BORTAC Spec Ops Marine Erin 'Jammer' Switzer - Part Two | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 146

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

Society & Culture, Documentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

BORTAC: Border Patrol Tactical Unit. An elite arm of the United States Border Patrol, BORTAC works in conjunction with other law enforcement departments to stop criminals, catch smugglers, and protect the U.S. from dangers at home and away. Just take it from Erin 'Jammer' Switzer - he's been a part of BORTAC as a K9 handler for years. And the border isn't the only place he's smashing heads - he's also appeared in Call of Duty and Amazon's 'The Terminal List' too.

But what exactly does BORTAC do? How do they operate? And what are the boundaries of their jurisdiction, if they have any at all? Fortunately, Jammer's got the answers.

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
01:42 - BORTAC Loadouts & Tactical Gear
09:46 - Outsmarting the Smugglers
14:30 - Responding to Uvalde
17:51 - BORSTAR: Border Patrol Search, Trauma, & Rescue
22:50 - Avenging Brian Terry
38:04 - Human Atrocities
41:17 - People Processing
46:56 - Politics in a Border Crisis
56:20 - Notable Encounters
01:01:45 - Recruiting At Any Age
01:07:48 - Going Hollywood
01:16:16 - What's Next?

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0:00.0	This guy, if we wouldn't have found him, like in the middle of nowhere, if we wouldn't have found this dude, he's going on.
0:05.4	And that's just, you know, us just stumbling on people by chance or, you know, like a 911 call or something like that.
0:15.2	But you see so much of it and that's not even our real mission.
0:19.6	You know, poor stars primarily going out there doing all the rescue calls, but Evaldi was a big thing where our team was kind of got thrust into the spotlight.
0:28.9	A lot of that is just evolved from what, you know, society is kind of creative over the years.
0:34.7	You know, you take away funding from law enforcement, you take away support from law enforcement, and then you, you know, breed a workforce that trains guys to, like, ask for permission to act before they do what they know is right.
0:47.4	You know, a lot of people stay around and waiting for some initiative instead of, you know, breeding that warrior mindset.
0:54.5	Anytime you mix, you know, money and drugs and trafficking and stuff, there's going to be weapons.
1:07.5	Welcome to Mike Drop, the podcast where relevancy is irrelevant and we don't give a shit about your feelings.
1:14.6	Of course, it's different now, man.
1:18.2	Like when you start out, you know, you have your, you know, your young guys, you're all starting out together, so you have similar experiences, your families are all the same age and stuff like that.
1:27.2	And it's like, and then time flies and now I'm looking around them.
1:30.0	Like, I'm the old crusty dude in there.
1:32.0	And it's like, yeah, um, you know, these guys are starting out of babies and, you know, you're just like, damn, I blinked and now I'm one of the old dudes, you know.
1:42.0	Man, I know what I think about that a lot because, you know, my time in the military, I was always the youngest.
1:47.7	I mean, I was the youngest student in Buds.
1:50.7	You know, of my class, I was the young guy in my platoon, first platoon, like, and it was just like, and then the next thing I know, like, now I'm the fucking old guy.
1:59.1	Like, just weird.
2:01.6	In terms of the equipment that you guys use, I know the listeners and myself would be curious to know of what you can talk about.
2:10.0	Like, especially weapon systems wise.
2:12.4	Like, is there a primary platform to you guys use all kinds of different shit?
2:16.5	Like, what does your loadout look like?
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