(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Mike Ritland is a former 12-year Navy SEAL Team 3 member, world-renowned dog trainer, NYT-Award-Winning Author, & YouTuber. Ritland saw significant action in Iraq and later became one of the Navy SEAL’s first dog trainers.

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***TIMESTAMPS***

00:00 - Mike Ritland Background, Joining Navy After High School

11:57 - Geopolitical War Front, Russia vs Ukraine, War Hawks vs Isolationists, Iraq & Afghanistan

19:21 - WW2 Before US Gets Involved, USA in Afghanistan, Great Depression, 4th Turning Book

31:10 - Sadam Hussein Evilness, Where Change Can Happen (Congress), Fixing the System 

42:50 - Andrew Bustamante, Reducing Term Limits, Insider Trading Issues, Biggest Issue in Military 

54:15 - Chinese Growing Military & Infrastructure, American Military Bases, US Military Disadvantage 

01:05:13 - Political Military Blame Game, Black Water Case, Power Grid Issues 

01:15:43 - Illegal Immigration Issues, Chinese Invasion, Becoming a Navy SEAL, Washed Up First Time

01:26:06 - Get Selected to SEAL Team, Team Breakdowns, Admiration Growing Up 

01:38:07 - Stolen Valor, Chad Wright, Military Eating their Own 

01:47:37 - Joining Team 3, USS Cole Explosion, Al Qa1da Attempted Attacks, Shell Shock & Numbness

02:01:37 - Previous Knowledge of Al Qa1da, 9/11 Impact 

02:09:49 - Mike Recalls 9/11, SEAL Team’s Response, Mike’s Intelligence Role, Oil Operation

02:24:03 - Mike Tell’s Middle East Oil Story, Iraq Invasion & Taking Sadaam’s Palaces 

02:34:42 - Arriving to Baghdad During the Height of the Invasion 

02:42:03 - Disastrous Ambush & Friendly Fire, Swarmed Enitre City, Inside Sadaam’s Palace 

02:55:51 - Relics Found Inside Palace, SEAL Who Bailed, Survived Attack

03:06:31 - Justification for Invasion, Meeting President Bush, Jim Lawler Nukes, PT5D & Returning Home 

03:21:44 - Find Mike & Patreon Episode Info

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