Are We The Biggest Threat to National Security? USAF Spec Ops Trent Seegmiller | Mike Drop Ep. 223

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

Society & Culture, Documentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 131 minutes

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Should the US acquire Greenland for staging Nukes? Is Shawn Ryan a covert government plant? Retired Air Force Special Warfare Weatherman Trent Seegmiller returns from Episode 67 to give his unfiltered and uncensored take on how woke DEI policies are destroying military morale. Trent and Mike take an in-depth look at the hot-button political and social topics the US Military is facing, including transgender issues, female operators in Spec Ops, and what benefits veterans really deserve. Watch Trent's original appearance on Mike Drop in Episode 67 Here - https://youtu.be/y9z78R1RTM8 #military #nationalsecurity #transgender Like + Subscribe to the Mike Drop Podcast to Support the Show & Guests at http://youtube.com/@MikeRitland?sub_confirmation=1 Like, Subscribe, and Hit the Notification Bell to Get Notified when the Full Episode drops this Monday at 6pm CST at http://youtube.com/@MikeRitland?sub_confirmation=1 Subscribe to the Mike Drop Patreon Page to see Ad-Free Episodes Early + Bonus Content at https://www.patreon.com/mikedrop ---------- 00:00 - Intro 14:36 - I Had A Paper Route 17:00 - A Good Ol' Fashioned Air-Force Hazing 22:23 - Evading the Linguists Program 36:21 - Going Mask Off on COVID 41:52 - DEI at the Air Force 57:23 - Serving New Masters - Deploying from W. to Trump 01:10:44 - Ones Ready & Contracting: What I've Been Up To Since I Got Out 01:21:40 - Is Shawn Ryan a Government Plant? 01:28:28 - The Guardian Grit Project 01:31:01 - Looking Forward to Another Trump Term 01:41:24 - Fixing the V.A. 01:48:58 - Greenland & The Panama Canal 01:51:11 - Ones Ready: Hosting a Special Warfare Podcast 02:03:04 - Questions from Patreon ---------- Support Trent Seegmiller - Check Out Trent's Previous Appearance on Mike Drop in Episode 67 at https://youtu.be/y9z78R1RTM8 Listen to Ones Ready on Spotify at https://shorturl.at/aJbTY YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OnesReady Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onesready Website: https://onesready.com/ Find Out More about Kris Tomes and the Guardian Grit project at https://www.instagram.com/guardian_grit ---------- Sponsors: Helix Go to https://www.helixsleep.com/mikedrop for 27% Off Sitewide + 2 Free Dream Pillows with Mattress Purchase at https://www.helixsleep.com/mikedrop. ---------- Stopbox For a limited time only, our listeners are getting a crazy deal. Not only do you get 10% Off your ENTIRE order when you use code MIKEDROP at https://stopboxusa.com/, but they are ALSO giving you Buy-One-Get-OneFree for their StopBox Pro! That’s 10% off AND a Free StopBox Pro when you use code MIKEDROP at https://stopboxusa.com/. Discover a better way to balance security and readiness with StopBox! ---------- Beam Take advantage of Beam's biggest sale of the year and get up to 40% off for a limited time when you go to https://www.shopbeam.com/MIKEDROP and use promo code MIKEDROP at checkout! ---------- 120Life Go to https://www.120life.com - that’s https://www.120life.com - and remember to use code, “DROP” D-R-O-P to support the show and save 15%! ---------- TEAM DOG FOOD, TREATS & SUPPLEMENTS Be Your Dog’s Hero: Veteran-owned by a former Navy SEAL and Special Operations K9 Trainer, Team Dog provides a complete diet of science-backed premium dog food, treats, and supplements to optimize your dog’s health, forged from rigorous standards and real-world expertise. https://www.teamdog.shop TEAM DOG ONLINE TRAINING Mike Ritland – a former Navy SEAL & Special Operations K9 trainer – shares his simple and effective dog training program to build trust and control with your dog. Based on Mike’s bestselling book “Team Dog, Train the Navy SEAL Way”, join tens of thousands of families that successfully trained their way to a better dog. https://www.teamdog.pet SHOP ALL THE MIKE RITLAND BRANDS Get all your Mike Ritland branded gear - Mike Drop | Trikos | Team Dog https://shop.mikeritland.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.2	Who are you? That's a good question post-retirement, you know? Like, that's one of those things.
0:36.7	What's the first that comes to mind.
0:40.6	I'm a husband and father, a free American.
0:41.9	Patriot?
0:44.3	Patriot is a funny word.
0:50.7	Socom needs to know the weather for planning purposes and also for execution of missions.
0:59.7	They can put one of us out there to make an accurate forecast for things to make the mission successful. The fake flu thing that we decided to end the world over, then all of our military quote unquote leaders that decided to just totally kow to whoever they were
1:05.2	cowtowing to. Trump was divisive, you know, and there's two parts of the military, right? Between
1:10.4	COVID, between the
1:11.3	Afghanistan withdrawal, all the people that had hid behind their waivers and all the other crap to not
1:16.0	deploy, they all came out of the woodwork. It's not that we weren't capable of taking care of ISIS.
1:20.1	Like, everyone was just waiting for the green light, which never came from the White House.
1:24.2	When you want to be part of a war fighting community, like you said, like are you bringing value? Are you and a pleasure to welcome my next guest to the podcast.
1:54.6	He's a retired Special Operations Weatherman. Yes, that did used to exist. He's the co-host of One's Ready podcast with Jared Peaches,
2:03.2	Petrus, which we actually had on not too long ago last year. He's back from his first appearance.
2:09.1	He was on episode 67 all the way back in February of 21. But now that he's not on active duty,
2:15.2	we're going to get his unfiltered true mic drop approach to the U.S. Air Force, the Department of Defense, and all things that are behind the Wizards Curtain.
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