Heroes Wanted

*******Audio is Rough on this one, the Skype recording failed to upload correctly, so I did the best that I could to get this episode out in a listenable state.*******

I had a great conversation with Ben from Redbeard Combatives covering everything from Brazilian jiu-jitsu to church security. I learned a lot from this conversation and I feel that you will too.


Ben has over 14 years of experience working with the U.S. Government and Private Security sectors, with a focus on training, physical security, and vulnerability assessments. He has deployed multiple times to austere locations including the Middle East and South America, as well as numerous at sea deployments providing training in vessel security aboard commercial ships transiting high-risk waters. Ben was the Assistant Team Leader on a US Department of State contract supporting humanitarian operations in Bolivia and Peru, conducting site security surveys and PSD operations in areas of civil unrest. He further provided physical security and personnel escort duties while attached to Task Force 3-10, working alongside U.S. military personnel at a forward operating base in Northern Afghanistan. Ben has provided courses of instruction in combatives to the: Army’s 101st Airborne Division at Fort Cambell, Kentucky; Joint Special Operations Command personnel in Afghanistan; various law enforcement agencies and a personal security detail for a senior general officer at Central Command in Tampa, Florida. He is also one of the primary self-defense and hand-to-hand combat instructors for Tactical Intelligence International, a military defense contractor in Orlando, Florida. He holds the rank of 2nd degree black belt in brazilian jiu-jitsu from Fabio Novaes of the Carlson Gracie Academy in Brazil, as well as numerous competitive accomplishments. Finally, Ben possess over 20 years of experience in the fields of civil and structural engineering design and holds a formal education in Intelligence Studies from American Military University, with advanced certifications in Counterintelligence. He is a certified protection specialist, weapons instructor, licensed private investigator and guest writer for numerous security publications.

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John "St. Nick" Cassel is a former police officer and US government security contractor who has been deployed to the Balkans, South Central Asia, and the Middle East. He currently lives in Virginia with his wife and two children.

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As the RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) came flying toward my side of the helicopter, my life literally flashed before my eyes. It was pitch-black outside, so the helo crew was flying on NODs (night observation devices). The crew was short a door-gunner, so I filled in on the starboard door gun. Through my NODs, I could see the RPG round sailing toward us. It came at us so fast; I didn’t have time to call it out. We were conducting a routine drop off and pick up of personnel and had just taken off from the helipad. The downward thrust from the rotors must have caught the stabilizer fins on the rocket and caused it to change direction slightly. The rocket sailed under us, missing the helicopter skids by just a few feet.
I feel as though God held His protective hands around us that night. During the return flight back to base, I thought about all the times I’d had close brushes with death but God protected me. I wonder if a person gets only a certain number of those protections before they run out. I wonder if the number is different for each person. I wonder what my number is.


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Episode 002: Stop Whining; Adapt

In this episode I talk a bit about how complaining and expecting others to do something holds us back from moving forward. It's not until we fully accept the situation we are in, that we can begin to come up with ideas and work on a solution to our situation.

The Social Media de-platforming of those that I follow and respect continues, and until we accept the fact that that we are in fact the underdog in this fight, we can not move forward. I share a few ideas on what content producers can do. More importantly I share some ideas on what we can and need to do to support those that are being or have been de-platformed.

I talk a bit about why I believe that it is important that we focus on building rapport, and relationships and use caution with divisive talk. We are friends, family, and communities, we shouldn't be to quick to allow others to divide us.

As we approach Nov. 3 and the unknown that may follow, I suggest a few ideas of things to add to the pantry whether you have been prepping for awhile or it's something new to you.

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Welcome to the first full episode of Prepare. Defend. Lead. - Your Mission. Own It.

In this first episode of PDL we cover quite a few topics.

- Get a few digital copy of My Book OPEN - Six life changing concepts that are easy to implement, but hard to master - when it is finished. Preparedefendlead.com

- A small talk that I did to encourage a small class of apprentices that applies to all of us.

-Five keys to being a great apprentice-

5. Don't be on time, be early.
4. Be humble, teachable, and respectful.
3. Don't complain.
2. Be prepared, equipment, rest, knowledge, etc.
1. Be quiet, listen.

Bonus- Always be doing something!

- Masks

With twenty plus years of wearing every type of PPE imaginable, I have a little bit different take.
Their house, Their rules
Three types of people wearing masks
Fear
Effects
Reasons
Changing hearts and minds through influence and rapport

-Are you ready for post-election chaos?

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Teaser Episode 0.5

I needed to test out the new intro, mic, and make sure things were going to upload to Spotify, iTunes, and everywhere else. Instead of doing that myself I thought a teaser episode would be more fun.

I talk a bit about Prepare. Defend. Lead. and what to expect, it will be different than Ever Vigilant. I also touch for a moment on what I have been up to since I shut down EV and why the time away was important.

Then just to be sure that you get your monies worth with this episode we briefly talk confidence and how to build it.

1. Goals Reached
2. Well timed risks executed successfully

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