SDP Special Episode: 9/11
Mind Of The Warrior
Dr Mike Simpson
4.8 • 900 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2017
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Tim and Doc reflect on the events of 9/11 through the lens of 16 years of war, and beyond.
Tim Kennedy’s legend began at his local Army recruiter’s office on September 12th, 2001. His training to earn his Green Beret was featured in the book “Chosen Soldier.” Kennedy is now a Ranger qualified Special Forces Sniper with deployments in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and multiple other deployments around the world. He is the only soldier to win the grueling 3 day All Army Combatives Tournament three times. Kennedy has a black belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Modern Army Combatives. He is also one of the top ranked mixed martial arts fighters in the world, a position he achieved while simultaneously serving his country at the highest levels of special operations. He is currently ranked among the top Middleweights in the UFC. Tim has been featured on many television shows, most recently “Hunting Hitler” on the History Channel
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 with Tim Kennedy on Hunting Hitler on the History Channel.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey. Hey everybody welcome the Sheepdog Project Tim and Doc here with you. |
| 0:21.4 | September 11th is upon us again and this is a day that always calls for some reflection. |
| 0:33.0 | There's very few days that we mark throughout the year |
| 0:38.2 | that we know specifically by date |
| 0:42.4 | because they're basically called by the date. |
| 0:45.0 | The 4th of July of course is one that always six of my might even though it's Independence Day, |
| 0:48.8 | everybody calls it the 4th of July. |
| 0:50.4 | So I mean, nobody ever has to ask hey, |
| 0:52.8 | when's the 4th of July this year? |
| 0:54.1 | It's on the 4th of July. |
| 0:57.7 | September 11th is a day forever burned in our memories because of the events that took place that |
| 1:08.6 | day that really changed the shape of the world, changed the way that we live in so many ways and I know |
| 1:14.4 | there's a lot of people to listen to this podcast that either you were just a |
| 1:21.2 | kid at the time. |
| 1:23.0 | There's even some people I know that listen to the podcast |
| 1:27.0 | that weren't even born when September 11th occurred. |
| 1:32.0 | But it really did, it changed things, you know, for those of us, |
| 1:36.0 | you know, that were adults, especially those of us who were serving in uniform. |
| 1:41.0 | What I want to talk about today is, you today is Tim and I are going to share with you |
| 1:45.7 | what we were doing on September 11th because that is a day that everybody remembers where they were |
| 1:51.5 | when they heard the news, where they were when they first got a chance to look at a television screen and see the |
| 1:58.7 | towers fall. |
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