TCAV TV: When I Almost Died as a SEAL - Story 30
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- The path from jail, to United States Navy SEAL, back to jail, kicked out of the United States Military, to joining the French Foreign Legion.
The wise learn from the mistakes of others. Listen and understand so you don't have to learn the hard way.
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"Don't get ready, stay ready" Awesome words to live by
Advice my dad gave me at one point was" get serious about your life, because life is always serious, there are no do overs." Still believe it.
That's some good advice. Your father was right about that. There are no do overs. We are not guaranteed a second chance at an opportunity
Leasons: take your life serious - take control of your life - don't act like a clown - prep your own shit in life - no help is coming, you have control, and the power to improve yourself and your life... right on.. love it... thank you, Taylor... you're killing it... Stay Strong!
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@@tcavofficialhow many scuba or rebreather dives did you do to become a seal? You don't know buoyancy?
Even basic hikers on Appalachian trail know you don't wear your waist and sternum strap on your bag crossing a stream. You had no flotation? I taught scuba and I would tell customers to never ever wear a weight belt on deck if they don't have a scuba unit and fins on their body. Not even five pounds in a weight belt without all your gear on. Belt goes on last. This is some serious amateur nonsense. The boyscouts I trained knew better.
And you know, if you forget flotation around boats, just loosen all your pack straps and unclip your waistbelt in case you gotta dump it.
@@tcavofficialman.. been convincing
myself too long not to take life too seriously because of the old cliche “no one gets out alive.” shit hasnt been going my way for sometime though. Think i needed this reminder. Im 30 years young and capable yet destructive. Ive for too long have not given a shit pursuing stimulus be it positive or negative. Its gotten me in more trouble than I can cope with sometimes. Your message…-thanks homie
@@sasquatchrosefartsTaylor just admitted all that, so why are you banging on about it?
Whatever man, flex that academic crap. It’s a blue collar working environment, mistakes happen. There are a huge number of injuries and deaths in the military in non combat situations. Unless you experienced it, you have no freaking clue.
Damn brother. You are killing it with pure life and fact bombs. I can promise you, all of this knowledge that you are passing down along with wisdom from life is pure gold. You are basically a father figure too many that don’t have a strong father figure to help guide them. Stay safe and God bless you brother.
ditto
A cautionary tale and corresponding conclusions. Thank you
Man you are some kind of super fuck up, that then turned into a HARD bad ass with a heart. You might be the coolest dude I have ever seen on you tube! Thanks man!!
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Leadership starts by teaching others to lead !
Here with you this morning Taylor! Ego will kill!
You are one righteous mutha, Taylor!
Best video yet, TCAV! Awesome, powerful stuff. I appreciate what you do!
I appreciate that!
im grateful this guy turned his life around so we can learn from his experiences. keep on the good work!
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“Don’t get ready, stay ready ‘ love that firm white Cav. Have a blessed one. Let’s stack these wins today!
Respect the raw honesty
"Fred is now dead.....but Freddy was ready."
Holy shit bro 😂
Man isn’t this so dang true , when you get complacent is when you go down. Life’s real and serious for sure, listen to Taylor here he’s spitt’n real.
This is an incredible video man. Really good message.
Always spitting FACTS!!! Brotha🎯
Belated but Happy New Year Taylor 🎊 🎈🎆
👵🏽✌🏾💚#TruthTeller 💚#TruthTeller
Pride goeth before a fall & pride is the first and the most deadly sin for a reason not just Biblically but in terms of Lakota Oglala Traditions, the Qu’ran and the Torah!
Very wise words based on experience - Thank You !
Like what you have, it's a journey, we look for others that understand, I get it! Let's go!
Take it serious. Great advise. Wish I had that years ago. 52 yrs old. Did time in the Marines, overseas deployments, never took it serious enough. Now I'm paying for it.
Powerful!!!!!!! love and appreciation from Prescott, Az
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"be serious ..." he is talking sense
Knowing and reading Scripture helps me learn lessons about the value of Life. Its precious.
Complacency kills, for sure and absolutely. I needed this gut check this morning especially through that story. Thank you for everything you do.
Taylor, have you read / seen about those two SEAL’s in Yemen couple days ago , where one fell in during night time boarding and other one went to help him and they are missing? I feel terrible for these two guys , but I immediately thought of you and your very similar story and how dangerous boarding at night is… wow.. I’m glad you’re ok, and I pray for those guys and their families.
Quote TCAV "It's all good till it's not". So True!!! Love it! I can imagine the horror of being in that water fully loaded. Strong as hell swimmer but you know you can't beat mother ocean much longer. Then seeing that hand come down "as if from God". Hey partner, maybe it was. The fact that he successfully made that jump, saw you and had sure enough footing himself in all that chaos are a lot of coincidences to line up. Take away for me in this story is "Ego will kill you"! Love your stories and you inspire me! BTW, I'm on my 4th day of getting up at 0430 and running. Feeling great. Thanks TCAV!
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Thanks for sharing for real life experiences.
Thank you TCav. I learned from you again today. “Don’t get ready. Be ready”.
Look two seals are missing, fell into water boarding a boat in somolia.
My Man! Made for fuckin story time! lol.. Glad we didn’t hear about your ass on the news! For real .. you’re saving God knows how many smart asses by sharing this tale! As usual Great work TC!
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my favorite saying, "good decisions are based on bad decisions." use it ALL the time
Love hearing the dog quietly snoring in the background.
I watched your interview on Mike drop you have lived life on the edge and thats mild ,going back to basic infantry training after been teir one team member and the language barrier dude alpha right there , looking forward to hearing more big thumbs up and scribed
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good story TC . be safe . ~. JDS/CT
Cool story
I remember when 4 SEALS drowned during the invasion of Grenada when they parachuted into the ocean for insertion and thinking at the time, how could 4 SEALS possibly drown? Now it makes sense (I subsequently learned that they also jumped during a storm with very rough seas). Glad your OIC was there. 👍😎
RIP🔱
Never seen a more zen dog like the chubby boy on the right
You drive me to do so much better ! I’m a high performance guy in my trade I’m always top ten in numbers and focus hard on my craft! I need to tune it a little bit! You’re not just some fake motivation speaker who never lived anything they talk about! Much respect! Love ya bro
The real ones get it👊🏼 You ever want to shift gears on the tight program email me. Will elevate every area ld your life: tcavofficial@gmail.com
Good morning Frogman. Thanks, for God has spared you for a higher purpose. Carry on buddy!
Good morning!
Story 30. Great start to my day. I could listen to you gab all day. There is always a message I can identify with. Thanks again.
Thanks for listening
Are you still at home or back in France? HAPPY NEW YEAR BRO!
Despite near-death experience this sounded like an awesome mission to be on as a young guy. I couldn't even imagine. All of my years spent in the bottle just waking up to be in another bottle, the complications that it caused my body and even mentally not being focused on wanting to be alive. Then I hit my bottom and then I'm worried about all the things that I did before to this meat suit because there's a reason to be here.
Happy New Year everyone Happy, Healthy, Prosperous
Good stuff brother. Dont get ready, stay fucking ready. 👊
Absolutely love your videos! You look like an awesome guy with a ton of life lessons. Glad to have people like you to learn from. 💪
This is a good story and a good lesson bro !! Heavy. Thank you for the pick up and thank you for your service.
I watch your videos immediately when you release them. I appreciate the viewpoint a lot
Your videos have inspired me and my son. Keep up the great content.
💯! Real talk! Looking forward to all your future content!
Appreciate that
Good talk! I need to hear this .I always say nobody is coming. Thanks my man
Did the team member that saved you know how dire your situation was? What did he say when you told him, “You just saved my life.”?
Great video and life lesson!
I make sure I don't miss any of your videos. I get something, if not multiple things out of every single sentence and effort on your part to part knowledge on us. I'm taking notes, I'm listening, I'm watching your moves man. I Drew the short straw for many years, now its my time to succeed my time to stay sober, stand up and fight back against everything that may try to take my sobriety! Thank TCAV. U say ribs and I'm thinking, BBQ ribs lol
We have a saying in my FD..you could do 100 things right in your career, but all everyone is gonna remember is the time you screwed up.
Bro I just learned of you tonight...you are an amazing dude!!! You have done so much insane shit...I am an army veteran but did NOTHING compared to what you have done. I went to Afghanistan in 2008 was a 240 gunner...got out in 2012 and I miss it bad.
Happy New Year Brother!! Another great Episode! Keep the Hits coming! Appreciate you!
So liked your sea story!! Been there but in a different capacity. I served in the US Coast Guard back in the 80’s and was stationed on a small 95’ cutter. We had a zodiac on the cutter we would do LE boarding’s and small missions from and Every time we launched that thing it seemed like the swell would pick up! So getting from ship to boat was always dangerous especially with you LE gear and vest on! I can’t tell you how many times I thought I was going to be crushed or hurt and thrown in the ocean! The worst though was the ship to ship transfers when we would join up with Navy or other CG vessels. Man I hated trying to jump onto a larger ship then climb up! Very scary! A year later I end up breaking my back, skull and cheek during a rescue but that is another story! Life can be scary doe sure and I agree it’s totally on YOU! ANYWAY, thanks for your videos man. Really great stuff and it’s great that you able to do what you love and help others in the process! I wish all the success man, you’ve earned it and some!!!
As my Grandfather used to say; " 'Nearly' never killed a man !."
im type of guy who was clowning too much when i was younger, its been year and half i get everything serious. much respect to you tylor! thanks for advice.
Just watched your interview. Came right over. Crazy stuff. We’re the same age. Been through addiction myself 11 years clean but I need a reset. Feeling old.
Could you imagine meeting TCav in a bar and listening to him tell stories? You would be thinking what a liar when in reality he’s telling you real shiit about his life 😂❤
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“That was where it went wrong.” Oh man, how many times have I heard that in the military? Complacency will kill you faster than a Tali bullet we used to say.
Your videos relate so much to my life as a chef in the kitchen in a weird way. Thank you for doing what you do 🙏🫡
Thanks for watching!
I find this inspirational though one question strikes me and is yet to be answered: I suppose the seal training and unit is just as hard as the legion's. Where is the difference mentally, because in my thinking, when you can endure this, you should be able to endure civilian challenges as well.
Great message for the day TCAV!! Been going thru a shit storm for the last 6 months and I really needed to hear this!! 🤙🤙 many blessings my man
That's a fact!
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This is gospel!!!!
People at work wonder why I am the way I am.
Lesson learned. Thank you.
Your videos are freaking awesome keep them comeing
Great story, always something to think about and something to learn. Appreciate it.
Shit can happen quick. This will sound ridiculous. A buddy and I were going hunting, driving in his Toyota truck. It had lightly snowed. We turned off the highway on to a secondary road that had not been plowed. Next thing I knew we were spinning 90 degrees left. We left the road, went down into and out of a ditch, and then through a 4-strand barbed wire fence and under a large wooden sign that was between two phone poles about 8 ft apart. We continued into a field, turned 180 degrees and faced the sign. It seemed like we accelerated throughout the entire accident. Nobody was hurt, so we drove out the way we got there and went on our hunt. Later as we inspected the damage, it was apparent this wasn’t going to be cheap hunt. Oh well, what the hell. Pass the Pendleton.
Crazy when something that may be thought of easy or simple , but really taken for granted can almost be the end of ya. I’ve had handful of times where instantly ya think to yourself “ oh crap , I’m dead” ( crap usually replaced with something stronger) and ya hold on tight and luckily survive . But in that instant where they say ya see your life flash before your eyes: to me it was more like ; bit down , hunkered down all while watching but in flash just thinking no matter what I’m dead I guess and nothing I can do… to held on then amazingly ok. Not even in moment afterwards thanking god immediately but trying to regain balance , realign , and back into whatever normalcy I was to be doing. And then when back out of shock thanked god and still couldn’t believe it…
People take everyday things for granted and don’t realize simplest things can be detrimental or deadly with no 2nd chances . Heck, look at breathing; ya do it all the time , then if/when ya can’t - bye bye. Life’s short man and lot of negativity and people need to put their phones down way, way more. Pay attention to surroundings and life. They can dick around on a phone later when nobody’s up or around or for quick useful assists. But “surfing” the web or wasting time while things around ya struggle is dumb . Especially if it’s family , work or friends . Talk to em and help em and they should do same. Or talk to em. Stay blessed 💯
Man listening almost gave me anxiety I actually drowned, blacked out everything when I was a kid and still remember it up until the lights went out, I had my this isn’t a game and there’s no range safeties and stuff in 2005 in Iraq when a RPG went above four feet over my head and realized it was aimed at me, I was like man this isn’t call of duty or paintball there’s no coming back.
Solid words again thanks Cav. Let’s see the Pitty Dog
Wow what a story mate you are one lucky man best wishes 👍👍👍👍🦘🇦🇺🇺🇸
Truth
Excellent story and lesson.
Thanks for listening
Evolution is complicated 😊
Hell yeah
Wanna come at me?
Bring an army.......and a priest
Chill bro
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I've been in the ocean my whole life. You explained the feeling so well. I've surfed insane outer reefs in Samoa, Hawaii, Oregon etc. When I was 13 I got caught in a lil fck Vortex at that middle jetty in OB(Avalanche). I kept diving under, I'd get pushed towards the bottom, then sucked back out. Rinse, pounded, repeat. I passed out twice. First my legs stopped working (no Oxygen down that far). I'd wake up on surface, puke, than down again.. Woke up on my knees in the sand. Waves weren't even big. Nature humbled my ass. His story sounds legit, u can't make this shit up.
The pit bull? What is he an object you own? Or he's your son... your side kick... your buddy?
Massive learning points
1 Shit jobs with Gucci names are still shit jobs
2 Ego Kills
3 If you’ve got it you can put it on you can’t go back for it
Brilliant story hope people get something from this
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"the drink".. first time I've heard of it, but I can relate. USMC 1995.
There's a time an place for everything, taking life to serious 24/7 sucks. Not taking anything serious is worse.
How many seals have drowned failing a jump into a boat? I'm guessing that would be a redacted factoid
Unemployment office pays for your cdl. Or mechanic program
So you almost died because you screwed up not in some combat situation !
What a click bait intro!!
Every thing that happens to seems to be because you just screwed up!!!
I was only just talking to others about complacency the other day, and that's when shit can happen. 2024 is about me rgulating myself in movement and consistency in all areas.
Good story, there was a gold mine of Great lessons in a instant. I guess that made that goofy mission good. I spent a total of 22 yrs. in the Army as a Scout, conducting LRRP and Brigade Reconnaissance. When you said you were loaded heavy, that made me laugh.
I'm glad you didn't sink fully weighed down in the drink as you call it that's nuts that's fucked ! All Love Btw🤝🤜🤛
That's some scary fkin sht bro. No thanks. I'll fast rope, rappel, and jump, but i'm gonna pass on that sht.
It was the hand of God, through your OIC.
I was a night at sea drifting off with the tide and in the morning the tide brought me back, my kayak flipped over and got full with water, luckily it was a floater.
Jesus Christ is the only way to the Father guys. The narrow gate is the only way. Repent, surrender and accept Christ as Lord and Savior today while you still can.
That sums up about how 90% of us USCG guys “almost died”..! And the helping hand - yeah, that helped too!
Survivors bias is real. I was lost at sea into the night (in the water) during a shark dive. I fucked up on a sport dive and I was a commercial saturation diver, a bunch of stupid little mistakes added up and I was nearly shark food.
One is never too old to benefit from a role model. If you are fifty years old and you stumble across TCAV or Jocko or Mike Ritland or John Lovell or whoever....someone doing the right thing and living a good example of what a man should be then you can learn from them and not feel alone...and let them motivate you to persevere through whatever you're going through....and tomorrow or next week or next month YOU can be that role model and you can save someone who may or may not know they need saving.
Let this lifestyle change your life...because the things that are happening in the world today are going to require a better you.
As a woman from a land locked state, married to a Marine I get to regularly tell him why I do not need to live in the ocean. She doesn't forgive. No thanks!
I was down in Cabo fishing when the G20 was going on… no one could come back to port or leave port for a couple days and shit was tight security all through the city
Life lessons 👍excellent content, thank you!!👍
My pleasure!
What kind of rifle and pistol did you usually carry on seal missons? And what is your preferred primary and secondary if you don't mind me asking.
I've been the clown, and it's not a cool place to be. I've also been solid and locked in before, so quite the mixup for sure. I do identify with everything you said. The power is always within us to level ourselves up, but I failed many times to recognize this. The good news is that I'm finally tracking right, I got accountability in place, and I'm on a good path. These videos are so valuable to people like myself. I really appreciate your message, Taylor.