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The Jack Carr Channel

Thunder Ranch Founder Clint Smith on Serving in Vietnam [Rebroadcast]

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Jack Carr

Society & Culture

4.92.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2022

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Note: This episode of Danger Close with Jack Carr first aired on March 25, 2021 in Season 1.   


On this episode of Danger Close, Jack interviews a legendary figure in the tactical community: Thunder Ranch founder Clint Smith. Clint is the President and Director of Thunder Ranch, a 900-acre firearm training facility in Southern Oregon.  Clint is a Marine Corps veteran who served two infantry and Combined Action Platoon tours in Vietnam. His experience also includes seven years as a police officer where he served as head of the Firearms Training Division, as a S.W.A.T. Team member, and as a precision rifleman. He is the author of the books Urban Rifle: 45 Years of Teaching and Training and Urban Rifle 2: Close Combat Conflict Resolution. During their conversation, recorded at Thunder Ranch, Clint opens up about entering the Marine Corps and serving in Vietnam, as well as tactical insights, and a lot more.  

More about Clint Smith: https://thunderranchinc.com/the-founders/ 


More about Thunder Ranch: https://thunderranchinc.com/ 

Follow Thunder Ranch: @thunderranchinc   

Sponsors: 

Navy Federal Credit Union: Today’s episode is presented by Navy Federal Credit Union. Learn more about them at http://navyfederal.org/

Black Rifle Coffee Company: Today’s episode is also brought to you by Black Rifle. Purchase at http://www.blackriflecoffee.com/dangerclose and use code: dangerclose20 at checkout for 20% off your purchase and your first coffee club order!

SIG: This episode is sponsored by SIG Sauer. You can learn more about SIG here: http://bit.ly/SIG-JackCarr


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Today’s featured gear segment is brought to you by SIG Sauer.  

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Best Defense Foundation 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is The Danger Close Podcast.

0:08.7

Beyond the Books with me, Jack Cahn.

0:17.4

Welcome to The Danger Close Podcast, an ironclad original presented by Navy Federal Credit Union.

0:22.1

All right, a lot's been going on over the last few weeks to include the book tour for

0:26.8

in the blood.

0:28.1

So thank you to everybody that came out to say hello on the book tour, really meant

0:31.9

the world to me.

0:32.9

And in the blood, debuted at number one on the New York Times list.

0:37.4

So thank you very much.

0:38.4

And it pulled the trifecta.

0:39.8

So hardcover, hardcover and ebook combined and the audio book list.

0:44.8

So read by Ray Border.

0:47.2

And so to get that trifecta, number one's across the board.

0:50.6

Thank you.

0:51.6

It would not have happened without this strong foundation word of mouth, people taking

0:55.2

a risk on me as a new author and telling a friend.

0:57.9

So from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much.

1:00.7

As soon as I got off that, jumped right into the Best Defense Foundation program in Normandy,

1:06.4

France.

1:07.4

So we took 29 World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy, back to the towns

1:13.1

of Normandy on which they fought.

1:16.5

Donnie Edwards and his wife, Catherine, amazing people started this foundation to bring

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