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Courage Under Fire | OMAR "CRISPY" AVILA

Order of Man

Ryan Michler

Society & Culture, Business

4.89.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

What does it take to exhibit extreme courage under fire? I wish I could tell you there was an exact formula for performing well under life and death pressure but there isn't. But what I can tell you is that my guest today, Omar 'Crispy' Avila is a man who has done just that.

When in Iraq, his vehicle was hit by an IED sending it six feet in the air. I'm not going to ruin the story by telling you about the resulting fallout and how Crispy conducted himself but I will say you're not going to want to miss it. We also talk about using humor as a way to calm a situation, overcoming survivor's guilt, how to train properly for unknown events, and how every man can learn to develop courage under fire.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

  • Serving your community
  • Letting your guard down
  • Making light of a situation
  • Comedy as therapy
  • Joining the infantry
  • Moving forward in life
  • Laying down fire
  • Extended deployment
  • Losing faith in God
  • Keeping your composure
  • The Green Zone
  • Flying into Germany
  • Focus under chaos
  • Survivors guilt
  • The recovery process
  • Finding inner peace

OMAR 'CRISPY' AVILA

My guest today is Omar 'Crispy' Avila and he is a retired army combat veteran. But more than that he is someone who is extremely influential in the veteran community and has used his unfortunate circumstances to lift and inspire millions of people across the planet.

He sustained catastrophic damage to his body when his vehicle was hit with an IED and survived over 75% of his body burned and been rendered nearly blind.

I had the opportunity to meet him at SHOT Show several months ago and invited him to join us on the podcast because I have always been inspired by how he lives his life, uses humor with the Black Rifle Coffee Company team to inspire, and the kind of man he is.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

What does it take to exhibit extreme courage under fire? Now, I wish I could tell you there was an exact formula for performing well under life and death pressure, but there just isn't.

0:10.0

But what I can tell you is that my guest today Omar, Chris B. Avila, is a man who was done just that.

0:16.0

When an Iraq, his vehicle was hit by an ID sending it six feet in the air.

0:21.0

I don't want to ruin the story by telling you about the resulting fallout and how crispy conducted himself, but I will say that you're not going to want to miss this one.

0:30.0

We also talk about using humor as a way to calm down a situation, overcoming survivors guilt, how to train properly for unknown events and how every man can learn to develop courage under fire.

0:44.0

You're a man of action. You live life to the fullest. Embrace your fears. Emboatly charge your own path. When life knocks you down, you get back up one more time. Every time. You are not easily deterred and defeated.

0:56.0

Rugged. New zillion. Strong. This is your life. This is who you are. This is who you will become. At the end of the day and after all is said and done, you can call yourself a man.

1:09.0

Gentlemen, what is going on today? My name is Ryan Nicler and I am the host and the founder of the Order of Man podcast and movement.

1:15.0

Thank you for being on this path with me, the path to reclaiming and restoring masculinity and stepping up fully as good and capable men.

1:24.0

If you're new to this podcast, we've got some great interviews with some phenomenal, phenomenal men.

1:30.0

These are guys like crispy, who's on the podcast today, but also Jocke Willink, David Goggins, Grant Cardone, Brian Rose, Andy Priscilla.

1:39.0

Oh man. I hate to even mention any names because the men that we've had on have been absolutely incredible, which is a testament to the message that we're sharing of reclaiming and restoring masculinity.

1:51.0

But it's also a testament to you and the power of the order, which is you guys sharing and promoting and being on this path.

1:59.0

It's the reason why we have so many powerful men who want to join us in these conversations on the podcast. This is a very, very powerful conversation.

2:09.0

I'm so honored to be able to have it with somebody I have admired and respected for a very long time. We're going to get to the introduction and the conversation in just a quick minute.

2:18.0

I do want to make a mention of my friends over at Origin. I know I talk about them a lot. That's because I wholeheartedly believe in what they're doing and they've made some big shifts and pivots over the past several months as a result of coronavirus and the fallout from that.

2:33.0

They shut down production on their denim and their boots temporarily and then moved over to masks. I think the last number that I saw they had made over 40,000 masks, which is an absolutely incredible thing.

2:47.0

They're doing over there. Now they're starting to pivot into some equipment for your physical health. They've got some plioboxes.

2:58.0

They've got a new tool called the burden bag, which is a leather bag that's shaped like a kettlebell. I have one. I love it. I use it. It's very versatile.

3:08.0

It's a cool piece of equipment. You can check that. I think they're on pre-order right now. Then they've got their nutritional supplemental lineup partnered up with Jocke Willink. They've got a lot going on. You can head to order of, not order of, man, that's my website.

3:23.0

You can go to their website, origin main origin main dot com and use the code order or our DER at checkout. So it's origin main. Don't go to my website. It's origin main dot com and use the code order at checkout.

3:37.0

All right guys, let me introduce you to my guest. His name is Omar crispy. He goes by crispy. Avila and he is a retired army combat veteran. But more than that, he's somebody who is extremely, extremely influential in the veteran community.

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