Rick Hogg: War HOGG Tactical Founder, Special Ops Vet

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🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Rick Hogg is a 29-year U.S. Army Special Operations Combat Veteran.

He deployed 13 times and served as a Special Operations K9 handler and taught the Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat course. Today, Rick is the founder of War HOGG Tactical, a company that provides professional, comprehensive firearms, tactical and K9 training. He also co-hosts the On the Range podcast. In 2021, Duco, Rick’s beloved Dutch Shepherd, passed away. Duco served from 2012 through 2017 during the Global War on Terror and is the inspiration behind the “In Honor of Duco” Fund, honoring and assisting K9s that served as Special Operations Combat Assault Dogs.

You can learn more about Rick Hogg at warhogg.com and on Instagram @warhoggtactical

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0:00.0	This is The Danger Close Podcast.
0:08.7	Beyond the Books with me, Jack Cawr.
0:17.5	Welcome to The Danger Close Podcast, an Iron Cloud original presented by Navy Federal
0:21.4	Credit Union.
0:22.5	My guest today is Rick Hogg, H-O-G-G.
0:26.9	I spent 29 years in the United States Army, most of that time in special operations, to
0:32.3	play 13 times, primarily to Iraq and Afghanistan at the tip of the spear.
0:38.3	Right now he runs War Hog Tactical and you can check them out at Warhog.
0:43.0	That's www.warhog.com.
0:46.8	Check out that website, ton of knowledge on there and then you can link to his social
0:50.2	channels from there as well.
0:52.7	So now without further ado, Rick Hogg.
0:59.7	What were the military bug bites you?
1:01.8	Was that always something you wanted to do?
1:04.1	Yeah, that was always something that was there.
1:07.1	Like I said, my grandfather, father, military veteran, so there was always that kind of
1:12.4	serve there.
1:13.4	But then I'm going to tell you what set the hook was probably between John Wayne and the
1:17.5	Green Berets.
1:19.0	You know, Rambo, I saw in the movie theaters, but I was older than so it really wasn't.
1:23.5	My mind was already kind of set how I wanted to go, that special forces route.
1:26.7	Well, how old were you when you saw, when you saw first blood part two?
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