Name: Episode 016 - Life is a Fight. Come Prepared to Adapt. - Dom Raso by Ironclad Podcast in more stuff
Duration: 54 min 35 s
Description: Dom Raso is a man of impact. Driven by purpose, he's always adapting, always growing, always pushing others to do the same. We talk about awareness, taking the time to figure out your purpose, defining your version of success, and becoming the person you're supposed to be.

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In this session we have Tu Lam from RoninTactics on, and he and Mike go way back. Tu talks escaping Vietnam as a child, and becoming a Special Forces operator as an adult. Mike and Tu discuss losing brothers in combat during the war in Iraq.

GRP 04 Tu Lam, RoninTactics, Army Special Forces

GRP 93- It’s with great reverence that I introduce our guest for this week’s podcast. Mark Donaldson is a retired Australian Special Air Service Regiment trooper and recipient of the Victoria Cross. The Victoria Cross is Australia’s highest award for most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valor or self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy. It’s the Australian equivalent to our Medal of Honor. 

We discussed Mark’s early life and motivation for joining the Army as he experienced a traumatic event with the loss of his mother at the age of 19. We discussed how one can turn a tragic event into a motivating force. We discussed the mindset required to train for and get selected into a Special Operations unit like the SAS, and how that same mindset can help surmount obstacles in life. We discussed leadership, the bottom-up approach, and the changing strategy and role for western forces in Afghanistan. This is part one of the interview. The second part will be released within the coming days. 

Three U.S. Army Special Forces Green Berets have been killed in action this week while on patrol through western Mali, in Niger. We’d like to send our deepest condolences to the friends, teammates, and family of these fallen warriors.





0:00- Episode Overview

6:36:00- Motivation to join the Army, and later the SAS. Using the loss of a loved one to drive you forward in life.

15:51:00- “The best way to honor my mates is to come back and live a good life”-Australian WW1 veteran

28:19:00-The mindset required to make it into Special Operations and surmount obstacles in life. Training for selection. 

57:06:00- The bottom-up approach. Leadership and team building. “I’m the guy on the ground I decide what I drop”-British Special Boat Service JTAC to brigade command over the radio
1:09:00- The evolution of the strategy in Afghanistan and the changing role of the special operations units. 

This episode is sponsored by Abes Baumann a law firm that provides legal services and fights for the rights of disabled veterans. To learn about what they can offer you visit http://www.abesbaumann.com/vets

Follow my co-host and my pages on social media. Links below.

Global Recon:
www.Globalrecon.net

https://www.instagram.com/igrecon
https://www.instagram.com/blackopsmatter

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https://www.facebook.com/GlobalReconPodcast/



Chantel Taylor:
https://www.instagram.com/mission_critical

https://www.instagram.com/altern8rv


Music provided by Caspian:
www.caspianmusic.net

Global Recon Podcast

GRP 93-Victoria Cross: The story of Mark Donaldson an SAS Trooper

GRP 120-Warriors Heart: Two Brothers Serving in Special Missions in The War on Terror

For this weeks podcast I have on Tom and Scot Spooner. Both served in the infantry than became Special Forces Engineers. After 9/11 Tom who joined the Army before Scot went to selection and made it into the Army’s Special Missions Unit as an operator. For the next decade he deployed without a break into combat as an operator and a sniper. 
 Scot, was on an instructor tour at the Special Forces school house where he taught everything explosives for young men becoming Green Berets. Once Scot’s instructor time was up he went into the Special Missions Unit as apart of the heavy breacher’s program. They’ve been deployed to Iraq at the same time and discuss what that was like. We talked about their new podcast Original Freedom, Post Traumatic Stress, and several other topics. Enjoy. 

0:00-Ronald Regan Speech 

6:00-Tom Spooners Army Career

12:51-Scot Spooners Army Career

20:16-Deployed with Army Special Missions in Iraq at the same time.

37:02- “It was harder to be at home watching television then it was to be deployed in combat”

58:06-Warriors Heart

Follow The Spooner brothers:
Website:http://www.ogfree.com  YouTube Channel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCqARyF74PZilCKFb4-YNq9A  Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/original-freedom-podcast/id1438086939?mt=2  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2pmwoSqWGA9fezImaR6odU?si=yCZfmhJjSU6DFIIXllHebA  Follow us at our Original Freedom Facebook page and @BeOGFree on instagram and Twitter


Follow Global Recon below:
 
www.Globalrecon.net
https://www.instagram.com/igrecon
https://www.instagram.com/blackopsmatter
www.twitter.com/igrecon
https://www.facebook.com/GlobalReconPodcast/
 
Chantel Taylor:
https://www.instagram.com/mission_critical
https://www.instagram.com/altern8rv
 
Tim Kolczak: www.thevetsproject.com
 www.instagram.com/theveteransproject
 
Music provided by Caspian:
 
www.caspianmusic.net

Global Recon, Delta Force

GRP 120-Warriors Heart: Two Brothers Serving in Special Missions in The War on Terror

Dom Raso is a man of impact. Driven by purpose, he's always adapting, always growing, always pushing others to do the same. We talk about awareness, taking the time to figure out your purpose, defining your version of success, and becoming the person you're supposed to be.

Episode 016 - Life is a Fight. Come Prepared to Adapt. - Dom Raso

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