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What No One Tells You About Joining DEVGRU | Ep. 274 | Pt. 1

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Personal Journals

4.96.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Mike Ritland sits down with former Navy SEAL Eric Frohardt for a raw and revealing conversation. Eric takes us from his upbringing on an Iowa farm to the pinnacle of special operations, detailing the intense focus of SEAL Team 5 and the elite world of DEVGRU. He opens up about the medical crisis—the loss of a kidney—that shadowed his career, the weight of constant deployments, and the profound challenge of finding a new identity after an unexpected medical retirement. This is a deep dive into resilience, the hidden costs of service, and the relentless pursuit of purpose beyond the Teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I was tasked with putting a team together to go capture, kill a guy.

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And it was like TST, time sensitive target.

0:09.0

And I'm in charge.

0:11.0

And we go out and we're expecting, you know, worst case or whatever.

0:16.0

And this guy's sort of important.

0:18.0

Black helicopters came and took this guy over.

0:21.6

He was a high level of that guy.

0:23.6

We surround the area and, I mean, he had like a large group of bodyguards with him.

0:29.6

And we captured him without a shot fire.

0:31.6

Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.

0:34.6

And like the rest of that deployment I could do now. Is there an operation

0:38.6

in Afghanistan and Iraq that stand out to you for being the most memorable in a good way?

0:45.9

I mean, I have one that's...

0:47.8

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1:23.6

Where no peace goes to waste. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the stage, Eric Frohart.

1:28.7

Medically retired Navy SEAL.

1:30.4

He was at Team 5, a short stint at Trade at,

1:33.8

and then NSW Development Group with numerous deployments overseas,

1:38.9

including Iraq and Afghanistan.

1:40.6

He's climbed two of the seven summits,

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