Active Life Radio 12: SPECIAL EPISODE - Is the USA becoming too unhealthy to stay a military power? With Air Force Special Forces Lt. Colonel Heath Kern
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Show Overview: The United States makes up 5% of the world’s population and consumes 80% of the world’s pharmaceutical drugs. That’s a huge problem for the military, and for the country.
Many drugs that are taken in the US are taken by children and adolescents. A percentage of those drugs are disqualifying for military service. Some of the drugs cause side effects that cause weight gain and lethargy which are also, ultimately, disqualifying for military selection.
If we don’t get ourselves healthy as a Country from the youth on up, we face some serious problems. If the adults don’t lead from the front, the children will fall from behind.
Obesity, drug use, mental health disorders, and so many more issues plague our youth, and yet, in many ways, our military special forces represent an equal, opposite. The reverence that our Special Operators in the military are held in can make these extraordinary men and women seem virtually unattainably virtuous.
In this interview with Dr. Sean, Lt. Colonel Heath Kern breaks down what it takes to go from every day American to American Hero, and you might be surprised what he says.
Minute Breakdown:
0-10 - What’s at stake?
11-20 - The joy of living a life to your calling.
21-30 - Do different branches of the military get along?
31-40 - How do you reconcile wanting to serve and not wanting to need war to do it?
41-49 - What are we going to do about health issues facing the country?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What's up everybody welcome back to active life video on the Shrug Collective Network today's episode |
| 0:06.4 | It's a special one |
| 0:08.8 | I thought really privileged to be able to give today's episode it was almost a surreal experience |
| 0:15.4 | I had the good honor and privilege to interview lieutenant Colonel |
| 0:20.1 | Heath Kerns of the Air Force special operations to talk to him about exactly what does it take? |
| 0:28.1 | To be a special operator in the United States Air Force |
| 0:32.8 | How cool is that |
| 0:34.9 | This guy is out there recruiting people who wants to do the most distinguished work in the world |
| 0:43.6 | And I got to spend an hour talking to him about it |
| 0:47.2 | Now here's the thing |
| 0:49.2 | I wanted this to be an interview that was different than mostly interviews that you typically hear with military veterans |
| 0:56.7 | Who we all have the most reverence for I didn't want to talk to him about old war stories |
| 1:01.5 | I wanted to talk to lieutenant Colonel Harnes about excuse me current about |
| 1:08.8 | What it takes to be the kind of person who can do those kinds of things |
| 1:13.0 | And when I say those kinds of things what I'm talking about is a man who could win the bronze star |
| 1:19.0 | Have the defense meritorious service metal |
| 1:22.7 | Air Force commendation metal with Oak Leaf |
| 1:26.2 | Cluster |
| 1:27.4 | Air Force combat action metal |
| 1:30.3 | Afghanistan campaign metal Iraq campaign metal no big deal |
| 1:35.7 | I mean what does it take to be that and I've one of the things I found to be the most interesting was that |
| 1:42.1 | It's not what you might think |
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