Navy SEALs Capture High Value Targets in Their Sleep
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- Опубликовано: 27 апр 2024
- This week’s Urban Valor episode features Navy SEAL veteran, Mike O’Dowd. Mike was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. He was inspired to be a Navy SEAL after watching a documentary on the Discovery channel about them. When the 9/11 attack occurred, Mike felt an even greater calling to go fight for America and enlisted into the Navy to become a Navy SEAL.
In this episode, he talks about his combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan assigned to SEAL Team 7, doing covert operations to capture targets while they slept, and working with locals who were police allies by day and enemy by night. Mike leaves us with the hardship of lost brothers and the impact transitioning back into the civilian world had on his mental health.
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Transitioning out of the military is insanely hard. Here i am 14 years after i got of the Army and im still lost. I injured my back and its ruined my life.
My back is torched. Deteriorating L3 to L5. Shit sucks. I feel you.
I’m sorry. Thank you for your service.
Reach out to your brothers and get that tribe together. Trust me it goes a long way.
@@michaelholliday6037 I play paintball with veteran militia. I still can move but it’s slow. We got each others backs. there are like 1500 of us. lol
thank you for your service and your sacrifices you made for this crooked country we live in
but dude, did you think it was gonna be easy?!??
and it wasn't gonna hurt.
I was the guy he was calling out for not being able to swim hahaha. I’ll never forget him laughing at me one morning in boot camp for getting hot chocolate.
He also did the math one day and figured out we were getting paid something like .11 cents a hour.
No way how is that possible that low of a wage that's prison wages!
A decade in and comes out an E6? That sucks
Did you serve in Iraq with him?
There’s 720 hours in a 30day cycle you definitely make way more than 11. Cents a hour even as a e-1 what do you get out of coming on RUclips to tell lies ? I did 8 years in the army and I enlisted in 07 so I don’t think we went backwards in pay as a military . You get more out of life being honest.
I have watched a lot of SF interviews over the years. This guy is captivating, entertaining and no BS talker. Loved it.
Thank you
@@defensestrategiesgroup thank you for great content.
Great interview. I've never heard a SEAL refer to himself as Special Forces though.
@@ICALLBS-tb2kxA lot of them do, they are Special Operation Forces guys, they are part of the Special Forces umbrella, just not an actual Special Forces Green Beret.
@@James_Edward59 I said I've never heard it before... They're not under the "Special Forces" umbrella... they're under the Special Operations umbrella..Special Forces is typically reserved for Green Berets also called "SF" as in "Special Forces".
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Salute!
Dude spoke the real! Mentally strong, physically strong! Not emotionally strong! Spoke volumes! Great interview!
Appreciate you watching 👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼
Saying this dude is not emotionally strong is crazy. Typo?
Dude is d-bag.
That goat story might be one of the best war stories I’ve ever heard.
Vietnam 65, 66, 67. Navy Corpsman. Three Purple Hearts. Grew up playing soldier too. Did four years in Navy followed by twelve years of contracting on and off. Couple of overseas heists. Made enough money for college and law school. Never looked back.
I believe in emotional self determination and never let the war get to me. None of us are the only ones that ever went to war and came back home.
One of the best seal interviews I’ve ever seen.
Great guy.
thought the exact same thing
I like this Guy
Dude is a certified tool. Bragging about terrorizing civilians and then calling them cowards.
Beginning of Covid I had the honor of training with Mike..he was one of the instructors in a weeklong course I took. I never forgot him..such an overall awesome character, teacher, awesome guy to hange with. Best instructor I ever came across. Mike, if you read this - wish you all the best! You're awesome and thanks for what your doing.
I’m 24, I’m the only combat vet my age I know in college. My transition was ROUGH, being 22 and going straight into college a month and a half after that deployment. It’s weird because all the other vets here only deployed to Okinawa but all they do is post vague SOF pictures that elude to them doing combat deployments when none of them spent a day in the Middle East. I was fucked up after that deployment and I didn’t trust anyone and I had really bad ptsd. The other vets were like “yeah bro we’re also grunts we get it” then they met me and thought I was weird and just never hit me up after meeting me. It made me even more mad because some wear memorial shirts for the guys who died on my deployment and they weren’t even there. Veterans are leeches and some of the fakest people I know. They’ll act like your friend until it comes time to be your friend
I’m sorry you went through that brother. I hope you are now in a better place in life 🙏🏼 if you ever need to talk email me josh@urbanvalor.com 👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼
@@UrbanValorTV I’m a lot more adjusted now, I learned how to be a loner. At first it was tough because you’re always used to going everywhere with at least one other person, there used to always be someone else who was down to clown in the barracks. But everything Mike said was true, everyone wants to hear about how badass a combat deployment is, but not how it made you feel, not even other veterans. Luckily I had a great group of peers, juniors, and command. I’m just happy we live in a day and age where our friends are just a phone call away vs ww2 or Vietnam where those guys didn’t hear from their friends for decades.
Appreciate you man. Keep building your community.
To be fair, it's even worse when there's military vets out there that say they've been there and done that in the Middle East so they're a combat vet; yet these guys deployed to Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt, Saudi, UAE, Bahrain.
There's nothing that pisses me off more when I hear that.
Like bro you deployed to Dubai or Doha stop acting hard.
None of those countries would even be considered a combat deployment though... They should know that
Thanks brother for sharing your story. I’m retired Navy myself with 20 plus years of service and you nailed the facts dead on!
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The transition was rough, and I wasn't doing anything like this guy. A little over a year away from mt family, made it through no sweat. Within a year of being out and home, I found myself separated and life falling apart.
Medical issues that had been put off finally had to be dealt with.
Things have never been the same. 3 years of working with the Veternas Center, and Im living well day to day. Still get smacked down by intrusive thoughts and feeling depressed, but cope and make it to tomorrow.
Checkin in to make sure you made it to today homie.
Love this guy🎉🎉He really is dialed in on what causes the hardships when leaving the service. God bless him. Our country needs this man, period.
Thank you
This guy is a certified tool.
This guy nails it right on the fuckin head it’s so hard getting out I been out a little over 3 years now still struggling every day I try to help everyone out at the drop of the hat just to try and get friends but it’s no relation like brothers in arms
LMFAO, the back of the head comment just reminded me of a story about my father I haven’t thought of since I was a kid. Dad was a Vietnam Vet, from memory it was 1987 when they finally got a welcome home parade(in Australia). After the parade a fellow soldier came up to dad introduced himself & said you’re such & such right? Dad was stunned & said yea how did you know? He said because I always marched behind you & I recognised the back of your head! 🤣
I feel like if any special operations team is pursuing you , the wanted meter is at 7+ stars
The courage it takes for this type of honesty is amazing
Thanks for sharing your experience. I was enlisted in the USN from 90-94 as a radioman on CVN-72. I am grateful for your and your teammates’ sacrifices. I appreciate your comments on why we all sign up. It’s true.
Hey, I am blown away after hearing this guy share. He kind of gave us a peak behind the curtain of the way things are living the Seal life. But most importantly , the afterlife, when getting out.
Thank you, sir.
It's an honor to know you got back.
Peace be with you.
Hilarious, insightful, humble, motivating interview with this Frogman. Rip Remington. Happy memorial day and thank you for your service Mike
Awesome telling of you life, service and survival of going through the aftereffects of reentering the civilian sector. Civilians will never understand because they've never gone through what veterans go through. I miss the comradery and brotherhood of the service the most. 22 years of Army service here.
i wish i could watch this for this first time again
I came back into the navy as a seabee October 2008. I was RTC staff until my orders came in for my new "A" school. Went from being an HT to a UT. While being staff, I'd babysit the recruits from Ohare to bootcamp. Before disembarking the bus, I'd tell the recruits to just shut up and do what they are told. Bootcamp was a joke and not to stress. When he described bootcamp as fat camp, I couldn't have agreed more. Dead on with his assignment. Navy RDC's are the most none intimidating people on earth. They've got to honestly do something about that.
Mike is the man
I had a chance to train with him and his company and they are LEGIT
Mr. Odowd what an amazing story. Thank you for your honesty and doing something to give back to society. Im a vet myself and have been depressed ever since i got out. I miss the brotherhood i had in the service.
"people wanna know why I'm out here doing this shit? Because your fuckin not!" 😂 - David goggins
Honesty and realness is his superpower, he actually became that badass MF! 🇺🇲 Never forget
I also had/have Low T, 😮 made the connection. Also, his explanation of being alive, wishing I am dead, helped put my feelings into words that I had not used to explain my deep felt emotions. THANKS.
This really spoke to me. Thanks Mike!
That pause/ deep breath that feeling we know all to well... after 👂 many skydiving accidents from the best of the best makes me skeptical to try...
I'm just a military brat, but I feel like a veteran, too. I moved next to an Air Force base. Love the culture. We had a great life through Dad's 42-year career. 1941 to 1974. Pilot and full Colonel. Miss you, Daddy
The intel guy messing with the dudes eyes is most hilarious shyt I’ve heard in a while. Love your reaction🤣🤣
Thank you for sharing this experience.
I remember when I told my mom I was joining the army and she like tried to bribe me from going but I was dead set at going to war. Fast forward 20 years she passed about ten years ago I served deployed to Iraq Afghanistan came home . My uncle passes away a few months back my aunt tells this story how on Christmas Eve 1939 they lived in Poland and the Germans put them on a train and shipped them to a German controlled part of Poland to work a farm aka slave labor and then moved them again to Germany . There’s way more to the story but if I new that back then I might of took that bride rather put her through the stress of loosing me . Breaks my heart today . When I got out I went n stayed with her she was sick and needed help and passed two years later if cancer so at least I redeemed myself I hope
I had a similar situation with my dad. The difference was I was a drug addict alcoholic and I put him through hell, mom and dad constantly worried. I got clean and sober while he was dieing of cancer and I saved him when he collapsed and wasn't breathing. That bought him more time. I watched him die months later. He was brave for all of us to the very end. He was a badass CAF 2RCR sniper veteran. I think I redeemed myself, too, in the end. Life is crazy.
I get it, your commitment to be willing to die for each other and our cause, bond with your brothers, sacrafice, courage, and the intensity.
You nailed it regarding how the one thing military training lacked was teaching you to feel emotionally withdrawn instead of strong. I am in awe regarding how you identified your problem and sorted out how to build your emotional strength to become even stronger than you were. I think your highest calling is to help other vets who are in danger of suicide and cant live with quality of life to give them the keys and direction. God bless
This was incredibly enlightening. I'm inspired to do some things I have been putting off for years. Thank you.
One of the best, most motivating interviews. Thank you
So crazy…just got done watching him on Mike Ritland. 🇺🇸🎗️
This dude cracked me up talking about playing call of duty while his boots were in the box. Every time I play xball at the paintball field in a toand the paintballs start flying and some 15 year old shoots me out I’m like damn it would have been that easy. Thank god the bad guys didn’t recruit at any 15 year old paintball dorks.
Thankyou for your service and sacrifice. You have snapped me out of the bullshit depression I've been in
I really enjoyed this interview and I’ve watched many many military and SOF guy interviews. Hope this guy sticks with RUclips and tells more people his story, he will do well.
Totally agree. Some of these interviews are so vague and detached that it is like watching paint dry. Like "We engaged hostile resistance." This guy goes deep and makes it real.
5 minutes in and I already know this one’s gonna be a great one!!!
Great story brother! I pray you’re in a better place. You certainly made me re-think a few things in my life. Thank you!
Thank you
Appreciate you watching 👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼
Very interesting interview. Brings out the sensitive side of a warrior. I agree on the emotionally weak part. Unfortunate. Good to know you have found your place. ❤
Such a solid dude. Thank you.
Appreciate your support 👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼
CONGRATS ON A 100K URBAN VALOR🙏🏼
Thanks! We are honored 🙏
Thank you for telling your story, it means a lot to me.
They make you physically and mentally strong, but not emotionally wow that really hit. This guy needs tapped for his experience back into the services. Thank you for your service Sir!
Damn! Great interview and format! God bless you soldier.
That’s hysterical. Unbelievable the limits they push men to. Thanks for sharing!
I have the utmost respect for you and your fellow teammates. To be able to show your feelings I truly believe makes you a man. The ability to show your feelings I have already said makes me have so much more respect for you. My respect for the Military men/women is so high. I'm so proud to an American!!!
"He took a .300WinMag to the gut..." definitely gets your attention lol, curious to see where that's going
I loved every bit of this interview would love to hear more stories from him. Shoulda been more than 1 hour
Need to get him on The Sean Ryan Show 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
The way this man uses the term “sexy” or “unsexy”; you can tell, it carry’s a lot of weight, and that cracks me tf up, SEAL community always seems genuinely so wholesome
going through some really stressful shit atm cant say how much this has been helping me specifically this mans story.
thank you from my heart
❤❤❤ thank you
Great Interview Brother 😎🤙🏽
Appreciate you watching 👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼
Pretty much every night around midnight eastern time, Marine Shane Official (as long as we’re tracking ) RUclips channel has live chats if you feel like chiming in to talk with other vets. It keeps me from drinking and thinking about shit that gets me down.
Vets just understand vets man. The more I edit and tell veteran stories the more that fact enters my reality.
It's great to know that one day when my service ends I've got people from all walks willing to accept and help.
Glad you found that outlet man. Oughta get you on this show to inspire more vets!
If that hour screws with you, think about getting a group together for boxing or lifting kinda like a midnight mental health fitness group. Even if aren't close to a gym so 50lb sandbag wrapped in tape can be evil effective.
This is one of the best veteran interviews I have ever seen. It's shocking that we still have appalling (ie non existent) transitional phases for guys and girl leaving the military. Why not have veterans join a reservist platoon and ease them back into civilian life? It's disgusting how people who gave so much of themselves are treated. Respect to Mike for opening up like this. Serious respect.
Mandating anything like that never works out how you think.
Great interview!
This channel deserves 10m subscribers
Mike, Awesome job! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Incredible…… if I put up a photo of myself as a child next to the one of Mike in this intro you would not be able to tell who’s who. It’s incredible the almost perfect resemblance. I forwarded the photo of Mike over to my mom and she thought it was me hahaha. Once she found out it’s in fact not a picture of me as a child she gave a 9/10 in resemblance. Mike if you read this respond below! I would be thrilled to forward over a photo on my end, it’s pretty incredible the resemblance
Much respect cousin great video bro love you
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I was not in the military but have a high speed/high stress physical job, I was 35 and all of a sudden I had brain fog, fatigue, no strength or emotions. I went to countless doctors and no one could figure it out. Was getting a haircut talking to my barber and he says did you get your testosterone checked and I said I am sure I went for every damn test possible. I went to my doctor and they never did. I tested it and had testosterone of a 90 year old man. From my research I found that we over use our adrenal glands and they stop functioning properly. Unfortunately I could not find any doctors that have a way to fix the problem. So after 5 years of dealing with it I finally figured it out and now get testosterone shots which really helped a lot. I feel probably 70 percent better. I don’t think it will ever go back and I will probably be on testosterone for ever. Thanks for your service and I hope young men having the same issues read this and get it checked out. I also changed my lifestyle to be less stressed out which really does help. Good luck wish you the best.
37 years old i had major panic attacks out of know wear
The 13 year olds on COD used to be crazy😂
Congrats on 100k! 💪🏼🇺🇸
Thanks brother 🤙🏼🇺🇸👊🏼
100k lets goo urban valor family
Watching a 2nd time! Great Interview Brother 🙏🙏🙏😎
I know this has been said, but SF people needed a personally tailor post service treat system in place. Every situation is different. I feel for this man. we NEED to serve them better
America is a weird country man. The guy is judging them for taking an animal in exchange for a life but offering it is alright? Bunch of weirdos don't even know what they're fighting for.
lol why you sitting here watching them talk then. Weirdo😂 go home
You drink alcohol to kill your pain .... A very powerful statement.
Watched him on jknews with don tran marine raider and trung nguyen army ranger. Was interested in this guys story, dope to see
This guy is great man
A REAL MAN!
Getting rolled is the hardest thing to deal with mentally you think you couldn't do it all over again but if you believe in your dream you will push through it and tbh i think it actually benefits you in some ways.just never give up on your dream you will regret it once your old and think back to everything you have done in your life, take each day minute by minute don't think too far ahead and don't worry about things you can't change live life to the fullest you only get 1 chance don't waste it good luck to all the up and coming potential seals no surrender 🇬🇧🏴🇺🇸👊👍💙
48:50 I know that pain. I'm here for you Brother.
Womp womp
@@fsmprophet8319 lol
That sand and the vaseline story!!
Thanks Again Gents
Divorce is worse than death
Just Wow! As a CountryWe don’t take care of our Vets like we should. Just like Homeless Vets, that shit shouldn’t even exist in our language or reality. Salute 🫡
I often wonder if I had what it took to make it. I have always thought my self pretty tough. I was unnaturally strong for a guy my size and had grown up swimming in the ocean. The ocean is my friend. You hear most drop out because of the cold and swimming. But listening to this man I think I probably would have failed where the team mentality comes in.
You can tell when marines get in the lobby they put they’re whole info in
This guy is the same character class as Tim Kennedy
...props❤
Would love to see him on The Sean Ryan Show 😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸that would be a great episode
Stay strong
Damn this guy and I could have been friends forsure. Except losing fights. And we both went to SAMO high with Johnny Kim? Crazy!
I'm glad you feel better. SOF bro SOF, not SF. (26 years here. Good product. Leaving was like being gut shot. Emotions everywhere. Still lost so I isolate and stay home with my wife of 29 years and livestock. My safe, while looking for peace of mind daily. It was a choice at every phase and still ticking. Loveya bro, and good luck. Seeya on the other side.
I know this guy from uscca
May you all be blessed 🇺🇸
Thank you 🙏🏼
54:38 hitting the nail in the coffin
Little tip if you have chafing? Use corn starch stuff is good trust me doesn’t last forever but the day after helps a lot
corn starch in the ocean, eh?
He needs to be on the Shawn Ryan show
*underpaid athlete
Call of duty and some teens talking shit to them hahaha funniest thing ever imagine if you could see each other while playing 😂😂😂
22:30.....suppressor in the mouth story 🤣🤣🤣
It's all about trust. Life ur is in their hands.
Yes life is hard and definitely harder for some.
Amen.
I was in 2PARA gaurdroom when towers fell