GRP 134-Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks: A SEAL Team Six Operator at war

Global Recon

John Hendricks

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4.8 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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My guest for this week’s podcast is retired Navy SEAL, Andy Stumpf. Andy is the host of the Cleared Hot Podcast. He’s also a sponsored Base Jumper and Skydiver. We walked through his career in the Navy including his time as an Operator at SEAL Team Six. While conducting combat operations in Iraq Andy was shot at close range by a terrorist with an AK-47. Several Americans were badly wounded during this operation. We talked about his long road to recovery, becoming an officer in the SEAL Teams, leadership, and several other topics. Enjoy. This episode is sponsored by War Dragons War Dragons is a 3D, Real-Time, Strategy video game – right on your phone. For the month of July, War Dragons are partnering with Stack Up, an organization dedicated to bringing military personnel, veterans and civilian supporters together through a shared love of video gaming. War Dragons will match all donations made through the link in the game between July 4th through July 31st, up to a maximum of $10,000. Donors will also get an exclusive, in-game portrait. Can’t donate but want to support Stack Up’s work? Breeding your dragons in-game can also help contribute an additional $10,000 donation by War Dragons. Visit www.podcast.wardragons.com/recon Follow Global Recon below: www.Globalrecon.net https://www.instagram.com/igrecon https://www.instagram.com/blackopsmatter www.twitter.com/igrecon https://www.facebook.com/GlobalReconPodcast/ Chantel Taylor: https://www.instagram.com/mission_critical https://www.instagram.com/altern8rv Tim Kolczak: www.thevetsproject.com  www.instagram.com/theveteransproject Music provided by Caspian: www.caspianmusic.net

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0:00.0	Over the radio, the seals reported,
0:03.0	Bin Laden was dead.
0:08.0	The news of bin Laden's death brought celebrations to the streets of the United States.
0:13.0	But it also haunted the world with memories of a clear September morning a decade before, when the streets of America were choked by terror.
0:24.6	That mystique and that legacy goes way, way back to even Vietnam before.
0:31.6	The enemy knew the men in green faces, or if they were coming for you,
0:35.6	you weren't coming back.
0:46.3	Since World War II, Seals and their forefathers have faced whatever threat the enemies of each generation
0:49.3	have posed.
0:55.2	From Hitler's beaches to bin Laden's terror.
1:04.8	While the perils have changed and will continue to,
1:08.8	the invisible men behind the face masks still claim a common
1:12.9	heritage and future. No matter how sophisticated they or their foes become, they are simply
1:22.5	frogmen. Welcome to the Global Recon Podcast.
1:29.4	I'm your host, John Hendricks.
1:31.3	I'm on with Andy Stumpf.
1:33.4	Andy is a former Navy SEAL, a podcast host,
1:37.6	and he does a bunch of other really cool things.
1:40.0	It's good to have you on here.
1:41.2	How's it going?
1:42.3	Yeah, thanks for having me, man.
1:43.1	Appreciate it.
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