditions we see today, where workers are expected to constantly be on call with no right to call out for an emergency and the workforce getting cut more and more while production increases. After a brief conversation on the role of monopoly and the leverage that the federal government could hold in this situation, they wrap up by tackling the state of their strike fund, and where this action is likely to head next. Emma is then joined by Seth Harp to get into the developing controversy coming out of the Fort Bragg military base, with a series of murders and executions piling up from 2020 through 2021 alongside increased overdoses and various drug possession and dealing charges all coming out of an institution that was supposedly the pinnacle of US Special Operations, with JSOC, Green Berets, and more all stationed there. They tackle the history of the US Military and Special Operations in mass drug trafficking, the incredible autonomy and power held by these unelected officials, and how this controversy encapsulates the myriad failures of the US Wars on Terror and Drugs. And in the Fun Half: Sam hosts Brad Polumbo, journalist and policy correspondent at the Foundation for Economic Education, on the immorality of student debt forgiveness, whether debt cancellation is debt transfer, the benefits of college, why daddy paying for college is okay but big brother doing so is bad, and how to grapple with being anti-regressive policy and anti-taxation. Sam and Emma also touch on Ronna McDaniel responding to accusations of Republican fear-mongering by pointing out how scary the world is, Matt DePerno on Michigan's potential abortion ban, and Stephen Crowder talks with a gay guy about how much women SUCK, plus, your IMs! Check out Jonah's newsletter here: https://whogetsthebird.substack.com/ Check out Seth's on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/sethharpesq?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Check out ESVN's YouTube channel here! https://www.youtube.com/c/ESVNShow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/