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Best Case Worst Case

467|An actual American Hero part 2

Best Case Worst Case

X-G Productions

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.23.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Maureen and Jim continue their conversation with Ret. Capt. Jason Koehler- A real-life special Operations Veteran who has lived with an extraordinary life and career.

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0:00.0

Hello, welcome to the best case, worst case.

0:09.4

This is Jim Clementi, retired FBI profiler, former New York City prosecutor, right,

0:13.0

reducer of criminal minds and bluebeard on Audible.

0:15.4

Who with me today is?

0:17.3

Maureen O'Connell, a 25-year veteran with the FBI and your co-host for today.

0:22.7

We also have our very special guest from last week is back, and he is...

0:28.4

Jason Kohler, a 22-year Special Forces veteran, both first and 10th Special Forces groups.

0:34.6

Awesome. Well, Jason, I know last week you briefly mentioned the first Gulf War. And

0:41.3

I remember that very well because I was actually in the FBI undercover on the commodities exchange

0:48.4

trading crude oil futures. And of course, when the war broke out, that created some serious volatility in the crude oil market and

0:58.5

that was a little bit insane because I was just I literally had never gone to school for any of

1:05.8

this stuff and I actually got a job as a as a clerk and then six months, took the test, became a broker and was in there trading.

1:16.3

And of course, every day, because we were so volatile, you know, CNN was there with cameras.

1:21.3

I was ducking cameras.

1:22.6

And it was all sorts of craziness.

1:24.0

But my friend, my friend Yang was flying refuelers out there. And he would send

1:31.3

me pictures of, you know, fighter jets coming up with, you know, shrapnel holes in the wings and

1:38.9

fin and everything. And he was keeping me up to date on that.

1:49.4

You called it a brief war, but it was pretty crazy, pretty crazy.

1:54.0

And I'm sure that, you know, that was just the beginning for you.

1:56.4

So that's an amazing career you've had.

1:58.9

And thank you so much for everything you did.

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