THE RESILIENT WARRIOR: Joey Hahn's Journey From Foster Care To Frogman
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Welcome back, loyal listeners to another episode of the Team Never Quit Podcast! Join us as Marcus and Melanie sit down for a conversation with wounded warrior and U.S. Navy SEAL, Joey Hahn.Having lost his mother at 4 years of age to cervical cancer, his father was unable to care for him and his two siblings, and they were placed in foster care where they lived in dozens of homes across Texas until he graduated high school.
Despite the turmoil in his life, Joe graduated third in his high school class, earning multiple scholarships to attend Texas A&M University to pursue a Biomedical Science Degree. Joe was attending college when the 9/11 attacks occurred. He enlisted and spent 13 years in the United States Navy as a Special Operator First Class (SEAL). He deployed multiple times in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and he then deployed three more times to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and to other undisclosed locations worldwide.
During two separate freefall workups for specific missions and deployments, Joey was catastrophically injured, shattering his left and right legs individually. Each injury required several surgeries and months of recovery time before he was able to return to his unit. After two more deployments, the extent of his injuries was discovered, requiring more surgeries. Unable to fully recover and having sustained several TBI’s from explosions and IED’s while overseas, Joseph Hahn was medically retired in 2017.
Joey currently subcontracts with various entities conducting training, personal security, and consulting while continuing to pursue his degree.
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In this episode you will hear:
• I can remember the day I got picked up [by CPS Foster Care]. I was in Kindergarten. (9:20)
• The foster home that took me in was my baseball coach. (18:02)
• I was constantly the new kid. My average stay at a home was 6 months. (20:38)
• The whole image of 9-11 and the invasion of Iraq was all over the TV. Stuff like that ate at me, especially being young, able-bodied, male Texan. I kept thinking to myself I need to do something now if I’m gonna do it because I’m physically capable now. (26:36)
• What attracted me to the whole community was combat diving. I loved water growing up. You couldn’t keep me out of a body of water: lake, pond, tank, trough. I was always trying to find a way to get wet. (32:02)
• Growing up as a child, I didn’t have any connections to anybody. I rarely saw my actual brother. There was no consistency as far as people in my life until the very end of my foster kid career. (73:51)
• I never really bonded with anybody until I went to BUDS. I can tell you everybody I went to BUDS with. They made a lifelong imprint on my life. (74:15)
• The only way to survive this situation [in battle] is to be with your brothers, and be ready for it, but accept that death is a possibility. (76:15)
• Instructors were telling us, “You’ve gotta be prepared to shoot somebody in the face. If you’re not mentally prepared for that, you’re in the wrong line of work. (78:28)-
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Each week join Retired Navy SEAL and Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell, Morgan Luttrell, and Producer Andrew Brockenbush as they’ll take you into the “briefing room” to chat with incredible guests who share their greatest never quit stories. This humorous, heartfelt, and entertaining podcast is changing lives and has become a beacon of hope and resilience to those who are facing the impossible. One of the best ways we can support our community is to share their stories so that we might inspire others to Never Quit.
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Great podcast Marcus and Melanie. Blessings to you and your family Joey, no matter what you never quit. I am a hillbilly from Indiana and have always wore the tank top/shorts on almost every day....Hooya..........Warrior...!
As always, great podcast
Joey was in the photo with Red Squadron after the UBL raid with Obama in the hanger ⚔️🛡️🇺🇸🇺🇸
I had the privilege of attending the first KTC 2301 and Joe was an unbelievable instructor and one hell of a man, learned so much from him!
I love the interviews Marc, I play them in my headphones while working. But please Marcus, Let your guests speak without interrupting them, you’ve broken the direction of the conversation a couple of times. Okay with that being said. Try to get DJ Shipley JR in for a interview, he has an interesting “Never Quit” story.
Great video, I can definitely relate, I too experienced foster care and boys homes. My parents were into drugs and alcohol when my brother and I were really young he 8, and me 3, so my brother and I was taken and split up initially until my grandparents found out we were in state custody and they saved us from the state a year later.
We ended up landing on our feet pretty well as adults, life is life and it will crush you, or can crush it everyday. Don’t complain about anything, just take what is thrown at you and make it work, the rest will fall into place.
Always wondered how many SEALs played socom lol
When is the new Episode with Morgan dropping?
One of the most incredible stories I've ever heard. Mr. Hahns story should be a movie of pure inspiration for EVERYONE! Uncle was a Navy Seal; someone please explain this?
What a great podcast! Such a sad childhood, sorry to hear that. 🐸 🔱
Great hair.
Team never started fighting! Lmao
It's team never quit, shrimp. Back to your gender studies. Go reinvent basic biology, liberal.
Thank you guys, for this.
All respect, man. What a life you’ve lived! Perseverance and then an example to many. Awesome interview.
My uncle had that Navy Seals video game 😂 Great interview. True American patriot 🇺🇸
Love it! My brother and I served, he was in the Marines and I served in the Navy at the same time! Interesting home life for sure when we had leave at the same time!! Thanks for sharing.
Joey taking us ALLL back down memory lane! What fun times as a kid !
Awesome content, keeping it real, always.
That's cool about the seal reunion in 2028 you was talking about are you going to invite Jesse Ventura or is he still a outcast?
Opinionated, fighting with brothers and comrades, very Hollywood and badass at the same time....... Sounds like a Navy Seal not an outcast.
Joey Hahn mahn!
Gig Em Whoop
Awesome story 💯