#285 - Navy SEAL Ephraim Mattos and a Non-Profit Built for War Zones

Black Rifle Coffee Podcast

Black Rifle Coffee Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2023

⏱️ 133 minutes

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Summary

Retired SEAL and author Ephraim Mattos was shot in the calf while volunteering as a medic with the Iraqi Army as he was transitioning out of the Navy. It was all caught on camera and went viral. He recovered from his wound, and ever since, he's been working constantly to continue a life of service and to help people who need it most in some of the most violent places on the planet. That's why he started Stronghold Rescue & Relief, a non-profit built to give aid to people in literal war zones. Mattos sits down with Black Rifle Coffee Co.'s Evan Hafer to talk about his new mission in life, what it's like to know he'll be heading into heavy combat in Burma in the next couple of months (and whether or not he's armed on these missions), that unique struggles people are facing in that country, the trials and tribulations faced by GWOT veterans of all stripes, and lots more on this week's Black Rifle Coffee Podcast. Follow Ephraim Mattos: Instagram Stronghold Rescue & Relief

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0:00.0	I step back behind the tank, and then I get shot.
0:02.4	The bullet hit me in the calf, just went from the calf.
0:04.8	And then the guys, they start screaming.
0:06.4	They start screaming, like, get up, get up, get up,
0:07.7	because I'm looking at my leg going,
0:09.3	all right, is my leg snapped in half.
0:11.9	I'm like, waiting for the pain to set in.
0:13.2	I'm like, looking for blood, I'm in some sort of
0:15.0	momentary shock, because I just got hit.
0:16.8	And we're getting fired on from the flanks.
0:18.6	ISIS is dumping mortars on us.
0:20.1	This is like a suicide mission.
0:22.9	The black rifle podcast starts now.
0:26.2	So you went to buds with them?
0:28.5	Yeah, yeah.
0:29.9	I went through buds with, and SQT with, yeah, Mr. Ballon.
0:33.5	Oh, okay.
0:34.4	Does he have his, like, real name out there?
0:36.3	Yeah, yeah, yeah, he talks about it publicly.
0:40.0	Yeah, he, um, when he, I forget, I forgot exactly
0:44.8	how he got started.
0:45.7	He was like, one of the first dudes, like, really,
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