Ukraine Relief Veteran Mark Turner | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 119

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Mike Ritland

News, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Politics

4.9 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2022

⏱️ 233 minutes

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What's happening in the Russia-Ukraine war? Retired Recon Marine Mark Turner might have the answer. He's a founder of The Overwatch Foundation, a humanitarian nonprofit that's been assembling teams of U.S. Military Veterans to provide critical natural disaster relief and urgent humanitarian response communities all over the world. Mark isn't just sending heroes to help - he's been there, on the ground, in the days and weeks following the Russian invasion into Ukraine. So what's going on over there? Is it really as bad as they say? And most importantly - what can we do to make real change?Chapters:00:00 - Intro01:30 - Scottish Stereotypes05:00 - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu11:30 - Growing Up Scottish19:00 - Religion, Religion, Religion24:00 - American Culture Shock28:00 - Like Wrestling, But Better31:00 - 4 Years of JROTC42:00 - Election Security44:00 - Arriving in Iraq, 200447:30 - Pulling the Trigger to Jason Mraz52:00 - More Training, Less Doing58:00 - Aggressive Intelligence1:00:00 - The Battle for Yusufiyah1:12:00 - Growing An Underground Network1:15:30 - A Newly-Retired Marine1:20:00 - Cartel Contracts in Mexico1:23:00 - Close Calls1:31:00 - Stateside Work 1:36:00 - Hurricane Work1:45:00 - A Ukrainian Friend1:49:00 - Four Days Into the War1:58:00 - Training The Troops2:04:00 - Russian Saboteurs2:08:00 - Shaking Like A Leaf2:19:00 - On Russia's Invasion2:29:00 - Back to Ukraine2:43:00 - Available Arms2:59:00 - Rallying for Round 32:57:00 - Not What We Planned For3:02:00 - Volunteering3:04:00 - Our Third (and Fourth) Outing3:13:00 - Some Have TOO Much Gear3:16:00 - A Missing Marine3:23:00 - Raising Funds & Gathering Resources3:35:00 - Finding A PurposeSupport Mark Turner and The Overwatch Foundation:The Overwatch Foundation: www.overwatchfoundationusa.orgBJJ Lab Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy: www.bjjlabnaperville.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/markturnerbjj | https://www.instagram.com/theoverwatchfoundation------------Sponsors:MUD/WTRGo to mudwtr.com/MIKE to support the show and use code MIKE for 15% off as well as showing your support for their Veteran’s Day sale.------------Athletic GreensAthletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1-year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE Travel Packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit https://www.athleticgreens.com/MIKEDROP------------Fueled by TeamDog | www.mikeritlandco.com | @Teamdog.petALL THINGS MIKE RITLANDSHOP for Fueled By Team Dog Performance Dog Food, Treats, Apparel, Accessories, and Protection dogs- MikeRitlandCo.com - https://www.MikeRitlandCo.comTeam Dog Online dog training- TeamDog.pet - https://www.TeamDog.petThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5531509/advertisement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Rapping presents for so no one gets to peak.
0:05.0	Last minute asks for guests to have a seat,
0:08.0	Race for the best spot to watch the TV,
0:12.0	Chuck the pillows on the floor as a make-to-setty Christmas cake.
0:16.0	Celebrate the chaos this Christmas.
0:19.0	At IKEA, have a Smith.
0:21.0	With everything you need to be a great host,
0:23.0	From tables and seating to gifts, decorations and Swedish treats.
0:27.0	IKEA, the wonderful everyday.
0:30.0	They were sending kids to our gate and giving us DVDs of,
0:38.0	you know, Iraqi army and Iraqi police getting their heads cut off.
0:43.0	They were delivering heads to the Gilaire A.O.
0:47.0	of Iraqi police officers that we were working with.
0:50.0	We did a lot of fed type stuff as well as as many people did.
0:54.0	We always had shotguns with us.
0:57.0	We would either, you know, put buckshot or even birch shot in there.
1:01.0	And it was so crazy at that time for like V-Beds and IDs and stuff that,
1:06.0	if vehicles got close to us, we would just start lighten that vehicle up with the shotgun,
1:10.0	just stay away, you know, shooting at the engine block, shooting at the windows.
1:16.0	I don't want to say it was the beginning of the insurgency because people out there probably know the timelines of all that more than me.
1:22.0	But that was at the time when it was like the beginning of these insurgents,
1:27.0	really organizing themselves and putting their tactics together with the IDs and the V-Beds
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