Special Ops Secrets Every Man NEEDS Before It's Too Late
Dropping Bombs
Brad Lea
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & Damon Friedman of SOF Missions
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Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers battlefield-forged leadership wisdom with Dr. Damon Friedman — retired Air Force Special Operations Lt. Colonel, three-time Bronze Star recipient, and founder of SOF Missions, a nonprofit fighting the veteran suicide epidemic killing 20+ Americans a day.
From juvenile delinquent in South LA to elite special warfare officer with four combat deployments, Dr. Friedman breaks down why comfort is a disease, the one character trait that kills more companies than bad strategy, and the leadership lessons most CEOs will never learn unless they've operated where failure means death — not a bad quarter.
Twenty veterans will take their lives today. Dr. Friedman has made it his mission to stop that — and this conversation is part of how. Buy the book, share the episode, support the mission.
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Website: https://www.damonfriedman.com/
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Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.
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| 0:00.0 | I was born and will always be a freedom fighter. We're in circumstances where only one person is going to go home. It's either the bad guy or me. And I'm coming home, bro. When I was brought over into special tactics, you're doing things that nobody could possibly ever imagine? Do you know by the time that we're done with this podcast, one veteran will have already taken his life. That's not okay. I mean, you know, there was some violations of human rights happening. I mean, it's the Marine Corps. I'll tell you this, the first shower I had. My kids deserved a better father. My wife deserved a better husband. And in that living room, when I had my Glock 1-9 loaded, and I was going to do it, man. That day changed me forever. I want to say one |
| 0:38.7 | thing that's going to blow other people's mind. I learned in the military. |
| 0:44.8 | What it is, Brad Lee, back again with another episode of dropping bombs. And today in the studio, |
| 0:49.6 | folks, as always, I got a real treat for you. Dr. Damon Friedman is in the house. Now, for those of you |
| 0:55.7 | that do not know this man, he spent 20 years in elite military service, including special |
| 1:03.4 | operations operating in some of the highest pressure environments imaginable. He's seen things |
| 1:08.2 | most of us can't even comprehend. He's led in situations where failure doesn't mean |
| 1:12.7 | embarrassment. It means death. Today, he's the founder of soft missions, SOF missions, helping special |
| 1:20.7 | operation veterans and their families. And he's bringing battlefield leadership lessons into |
| 1:25.2 | business, life, and purpose. And because we're recording this on Memorial Day, this feels especially meaningful. |
| 1:30.7 | A lot of people think Memorial Day is barbecues, beers, and mattress sales. |
| 1:36.0 | But in reality, it exists because some people never made it back. |
| 1:39.9 | So today we're going to go deeper than just military stories. |
| 1:42.9 | We're talking discipline, leadership, identity, purpose, masculinity, business, the emotional |
| 1:48.8 | cost of war, what civilians completely misunderstand about strength. |
| 1:53.7 | Dr. Damon Friedman, welcome to dropping bombs. |
| 1:56.4 | Man, I tell you what, I'm so amped up right now to be on your show. |
| 1:59.6 | I love the title, dropping bombs, because that's what we do in special tactics. |
| 2:04.7 | So I'm excited about sharing my passion and also my hope on how we can continue to preserve |
| 2:09.7 | and protect America's greatest comedy. |
| 2:12.3 | And that is the American veteran. |
| 2:14.6 | So I'm excited about it. |
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