Navy SEAL Sniper | UNSEALED | Hardest Experience Losing a Fellow Frogman | Enlisted & Officer | Mark Greene
Combat Story
Ryan Fugit
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🗓️ 20 April 2024
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Summary
🎯🔥 Today's Combat Story Features Mark Greene, an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper! 🔥🎯
Join us as we dive deep with Mark Greene, a courageous former Navy SEAL who has experienced the sharp edge of battle as both an officer and enlisted sniper. 🎖️💥 Mark's extensive service spans the pivotal moments of our time, from the intense pre-9/11 missions to the high-stakes post-9/11 operations where his sniper skills were put to the ultimate test.
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In this gripping episode, Mark shares heart-wrenching stories of loss and thrilling near-misses that define the SEAL brotherhood. 🌊🔫 Plus, get a sneak peek into his compelling book, "UNSEALED: A Navy SEAL's Guide to Mastering Life's Transitions", where he offers invaluable advice on navigating life's many challenges, whether in military or civilian life. 📖➡️ Grab your copy here!
🏈🏊♂️ From tackling college football to conquering the grueling BUD/S training, and from surviving close calls to engaging enemy targets as a lethal sniper, Mark's journey is nothing short of extraordinary.
📹 Enjoy this expansive discussion and walk a mile in the boots of a true warrior with Mark Greene.
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⏰ Show Notes:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 00:31 - Welcome to Combat Story
- 01:41 - Guest Introduction
- 02:10 A Grandfather's Influence: Baseball and Beyond
- 12:43 Transitioning to Military Life: The SEAL Path Begins
- 17:09 The Rigors of SEAL Training: Overcoming Challenges
- 27:46 Deployment Realities: Facing Combat and Brotherhood
- 34:36 Surviving the Unthinkable: A Near-Death Experience
- 46:28 The Loss of a Brother: The Reality of Training Risks
- 46:44 The Heartbreaking Loss of a Brother-in-Arms
- 48:05 A Solemn Duty: The Hardest Task of All
- 51:33 Reflections on Mortality and the Bonds Forged in Battle
- 54:40 The Sniper's Craft: Precision and Peril
- 01:09:03 Teaching the Next Generation: Lessons from the Field
- 01:19:13 Leadership in the Shadows: Commanding SEALs
- 01:26:25 The Journey to Authorship: Sharing a SEAL's Story
- 01:35:49 Final Thoughts: The Weight of Service and Sacrifice
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| 0:00.0 | You're going back to hire and say, hey, these guys meet the criteria and all of a sudden they're like, okay, you're clear hot, take the gun off safe, and then you have that, I called my, oh, your old shit moment, you know, you're like, oh, okay, this is real, but then you |
| 0:14.6 | got to go to work, right? |
| 0:16.0 | And then the spotter's like, okay, I got a target at XYZ and he is about 275, |
| 0:21.0 | go ahead and dial up. |
| 0:22.4 | There are multiple snipers online and they get the lead |
| 0:25.8 | sniper team goes to 3-21 fire fire fire and you are good at your job. |
| 0:31.1 | Welcome to Combat Story. |
| 0:33.2 | I'm Ryan Puget and I serve War Zone Tours |
| 0:35.3 | as an Army Attack Helicopter pilot and CIA officer |
| 0:38.2 | over a 15-year career. |
| 0:39.9 | I'm fascinated by the experiences of the elite in combat. On this show I |
| 0:44.0 | interview some of the best to understand what combat felt like on their |
| 0:47.5 | front lines. This is combat story. Today we have a combat story with Mark Green, a former Navy SEAL sniper who served as both the SEAL officer and enlisted member. |
| 0:57.5 | Mark deployed both pre and post 9-11 to include deployments where his training as a sniper was used to lethal effects. |
| 1:04.8 | Mark, like so many SEALs, would lose close friends and have his own close calls, both of which we cover in this |
| 1:10.0 | episode and is just a taste of what Mark has pulled together in his book, Unsealed, |
| 1:14.8 | a Navy SEALs Guide to Mastering Life's Transitions. |
| 1:17.6 | Mark wrote this book in part to help others in all walks of life handle the tricky transitions |
| 1:22.1 | we all face as we change jobs, roles, and more. |
| 1:26.3 | With that, please enjoy this wide-ranging discussion from playing college football to completing |
| 1:31.1 | buds, overcoming mental challenges, |
| 1:33.0 | surviving close calls, and putting rounds on enemy combatants |
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