Inside the Secret Service - with Mark Brandenburg
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4.9 • 11K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2023
⏱️ 134 minutes
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Summary
In this week's episode, we journey into the heart of American law enforcement with United States Secret Service Agent, Mark Brandenburg. Mark's career began on the streets of Olathe, Kansas to the White House, with his second day of USSS training being 9/11. Get an insider's glimpse of what it was like to drive "The Beast", the presidential limo, and conduct protective advances including President Obama's visit to Kabul, Afghanistan.
Mark’s career took an exciting twist when he became a Shift Leader in the Vice Presidential Protective Division, safeguarding Vice President Mike Pence. It was during this time that Mark began working on his political thriller, FENCE JUMPER.
Away from the job, Mark lives a peaceful life in Virginia with his wife Melissa, their two hound dogs, and a mischievous cat.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, good morning everybody. Today's episode is brought to you by Black Rifle Coffee. |
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| 1:17.8 | go to town blackwafflecoffee.com. My guest today, Mark Brandenburg. He is an active |
| 1:24.4 | United States Secret Service Agent, but has also wrote a novel called Fence Jumper. |
| 1:32.0 | Mark has worked on the Presidential Protective Division and he was a supervisor for Vice President |
| 1:38.4 | for the Vice Presidential Protective Division for Mike Pence for two years. We cover a lot. |
| 1:43.1 | Everything from why he wanted to be an author, what he wrote about in his life as a secret service |
| 1:49.2 | agent. Episode number 293 with Mark Brandenburg. Enjoy. |
| 2:13.1 | Where would you like to begin? Mr. Brandenburg. Mr. Brandenburg. I would like to begin. I think the best |
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