So I landed at all hell broke loose. I mean, there was multiple, multiple dudes in the compound. I had frickin small arms

fire coming at me. I had grenades being thrown at me. I had one RPG launched at me and I was the only one there like it was

frickin bad ass because while I was, while I was engaged in these targets, I'm getting on them and two things happen

I had right off. I'm like, this is good. I'm, I'm finally on the frick. Like I'm finally in a situation where no one

else to shoot. It's just me. And I also realized, which I, I say in my classes, when it comes to multiple, multiple targets, I realize real quick that the things that I've been training for are

multiple targets and doing like the rhythm drill or the cadence drill, which I thought was a good way to train multiple targets was bullshit.

Welcome to Combat Story. I'm Ryan Fugid and I serve WarZone Tourers as an Army attack helicopter pilot and CIA officer over a 15 year

career. I'm fascinated by the experiences of the elite and combat. On this show, I interview some of the best to understand what combat felt like on their

front lines. This is Combat Story. Today, we hear the combat story of Bob Keller, a retired Special Missions unit or Delta Force operator who spent

his entire military career in the Special Operations community. Bob began his career as a US Army Ranger and Special Forces

Marine Beret before transitioning to the unit. He spent several years as a professional golfer before finding his column as a soldier. As an

operator, he was in more than 400 engagements and 1000 missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other undisclosed locations. After retiring, Bob founded

gamut resolutions, a tactical and practical shooting program that uses the ready up training methodology to help students survive any

situation. He also oversees a charity that provides elite shooting courses to police for free. In this episode, Bob provides fascinating insight into the confidence,

training, and experiences of a Tier 1 operator. I hope you enjoy this combat story as much as I did. Thanks so much for taking the time

to your story today. Thank you. Thanks for having me on. So I love to start out when I'm talking to people with the type of

background you have going from Ranger battalion, Special Forces Group into Special Missions unit. I'm always curious when you first picked up a weapon. So if we could go back to your

childhood, did you grow up hunting? How soon were you acclimated to that side of the world of weapons and ammo?

Yeah, I'd say, my memory sucked, by the way. So yeah, looking back at like childhood stuff, I'd say 10, 11, maybe maybe eight was when I first, like, actually shot a

rifle, and I think it was so I know it was a 22. And my dad, but I don't know how he got it because he's not. He was never a hundred, never a big shooter, and brought me out to

the Rangers Lawson, because I think right then I, but I knew that that's the stuff I like to do. So me growing up in Minnesota, yeah, I did. I was, I was out in the woods hunting any, any, any chance I had. I mean, first thing I would usually do, but

you know, but I have hockey practice or something going on with golf. I mean, I was I was in the woods either just fucking off making forks and shit or

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