Combat Story

Life Changing Moment in Combat | Leads to Life of Service | Force Recon | Non-Profit Founder | Jake Harriman


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Today we have a fascinating Combat Story with Jake Harriman who is one of those guys who makes you feel incredibly lazy for not helping hungry people in Africa (seriously) and helping to heal the divide in America, one person at a time. It’s no surprise that Jake served alongside Todd Opalski (who long time fans of the show will know as the enlisted Marine Sniper who became a Marine officer, Force Recon leader, and was then invited to serve in the most elite unit in the US Military). You can’t help but do great things if you worked with Todd! 

Jake is truly an incredibly humble but accomplished combat veteran. He’s a Marine officer who led a platoon during OIF I in Iraq where he had a life changing moment that altered the course of his life. It’s a sad but very powerful moment that anyone can relate to. He would finally be admitted into the storied ranks of the Force Recon community where he conducted a mix of recon and surveillance and direct action missions downrange, including one that I’m sorry to say involves helicopter pilots that made one particular DA really hard for Jake, but also taught him a profound lesson.

Despite many of Jake’s successes, he takes us through several moments of his life when he’s truly humbled from getting turned down at a chance to be a SEAL to being turned away from his audacious attempt to join the Force Recon community to being punched in the face by his team sergeant on an LZ.

After leaving service, Jake continued to serve in a different way. He completed an MBA at Stanford and then started a non-profit that has helped over 300K people in remote areas of Africa and, at the same time, helped fight off extremism in these areas. More recently, he created the non-profit called a More Perfect Union that’s mobilized 35K members across the US to heal deep divides in this country, looking to service members of all kinds to step in and lead, just from a different foxhole. You can find more and help at mpu.us (mike papa uniform dot us).

With that, I’m so excited for you all to hear this funny but powerful discussion with Jake Harriman. 

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00:00 Introduction 00:52 Introduction to Combat Story 01:11 Meet Jake Harriman 01:45 Jake's Military Journey Begins 02:33 Life After Service 03:39 Jake's Treasured Recon Paddle 05:39 Reconnecting with Todd Osky 07:38 Jake's Path to the Naval Academy 27:21 First Taste of Combat 48:37 Maintaining Calm Under Fire 50:28 A Life-Changing Encounter 55:18 The Aftermath and Reflections 01:00:01 Transitioning Out of the Military 01:03:26 Building a New Path in Africa 01:23:18 Struck by Lightning and Other Challenges 01:25:26 More Perfect Union: A New Mission 01:31:39 Final Thoughts and Reflections
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