Joe Malone (Marine Raiders, Weapons Training and Forging Servant Leaders) - Episode 1148

Behind The Shield

James Geering

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Fitness

4.9 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2025

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Summary

Joe Malone's journey to becoming a renowned leader in safety and resilience is as inspiring as it is transformative. His early years were marked by challenges, including a period of childhood drug use, which tested his resolve and direction. However, rather than allowing those struggles to define him, Joe chose to rewrite his story.

Fueled by an unwavering determination to turn his life around, Joe found purpose and discipline in the Marine Corps. Thirteen years of service, much of it under the elite Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC Raiders), became a proving ground for his resilience. He emerged from these experiences not only as a decorated veteran but as a testament to the power of transformation.

Today, Joe uses his life’s journey—both the struggles and the triumphs—to inspire others. At the helm of JM Training, he channels his hard-earned wisdom into equipping individuals and communities with the tools they need to stay safe and thrive. His story is a powerful reminder that no matter where you start, with courage and commitment, you can achieve greatness.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Behind a Shield podcast. As always, my name's James Gearing. And this week, it is my
0:04.0	absolute honor to welcome on the show, Marine Raider Veteran, the man behind Joe Malone training,
0:10.8	and a member of all-American leadership, Joe Malone. So in this conversation, we discuss a host of
0:18.3	topics from his journey into the military, entering Marsok, his deployments in
0:24.5	Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, the transition out of the military, weapons training, leadership,
0:32.8	his own powerful mental health story, and so much more. Now before we get to this incredible conversation,
0:39.2	as I say every week, please just take a moment. Go to whichever app you listen to this on,
0:45.4	subscribe to the show, leave feedback and leave a rating. Every single five-star rating truly does
0:53.1	elevate this podcast, therefore making it easier for others to find.
0:58.0	And this is a free library of well over 1,100 episodes now.
1:03.8	So all I ask in return is that you help share these incredible men and women stories
1:09.6	so I can get them to every single person on planet
1:13.6	earth who needs to hear them. So with that being said, I introduce to start by saying two things.
1:43.3	Firstly, thank you to our mutual friend,
1:46.2	Rick Rochelle, for making this connection. And secondly, I want to welcome you onto the Behind
1:50.6	The Shield podcast today. Thank you very much, man. It's honorable to be, it's honor to be here.
1:55.7	So where on planet Earth be finding you this afternoon? I'm outside of Chicago,
2:00.2	about 40 minutes into the suburbs, Illinois, so that's where I'm at.
2:05.6	Well, let's start the very beginning of your journey then.
2:08.6	So tell me where you were born and tell me a little bit about your family dynamic, what your parents did.
2:13.6	How many siblings?
2:14.6	I was born in the city, raised right on the outside of it, super interesting little
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