Mike Drop Podcast Episode 51: Mike Glover - The Fieldcraft Survival Expert
About this video
Mike Ritland interviews Mike Glover, a former Green Beret with 20 years in the US Army and subsequent CIA contractor work. Glover describes his current work as CEO of Fieldcraft Survival, which provides survival and preparedness training to civilians. The conversation covers Glover’s military career path, his childhood in a military family, his time as a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier guard, and his training philosophy centered on preparedness for natural and man-made disasters.
Key takeaways
- Glover recounts joining the Army at 17, initially being assigned the wrong MOS, and ultimately serving as a Tomb Guard before attending Special Forces selection
- According to Glover, he founded Fieldcraft Survival to teach preparedness skills across the political spectrum, viewing survival as equally important for everyone regardless of background
- Glover describes his daily routine as prioritizing seven hours of sleep for cognitive health and TBI recovery, fasting in the morning, running, and focusing on content creation and weekend training courses
Episode details: published January 15, 2020 · 301.4K views · 3:22:00 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.
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