Episode 402 - Michael Montoya - Don't Kick Land Mines in Ukraine

Cleared Hot

Society & Culture

4.9 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Michael Montoya is a veteran with over 15 years of experience in the military and security sectors, specializing in EOD/IEDD/CIED/HMA operations. Michael's extensive experience has seen him providing training and operational support across the globe, from the volatile terrains of Iraq and Kurdistan to the challenging environments of Africa and Pakistan. As an independent contractor, his work under the U.S. State Department’s AFRICAP and GPOI initiatives has empowered over 600 trainees.

Michael is now focusing his efforts on Invictus Global Response, a nonprofit organization dedicated to mine action, capacity building, and humanitarian aid in conflict-affected regions. During a recent clearance operation in Ukraine, he tragically lost his foot to a landmine and is now home rehabbing and preparing for continued operations with IGR.

https://www.invictusglobalresponse.org/

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0:00.0	Okay, got the red smoke.
0:02.6	Roger, gun runs, north and south, west of the smoke, west of the smoke.
0:08.4	Okay, copy, west of the smoke.
0:11.2	I'm looking at danger close now.
0:13.2	I'm all winning, baby.
0:14.2	Give it to me, I need it.
0:16.0	You're cleared hot.
0:17.2	Copy, cleared hot.
0:18.2	And she's just like, where are they all going?
0:21.1	And I blame them all my kids.
0:22.9	Tyler probably did it.
0:24.5	Nice.
0:25.7	Now do you throw them away in the kitchen so she can find them?
0:28.2	Or do you throw them away at the garbage can or when you're out?
0:31.2	It would have to be neighbor's garbage can because we did an episode where I came clean to her and let her know that I was thrown away some of her stuff
0:39.6	when she wasn't paying attention.
0:41.8	And then she admitted to me that she goes into the garbage can and takes it back into the house,
0:45.9	which I wasn't aware of.
0:49.6	Michael was here for this.
0:50.6	It was a real journey of discovery.
0:51.8	Yeah, that was fun.
0:52.6	So now it's clearly I have to sprinkle her shit in the neighborhood garbage cans. It's like disposing of a body. You got to do it far and wide. I mean, Tupperware, how do you wash Tupperware? Because you can't, especially if you have spaghetti. It depends what was in it and how it was used. Spaghetti. I mean, vinegar. I mean, sometimes most Tupperware, good Tupperware. I also get the glass Tupperware. Yep. I don't throw those away. Yeah. Because then they're versatile and they actually clean pretty easy. If you put spaghetti in a plastic Tupperware, you will know it for 20 years. The sheet,
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