From Navy SEAL to Army SMU Operator | Drew Mullins (throwback episode)
The Team House
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🗓️ 13 October 2025
⏱️ 186 minutes
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Summary
Drew served as a Navy SEAL before assessing for an Army Special Mission Unit. He was deployed as a part of the Advanced Force Operations to Iraq prior to the 2003 invasion.
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[00:24] - Host Introduction and Welcome of Guest Drew Mullins
[02:47] - Drew Mullins' Early Life, Childhood, and Motivation to Join the Navy
[05:03] - The Process of Joining the Navy (at an older age)
[09:54] - Assignment to SEAL Team Eight, the Move to Virginia Beach, and Team Culture
[14:35] - Discussion on Deployments in the 1990s and Early SEAL Team Kit/Culture
[27:32] - Drew's Involvement in Consulting on the Movie Navy SEALs (1990)
[31:10] - The Story of the Navy SEALs Film Beach Party with Demi Moore
[50:00] - Discussion of the Transition to the JSOC Special Mission Unit (SMU)
[01:45:00] - Detailed Discussion of the AFO Mission in Iraq (2003)
[02:56:48] - Transition to Discussing Domestic Counterinsurgency (COIN) and the "Information War"
[02:58:34] - Thoughts on American Political Polarization and the Need for Civility
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| 0:33.7 | Special Operations Covert Ops |
| 0:37.4 | Espionage, the Team House, with your hosts, Jack Murphy, and David Park. |
| 0:52.6 | Hey, everyone, welcome to episode 156 of the Team House. |
| 0:56.4 | I'm Jack Murphy here with Dave Park. |
| 0:58.3 | We got deep producing. |
| 1:00.3 | And we have a special guest tonight, Drew Mullins. |
| 1:04.3 | And I want to apologize, first off, to Drew, for wasting some of his time last night. |
| 1:08.8 | And also everyone else who tuned in. |
| 1:10.7 | We take a lot of pride in doing a consistent, well-produced show every Friday, 8 p.m. We're there. And last night we screwed up. It's not Drew's fault. It was totally us. We moved into a new studio. We have some technical issues to iron out. But I'm really glad that we did. We did a lot of work today. |
| 1:27.9 | Got a lot of things accomplished. And I'm just glad we're all here. And I'm really glad that |
| 1:32.4 | Drew is here with us. Drew, uh, is a former Navy SEAL. He went through Bud's class 156, |
| 1:39.5 | which coincides with this episode. Uh, you'd see that back there, his helmet back there in his office. |
| 1:47.3 | And Drew went on to serve in a J-Sox special mission unit, did some of the AFO mission over in Iraq in 2003 with some other previous guests of the show. |
| 1:58.4 | So we're really excited to have you here today. Drew, thank you so much for taking some time out of your Saturday. |
| 2:05.0 | Hey, hey, guys. |
| 2:06.1 | Thanks. |
| 2:06.4 | Thanks for having me, man. |
| 2:07.1 | Appreciate it. |
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