DJ Shipley Origin Story Chapter 1 | Pinning The Trident PREVIEW

In this preview for our new Origin Story Series. DJ talks about when his Trident was pinned.
Full episodes coming soon!
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[@cptbaker]

First saw DJ Shipley's story on Shawn Ryan's podcast. That production, plus his ability to tell a story, was absolutely captivating. His dedication to being the best of the best, through his trials and tribulations was incredibly inspiring. I'm super happy to see him continually succeed and wish him and everyone at the GBRS Group, nothing but success.

[@Fittednocap]

Idk man he needs to man up and take care of his kid. Iykyk

[@bobbyj3408]

Proud to say I met DJ Jr. at the Danny Dietz memorial fund raiser two years ago. There were several hellacious warriors in attendance that night. I could listen to these stories all night long! Cheers Brother!

[@scolbert8071]

DJ, I love listening to your stories you make them fun.

[@GBRSGroup]

Appreciate you man, thanks for watching!

[@pauldikeman6564]

Absolutely loving this origins series. I think everyone would also love a series for Cole and Wade

[@ats8377]

DJ, hats off to you dude. Youre a huge inspiration while I’m working everyday for this seal contract. Keep crushing every endeavor life throws at you!

[@reginaldchesterfield8110]

May God bless DJ and his family and all of the good men at GBRS. THANK YOU for sharing your life with us, your tactical skills, your stories.

[@ibbylancaster8981]

I can tell DJ is getting more comfortable in front of the camera. Big positive change since SRS. It’s good to see you a bit more animated and relaxed when the light is on. Much love from NC🤙🤙

[@JW-28]

I thought he crushed on SRS. Thats my favorite SRS to date.

[@wisdumb16]

FIrst heard of this incredible warrior on the Shawn Ryan show and instantly became a HUGE fan. My father was a SDV operator with UDT 21/23 at LItlle Creek. Once he got off the teams he became a firefighter at LC and 29 years later retired as a Battalion Chief. After many years of being bored and getting tired of my mom, he became a Park Ranger at Northwest River State Park right outside of Great Bridge. He had NUMEROUS interactions at the park with his father Don when he was doing his training stuff with young hopeful future SEALS. All interactions were super cool... Frogman to Frogman connection. Anyways, you guys are the real deal and I appreciate all the amazing and informative content that you guys put out. Keep up the good work and Happy Holidays.

[@williamwells6468]

DJ is by far my favorite military person to listen to and I served in. 3/75th so I love Nick and the SOB but something about him…. Fuck I wish I knew about his dad’s school before I enlisted I might have went the Navy route. I always wanted to try SWCC and with more confidence in the water I would have went for it. But DJ if you happen to see this, thank you for the videos and putting your life out there for the rest of us struggling with what the GWOT did to us over 15 years or more. RLTW

[@51187corey]

John McPhee by far 😂

[@GBRSGroup]

Thank you for your service

[@williamwells6468]

@@51187corey I love John too he’s fucking great! But DJ gets my vote when it come to tactical proficiency and I guess I connect with him because he’s open about his mental health issues and struggles. Shrek is the man for sure but if I had 1hr to just sit and talk with one it would be DJ.

[@mikesmith7497]

@@51187corey What about John McPhee?

[@11bravo80]

I was in 3/75 as a sniper team leader. Rangers lead the way

[@bradymcphail9690]

Hey Mr Shipley, just a huge thank you for your service to this country, and to all of you warriors who serve this country! I’m old now and was never able to serve in the military as I was too wrecked before I was even 17 years old, and to be honest now- wasn’t tough enough to make it anyway. I thought I was a tough person until I was electrocuted 6 years ago at work. I’m not! Every fear I’ve ever worked through throughout my life came to an abrupt explosion at the moment I woke up from the injury. I was a scared little child from that point on. I’m now 61 and trying like never before to get back to where I was before the injury. Hearing yours and others stories is inspiring for sure, but I’m still a coward, still afraid of everything. What do you think of and how do you deal with your fears? I know everybody has fear of something, I now have a granddaughter that is going to need a gramps to learn from. Her mommy & daddy are awesome, a grampy should be special, you know? Thank you again, I look up to y’all! God bless

[@malikbirch9802]

In my opinion bro you gotta try to face them as much as you can The more you face your fear the smaller they become I totally get you, I have a gigantic dream of going special forces and recently had to face my water fear when starting to swim And every time I do a swim workout I can literally feel that I’m getting mentally stronger from facing my fear head on. I feel like I’m starting to realize the only thing to do is to just face the fucking fears when you have the opportunity to because it’s the only thing that’s gonna move you forward Mahalo🤙 keep working hard💪

[@GordonBombay5710]

This man misses the SEAL teams so much. You can just see the love pour out of him as he’s reminiscing like this. I think I speak for all of us who spent significant time in the military when I say “we miss it too bro”.

[@stephanromeo684]

I love hearing his stories and stories from BUDS. What a motivator !

[@reggieringgoldjr68]

Right on Ship.......🤝🏾🇺🇸💪🏾🫡

[@retiredafce3373]

At Hill Air Force Base Utah, our EOD folks all had air soft guns😂 If you went there, you were fair game, regardless of rank. Fun times.

[@Egotiztik]

I want ALL the DJ stories. I could fucking listen the that shit for hours. I just want DJ to sit and talk about EVERYTHING like the SRS podcast he did but without the childhood stuff. Just BUDs and beyond but WAY more in depth.

[@MidiaSolutions]

This dude needs to be on the anti-hero pod Would be an awesome discussion

[@eddymullins5857]

Those dudes are wasting time slandering other veterans from a fake moral high ground. They all act like they were on the missions they say happened differently than what’s printed.

[@DGillian6406]

Brent has mentioned a few times that he’s friends with DJ. I would love to see him on their too!

[@David-mg5jx]

Sounds like to me, the guy who answered the phone decided he didn't want the job. Intentionally self sabotaged.

[@Forkuh]

Was just thinking this. Sounds like the guy just wanted to see if he could do it. Realised he could, didn’t want the baggage that came with it.

[@reyrey90_60]

Really wish they did a full speed cqb scenario in a kill house for a KZbin short

[@grizzz-77]

when do we get DJ and don in the same room

[@Shell1725]

I don’t think that will ever happen. They are not on speaking terms.

[@williamwells6468]

@@grizzz-77 honestly it’s not our place to ask that. I’d love it more than anyone but it will happen in its own time.

[@Rocketguy6969]

Hey DJ, Can you show us the KABAR they gave you? Its important because they were only given for a specific number of Seals. Thanks buddy! I would love to see it. If you want to show it

[@siboniso4420]

Rob Reagle😂😂😂

[@johnbaghosejr7025]

what are the chances we get a personal favorite shooting grear break down from Dj.!

[@susiea3097]

Let me pause this interview while I answer my phone, NOT! DJ is so erudite & expressive.

[@rodhunt8750]

Trying to lose 100lbs ...down 78 so far!

[@daxfit3]

What would the cadre do if most of the people in the room were talking on phones or to each other while he was talking? I’m asking because where I live, 95% of the people are like the dude who answered his phone- except they haven’t gone through BUDs.

[@jcasillas509]

Delta whiskey decanter

[@RichardBaxendale]

Wow, ego got the best of him? That's frickin crazy..

[@pmbayer8]

You heard it from the man himself, airsoft is cool. I will accept no further opinions.

[@fredwilliams748]

Any training with role players and live reps is good training in my book, fun as a MF too lol.

[@kodirhizor2157]

As crazy as that phone story is… I hate to admit it but I’ve “kind of” done the same thing. It was about 3 years ago. I was regular Army, not a combat job. I was a Spc and one day we were doing some bullsh*t classroom training. My 1SG was giving a little brief and I got a call from my SSG. I cannot explain to you to this day WHY I ANSWERED THE PHONE. I was standing in the back kind of in a corner and when I answered it I kind of turned and started whispering. There was about 20 people in the room and in the middle of talking my 1SG stopped and said “hey man!? What the hell are you doing!?!? Take that shit outside!?” In that exact moment I had an overwhelming rush in my brain of “I am the dumbest motherfuc*er in the world” and hurried outside. As I walked out the door he was staring at me with hands up laughing in disbelief. Probably the most embarrassed and dumb I have ever felt. After all the training was done I went to his office and apologized to his face and told him I was really stupid and was extremely disrespectful. He was like “lol yeah man, if it was anyone else it would’ve ended a lot different”. My 1SG was retiring within that year and him and I were already pretty cool at that point thankfully. Couple months later we were going through covid-19 training and he came up to sit next to me and was like “hey what’s up Rhizor” so we ended up being cool lol but that was a crazy day 😂

[@supertoxik4723]

Tier 1 Operators need to be treated like Marvel superheroes and idolized like sports stars or at least paid like one ...Thanks for the content its awesome

[@RLS_91]

Lmao you obviously don’t know any. Most are high operators but shit humans.

[@DennisNedryJP12]

I love to read all the fanboy comments 😂😂😂

[@DGillian6406]

We love you too, Denny ❤

[@DennisNedryJP12]

@ 😁🫵

[@oleboy7615]

The “brother bravado” is thick. 😂

[@user-ms3lw3gi4f]

👍

[@maximus.4656]

Practice Exact moves enough time that it becomes second nature . that's how the movie guy did it but if you do it in IRL all three would be dead if you apply your full force and violence..

[@JoelSerrano-m4t]

Soo, can you still be considered for a seal contract being 35??? WTF???

[@TheWhiteCometOfZion]

Not anymore. Those days are gone. I'm with 75th Ranger Regiment. Joined when I was 21, 33 now and they want them fresh. If you're joining at 30, you have to be twice as good as everyone else already.

[@oleboy7615]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 whatever!

[@cartesian_doubt6230]

Robbing that guy of his trident simply because he answered the phone is unbelievably petty and not a good use of the navy's resources. You have a guy who the navy just spent millions of dollars making SEAL qualified and ur going to boot him out over an answered phone call? Instructors were morons.

[@nachooooo7019]

Insubordination is one of the easiest routes to getting kicked out of any military unit.

[@saljablo2767]

Wrong.

[@anthonylewis1980]

He showed his colors, and they saw that phone call as a huge red flag and sign of disrespect. They were thinking this guy hasn't even graduated and he thinks he's a badass

[@simeoncoleman8629]

This is why you’ll never be on their level because of the way you think

[@Landoftheignorant]

My girl always points out actors on movies and shit and says “that’s a good looking man” or whatever, so one day I said “you know what I envision as the epitome of a MAN?” DJ Shipley photo

[@Duke_N_Duke]

Second lol

[@xGlobalxJihadx]

first

[@Last_Chance.]

Congratulations!! Your mom and I are so proud of you!! You did such a good job little guy!!

[@frankcastle4435]

Gents my mom is getting impatient on yaw making your videos shirtless

[@voodooviking1230]

I can hear green beret chronicles and Eric Deming crying already

[@AG-E07A]

😂😂

[@bradymcphail9690]

Hey Mr Shipley, just a huge thank you for your service to this country, and to all of you warriors who serve this country! I’m old now and was never able to serve in the military as I was too wrecked before I was even 17 years old, and to be honest now- wasn’t tough enough to make it anyway. I thought I was a tough person until I was electrocuted 6 years ago at work. I’m not! Every fear I’ve ever worked through throughout my life came to an abrupt explosion at the moment I woke up from the injury. I was a scared little child from that point on. I’m now 61 and trying like never before to get back to where I was before the injury. Hearing yours and others stories is inspiring for sure, but I’m still a coward, still afraid of everything. What do you think of and how do you deal with your fears? I know everybody has fear of something, I now have a granddaughter that is going to need a gramps to learn from. Her mommy & daddy are awesome, a grampy should be special, you know? Thank you again, I look up to y’all! God bless