CS#59: Green Beret | Best Selling Author | "Rising Above" | Ultramarathoner | FNG Academy Founder

[@lanceachterberg4815]

I'm not a veteran but I'm an avid listener of Combat Story . I work at Oshkosh Defense and we built the MAT-V that Buck mentioned several times in the podcast . It makes my job so much more gratifying and important when you hear from a warrior that served in something you personally laid hands on . Love the podcast , keep up the good work !

[@Jam-vj8ig]

Great interview with this gentleman. Overcame huge hurdles & a childhood no kid should experience. Kudo's to Sean . Thank you Ryan.

[@ooainaught]

As a fellow trailer trash kid, i am very glad to see him succeed in shedding the culture because it aint easy.

[@kimohayes98]

Ditto

[@yjkoh3399]

Love Sean's content, down to earth, exudes mentorship, and great stories about how to perservere.

[@chrishandsome4267]

I love you

[@janettebaker1783]

He had a great life don't fall for his b.s. my parents bought him everything including a motorcycle plus clothes and expensive shoes....

[@janettebaker1783]

Did he mention I went to court for mediation with a judge.

[@janettebaker1783]

He didn't sneak out it was the judges ruling.

[@chrishandsome4267]

@@janettebaker1783 ok crazy lady

[@bobstrawn4994]

Sean, I lived a similar life, but believe it or not as a military brat in the 60’s. I still recall the anxiety I had as a kid taking care of my younger sister. It was a very violent upbringing that taught me how to be better

[@DJR382]

This is Ryan's most entertaining guests, he is excellent at communicating and story telling.

[@JayDubb3BCT]

Sean is a stand up great guy. FNG ACADEMY in the house! 🤘🏼 P.S. Rest In Paradise Kevin. 🙏🏼

[@chrishandsome4267]

Great episode guys! Sean all have to do now is get Christian Craighead to do an interview & you’ll officially be GOATED

[@SemperFi_EDC_Guy]

THAT would be a GREAT INTERVIEW!!!

[@dylansalvo709]

OH HELL YA! I was so hoping combat story would get you on at some point. This is awesome!!!

[@mfcriz2561]

Great backstory on Sean. I thought he was a goofy dude that made it to SF. Much respect to him. As always Combat Story bringing great content.

[@dfdemt]

CCT directing air support, being told to take cover, standing up in the open. “Ah fuck em!” YES! 👍🏻

[@michelledraper6721]

Hands down that was my favorite part of the interview that’s for quoting that 🙏

[@mitchpietryga5941]

Sean definitely has a great KZbin channel with lot’s of great tips for both military and civilian life.

[@SpamHunter]

Sean has a great channel. Lots of great tips for military and civilian life.

[@ronholland6979]

oh yeah, well why does he spend half the night shockin the shit outtay poor dog HUH!!!

[@EdD-ym6le]

Hey alright .... Buck _GOT SELECTED_ for Combat Story .

[@ski2349]

Both awesome guys. Amazing the drive they have and the great attitudes after all they’ve seen and experienced.

[@denisberte778]

Sean, I read your book Sir! It was a profound story of inspiration for myself. What greater achievement than to improve or even save the lives of others by your example. It brought home one important lesson to me that I learned in Special Forces, "......as long as you draw a breath of life you put one foot in front of the other....". God bless, Denis Berte' SFC (Ret) 18E 1st Group

[@glennlanxton7655]

I’ve been watching Buck for over a year. Excited for this Combat Story

[@Topgunphoto]

I love Sean's Beer's and Breakdown's, hysterical and as a non military person, I really enjoy what he points out what's right and wrong. And he's not afraid to state what he doesn't know which is huge in a person. Great interview.

[@pookiewhite3289]

If anyone wants to write a book but doesnt have anything to write about as far as to inspire others..get at me. Theres nothing more I want in life than to help other people through hard times by sharing my experience w them. This episode has really made me think I could help alot of people..thank you again Ryan. Sorry about the pic of Ranger Shrek. It was probably in poor taste. My apologies.

[@marks2920]

One of the best “Buck” Rogers interviews (with Combat Stories) that others haven’t done. Well done Ryan!

[@Johnson11c]

Got nothing but love and respect for brother Sean! Another awesome video can't wait to read the book! Thank you CS for bringing more attention to our amazing veterans and truly great people!

[@homer1268]

I've blown through about 7 or 8 episodes since yesterday. These are great - keep them coming!

[@gman52712]

Love Buck rogers! He's been on Cleared Hot a few times. Thanks for another great interview Ryan

[@C-24-Brandan]

Seans an awesome guy his story is really motivating! Another great interview, keep Killin' It!

[@Nediler]

That's fucking hilarious that they use to call him "Doug" - I use to watch that show! Hahaha

[@cory6343]

I love listening to your pod cast while im at work I enjoy hearing stories from people’s time in combat and how there time was in the military

[@an_american4616]

I could listen to his stories for hours more. Really genuine and a great storyteller. These interviews are great

[@soonerfrac4611]

I remember Buck talking about how he felt shameful about having been “just a cook” and how it kept him back later on. I understand that feeling completely! I was an Army Reserve MP with two mobilizations, both CONUS! That’s from 2000-08, both stateside, at the same installation Garrison Support Unit so that was our exact mission), both times performing “just the LEO mission.” I had a few friends that got picked up to do deployments to backfill with Active or Reserve/Guard units that needed a few extra guys, but I never did. So for a very long time I was upset with myself that after 8yrs throughout the beginning through the surges where MP’s were in high demand for various missions that I was totally slick sleeve on my right shoulder. I’ve had guys tell me that someone had to be home to protect their families and were glad it was me. Years later one of my old soldiers left the Reserve and became an infantry officer in the OkNG. He had been one of the guys to deploy once or twice to backfill. So the night I got the call he had died in Afghanistan was rough. I had a lot of bad thoughts for a while: sadness for the loss, wanted revenge, but the biggest was questioning had if I had been there if I could have prevented his death. It was not a good deployment for the OKNG back in 2011, they lost several LT’s, numerous enlisted guys, with a lot more wounded. It took a long time to get to the point that I wasn’t upset about not being able to protect my friend, or hadn’t deployed.

[@mylifeinthailand8751]

All the service personnel are interesting and inspirational to hear about, please keep doing what you are doing.

[@happinesshotel5375]

Here we go boys! We’re about to get selected!!

[@feliciamaefarrington5489]

Government CIA dog . 2017. Pfg

[@feliciamaefarrington5489]

Black valut

[@feliciamaefarrington5489]

Black dog with a breast on the CIA Nd a Man dressed on Black. Running for my life of more than 6 years.. mayday

[@kevinmorthorst521]

@@feliciamaefarrington5489 Schizophrenia is real

[@feliciamaefarrington5489]

You got a MD. I did not think so. So don't put 2cents where you can't even possibly understand what has and is being done to me . Even Know,. I have proof, you have a opinion with a depolma.

[@Smludt]

Thank you for this, not only to Sean but all the folks that have been guestS. This is a great channel you have, and am grateful to hear all the stories you've helped share.

[@mavrikmavrik3032]

Sean, great to hear from you and loved the story about the flag rings. It’s often the little things in life that matter the most and while that event wasn’t “little” you took a lot from it.

[@jacobsherven4175]

I absolutely loved the interview. His first story brought me back to my first deployment, which was at Shank at the same time period. I had one big deja-vu with that one. 😂

[@stanmroz2787]

Dude is a beast 💪 🙏

[@zibabird]

Excellent! Thank you Sirs, shared.

[@svenbugg9406]

Maaaan....., thats what i call a STORY !!!

[@wystock2692]

His book is a real encouraging read btw

[@timihanninen4991]

Hell yeah, was waiting for this!

[@jesusd9199]

Omg cross over I didn't know i needed

[@austinduncan5065]

The buck Ross video was my favorite. Keep it going buck and ryan

[@bm1800blk]

Get selected!!!!!

[@whitebj21906]

Great interview.

[@Doc_Roe]

Love what you do! Keep it up! Buck has an amazing story. FNG

[@slashmunger9973]

keep full sending it man

[@ljmorgan784]

Inspiring story. Thanks for sharing buck

[@SemperFi_EDC_Guy]

Great interview Ryan! Learned about the Afghan "commandos" was interesting to say the least lol. When is Shrek part 4 coming? Or maybe Erick Miyares Part 2? You barely scratched the surface with him!

[@nwcoastlife]

I read that book in a few hours. My only critique is that if you’ve watched enough of his interviews with other podcasts as I had when he was on Andy Stumpf’s Cleared Hot podcast and a few others, there isn’t a lot of new info in there. I was happy enough to support him though.

[@hannupuukka3209]

Really enjoy your podcast Ryan. Awesome interviews. I have watched several on youtube. That said.The right thing to do is to subscribe to your channel. Done !

[@fuundso]

Nice! Sean and Ryan, kinda late Christmas gift xD thx

[@BrenttonMathieu]

I would love to see an episode on Don Reynolds 82nd 5thgroupsf ...the dude is a legend!!!

[@b.bruster1462]

Good on you, Sean. Cheers

[@brandondrake14]

Damn! Great guest and interview!

[@briangregory6303]

What an amazing young man. I can't even imagine and I had a prick ex-Marine stepfather. If you haven't read Alone at Dawn about CCT, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman, you have to.

[@dougstitt1652]

Good stuff , Proud of ya both thx !

[@mylifeinthailand8751]

Very humble guy

[@to8860]

Good stuff!!

[@DarylBoshears]

PTDS Blimp! We had one on Cop Zormat. Pretty cool system but yeah it sits right in the middle of the Outpost.

[@ravenrazerclaw]

Let’s Go BUCK

[@dantickle5562]

I was stationed in bamberg with 6/6 inf, and was in desert storm. bamberg was a great place.

[@BTL0523]

Best crossover ever ❤❤

[@Probably_tryna_sleep]

Hoooly shiiiit!!!!! I love buck's channel lol, what a small world. You have to introduce buck and Shrek McPhee. I bet if you got those 2 together and opened up a bottle of whiskey, it would be one of the greatest events ever recorded lolol

[@JimboLogic]

OMFG, He is the spitting image of Doug.

[@johnmulhern8822]

Awesome guy like his stuff too

[@luisarteaga6074]

FNG Gang💯

[@ranger51262]

WOW what an Interesting story,,

[@tmazer99505]

I grew up in Phelan wow small world

[@av8tore71]

That demeanor of the commandos is probably the reason the country is the way it is now after the withdrawal

[@jeanchristopher7105]

1:36 WWJD- What Would Jocko Do! I love it.

[@jefffoy530]

Crazy, I live in Phelan right now.

[@animula6908]

I still hope his parents relationships with him improve. He deserves them in his life in a supportive role for once.

[@daviswall3319]

Very interesting

[@ravenrazerclaw]

Attitude Good

[@darkhorse6829]

I crewed black hawks.. I called them B.A.B. for big ass balloon.. And piss bottles and girls.. I once witnessed a female pilot in a one piece flight suit stand/crouch in back of black hawk piss in a gatorade bottle and not spill a drop.

[@AGfrom83]

You witnessed it eh, 🧐 Hahaha

[@darkhorse6829]

@@AGfrom83 yep.. She was about a foot away

[@nashme1020]

Nice! John Lovell, please!?

[@randolphorpe1584]

Give me a map and a compass,,,, "and I called upon the right hand of God to reign fire and devastation upon my enemy.,,,,. Behold our plea is answered !!"" The JTAC looked at me like I had lost my mind, God bless the AC-130s and the 160th SOAR

[@jovanyoung4236]

Yay buck 👏👏🙌

[@xymoriintus]

I like that dude. He should start a KZbin channel

[@DaleBernardoQueLio]

Strangely, Mr. Rogers and I have some experience intersections, between adolescence, time on a PSD, and being a 'Fobbit' seeking shelter from indirect fire. On an occasion of 'get in the bunker, I had a switch flip where I wanted to go kill the guys shooting at us. I asked a British major attached to my brigade, "Sir?, you have the authority to order me to go kill these bastards shooting at us, right?" He said: "Yes, but I don't think that your commander would like that very much"..with a smile. I proceeded to detail a sniper operation to counter the enemy. Thank you Sean for sharing your story 👍🏻

[@ronholland6979]

yeah right sean! and QUIT telling about this b.s of attacking! you know who i am?

[@thomasboston1887]

finally someone that might have an idea about my struggle Delta 787 MP Bn class of 92 non deployed but regimented to the core 12 years from 85 to 97 cryptographic communications / intelligence then reclassed to military law and i am a Christian writer of 2 books so far 5 planned

[@michaelsieber6601]

Now the 173rd is in graf and Vincica since they closed bamburg

[@oldhillbillybuckkowalski]

I once saw a pair of legs, complete from toes to pelvis, with maybe 8 vertebrae still attached, and a bit of spinal cord hanging out of the vertebrae. The torso looked to have been pretty cleanly removed from the pelvis in an almost precise manner just above the hip bones, so that if you could stand the legs up the pelvis and lower abdomen would be like an empty wine glass sitting on two stems. The really bizarre thing, to me anyway, was there was no torso, no arms, no head, no internal body parts no clothing no gear other than half of a wooden AK butt stock about 12 feet away, no crater, and remarkably little blood on the ground. To this day I wonder what he was hit by. I've seen a guy take a hit center mass from a single round of a burst fired from an A10, it was I hate to use this word but for lack of a better one spectacular result, but nothing like who we referred to as Elvis ( From the Elvis the Pelvis nickname Elvis Pressly got due to his signature pelvic moves, an older E7 came up with that bit of humor) One thing I'd bet money on was Elvis was probably dead before his legs hit the ground, and never knew what hit him which means we had something in common. I only mention this because Sean mentioning seeing the aftermath of Aviation putting in a full night's work and wondering what hit some of the bodies. Also Sean mentioned developing an ear for what direction rounds were coming from, unfortunately for me a near miss from a big ass mortar waffled my left ear drum early on and from then on almost every round, or anything else seemed to be coming from my right side, and has only gotten marginally better with time. Sucks to lose stereoscopic hearing.

[@thomasboston1887]

my unit 812th military police brigade lost my records so i am not even in the system go figure 2 contract but all they can say at the VA is Tom Who i was an E-4 promotable to E-5 i just couldn't get a slot for Anoch and Bnoch or PLDC so i got out QRF and CQC trained with accent on SRT operations

[@oldhillbillybuckkowalski]

I have a world of respect for Army cooks, so no disrespect is meant by this question, but I would love to know how many people enlisted as a cook that end up as a Special Forces Operator. That has to be about as abnormal of a career trajectory as one could have.

[@christianwolf5347]

Especially his first fight,except mine was inna bathroom and I was practically jumped and it was in elementary school

[@michaelsieber6601]

Now they are in graf

[@isaactrujillo76]

What’s all the noise about black rifle being 2 a turn coats?

[@frostbitepokin9520]

Is he here to get us selected?

[@PDM1967]

Good interview. But ten minutes less on his experiences in high school and just a little time on his experience in SFAS and the Q course would have been more interesting. You jumped right over his selection and training.

[@curingthenaivete1642]

ALL I EVER WANTED WAS YOU! BUT YOU LEFT ME!

[@kevinmorthorst521]

What?

[@thomasboston1887]

hey i was also abandon so that is bugged out that the story line is that linear

[@janettebaker1783]

Kurt is great

[@janettebaker1783]

The first book made me I'll and he'll lose everything if I'm mentioned in the second one...

[@janettebaker1783]

Not crazy I'm his mom. Your looking the wrong way he flunked his lie detector!! 2 out of 3 lol

[@forddriver8827]

Most people cannot commit to raising a dog properly with love, let alone having children. Why people rush into having children especially when they have had poor experiences I will never know. It is impossible to love another until one loves themselves. If we are full of loathing for those who wronged us, we can never show pure love and acceptance. Know your demons & issues, know the signs that red flag a potential problem. Be good to yourself and good to others.

[@ravenrazerclaw]

Spidy Senses

[@ddtrahan]

Did you retire from Army or CIA Ryan?

[@JavierGarcia-hd7xm]

Best story 38 minutes in… lol you can be a cook 😂

[@michaelsieber6601]

I was in vilseck in 10

[@bobstrawn4994]

Ryan, I graduated from HS at Wurzburg. Had a 32 year career after that

[@janettebaker1783]

Typo I'll meaning sick.

[@xObscureMars]

43:30 I was in Iraq three days before mortar showered me and dirt and rocks that landed probably about 40 ft away and my sentiment was exactly the same as oh my God this is real somebody's trying to kill me but yeah you think that it's war duh but when it happens the first time and we got more so many times it was the same way for us later where you're just kind of like laughing joking about it