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SEAL Team Seven Defense Strategies Group Mike O'Dowd

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. He's served as a Breacher, Fighter, Waterman, Weapons Instructor, and he's even qualified as an NCAA Division 1 Athlete in rowing. He even founded Defense Strategies Training Group, a collective of Special Operations Combat Veterans dedicated to providing world-class security training with decades of real-world Special Operations Experience.

Safe to say, Mike's seen his fair share of hard times. Fortunately, like any problem, it's rarely something a little hard work (and maybe a few explosives) can't solve.

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00:00 - Intro
05:19 - Wishing I Was Better
13:56 - An Aspiring Los Angeles Athlete
40:50 - Checking In at SEAL Team Seven
57:29 - Intel Gone Wrong
01:13:52 - Playing Politics in Operational Warfare
01:31:30 - Deploying to Afghanistan
01:42:53 - Dogs and JTAC
01:57:45 - Going Public at Defense Strategies Group
02:07:53 - Testosterone and Psychedelics
02:15:11 - Withdrawing from Afghanistan

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