GRP 101-Never Above You, Never Below You, Always Beside You- A Marine Raiders Journey

Global Recon

John Hendricks

Government

4.8 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2017

⏱️ 95 minutes

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GRP 101-On for this week's podcast is former Marine Raider Nick Koumalatsos. Nick explained his early life which was a bumpy road as he was getting in trouble prior to joining the Marine Corps. Overcoming several obstacles he made it in and began his journey. We talked about his time spent in Force Recon, and the Marine Raider Battalions. Nick shared a war story from his Force Recon days in Fallujah, Iraq running Asymmetrical operations. We discussed transitioning out of the military, and several of the different ventures Nick has been spearheading including the Raider Project. We talked about Youtube, traveling, drone cameras and much more. Enjoy. 0:00-Intro 3:40-Nick's early life struggles. Entry into the Marine Corps. 28:08-The difference between Force Recon and the Marine Raider Battalions 33:35-Force Recon in Fallujah 47:38-Nick's transition out of the military. Check out some links below to follow up with Nick: USMC Prep www.usmcprep.com Week Marine Corps Recruit Training Prep Program YouTube http://youtube.com/c/nickkoumalatsos - Nick’s Weekly Vlog (BE PREPARED SERIES) Spartan Carton www.spartancarton.com - Nick fitness subscription box. The Raider Project www.raiderproject.org - Veteran Non-Profit Global Recon: www.Globalrecon.net https://www.instagram.com/blackopsmatter www.twitter.com/igrecon https://www.facebook.com/GlobalReconPodcast/ HP Lefler: https://www.instagram.com/4runner.freyja Chantel Taylor: https://www.instagram.com/mission_critical https://www.instagram.com/altern8rv

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0:00.0	Who knows who John Glenn is?
0:02.0	He's got Todd.
0:04.0	John Glenn!
0:05.0	John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth in space.
0:09.0	Kill.
0:11.0	What?
0:12.0	What the senator for the state of Ohio?
0:15.0	Oldest man to go back up into space because he's a PT God.
0:18.0	Before all of that, he was a fucking Marine.
0:23.3	An airwinger, though, a pilot.
0:26.0	Right, Captain Smith?
0:28.5	On that camera, get the fuck away from him.
0:36.4	John Glenn, 1974, ran for a Senate against a politician named Howard Metzenbaum.
0:40.3	Howard Metzenbaum was a sorry motherfucker.
0:43.3	John Glenn at this point was a Marine, first American to orbit the Earth in space.
0:48.4	Howard Metzenbaum asked him, how can you run for Senate when you never held a job?
0:52.4	What the fuck would you do if somebody said that shit to you?
0:55.0	Now I'm going to change a little bit of this I can. It's my world.
1:00.0	John Glenn said, is that right?
1:02.0	I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps.
1:06.0	I fought for two wars.
1:08.0	I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by an aircraft fire on 12 different occasions.
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