Navy Seal Charged with Murder in Iraq Dan Cerrillo | Mike Drop- Episode 89

About this video

This Mike Drop Podcast episode features Navy SEAL veteran Dan ‘Taco’ Cerrillo, who discusses his 14-year SEAL career, four contractor deployments, and transition to running Spartan 7 and working in veteran mental health. Cerrillo, according to his own account, describes surviving a difficult childhood marked by poverty and instability, which he credits with making SEAL training easier for him than for most candidates. The conversation covers his nickname’s origin, celebrity security work, parenting, morning routines, and early life experiences that shaped his military path.

Key takeaways

• Cerrillo attributes his resilience in SEAL training to surviving severe childhood adversity, stating that BUD/S ‘was really easy’ because he had already endured hunger, cold, and abuse
• His daily mantra ‘my problems are not their problems’ helps him avoid bringing negative emotions from work into his interactions with staff and family
• He now runs Spartan 7, providing executive leadership training and security, and serves as CAO for American Addiction Centers focusing on veteran mental health

Episode details: published April 8, 2022 · 106.9K views · 3:05:12 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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