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ResourceBUD/S VS French Foreign Legion Selection: Which One is HARDER?
Ritland's guest recounts his path to becoming a Navy SEAL, describing boot camp with an all-SEAL candidate class, BUD/S training …
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ResourceNavy SEAL Reveals Why BUD/S Became the Most Costly Tour of His Career
Ritland's guest Brad Gary, a former Navy SEAL officer, recounts his decision to return to SEAL training (BUD/S) as commanding …
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ResourceFormer BUD/S Commander Reveals Why He Was Willing to Lose His Trident | Ep. 311
Mike Ritland interviews Captain Brad Geary, a 25-year Naval Special Warfare veteran and former commanding officer of Naval Special …
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ResourceHe Failed SQT On The LAST Day — Then This Happened
A former Navy SEAL recounts his experience through BUD/S training, including getting rolled in SQT and checking into SEAL Team 4. He …
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ResourceThe Youngest Guy at BUD/S
Ritland recounts his experience as the youngest member of his BUD/S class, describing his daily duty cleaning the bell and watching …
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ResourceBill Rapier Reveals the REAL Difference Between BUD/S and DEVGRU Selection
Bill Rapier discusses his journey from wanting to attend West Point to joining the Navy SEALs, motivated by finding the hardest …
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ResourceJocko Willink Reveals Why He Chose the SEAL Teams Over Delta Force
Mike Ritland recounts his path to joining the Navy SEALs, inspired by a secondhand story about Delta Force and SEALs. He describes …
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ResourceNavy SEAL Shows Best EDC for Strict Gun Laws
Ritland's guest discusses his EDC preferences favoring Glock platforms for magazine interoperability, his childhood path to becoming …
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ResourceI Survived Afghanistan as a SEAL Just to Get Shot in California Over $3k | Ep. 300
Mike Ritland interviews Derek Yiannis, a Navy SEAL veteran who served 12.5 years in the Navy with 8 as a team guy. Yiannis recounts …
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ResourceDavid Goggins Showed Up Right After Our Crew Leader Died in Hell Week
Ritland's guest, a former Navy SEAL, recounts experiences from BUD/S training (Class 235, which included David Goggins) and combat …
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ResourceBUD/S Selects For This Very Specific Trait (And It's Not What You Think)
A former Navy SEAL recounts his BUD/S training and multiple deployments, primarily to Afghanistan in 2008-2010. He describes how the …
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ResourceNavy SEAL Hell Week VS NFL Tryouts
A former NFL player who transitioned to Navy SEAL training describes his experience at BUD/S as significantly tougher than …
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ResourceHis Wife Convinced Him to Ring the Bell — Then He Regretted It Immediately
A guest recounts his extraordinarily difficult path through Navy SEAL training (BUD/S), which required four attempts at Hell Week …
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ResourceBUD/S Pool Comp Almost Killed Me (Here's What Happened)
A former Navy SEAL recounts his BUD/S training experiences, focusing on the challenging underwater evolutions. He describes nearly …
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ResourceMike Ritland Reunites w/ BUD/S Candidate Remi Adeleke
Mike Ritland reunites with Remi Adeleke, a former Navy SEAL who Ritland instructed during BUD/S training. Adeleke recounts his …
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ResourceHe Quit On The First Day Of BUD/S?
Mike Ritland discusses the BUD/S training experience with a guest who started with 119 candidates and graduated with only 14 …
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ResourceThe HARDEST Part of BUD/S
A former Navy SEAL recounts that being cold was the worst part of BUD/S for him overall. He describes struggling significantly with …
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ResourceThe HARDEST Part of BUD/S According to Bill Rapier
Bill Rapier, a former Navy SEAL, discusses his experience at BUD/S training with host Mike Ritland. Rapier recounts that being cold …
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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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ResourceEx–ROK Navy SEAL Ken Rhee Breaks Down the Reality of War with North Korea | Ep. 265
Ritland interviews Ken Reed, a former lieutenant in the Republic of Korea SEAL teams who also completed US Navy BUDS training. Reed, …
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ResourceThe BUD/S Experience From My POV
A former Navy SEAL recounts his experience going through BUD/S training and his first deployment to Baghdad, Iraq around 2007-2008. …
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ResourceThe Psychological Hell No One Talks About in BUD/S
A former Navy SEAL recounts his experience going through BUD/S training with Class 189 in the late 1990s. He discusses the …
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ResourceAndy Stumpf Exposes Brutal SEAL Training Psychology That Forces Men to Quit
Ritland recounts his experiences as a BUD/S instructor from 2006-2008, discussing his approach to facilitating SEAL selection and …
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ResourceMikey "Big Balls" Ritland: The Story Behind the Nickname
Mike Ritland and guest Chris Osman recount how Ritland earned the nickname "Mikey Big Balls" during Navy SEAL Hell Week, when …
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