James Yeager: Tactical Response
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Jack Carr
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🗓️ 22 October 2021
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
James Yeager is a former police officer, private security contractor, and founder and CEO of the firearm and tactical training company Tactical Response. He has been a firearms trainer since 1994 and founded Tactical Response in 1996 on the principle of “Student First – Instructor Second.”
His Law Enforcement experience includes serving as an undercover drug enforcement officer, SWAT team leader, K-9 handler, and as Chief of the Big Sandy Police Department in Tennessee. In 2004 and 2005, he worked as a private security contractor in Iraq and was responsible for the protection of eight Iraqi Election Commissioners. On April 20, 2005, his PSD was caught in an ambush on Route Irish between the Green Zone and Baghdad International Airport. Three members of his team were killed. James discusses it in detail in this conversation.
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Find out on the podcast.
James is also the founder of libertv.com and its popular YouTube channel. You can follow him on Instagram @mfceoyeager.
Sponsors: SIG Sauer: Today’s episode is presented by SIG Sauer.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Danger Close Podcast, beyond the books with me, Jack Carr. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to the Danger Close Podcast, an ironclad original presented by Sixth Hour. |
| 0:21.4 | I guess today is James Jagger. |
| 0:23.0 | If you don't know who James Jagger is, just type his name into the search bar, type |
| 0:26.8 | tactical response into the search bar, and a lot will come up. |
| 0:30.9 | He's a former police officer who ran security details in Iraq and was caught in an ambush |
| 0:36.4 | on Route Irish, which we discuss in detail in this podcast. |
| 0:41.6 | He's also the owner operator, founder of Tactical Response. |
| 0:45.0 | I've trained with him on the range. |
| 0:46.6 | I've learned a ton. |
| 0:48.0 | He has a huge heart and amazing guy. |
| 0:50.6 | And I wish I could find the video for this podcast right now. |
| 0:54.4 | It is just audio. |
| 0:55.9 | And if I ever find the video card, I'll re-release this thing with the video. |
| 1:01.7 | So now, without further ado, James Jagger. |
| 1:07.2 | I am here today with my dear friend, James Jagger. |
| 1:12.0 | And I haven't decided whether to kick this off by talking about just by thanking you or |
| 1:18.2 | waiting till the end. |
| 1:19.2 | I think I'll probably do a little bit of both here because we'll get into it here in a |
| 1:24.1 | little bit, but you were the first person to really get the word out about my first novel, |
| 1:31.1 | the terminal list. |
| 1:32.6 | And you have such a dedicated, and engaged group of people that follow you and that train |
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