#337 - Brandon Young & Blayne Smith: "From the Battlefield to Business"

Black Rifle Coffee Podcast

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🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 111 minutes

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We’re back! Marty Skovlund sits down with Brandon Young and Blayne Smith on this week’s Black Rifle Coffee Podcast for a conversation packed with stories of leadership, perseverance, and transition. Both Brandon and Blayne bring decades of experience from their time in the military—Brandon as an Army Ranger and Blayne as a Green Beret. From their service during some of the most intense years of modern warfare to navigating careers in business and leadership development, this episode dives deep into what it means to lead, adapt, and keep pushing forward. Whether it's combat, sales, or building a team, the same principles apply. Don't miss this one! It’s got everything from Ranger stories to the hard truths about transitioning out of the military and finding new purpose. Grab a cup of coffee and tune in! Host: Find more about Marty Skovlund on socials @martythewriter And check out his book: “Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War” https://a.co/d/ijYqfR3 Guests: Find more about Brandon Young & Blayne Smith on socials: @blayneps @Brandon.young14 @Appliedleadershippartners Visit their website: www.appliedleadershippartners.com And check out their book: “Perseverance > Endurance: Lead with Resilience. Grow Through Adversity. Win Together.” https://a.co/d/3rwqeVA

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0:00.0	Black Rifle Coffee, baby. Pretty cool.
0:06.0	Yeah, we're out here at Black Rifle Coffee headquarters in Salt Lake City, and this is you guys' first time out here.
0:13.3	I've known both of you for a while. No, probably Brandon Longer, right?
0:16.7	Like, we met back out in Colorado, and it would have been 2013 or 14ish probably in that time frame. Yep. At least a decade. Yeah, I got out of the Army and then moved out to Colorado. And one of the first one thing that I love about Colorado, speaking of Colorado is there's a great ranger community there. They do a monthly ranger breakfast. I heard about that. Showed up. That's where I met you. Yep. What a great place community there. They do a monthly Ranger breakfast. I heard about that, showed up.
0:38.4	That's where I met you.
0:39.5	Yep.
0:58.5	What a great place to like get out of the military and then immediately plug into like-minded people. Yeah, for sure. And then Blaine, you and I, I think, kind of gravitated in the same circles for a long time. I mean, we've talked right between Team Red, White white and blue and go rock and these different things that you've been involved with over the years.
1:03.7	And obviously, you know, your former Special Forces officer, Brandon's a former Ranger,
1:08.0	competed at Best Ranger competition. Did you win Best Ranger competition? Did not. We placed third.
1:10.9	Jeremiah Pittman and I placed third. Oh, okay. Well,
1:12.3	I've been telling all these people that you told me
1:13.1	that you won the whole thing
1:14.3	multiple years and a row. Very kind of you. Certainly never said that. I like how you said, you didn't say I've been telling people you won. You said, I've been telling people that you told me that you won. Yeah. It ain't easy having pals.
1:25.4	Yeah.
1:25.7	This is the way it is.
1:27.0	You know, I just want to make sure we get the rumor mill going.
1:29.3	Yes, certainly never said that.
1:31.1	One of these days that you certainly never said that. Proudly podiumed in third. Yeah, which is for the record, never competed in the best range of competition. I just want to make sure that we're clear. Yeah, never competed in anything even remotely approaching something.
1:45.7	Yeah, what do you give me a hard time for?
1:59.4	Give me a break. I'm not giving you a hard time at all. Like, I just want to make sure that I do something that make you a little bit uncomfortable here. Like, you know. Get you off your mark. Yeah. You know, exactly. You know, a little bit, you know. Okay. That's cool.
2:02.1	Like that's, you know, that's what makes these things funny.
2:03.4	I'm going to really focus now.
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