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ResourceThe Leadership Lesson That Defined Jocko Willink’s Career
Jocko Willink recounts his second and third SEAL platoons, describing how his team experienced a mutiny against an insecure officer …
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ResourceThrown Into an Ambush at 18: What Combat REALLY Feels Like
A former Army Special Forces soldier recounts his first combat deployment to Iraq at age 18 with a conventional infantry unit. He …
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ResourceChris Osman Breaks 30-Year Silence: “My Sergeant Quit in the Middle of a Firefight” | Ep. 268
Mike Ritland interviews Chris Osman, a former Marine and Navy SEAL who also founded multiple tactical gear companies. Osman recounts …
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ResourceThe Real Story Behind Task Unit Bruiser’s Most Dangerous Operations
Ritland interviews a former Marine F-18 pilot who embedded with SEAL Task Unit Bruiser in Ramadi, Iraq in 2006. The guest recounts …
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ResourceThe Day We Invaded Panama
The guest recounts receiving an emergency call-in on a Friday or Saturday for what turned out to be the invasion of Panama. He …
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ResourceWhy Hazing Worked: The Reality No One Wants to Admit
Mike Ritland and guests (including Shane Patton and Clint Emerson, both former Navy SEALs) discuss hazing in the SEAL teams, arguing …
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ResourceThe MARSOC Selection Test That Breaks 70% of Marines
Ritland's guest, a Marine Special Operations (MARSOC) Raider, recounts his journey through selection, the nine-month Individual …
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ResourceMike Glover Armed His Team With Sticks—And THIS Happened
Mike Glover recounts running a 12-week training program in Libya to help a host nation fight Al-Qaeda. When ordered to conduct a …
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ResourceAnt Middleton Explains Why He’s REALLY Running for Mayor of London
Ritland interviews a British guest, reportedly a former UK special forces member, who discusses the state of British society, …
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ResourceK*lling Civilians In Combat: How Jeff Struecker Wrestled w/ Moral Decisions in the Battlefield
Jeff Struecker, a Ranger squad leader during the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu (depicted in Black Hawk Down), recounts the moral and …
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ResourceFrom TOPGUN to the F-22: Dave Berke’s Journey Through America’s Most Elite Units | Ep. 267
Mike Ritland interviews Dave Burke, a former Marine Corps fighter pilot who flew F-16s, F-18s, F-22s, and F-35s, served as a Top Gun …
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ResourceSEAL ARRESTED in Serbia — Framed as an Assassin for the President
A former Navy SEAL recounts his 18-month imprisonment in Serbia after being arrested and falsely accused of plotting to assassinate …
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ResourceDEVGRU VS Korea's 707th Special Mission Group
A former Korean Navy SEAL officer describes his military career, including deployments off the coast of Somalia during the piracy …
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ResourceJocko Willink Exposes the REAL Rivalry Between Delta and SEAL Team Six
Ritland recounts his path to joining the Navy SEALs, describing how a secondhand story about special operations units motivated him …
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ResourceWhat Really Happens in Area 51?
The guest discusses Area 51, describing it as a testing facility for special access programs. He characterizes it as similar to …
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ResourceWhy I Left the Marine Corps to Become a Green Beret
Ritland's guest, a former Marine who served in Fallujah before joining Army Special Forces, recounts his transition from the Marine …
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ResourceFrom LA Gang Life to Army Ranger: The Ultimate Redemption Story
Mike Ritland interviews a guest who transitioned from LA gang life to becoming an Army Ranger. The guest recounts joining the …
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ResourceUnbelievable UFO Encounter Shocks Fighter Pilot
Ritland recounts interviewing an F-18 pilot who described encountering unexplained phenomena on imagery systems that couldn't be …
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Resource200 Combat Ops Before 21: Cole Fackler’s SEAL Journey
Ritland interviews a former SEAL Team 10 operator who recounts his path from competitive swimming to Naval Special Warfare. The …
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ResourceAfghan Refugee Turned Marine & Green Beret | Ep. 266
Mike Ritland interviews Kaweah Ma'lay, the first Afghan-born Green Beret in U.S. Special Forces history. Ma'lay recounts his …
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ResourceI Never Expected My First Sniper Kill to Be Like This
A guest recounts his first sniper mission in Iraq, where his team set up to find a target terrorizing locals. The mission involved …
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ResourceTransitioning From Reserves To Contracting
Ritland hosts a guest who recounts his transition from Navy SEAL to Army Special Forces reserve, then into early private military …
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ResourceAfghan Commandos Turned On Us — Two Green Berets Didn’t Make It
Ritland recounts his experiences working with Afghan commandos during a deployment, describing the challenges of training local …
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ResourceI Refused To Take The COVID Shot & Got Kicked Out The Military
The guest discusses being forced out of the military after refusing the COVID vaccine. He describes submitting a religious waiver …
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