Ollie Ollerton: SBS Veteran, Leader, Entrepreneur
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Jack Carr
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🗓️ 29 June 2022
⏱️ 124 minutes
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Summary
Ollie Ollerton is a writer, entrepreneur, speaker, and veteran of the British Special Forces who served in the elite Special Boat Service (SBS).
Ollie’s military career began at 18 when he joined the Royal Marine Commandos. Five years later, Ollie was one of just five candidates selected from an initial pool of 250 for the Special Boat Service (SBS). During his time in SBS, he took part in hostage rescue missions, counter narcotics, counter terrorism operations, homeland security, counter insurgency operations, and humanitarian efforts. Following his time in the military, Ollie worked as a private security contractor in Iraq at the height of the war. He then operated with a team dismantling child trafficking syndicates in Southeast Asia. He is also one of the hosts of the hit television series SAS: Who Dares Wins. His books include the novels Scar Tissue and All or Nothing as well as his autobiography Break Point: SAS: Who Dares Wins Host's Incredible True Story and Battle Ready: Eliminate Doubt, Embrace Courage, Transform Your Life.
Today, Ollie is the CEO of Break-Point, which utilizes training seminars and simulated military events to help individuals and organizations reach their full potential. He is also the founder of Batty Ready Fuel and the Battle Ready 360 fitness app. Learn more about Ollie by visiting his website ollieollerton.com and following him on social media @ollie.ollerton
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Danger Close Podcast, beyond the books of me, Jack Carr. |
| 0:18.0 | Welcome to The Danger Close Podcast, an Iron Cloud original presented by Navy Federal Credit |
| 0:22.0 | Union. |
| 0:23.0 | My guest today is Oli Olegin, former Royal Marine Commando in the UK, went through SAS |
| 0:29.5 | selection and became part of the SBS, the special vote service. |
| 0:34.4 | Incredible guy, his autobiography is right here. |
| 0:36.7 | It's called Breakpoint and we talk about something that happens early on in this book |
| 0:41.1 | here. |
| 0:42.1 | And he was attacked by a chimpanzee at age 10, insane story. |
| 0:48.4 | But incredible guy. |
| 0:50.3 | And we talk about his time in Northern Ireland, the first Gulf War going to the SDV school |
| 0:56.7 | in Coronado, California. |
| 0:58.4 | This time is a contractor in Iraq that overlaps with my time there and his transition out |
| 1:04.0 | of the military into the private sector to what he's doing today, which is writing these |
| 1:10.0 | books and through his company, Breakpoint and also starring in SAS who dares win, which |
| 1:17.8 | is a phenomenal success around the world. |
| 1:22.4 | Double guy, so happy to get stocked over a little bit on the podcast and now without further |
| 1:28.6 | ado, Holy Allert. |
| 1:33.7 | So I've started with this. |
| 1:34.7 | I started with this. |
| 1:35.7 | I knew who you were from mutual friends and from the show and social media and all that |
| 1:40.3 | sort of a thing. |
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