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Hegseth Standards, Cartels, Fentanyl & Finding Purpose Through Faith | Ep. 274 | Pt. 3

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Personal Journals

4.96.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Retired DEVGRU operator Eric Frohardt wraps up his remarkable journey. From reflecting on life after the Teams—navigating multiple career pivots across beverages, supplements, energy, real estate, and now a C-suite leadership role in investment/development—to candidly discussing the challenges of civilian leadership versus special operations, the importance of unbreakable standards, current events (Pete Hegseth, potential military action against cartels), and the fentanyl crisis, Eric shares deep insights on humility, business, and faith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.2

Can you even generalize what you do now industry-wise or would you write in that?

0:35.0

So I just, I had left the NRA, and I had done some work for a manufacturing company,

0:42.2

like as their VP of training.

0:45.3

And then I had done, I went into beverage, beverage and kind of supplements,

0:51.5

and I kind of just started as a consultant and ended up being

0:55.9

like a C-O-O kind of role. Went from that back to consulting and did some work in the energy

1:05.0

industry for a large energy company in Omaha. And now most recently got a new full-time job in the C-suite at a kind of a real estate

1:17.4

and investment development company.

1:19.6

Oh, cool.

1:20.2

Yeah.

1:20.3

So really like, and what I enjoy about that work is, I don't know, I've done like,

1:30.0

times where I've, like, worked on a project.

1:33.1

And I'm like, it's my project or I'm working on a, or a couple of projects, right?

1:39.1

And, you know, I'm very particular.

1:43.5

So I, like, really go deep on it and get really, like,

1:48.5

perfectionist.

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