SEAL Troop Commander | Tech Founder | Josh Thurman

Combat Story

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🗓️ 29 March 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Our Combat Story today is former Navy SEAL officer Josh Thurman, who spent over 12 years serving in the SEAL Teams, including at the elite level. Over the course of 11 deployments in the post-9/11 era, Josh led high-stakes special operations missions and nearly lost his own life on countless occasions.

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Josh almost never joined the military and, instead, thought of becoming a religious leader, which we talk about in this episode. Instead, he would go on to lead some of the most lethal and intelligent veterans on the planet on successful counterterrorism and hostage rescue missions.

After his military service, Josh transitioned to the tech industry in 2023, co-founding AngelQ, an AI company to protect and prioritize the wellbeing of children in the digital age. With that, please enjoy this discussion with Josh Thurman.

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00:30 Introduction
00:49 Meet Josh Thurman: Navy SEAL Officer
03:20 From Potential Religious Leader to SEAL
05:54 Josh's Upbringing and Early Influences
10:27 Choosing the SEALs Over Other Paths
12:08 Mentorship and Inspiration
16:11 Angel Q: Protecting Kids in the Digital Age
18:45 BUD/S Training: Coldest Moments
30:31 Memorable Interactions with an Instructor
31:38 Challenges of OCS and Early Military Career
33:40 Humbling Experiences and First Deployment
36:56 First Combat Experience in Iraq
40:51 The Harrowing Vehicle Incident
47:12 Transitioning to Civilian Life and Entrepreneurship
50:04 The Mission and Vision of Angel Q
57:14 Challenges and Rewards of Starting a Company
59:25 Final Thoughts and Reflections
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0:00.0	There's like a slow motion like hamster wheel.
0:03.0	The vehicle starts rolling over.
0:05.0	And I mean, we're all just basically rolling over in the back of this thing.
0:08.0	We're all just like in a mess of bodies and gear and stuff.
0:13.0	But flip the red lens on and there's water at our feet.
0:17.0	The vehicle's filling up with water.
0:19.0	And we're trying to get out out but we can't get out.
0:21.5	I just remember being like, this is just going to delay my death by 90 seconds and I just
0:26.6	remember telling the guys like, hey, we've got to get this door open.
0:30.7	Welcome to Combat Story.
0:31.7	I'm Ryan Fuget and I serve Warzone tours as an Army Attack helicopter pilot and CIA officer
0:36.5	over a 15 year career. I'm fascinated
0:38.9	by the experiences of the elite in combat. On this show, I interview some of the best to understand
0:44.5	what combat felt like on their front lines. This is combat story. In today's combat story, we sit down
0:51.3	with former Navy SEAL officer Josh Thurman, who spent over 12 years
0:54.7	serving in the SEAL teams, including at the elite level. Over the course of 11 deployments
0:58.7	in the post-9-11 era, Josh led high-stakes special operations missions and nearly lost his life on
1:03.7	countless occasions. Josh almost never joined the military and instead thought of becoming a religious
1:08.5	leader, which we talk about in this episode. He would, of course, go on to then lead some of the most lethal and intelligent veterans on the planet
1:15.0	on successful counterterrorism and hostage rescue missions.
1:18.4	After his military service, Josh transitioned to the tech industry in 2023,
1:22.2	co-founding Angel Q, an AI company to protect and prioritize the well-being of children in the digital age.
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