Jason, Emily and Rich II (Learning from War, the Power of Diplomacy and the Obesity Crisis) - Episode 1248
Behind The Shield
James Geering
4.9 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 108 minutes
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Summary
Jason McCarthy enlisted in the Army after 9/11 because of 9/11 and served in Special Forces in Iraq and the Sahel region of West Africa. In 2007, while visiting Emily in war-torn West Africa, Jason built Emily a “go-ruck” for her to keep in her vehicle and at home, ready to go at all times. This was the origin of what is now GORUCK.
Former Central Intelligence Agency case officer, Emily McCarthy, served her country on the frontlines of the Global War on Terrorism. In the years following 9/11, she operated in war-torn Africa where she was responsible for recruiting human sources and collecting intelligence in the interest of national security.
Richard Rice retired from the U.S. Army as a Special Forces Senior Non-Commissioned Officer in 1994 after 30 years of service. The last 25 years of which were spent in various Special Operations Forces (SOF) assignments. He was a Program Coordinator, Director and Vice President at Fayetteville Technical Community College from 1994 to 2015.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Active 911, a respected leader in the emergency communication and |
| 0:06.2 | software field, providing alerting, mapping and seen resources for over half a million first responders |
| 0:13.5 | worldwide. Now, as you know, I only bring sponsors on this show who are, A, coming from an altruistic |
| 0:20.6 | place and B be truly bringing solutions |
| 0:23.2 | to problems and the origin story of active 911 begins with volunteer firefighter and tech entrepreneur |
| 0:30.5 | Joseph Sullivan. After missing a critical call from a dispatch era, Joseph set out to create a solution to ensure that we are not only dispatched on time, |
| 0:41.3 | but also provide us with resources and information for the call and location. |
| 0:47.3 | So there are three different products under the Active 911 umbrella. |
| 0:51.3 | The first is Active Alert, a dispatch system integrated into a CAD connection, |
| 0:58.4 | providing fast-reliable alerting, maps, data, pre-plans, hydrant locations, |
| 1:06.0 | and even the locations of incoming units and their specialties. The second arm is Active Coms. Now, |
| 1:13.3 | many of us have experienced problems when it came to communication using our traditional radios, |
| 1:18.1 | so Active 911 found a way of tapping into the incredible capabilities of modern-day |
| 1:23.7 | smartphones and integrate that into our communication, providing both increased range |
| 1:29.4 | and low latency. So to learn more about Active 911 or to try their free trial, go to Active |
| 1:36.9 | 911.com. And if you want to hear more about the origin and spectrum of products that they offer, listen to |
| 1:45.4 | episode 1243 of the Behind the Shield podcast with the creator and founder Joseph Sullivan. |
| 1:54.1 | This episode is sponsored by yet another incredible company that I stand behind fully, and that |
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| 2:03.2 | Bubbs products for four years now, but I've also had the founder, Sean Lake, on the show twice. |
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