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The Shawn Ryan Show

#2 Travis Kennedy - Navy SEAL / BUDS Instructor

The Shawn Ryan Show

Shawn Ryan Show

Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.946.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2020

⏱️ 185 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Shawn Ryan sits down with Travis Kennedy, a former Navy SEAL, BUD/S instructor, and currently the CEO of KDS (Kennedy Defensive Shooting). We start off discussing the tension and unrest within the United States in regards to the president's response of an attack on US Embassy in Iraq to coordinate a drone strike on the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Shawn then gets into the details of Kennedy's broken home childhood, and how he overcame all odds in becoming one the United States' elite Navy SEAL Operators. Travis takes the audience into the details of what combat looks like as an elite operator. Shawn then digs into Travis's transition from military life to civilian life, how the FBI decided he was not a qualified candidate to work for the organization and how he moved passed that denial. Vigilance Elite/Shawn Ryan Links: Website - https://www.shawnryanshow.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/VigilanceElite TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnryanshow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/shawnryan762 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.2

So you're going out every day. You're getting a gunfight outside of your fob.

0:50.0

Then you come home and then you get a deal with the base getting hit.

0:53.7

How many engagements would you say you were a part of in that eight months? Do you have any idea?

1:01.2

I lost count. Who's that many? Just to put that in perspective for it because most

1:04.8

guys don't think about this. That's 180 fucking engagements.

1:11.6

They're very first up. The helo crashed. Oh shit.

1:15.5

Kill everybody. One guy survived. I want to take a call. I have your dad on the line, Jim.

1:21.0

Hey, Jim. How's it going? This is John Ryan.

1:28.4

I just in the back of my mind hope that you understood or at least somewhat understood

1:32.8

what I was actually going to do. Yeah, there was definitely emotional death in the end.

1:36.3

But I still have that call clearly. I didn't want to run on to him.

1:40.6

I don't know how emotional it was. Fucking every night right when the sun down, these dudes are just

1:46.3

smashes with small arms and they would be effective. A lot of times when you lose guys in a combat zone

1:52.0

and you know them, it'll create a type of ritual. Did I do anything? I'm going to take another call.

1:58.6

We got a mutual friend on the line who was there with that whole second employment with you.

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