MOTW #35: Mike Ritland, Navy SEAL & K9 expert
Mind Of The Warrior
Dr Mike Simpson
4.8 • 900 Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2019
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Mike Ritland born in Waterloo, Iowa, is a former United States Navy SEAL, public speaker and dog trainer. He created the Warrior Dog Foundation, to provide care to dogs that have ended their service in battle front, and the Team Dog Online Training Community.
Ritland joined the US Navy in 1996 and served 12 years as a US Navy SEAL. During that time, he saw action in Operation IRAQI Freedom and numerous special operations missions. A nearby marine mission in particular, had a detailed account of an explosive-detector dog alert to a grenade booby trap hidden in a doorway, saving the lives of the Marines assigned to the mission. Ritland then decided to work with similar dogs, and harness their abilities to defeat the tools of modern warfare. Due to that, Ritland became a Navy SEAL Multi-purpose canine trainer.
After his service, Ritland served as the West Coast Navy SEAL Multi-purpose canine trainer. After his time on the west coast, he started Trikos International, which specializes in providing working K9s to celebrities, private individuals, and government agencies.[2] He has over 15 years experience in importing, breeding, raising, and training multiple breeds of working dogs.
Ritland also created the Warrior Dog Foundation, a non-profit special operations K9 retirement foundation,[3] dedicated to serving working military K9s, the special operations community, and their families. He hosts the "Mike Drop" podcast.
Mike Simpson has served over three decades in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Special Forces Operator, and finally as a Doctor of Emergency Medicine assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Throughout his career, Mike has deployed to 17 different countries, from counter-narcotics operations in the jungles of South America, to the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in Southwest Asia and North Africa.
Along the way, Mike has been trained as a demolitions expert, SWAT Sniper, High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachutist, civilian paramedic, Special Forces Medic, Operations and intelligence Sergeant, and finally, a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician.
Mike is also a martial arts enthusiast, who trains in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai. His passion for martial arts motivated him to become a practicing fight doctor. As one of the foremost experts in both tactical trauma medicine and combat sports medicine, Mike is highly sought after as a lecturer and instructor, working extensively with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, law enforcement, and military organizations providing medical care and training. He co-stars on Hunting Hitler on the History Channel.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody welcome back to Mind of the Warrior really excited this week a lot of |
| 0:17.5 | exciting things going on great interview coming up also really excited because we have |
| 0:22.0 | expanded the Mind of the Warrior affiliate family. |
| 0:26.6 | I am always on the lookout as you know for great products that I usually use already and I look to affiliate myself with these companies |
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| 0:41.6 | little bit easier by co-locating all of my affiliates, all of the products |
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| 0:52.0 | Three big affiliates added just recently over the last week. |
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