Mike LeBlanc explains the surreal reality of firefights where bullets flew for hours, but distance made the battle almost impossible to win. If you like this, click subscribe, like and share with a friend. Watch the full episode: Ep. 302 ---------- #MikeDropPodcast #MikeRitland #Veteran #Military #Geopolitics #MikeRitlandPodcast #MikeDrop #AfghanistanWar #TalibanFighters…
“If somebody likes it, more battalions will buy it. And if they like it a lot, they'll buy a lot more." Marine veteran and robotics founder Mike LeBlanc, who's been going back and forth to Ukraine this year selling robots on the battlefield, explains why Ukraine's approach to adopting new…
"Most people think there's one thing that makes a combat unit effective. There's not." Urban warfare expert John Spencer explains that unit effectiveness comes from multiple overlapping systems, not a single factor, drawing on what he's seen traveling the world and observing conscript armies versus the US military's volunteer force…
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Andy Stumpf traces his path into the Navy SEALs back to his childhood in Santa Cruz, working construction with his father — a Vietnam-era brown-water Navy vet whose untreated PTSD he only understood decades later. If you like this, click subscribe, like and share with a friend. Watch the full…
John Spencer recalls the moment a successful assault turned into chaos as enemy mortars found their exact position. If you like this, click subscribe, like and share with a friend. Watch the full episode: Ep. 301 ---------- #MikeDropPodcast #MikeRitland #Veteran #Military #Geopolitics #MikeRitlandPodcast #MikeDrop #MilitaryPodcast #ArtilleryFire #WarStories #InfantryCombat #USArmy #MarineCorps…
What can a car company from over a century ago teach you about building robots today? Former Marine officer and robotics co-founder Mike LeBlanc breaks down why he has been reading Henry Ford's autobiography, studying how cars scaled from an experimental technology into something used everywhere, and drawing parallels to…
What happens when a single news broadcast turns an ally into a threat? Marine veteran and robotics founder Mike LeBlanc recounts an incident on a shared base with Afghan soldiers, where one soldier, seeing a TV for the first time, watched coverage of a controversial film and decided to open…
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A brutal off-base brawl over "disrespect" costs John Spencer part of his ear and nearly his career — and becomes one of his hardest-earned leadership lessons. If you like this, click subscribe, like and share with a friend. Watch the full episode 301: https://youtu.be/gAfqD0Oaa48 ---------- NAVY SEALS FITNESS APP |…
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"It looked kind of like Amazon Alexa." Robotics founder Mike LeBlanc describes Cobalt's first robot, a skinny, five-foot machine that drove around corporate offices, built to figure out product-market fit. From there, the company moved into humanoid robots capable of auto manufacturing tasks like picking up parts, running quality checks,…
Most sieges are about keeping people out. This one was about keeping them in. Urban warfare expert John Spencer explains the reverse siege strategy used in the Battle of Sadr City, walling enemy forces in to stop them firing mortars and rockets into the Green Zone, while simultaneously cutting them…
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"I put the mirror down. I look at my ear and it's gone." Combat veteran John Spencer recounts the moment mid-fight when an opponent bit into his ear, and he didn't even realize it until he checked the mirror on the drive back to base. He'd already won the fight…
Former Marine Corps officer, Harvard Business School graduate, and entrepreneur Mike LeBlanc spent 13 years in the Marine Corps, including back-to-back deployments advising Afghan forces, service with First Recon, a joint special operations task force in Bahrain, and a Pentagon role evaluating emerging military technology. After leaving active service, he…
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Mike Ritland explains why humanitarian missions are rarely the real reason nations choose to intervene. If you like this, click subscribe, like and share with a friend. Watch the full episode: Ep. 301 ---------- #MikeDropPodcast #MikeRitland #Veteran #Military #Geopolitics #MikeRitlandPodcast #ForeignPolicy #HumanitarianAid #InternationalRelations #MilitaryStrategy #WorldNews #PoliticalCommentary #GlobalConflict #USPolitics #DonaldTrump #FoxNews…
John Spencer and Mike Ritland discuss why comparing Russia's invasion of Ukraine to U.S. actions in Venezuela ignores the bigger strategic picture. If you like this, click subscribe, like and share with a friend. ---------- NAVY SEALS FITNESS APP | HYBRID STRENGTH & CONDITIONING TRAINING Train like a SEAL with…
"It's just you against yourself." Former Green Beret and Delta Force operator Kyle Morgan explains why Delta selection is unlike any other course in special operations. It's not just about whether you're physically capable. It's about whether you can meet the standard, every single time, while knowing every decision you…
Urban warfare expert John Spencer explains how he took command of a mechanized infantry in Iraq's Sadr City, despite never having set foot in a Bradley. If you've ever wondered what real combat leadership looks like under pressure, this conversation might surprise you. Follow @MikeRitland for more conversations like this.…
