Mike Moriarty is a 1st generation American, the youngest of 8 kids from 2 Irish Immigrants. Growing up in Boston, he didn’t see much of a future for himself hanging out in the neighborhood, so he joined the Navy in 1992 at 17 while still a senior in high school.

Like a lot of our guests, he saw the movie Navy SEALs with Charlie Sheen, but just thought SEALs were a made up Hollywood unit, it wasn’t until he was already in the Navy that he discovered they were real, and decided to try to make his way there.

Mike went to BUD/S in 1999 and graduated with class 227 and did a few tours on the west coast, at Team 5 in previous guest Dave Gutierrez’s platoon, and a Plank Owner at Team 7. Over his 20 years, Mike also had a tour at SQT, where he and Ryan were Instructors together.

In this episode we cover a lot of the nuance of the Teams, some of the politics that goes on behind the scenes for promotions, and how much reputation and personality plays a part.

 

Some story highlights from the episode:

• The politics of getting an LPO slot in the Teams.

• Rolling around in thin skinned HUMMV’s in Iraq with the doors off.

• Drago’s unique way of telling driver’s to “back off”.

• How the culture of the Teams has changed, and the shifting views on fighting.

• Getting kicked out of Sniper school for telling an Instructor to fvck off.

• Jumping across rooftops in Okinawa to escape the police after a bar fight.

• Getting rolled up by base police, then escaping out the window.

• What life looks like now as an older man, perspective shift and the view from the yacht.

 

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