SEAL Team 6 Operator GBRS Group CEO Cole Fackler | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 100
Mike Drop
Mike Ritland
4.9 • 6.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2022
⏱️ 164 minutes
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Summary
Cole Fackler
GBRS GROUP - Founder, CEO
NAVY SEAL – 17 YEARS
SEAL TEAM 10
NSW DEVELOPMENT GROUP
Cole grew up in Hampton Roads, Virginia and after graduation enlisted into the military in 2003. He spent 17 years in Naval Special Warfare and was medically retired due to injuries sustained from his intense deployment schedule. Since his retirement he has channeled his focus continuously into the NSW community, helping veterans who are in transition, Gold Star Families, and the community at large. As a husband and father of four he understands first hand the grief, challenges, loss and sacrifice that many SOF veterans and their families experience.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:14 - Episode Start
2:15 - Lightning Round
13:44 - Phatty Origin Story
26:40 - BUD/S
33:59 - SEAL Team 10
50:49 - Dogs on the Battlefield
58:36 - Development Group
1:21:09 - Jumping Dogs
1:26:00 - Real World Mission
1:37:41 - DEVGRU Deployments
2:03:58 - Dogs at DEVGRU
2:13:16 - Injuries
2:19:11 - Retirement
2:28:12 - GBRS Group
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https://www.gbrsgroup.com/
YouTube - @GBRS Group
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What kind of stands out in your mind about that operation? |
| 0:03.3 | It was the second time we went into that area, the first time we went into it, we got into a big gunfight. |
| 0:08.8 | DJ, I got in shot in the plates. |
| 0:11.6 | On the first time, you see when 30 gunship was shooting the roof, the guys were under, |
| 0:17.0 | they couldn't get off on grenades, pks. |
| 0:19.6 | Everyone's going to sleep, lights are out, and this boom goes off. |
| 0:24.6 | And when I say boom, I thought our template. |
| 0:28.0 | One memorable op is up in the corner. |
| 0:34.7 | We did some really good work that night. |
| 0:36.4 | We walked up that valley going after a specific target, |
| 0:41.9 | and it was a gunfight all the way up, like, five, six hours. |
| 0:46.1 | And then things were just clicking. |
| 0:48.4 | We were going after a target, but we ran into problems and we dealt with them. |
| 0:51.5 | I remember at the end of it, I looked at my TL, I was like, are we going there? He's like, you haven't had enough? |
| 0:55.5 | Oh, that's what I signed up for. |
| 1:06.8 | Welcome to Mike Drop, the podcast where relevancy is irrelevant, and we don't give a shit about your feelings. |
| 1:14.7 | Ladies and gentlemen, as always, it's both an honor and a pleasure to welcome my next guest to the podcast. |
| 1:19.2 | He spent just short of 18 years in the United States Navy, all of which, with Naval Special Warfare, |
| 1:25.5 | and seven of those with the infamous Naval Special Warfare Development Group. |
| 1:30.0 | He's got a Brown Star with V, he's got multiple J-coms and presidential unit citations, |
| 1:34.8 | he's the co-owner of GBRS, which is Global Battlefield Research Solutions, |
| 1:41.5 | as well as a founding member of Tribe Skates, which is an art therapy-based skateboard company, |
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