Navy SEAL Was Underwater For 11 Hours!

About this video

A Navy SEAL recounts his longest dive, which lasted 11 and a half hours, and mentions hearing about a teammate from his training class who completed a 14-hour dive. He describes a mission involving target tracking, surveillance, and coordinating airstrikes with F-16s and Apache helicopters. The SEAL reflects on the challenges of submarine deployments, including inability to communicate with home, and discusses various underwater operations including reconnaissance and sabotage missions.

Key takeaways

• The guest describes his longest dive lasting 11.5 hours, with a teammate’s dive reaching 14 hours
• The guest recounts a mission that involved tracking a target, surveillance, and coordinating strikes with F-16 and Apache aircraft
• The guest states that submarine deployments were the hardest part of his career due to inability to communicate with home
• The guest describes working with a corrupt Iraqi judge who would issue arrest warrants, only for detainees to be released within days

Episode details: published September 28, 2026 · 29.9K views · 1:11 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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