Ranger BORSTAR Actor Vince 'Rocco' Vargas Part One | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 159

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Mike Ritland

Society & Culture, Documentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

'Going Hollywood'. It's a phrase that's all too familiar to Vince 'Rocco' Vargas - a veteran turned actor, Vinny's appeared in FX's Mayans M.C. along with a handful of features that have had a surprisingly large impact online. He's also a former Army Ranger, prison guard, drill sergeant, and BORSTAR agent, and nowadays he's an author, podcast host, father, and husband. From afar, it might seem like Vince has had an easy go of things, but that's far from the truth. Struggles in schooling and a fiery need to paddle his own canoe led to military service, but what followed is a whole other ball of wax. Here's Rocco's side of the story. ---------- Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 02:20 - Playing Gilly in Mayans M.C. 09:08 - The Threat of AI 16:11 - Gang Wars 20:49 - Going Into the Rangers 28:17 - Losing Faith in Iraq 35:26 - A Dangerous Daylight Op 44:37 - Losing Friends 52:56 - Stories from Prison 01:06:04- Reforming the Prison System 01:14:39 - Going to the Border ---------- Support Vince Rocco Vargas - Book: Borderline: Defending the Homefront Book - https://www.theborderlinebook.com Light The Fuse Mental Health & Wellness - https://ltfmentorship.com The Vinny Roc Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-vinnyroc-podcast/id1284060556 YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/VincentRoccoVargas275 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vincent.rocco.vargas ---------- Sponsors: MUD/WTR Go to https://www.mudwtr.com/mike to get your free frother and samples and support the show! ---------- American Hartford Gold Visit https://www.americanhartfordgold.com or call 855-967-1413, that’s 855-967-1413, or text “DROP” to 6-5-5-3-2. ---------- Fabric Join the thousands of parents who trust Fabric to protect their family. Apply today in just minutes at https://www.meetfabric.com/mikedrop. ---------- Fueled by TeamDog | www.mikeritlandco.com | @Teamdog.pet ALL THINGS MIKE RITLAND: SHOP for Fueled By Team Dog Performance Dog Food, Treats, Apparel, Accessories, and Protection dogs - MikeRitlandCo.com - https://www.MikeRitlandCo.com Team Dog Online dog training - TeamDog.pet - https://www.TeamDog.pet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I felt like if I applied myself, like I am now, I could have done anything.
0:08.2	My father's a 32 years, you know, LACD firefighter, right?
0:11.4	I already passed the written test.
0:12.9	I kept sitting and thinking about that.
0:14.4	Like, I mean, I'm in Afghanistan on the hill,
0:16.6	aside, you know, waiting to either ambush or get ambushed,
0:19.8	you know, and I'm sitting there like, what the fuck am I doing here?
0:21.8	You see things in war that you question.
0:24.2	I expected to go to war and people would die.
0:27.4	And it's more so them than us,
0:29.1	because we should special operation, you expect that.
0:31.2	And that wasn't uncommon to see,
0:33.0	and I wasn't extremely uncomfortable with that at all.
0:35.7	I was uncomfortable with like all the other shit you see,
0:38.4	like, cities fucked up, you know what I mean?
0:40.3	Like, it's just really, it was,
0:42.4	I was severely empathetic to it and it hurt the way I believe in God.
0:46.6	So like, I can't wait to get out to fucking show the world that I can do.
0:49.2	That's kind of thing.
0:49.9	I was like, okay, now that I'm here,
0:52.3	when I get that fuck out, I'm gonna do this.
0:53.6	You didn't mean it.
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