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DEVGRU Operator Eddie Penney | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 110

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

Society & Culture, Documentary, Politics, News

4.96.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2022

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

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In this episode of Mike Drop, former DEVGRU Operator Eddie Penney returns to the show and talks about his new book: Unafraid: Staring Down Terror as a Navy SEAL and Single Dad, BJJ and a myriad of other topics.

After two combat deployments with SEAL Team Two, Eddie tried out and was selected for DEVGRU, the elite of the elite and the tip of the nation’s spear in the fight against terrorist threats worldwide. Terrified of missing the action, Eddie became a breacher, the first man to the door on a target and one of the most dangerous jobs imaginable. Eddie endured five more deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa in his role, relishing in taking the fight to the enemy as he engaged in countless examples of extreme close-range combat.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
0:55 - Lightning Round
7:29 - Workout Routine / Combative Training
11:34 - Mindset / Situational Awareness
12:43 - BJJ
17:53 - New Book
26:43 - Writing Process / Relationships
33:41 - Family
37:39 - Dealing With Failures
39:47 - Taking Life
46:34 - Dreams / Brainspotting
54:57 - Writing Process / Relationship With Wife
56:39 - Tier 1 Character Trait
1:05:50 - Faith
1:08:53 - Culture War
1:18:37 - Unafraid
1:35:30 - Vets In Politics
1:37:25 - Equal Opportunity

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Transcript

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0:00.0

The regrets that I had were the shots that I did not take.

0:03.8

I don't regret killing those equal men.

0:05.9

I don't regret.

0:07.0

Regret it all.

0:11.2

The guy that I shot was doing ballistic tests

0:14.5

on KPR contractors, truck drivers.

0:17.9

On the side of the road, staking them down,

0:19.7

put them on the stake and stabbing them,

0:22.4

shooting them in different ports of body,

0:23.8

just like you said,

0:25.0

it looked like a gel mold, right now.

0:26.8

You don't have their body, like legs, arms,

0:28.8

necks.

0:30.4

When I saw that, I really got a crystal clear definition

0:34.4

of what it all is.

0:36.4

It was like, how could you do that to another human being?

0:47.4

Welcome to Mike Drop, the podcast where

0:50.3

relevancy is irrelevant, and we don't give a shit

0:53.1

about your feelings.

0:55.2

Ladies and gentlemen, as always, it's

0:56.7

full of an honor and pleasure to welcome back my next guest

0:59.5

to the podcast.

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