Combat Story (Ep. 80): Green Beret | Sergeant Major | Australian SASR Exchange | Talent War Group | Josh Johnson
Combat Story
Ryan Fugit
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2022
⏱️ 101 minutes
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Summary
Josh spent multiple years downrange in Iraq and Afghanistan, many with 1st Special Forces Group, in combat where he led from the front but also spent years teaching other Green Berets and partner forces.
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Josh was selected as an Exchange Officer to the Australian Special Air Services Regiment where he trained and fought alongside our very close Australian brethren. In his last two years of service, Josh focused specifically on leadership development and training.
Since leaving the service, Josh has continued training and developing leaders, this time with Mike Sarraille’s Talent War Group where Josh is a Partner and Senior VP of Leadership Development.
I hope you enjoy this interesting and wide-ranging Combat Story as much as I did.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Guest Introduction (Josh Johnson)
1:36 - Interview begins
3:29 - His time fighting alongside the Aussies
8:11 - Growing up in small town in Utah and having a dad in military
18:41 - How he found himself on the SF track after National Guard and being an MP
30:24 - Funny story about robbing a Bosnian bathroom
32:32 - Selection experience in 1999 and where he was when 9/11 happened
34:56 - Combat Story #1 - Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines and his first time getting shot at
46:33 - Combat Story #2 -A multi-hour gun fight and getting hit with RPGs in Afghanistan
58:34 - Combat Story #3 - Stories of men getting shot next to him
1:09:35 - Experience as an ODA working with ranger battalion
1:19:18 - Transition to Talent War Group
1:25:42 - Benefits of vets in corporate America and unique challenges they face
1:31:24 - What did you carry into combat?
1:35:20 - Would you do it again?
1:39:20 - Listener comments and shout outs
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| 0:00.0 | So there were two targets on the objective. The Rangers were going after a facilitator, |
| 0:04.2 | and we were tasked to find this IED facility, which in hindsight, that's a terrible thing to do. |
| 0:11.4 | If we think it's one, why don't we just drop a bomb on it? Which is what we ended up doing |
| 0:15.2 | on the next side is, you know, just pulling a couple of 500 pounders and leveling that compound. |
| 0:22.4 | Welcome to Combat Story. I'm Ryan Fugid, and I serve WarZone Tours as an Army attack helicopter |
| 0:27.1 | pilot and CIA officer over a 15-year career. I'm fascinated by the experiences of the elite |
| 0:32.7 | and combat. On this show, I interview some of the best to understand what combat felt like |
| 0:37.7 | on their front lines. This is Combat Story. Today, we hear the combat story of a long time |
| 0:44.1 | Green Beret, combat veteran, and retired Sergeant Major Josh Johnson. Josh spent multiple years |
| 0:50.6 | downrange in Iraq and Afghanistan, many with first Special Forces Group in combat where he led |
| 0:56.7 | from the front, but he also spent years teaching other Green Berets and partner forces. |
| 1:01.6 | Josh was selected as an exchange officer to the Australian Special Air Services Regiment, or SAS, |
| 1:08.0 | where he trained and fought alongside our very close Australian brethren. In his last two years |
| 1:13.2 | of service, Josh focused specifically on leadership development and training, which has served |
| 1:17.6 | him well. Since leaving the service, Josh has continued training and developing leaders. |
| 1:22.7 | This time, with Mike Surreali's talent war group, where Josh is a partner and senior vice |
| 1:27.2 | president of leadership development. I hope you enjoy this interesting and wide-ranging combat story |
| 1:34.1 | as much as I did. Josh, thanks for taking the time to share your story with us today. |
| 1:39.8 | Yeah, excited to be here. Thanks. Hey, could we just start with the picture on the wall behind you, |
| 1:44.7 | which is pretty cool looking album. Yeah, that is a super cool picture. So I was fortunate enough |
| 1:52.8 | to do an exchange with the Australian SAS, and while I was there, we had, me as the American, |
| 1:59.8 | a Brit, a Canadian by birth, and then a Kiwi. So we had all five eyes, and the artist is actually |
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