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Episode 58: Will Chesney - Navy Seal Dog Handler & Author of 'No Ordinary Dog'

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

News, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Politics

4.96.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2020

⏱️ 190 minutes

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Summary

The most famous mission in modern history, a bad ass K9 that accompanied the SEAL team that conducted it, and the operator/handler that took K9 Cairo on that mission. That, ladies and gentlemen, is the latest Mike Drop episode. I had the honor of sitting down with @willcheeese, author of @noordinarydogbook, to talk about all things Operation Neptune Spear to take down the worlds most wanted man - Osama Bin Laden. Sponsored by @jockofuel and @originusa.----------Table of Timestamps:Breaking the Ice & Dog Treats - 2:35Afraid of Heights & Hell Week - 12:35Giving Up Tridents & Seal Team Four - 20:25Night Sniper in Iraq & Mike Day - 25:05Close Calls & Dog Exposure - 37:05Falco the Dog & K-9 KIA - 44:35Handler School & Meeting Cairo - 58:55Cairo & The Baby - 1:12:55Reunion & Broken Canines - 1:43:55Virginia & Operation Neptune - 1:53:05The Bin Laden Raid - 2:03:05Back In The Saddle & Getting Blown Up - 2:21:55N.I.C.O. & Thirsty Problems - 2:34:35Dieting & The Corona Twenty - 2:46:25No Ordinary Dog (Wrapping Up) - 2:57:55----------To purchase a copy of Will's book, 'No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the Seal Teams to the Bin Laden Raid,' visit https://amzn.to/2S9NkZn.To learn more about Will, follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/willcheeese (https://www.instagram.com/willcheeese).----------Support our sponsors: Origin Labs | www.originmaine.com/origin-labs | @ORIGIN USAApparel, accessories, protection dogs, and online training at www.trikos.comOnline dog training | https://teamdog.petTeam Dog Facebook | @TeamDogTraining Books, Blog, Media and more from Mike Ritland at www.mikeritland.comThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5531509/advertisement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Like Drop.

0:09.6

Podcasts were relevant to you as the irrelevant, and we don't give a shit about your feeling.

0:25.7

Ladies and gentlemen, as always, it is a both honor and pleasure to welcome my next guest to the podcast.

0:31.7

He is a patriot of the highest magnitude, serving 13 years in the US Navy 11 of which as a Navy SEAL.

0:39.1

He has two deployments to Iraq with SEAL Team 4 and four deployments to Afghanistan with DEF Group.

0:46.4

He's been awarded the Silver Star as well as the Purple Heart.

0:49.8

He is the author of No Ordinary Dog, my partner from the SEAL teams to the Bin Laden raid.

0:56.4

He taught Chris Pratt how to handle a velociraptor, and he is the man who handled Cairo, the war dog, on the famous SEAL Team 6 Bin Laden raid.

1:04.8

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage Will Cheese Chesney.

1:09.6

Thanks for having me.

1:11.2

Thanks for coming.

1:12.6

I love the fact that you're in Texas, you're from Texas, which we'll get into.

1:17.0

But I appreciate you taking the time to both come all the way up here and share your story.

1:22.2

I know it's been a pretty storied one.

1:24.2

You've got a ton of good shit to talk about that we'll get into.

1:28.3

But I really can't thank you enough for coming on and talking about the book and everything you have going on.

1:32.9

So I appreciate it.

1:34.0

I thank you for having me.

1:35.1

Yeah.

1:36.1

I would like to take a quick second to thank our sponsor, Jocco Fuel, as well as Origin Labs, which is located here on the desk.

1:44.6

You can see some of the wonderful products that they have.

1:47.8

I can't thank these guys enough.

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