Will Chesney On Navy SEAL Operators & The Raid That Killed Bin Laden | Life After With Will Chesney

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🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Will "Cheese" Chesney is a certified badass, former Navy SEAL Operator who was deployed on Operation Spear, the raid that ended with the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Hear Cheese tell David Vobora his remarkable story, from working as a dog handler with his beloved dog Cairo, being injured in action, raiding the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and struggling with demons after the war. (00:00) - Intro (1:30) - Youth in Texas (5:10) - Joining Navy SEALs (20:30) - Deploying as a Navy SEAL (25:40) - Becoming a Combat Attack Dog Handler (38:50) - Cairo the Dog (46:55) - Operation Neptune Spear: Killing Bin Laden (1:09:15) - Last Operation as a SEAL Operator (1:23:55) - Overcoming Post War Demons (1:29:00) - Cairo's Story Life After with David Vobora is an inspirational and motivational podcast that dives deep into guest's personal stories of hardship, perseverance and personal realization. After playing professional football, overcoming addiction, working with Wounded Warriors, and creating the Adaptive Training Foundation, David knows that life-altering events come in many ways, but they always come. On the new series, former “Mr. Irrelevant” in the NFL Draft, Vobora, talks with incredible guests about overcoming adversity in the face of unimaginable circumstances. David identifies crucial—and sometimes tragic—moments in their lives' that helped shape both their success and who they are today. Motivational Podcast | Inspirational Podcast | Perseverance Make sure to like, follow and subscribe on Life After's YouTube and social pages, linked below: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaFfMRZJRbo2_57YUmjqylA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterwithdavidvobora/?hl=en Twitter: https://x.com/LifeAfterWithDV Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lifeafterwithdavidvobora https://youtube.com/@lifeafterwithdavidvobora?si=IdpcHfEtN5V_UQJn And check out the Green Light Podcast here: https://greenlightpodcast.org/

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0:00.0	Navy SEAL Will Chesney is a certified badass.
0:11.0	SEAL Team 6 member who got to be a part of the most famous operation in U.S. Special Forces history.
0:16.0	Operation Neptune Spear, the killing of Osama bin Laden.
0:19.0	As a dog handler, you're going to hear Will talk about his most amazing pup, Cairo.
0:23.6	Cheez, who grew up in KD, Texas, ends up back there after his service, drinking himself to death,
0:28.6	facing life after moments of a lot of the devastating impacts and injuries that he faced while he served.
0:34.6	This episode is ripe, it's raw, and he takes us through his own vulnerable ways of explaining what it was that he faced while he served. This episode is ripe, it's raw, and he takes us to
0:38.5	his own vulnerable ways of explaining what it was that he faced post-service. Check it out.
0:44.2	Welcome to the Life After Podcast. I'm your host, David Vibora. We're a very special guest. My man,
0:49.4	Will Chesney. What's up, brother? Thanks for being here, man. All right, they call you cheese.
0:55.7	Where did you get the nickname?
0:56.6	What's the call sign?
0:57.4	Can you tell us?
0:58.7	So it used to be called cheese.
1:01.1	I don't go by it anymore, but last name is Chesney.
1:04.4	It was right when the movie came out was old school.
1:05.6	Cheese.
1:07.5	Yeah, we locked you in a dumpster.
1:08.0	I got out.
1:13.0	That's awesome. So everybody loves saying cheese and it stuck.
1:17.2	In the team room, I forgot who came up with it and had it ever since. It's always how it goes. But after I retired, I just retired the name as well. Yeah, retired as the cheese that you were in the teams.
1:22.8	Well, we're going to get deep into your SEAL team history and all of the incredible, extraordinary experiences and accomplishments.
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