Trump Personally Received Our Mission Intel During Our Dive Op

About this video

The guest, a former Navy SEAL, recounts a 2018 deployment where his platoon conducted free-diving battle damage assessments on Yemeni mine damage to shipping containers in the Strait of Hormuz, with intelligence sent directly to President Trump. He describes the mission details, including close timing with hostile forces and diving in contaminated water without weapons. The conversation also covers his experience at sniper school and the loss of a close friend to suicide following a positive drug test.

Key takeaways

• The guest describes conducting unarmed free-dive operations (not scuba) to assess damage from Yemeni mines on shipping containers, with findings reportedly sent to President Trump and potential follow-on boarding missions that were never approved
• The guest recounts that actual combat diving missions remain rare in SEAL team history despite being the premier maritime special operations force, and notes his platoon had only three weeks of dive training prior to deployment
• The guest discusses the death of his close friend Justin Pegg, who died by suicide after testing positive for cocaine, and shares his view supporting the military’s zero-tolerance drug policy despite the tragic consequences

Episode details: published February 15, 2026 · 21.3K views · 21:34 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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