This is Warrior Kid Podcast number 27 Ask Uncle Jake. This podcast is based on the

three Wave the Warrior Kid books. The first one, Wave the Warrior Kid, Wimpy to

Warrior the Navy Seal away. The second one, Mark's Mission, and now the third one

where there's a will. The books are about young Mark who faces a lot of problems

that kids everywhere face. But Mark gets help solving those problems from his

Uncle Jake, who was a Navy Seal and who stays with Mark in the summertime. And this

podcast is usually for kids to hear some more lessons from Uncle Jake and also

to get the chance to ask Uncle Jake questions. But today we have a guest on

the podcast by the name of Jason Gardner. Like Uncle Jake, Jason Gardner was a

Navy Seal. He was in the Seal Teams for 30 years and he also has some Warrior

Kids of his own. So I thought it would be nice to bring him on and ask him some

questions. So Jason, thank you for coming on to the Warrior Kid Podcast. Thanks for

having me. And I've got some questions for you. The first question I want to ask you

is, did you have any fears when you were a kid growing up? And if you did have

fears, how did you overcome them? Sure. I used to be terrified and I'm still a

little bit nervous about heights. And when I say heights, that's like even climbing

up on the jungle gym or the monkey bars when I was a kid would make me really

nervous and fearful. And it was something that I had to do a little bit at a

time. So I could play it those monkey bars and then get over it enough so I could

do all the stuff that the seal does. And on top of, you know, being afraid of

heights, I was also really afraid of the dark. And at first I would go to bed and

have a flashlight and I would have it on. And then it would be enough for me just

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