Watch the Full Episode Here - https://youtu.be/kaQIWP8peSg What is a life worth? To the government, it may be a set amount of local currency. To the public, it may be a house, a car, or material goods. But when it comes to deployment overseas in Afghanistan, you're only worth what…
Watch the Full Episode Here - https://youtu.be/kaQIWP8peSg Mike O'Dowd built Defense Strategies Training to teach civilians to defend themselves and their families by sharing decades of real-world Special Operations experience. In this clip from Episode #175 of the Mike Drop Podcast, Mike talks deployment, operations, and CIA confidence. After all,…
Anyone can be Special Operations - or at least, that's what Mike O'Dowd thinks. To him, Special Operations is a mindset - one about never accepting failure and refusing to settle for mediocrity. He's a 9 year Navy SEAL Vet with SEAL Team Seven, having deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.…
Watch the Full Episode Here - https://youtu.be/kaQIWP8peSg Everybody's got a plan until somebody yells AVALANCHE. SEAL Team Seven & Defense Strategies Group Founder Mike O'Dowd talks night raids, letting targets go, and feeling like the Predator in this exclusive clip from Episode #175 of the Mike Drop podcast. ---------- Train…
The military asks everything of our soldiers, but some expectations are simply too great. SEAL Team Seven Canine Handler Chris Cappa talks getting out after COVID landed on U.S. soil in this exclusive clip from Episode #174 of the Mike Drop Podcast. Full Discussion: https://youtu.be/juKnn2RzY30 ---------- Support Chris Cappa -…
Dogs are essential at the Tip of the Spear - they can clear rooms, identify hazardous materials, and keep people safe. That's why SEAL Team Seven Canine Handler Chris Cappa was so pleased with Mickey's performance on deployment in Afghanistan in this exclusive clip from Episode #174 of the Mike…
For military veterans, many of the deepest wounds of war are invisible, with few consistently successful treatment plans available. Fortunately, Stanford Medicine researchers have discovered that there may be a solution hidden in the plant-based psychoactive drug ibogaine, though it hasn't yet been embraced by the larger medical community. In…
What's it like deploying with your dog at the Tip of the Spear? SEAL Team Seven's Chris Cappa talks taking Mickey out for bites, bombs, and daily training in this exclusive clip from Episode #174 of the Mike Drop Podcast. Full Discussion: https://youtu.be/juKnn2RzY30 ---------- Support Chris Cappa - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_chriscappa…
Training an animal to move, obey, and communicate effectively is no easy feat - especially when you're serving at the Tip of the Spear. That's where SEAL Team Seven Canine Handler Chris Cappa met Mickey anyway - a scrappy pup that would go on to become an absolute beast on…
Since COVID-19 vaccines became available in late 2020, the Navy's stated policy has always been to achieve a fully vaccinated force to ensure the service's readiness. Of course, it's not all that simple - at least not for the warriors over at SEAL Team Seven. Canine Handler Chris Cappa digs…
Inspiration doesn't often bloom from tragedy, but in the case of SEAL Team Seven Canine Handler Chris Cappa, it's the name of the game. In this exclusive clip from Episode #173 of The Mike Drop Podcast, Chris breaks down how his turn as a Muy Thai trainer at a local…
If only the strongest warriors are chosen to serve at the Tip of the Spear, then surely the toughest dogs are too, right? SEAL Team Seven Canine Handler Chris Cappa talks tough assignments with a scrappy pup named Mickey that turned into a hero in this exclusive clip from Episode…
If only the strongest warriors are chosen to serve at the Tip of the Spear, then surely the toughest dogs are too, right? SEAL Team Seven Canine Handler Chris Cappa talks tough assignments with a scrappy pup named Mickey that turned into a hero in this exclusive clip from Episode…
What was SEAL Team Seven doing in West Africa? Canine Handler Chris Cappa talks Night Ops in Cameroon and the pleasures of a job well done in this exclusive clip from Episode #173 of the Mike Drop Podcast. Full Discussion: https://youtu.be/jAwY-5c0Eco ---------- Support Chris Cappa - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_chriscappa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WarriorDog/videos/warrior-dog-home-whandler-program/380732714475128/…
Every warrior has a different reason for going over the wire. For Chris Cappa, it was almost destiny; a chance encounter at a local gym turned into a series of relationships that were suddenly severed in a 2011 Afghanistan Boeing Chinook shootdown - otherwise known as Extortion 17. Soon after,…
What was SEAL Team Seven doing in West Africa? Canine Handler Chris Cappa talks Night Ops in Cameroon and the pleasures of a job well done in this exclusive clip from Episode #173 of the Mike Drop Podcast. Full Discussion: https://youtu.be/jAwY-5c0Eco ---------- Support Chris Cappa - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_chriscappa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WarriorDog/videos/warrior-dog-home-whandler-program/380732714475128/…
Hitting a stationary mortar target is hard enough - hitting one at range that's driving AWAY from you is even harder. Marine Infantry Squad Leader and Lions of Marjah author Ryan Rogers recalls the most incredible mortar shot he's ever seen in this exclusive clip from Episode #172 of The…
It takes all sorts to make the world - even more so in the Marine corps. USMC Squad Infantry Leader and 'Lions of Marjah' author Ryan Rogers talks getting into it over a messy meal in this exclusive clip from Episode #172 of the Mike Drop Podcast. Full Discussion: https://youtu.be/wBEe7A6hlRQ…
In 'Lions of Marjah', author Ryan Rogers digs deep into his experiences leading his USMC Infantry Squad into the dark, but it's not his only tale from overseas. In this exclusive clip from Episode 172 of the Mike Drop podcast, Ryan digs into his experiences around the Five-Day war, and…
It's never easy to deliver bad news, especially when you feel like you're a part of the problem. Marine Infantry Squad Leader and Lions of Marjah author Ryan Rogers talks telling his guys some of the most difficult news anyone can deliver, and why it's never an easy transaction on…
There's more to being a Marine Squad Infantry Leader than simply telling other Marines what to do. You're not only responsible for your squad's successes, but you also feel the weight of the most devastating of failures. But The Battle of Marjah isn't where Lions of Marjah author Ryan Rogers'…
HERE COMES THE BIG ONE! It's a story from Marine Infantry Squad Leader Ryan Rogers that's too unorthodox to ignore - how an entire line of infantry lost sight of the target in an instant, and the natural result of that deadly misdirection. Mike reflects on the nature of war…
The Marine Corps. has always been a fighting force, in more ways than one! Lions of Marjah author Ryan Rogers talks boxing for the USMC and going up against a Golden Gloves Army fighter in this exclusive clip from Episode #171 of the Mike Drop podcast. Full Discussion: https://youtu.be/f2JUToZJQSA ----------…
Night Ops are never easy. No matter how much planning you put in, no matter how many resources you allocate, you simply can't account for what you can't see. Lions of Marjah author Ryan Rogers recalls landing in a flooded LZ the morning of the Marjah operation, and why a…
