90: Tough As They Come. Travis Mills. Soldier. Warrior. Hero.

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🗓️ 30 August 2017

⏱️ 176 minutes

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Summary

0:00:00 - Opening.

0:08:38 - Travis Mills

0:29:22 - First Deployment.

0:36:57 - R&R... And Romance.

0:41:31 - Re-Deploy.

1:05:22 - Home for Leave.

1:26:33 - Re-Deployment.

1:39:49 - Wounded by an IED.

2:03:25 - Recovery. Pain. Family Support.

2:22:28 - Moving to Maine.

2:24:12 - Starting the Travis Mills Foundation.

2:27:34 - Final Thoughts.

2:32:46 - Support, JockoStore stuff, Origin Brand Apparel, with Jocko White Tea and Psychological Warfare (on iTunes). Extreme Ownership (book), The Discipline Equals Freedom Field Manual. Extreme Ownership Muster 004 in San Diego.

2:53:54 - Closing Gratitude.

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0:00.0	This is Jocco Podcast number 90 with echo Charles and me, Jocco Willink. Good evening, echo. Good evening.
0:14.0	As my wife Tori mentioned, this past week has been one of the most challenging of my life.
0:21.0	I want to say thanks to my friends and family for your support. You really have no idea how much of a few words of encouragement can mean when you are at a time and place like this.
0:34.0	Thanks again.
0:38.0	My platoon is in a very active area of operations in southern Afghanistan. Our mission is to close with and destroy the enemy.
0:46.0	There is no outside the wire here because there is no wire. My boys are simply always on alert.
0:58.0	We haven't had a shower since we've been in Afghanistan. We've run non-stop missions and have been very successful at accomplishing these without experiencing any injuries to our own.
1:11.0	I'm just trying to paint a picture of life here and not trying to make you feel sorry for us.
1:20.0	Trust me, I belong here with these guys and we are a family.
1:28.0	Rather, I want to paint a picture because I'd like to tell you about Travis Mills.
1:34.0	I know you don't know him, but it would mean a lot to me to be able to spread his story.
1:43.0	My platoon's string of missions without injury came to an abrupt and violent end last week when we had dismounted ID during combat operations.
1:53.0	I had three paratroopers injured from the blast. One was minor, one was severe, and one was simply beyond words.
2:10.0	The most severe injury was sustained by my weapon squad leader, Travis Big Mills.
2:17.0	I'd like to take the opportunity to tell you about him. Even under the conditions that I've described, he is the best of us.
2:27.0	He was the biggest guy in the platoon and has the biggest heart to go with it.
2:33.0	He was eager to please and always cheer us up. He led from the front and was injured because of it.
2:41.0	He preferred that he take the injury over any man in his squad.
2:49.0	He was the most fearless person I have ever seen in combat.
2:55.0	When we weren't in combat, he was great to have around.
3:00.0	He woke up every morning and sang a bunch of different songs to us.
3:04.0	Usually Kasia or Britney Spears or the songs of some other girl band.
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