Episode 64: Back From The Dead with Jason Redman

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Mike Ritland

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🗓️ 23 November 2020

⏱️ 157 minutes

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In this harrowing tale of learning true leadership the hard way, I sat down with former Navy SEAL Jason Redman to talk about his story of coming back after being seriously wounded in combat and making the most of adversity. From Ranger School to Iraq, there's no shortage of great lessons learned and how to maximize opportunities from the adversity in this one. Sponsored by @jockofuel, @originusa, and @resiliencecbd----------Table of Timestamps:0:00 Show Start7:26 Breaking the Ice (Best Childhood Memory)17:50 Growing Up Redman29:10 Sights on Seal Team41:10 Run Through The Jungle (Seal Team 4)46:20 Freshman Year, 9/1153:40 Make the Call1:02:40 Sh*tcanned back to Bagram1:07:30 Ranger School, Round 11:15:30 Ranger School, Round 21:20:40 Back in (Platoon) Black1:28:00 Jason's Injury1:46:10 Off the Medevac2:00:45 The Wife, The Kids, & The Recovery2:15:40 Lessons in the Aftermath2:21:10 Living Proof of a Comeback----------To find out more about Jason or to purchase one of his books, visit www.jasonredman.com (http://www.jasonredman.com/) or find him on Facebook and Instagram @jasonredmanww.Check out Jason's podcast, Moving The Needle with Jason Redman, on iTunes, Spotify, and Google Play.----------Support our sponsors:Origin Labs | www.originmaine.com/origin-labs | @ORIGIN USAResilience CBD | www.resiliencecbd.com/militaryandfirstresponderdiscount | @resiliencecbdApparel, accessories, protection dogs, and online training at www.trikos.comOnline dog training | https://teamdog.This 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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0:31.0	The gunship denied the first two requests and they were like, dude, you guys have to figure out how to move back.
0:38.0	I mean, you're so dangerous, clothes were going to kill you.
0:42.0	And my team lead called back and was like, bro, like there's no place to go.
0:49.0	There's nothing. It's nothing but empty eye-racky desert.
0:52.0	We got dudes that are bleeding out and we're running out of ammo.
0:55.0	The gunfight lasted about 40 minutes, I guess.
1:00.0	You come to us. Is the gunfight still taking place over top of you when you wake up?
1:04.0	Is it still, you're just like, holy fucking shit?
1:08.0	Yeah.
1:09.0	The first volley of rounds took out the machine gun or that was, well, at least injured him.
1:14.0	I could hear. He stopped firing and I could hear him yelling, got up and walked to the helicopter.
1:21.0	I told him, kind of funny shit you think about, but I was like, dude, grab my arm and grab my helmet.
1:29.0	I remember walking to the helo and like, I was hunched over because I was bleeding so badly.
1:35.0	And I just, to this day, I can still kind of see this visual of all this blood just pouring out of my face.
1:42.0	I started to let go and I just remember like this darkness and just drifting off.
1:47.0	But right about that moment, I felt this tug on my left side and I kind of look up and this nurse is standing there and yells out, he's still got a bomb on him.
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