Monty Montgomery (Serving in WWII, the Evolution of Firefighting and Living Courageously) - Episode 210

Behind The Shield

James Geering

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Fitness

4.9 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2025

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

I'm reposting this episode as we lost Monty yesterday. He was 98 years old. Rest easy brother.

Monty Montgomery is a WWII veteran, retired Miami Dade firefighter with 32 years of service and a multiple Spartan race finisher. Monty is the definition of late in life athlete AND young at heart. He ran his first triathlon at 48, first marathon at 58, went skydiving at 75, hang gliding at 89, bungee for his 90th birthday. Monty also holds the world record for the oldest person to finish a Spartan race.

We discuss his early life, military service, racism, entering the fire service, retirement, sailing and so much more.

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0:00.0	Welcome guys to episode 210 of Behind the Shield podcast. As always, my name's James Gearing.
0:04.7	And it is my honor to introduce this week a man who I met running a Spartan race.
0:10.0	His name is Monty Montgomery. He is a World War II veteran. He was 92 years old running the race that I was running as well with the Operation Enduring Warrior Crew.
0:19.7	And is also a retired Miami-Dade firefighter
0:22.9	working in our profession for over three decades. So as you can imagine, this conversation was
0:28.0	fantastic. From his early years, the end of World War II, the observation of racism and segregation,
0:37.0	entry into the fire service, the way that's changed,
0:40.3	and then what he and his wife did when they retired, some incredible stories out of that as well.
0:45.4	So as I always say, before we start, please go to your podcast app, subscribe, but also
0:49.9	leave a rating and feedback. I love seeing what you've written, but also the more ratings we get,
0:55.5	the more exposure we have to everyone that's looking.
0:58.0	And then take your social media and help share this project.
1:01.0	These incredible men and women that we have every single week
1:03.6	need to be heard by so many people,
1:06.1	and you guys are the key to helping spread this project.
1:09.2	So with that being said,
1:10.5	I introduce to you, Monty Montgomery.
1:13.4	Enjoy. All right, well, I want to start at the very beginning.
1:34.5	I firstly start by saying thank you for inviting me to your beautiful home.
1:39.1	It was nice meeting you guys at the race, and I really appreciate that we were able to do this.
1:43.3	Thank you.
1:43.8	It was our pleasure.
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