MOTW #43: Firearms training with Navy SEAL Jeff Gonzales
Mind Of The Warrior
Dr Mike Simpson
4.8 • 900 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2020
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
US Navy SEAL Jeff L. Gonzales is a nationally recognized weapons and tactics instructor. He serves as president of Trident Concepts, LLC and director of training for The Range at Austin.
Jeff’s background comes from Naval Special Warfare; where he served as a decorated and respected operator and instructor. Participating in numerous combat operations throughout the globe, his duties involved a wide variety of operational and instructional assignments on both the East and West coasts.
Through Trident Concepts, Jeff pioneered new advances in weapons and tactics instruction. His unique understanding of adult learning, detailed curriculum development and rigorous adherence to performance standards continue to set him apart from an increasingly crowded field.
In recent years, Jeff has increased his focus on concealed carry. Leveraging his experience operating in non-permissive environments all over the world, Jeff has unique knowledge to share with members of law enforcement, military and responsible armed citizens.
website: https://www.tridentconcepts.com
Instagram: @jl_gonzales
Passionate and dynamic, he has been recognized as a subject matter expert on concealed carry and currently a member of the NRA’s Training and Education Committee. His manuscripts and articles are frequently published and he has the good fortune to regularly be asked to speak publicly on a wide variety of topics including firearms, concealed carry and self-defense.
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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| 1:20.8 | you should too. Coming at you today from the VIP level of the range at Austin. |
| 1:29.3 | I've got special access. I've never seen it up here before. I'm truly impressed. |
| 1:33.6 | It's, imagine an old school gentleman's club combined with guns and |
| 1:39.8 | ammo is basically what we're talking about up here and my guest today |
| 1:44.0 | Texan |
| 1:45.6 | Navy SEAL master firearms instructor all around kick-ass American Jeff Gonzales. Jeff |
| 1:51.8 | Welcome to My to the Warrior. |
| 1:53.0 | Thank you, Mike. That was quite an impressive intro. I appreciate that. |
| 1:56.5 | Well, it's nothing that isn't true. And I'll let you kind of fill in the details. |
| 2:01.0 | Sure. So we'll start with that. I always like to make everybody |
| 2:04.1 | rehashed their childhood trauma. So tell me about where you grew up, what life |
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