Episode 149 - Andy Arrabito and Dan Cerrillo

[@georgecoull1883]

I can listen to Taco tell stories for as long as he's got them. Dude is a real man's man, no BS, type A personality. Don't know how I missed this one, but I'm glad I found it!

[@Ph0enext]

“...and you’re ugly. and short.” 😂😂😂 real though, great podcast. first time I ever listened to one twice. Cerrillo’s path to sobriety and ultimately helping others was powerful stuff.

[@mike_braun_1023]

Just heard. Rest easy Dan Cerillo. You seemed like a real cool dude.

[@dommerv.4887]

First time listener and glad I found your podcast! I'm a senior man of my shift as a career firefighter 27 years. Can't agree more with the tough standards we once knew that defined us, now being downgraded to allow for weaker individuals to become firefighters. We see the same kinder, gentler standards for this generation. Weakens the future! I'm a follower Andy, and thank you for your service!

[@jamiemcnay]

Andy is a world class human. Helping Dan grow his businesses and down playing his contribution. This episode is GOLD. Andy S. , Dan and Andy A.. What a line up. Seriously could have listened to the three of you speak for another couple of hours. Semper Fi.

[@coorsknight5616]

Dan “Taco” Cerillo - Fair Winds and Following Seas from a grateful nation.

[@suewebster2768]

I am a faithful watcher/listener-this podcast was one of the best. Keep going deep with these wonderful men!

[@tiffinyadcock196]

So sorry to hear about Dan

[@SolemnOath0321]

I'm in my 40s, same age as Andy. Because of this video, I'm done drinking. I put it down hard nowadays. 12pack a night. Throw in bourbon on the weekend. No one has ever said I'm killing myself and to stop.

[@riffedwood5597]

Your life and loved ones will appreciate this tenfold. Much respect and love, sir. You got this

[@yotaman492]

Powerful stuff, hope you get that worked out. These podcasts have a lot of powerful positives behind them, best of luck.

[@kdaleboley]

If you are drinking this much, and have been for some time, you need to see a professional for some help. Quitting "Cold Turkey" is potentially very dangerous.

[@davidweisbach5376]

You can do it. As K Dale said you might need professional help to get through de-tox. I’ve been there. I wish you well and you can’t go wrong giving it your best. Those you love and who love you will be forever grateful. God Bless and stay the course.

[@therocksays7915]

Go for it man and never look back-best thing Ive ever done. Attend some local AA meetings too for motivation and support.

[@tdunn2]

For real, Mondays are more tolerable because of your podcast, Andy. Thanks man.

[@realRainz]

"Highlander" comparison is spot on, and funny!

[@texasgirl8674]

This was a fantastic podcast. So real. Down to earth guys and really hit home! Proud of them both for how far they’ve come!

[@garybellish3908]

Thank you gentlemen for what you do and have done

[@internet_internet]

Rest in peace, Taco.

[@ruanjacobs5203]

R.I.P Mr Cerrillo

[@deadboys007]

Great show...loved hearing these dudes share there life

[@jackhammer0925]

So I’ll be the one to say it, that house is fucking beautiful brother!! Glad that you’re doing pretty good for yourself

[@mr.nordstrom]

Goddamn. I came here (watched it on TV) to type a comment to Dan Cerillo, thanking him for that amazing work. How I felt down and his talk around 1h and 30-40 mins in really had a good mental impact and even cheered me up a bit. Something being a stubborn son of a bitch makes near impossible at times. And find out he's gone. Sometimes feel things are stacked against the greatest of people, such as all three of you. But the work he did won't be undone, and I really hope it carries on by others similar-minded. Rest in well-earned peace. And Andy, don't have a fucking heart attack, please. Take it easy. Countless people would be sad, we have expectations of ex-DEVGRU guys, one being if you see a heart attack, you put that fucker down. I know they're sneaky, but so are you. Take in what the FBI negotiator himself told you about his opinion of you recently, and consider nobody AFAIK has had the balls-weight to ask some of what you asked him. Jocko's talk with him was lighthearted; yours was honest; and both were spectacular, won't compare the two. That earned you a few tons of respect, regardless of how few and how tiny shits you give about that. In the words of Tarantino, “you're Andy fucking Stumpf, and don't you forget it.” And Andy Arrabito, seems like just the fucking perfect dude to simply hang with, love the character and personality. In retrospect, that makes it obvious why you were named after Stumpf. One of those guys you see and think, “man, that dude's a great friend and person, right there.” Hard to explain in a sentence or two.

[@fmxmyway]

Rest in Peace Dan. Respect.

[@ampini212]

"he could back squat a car because he can stand in the wheel well" 🤣🤣🤣

[@patrickbateman7453]

33:30

[@calbonar211]

Cerillo seems like a solid fuckin dude. Really well spoken too.

[@No5aer]

Monday stoke = 1/52nd of a new year stoke... cleared hot is part of the stoke. Thanks for this guys.

[@MrDean-qs4ud]

Whoooooa. Thanks for keeping me going during my all-nighter.

[@pablopaul9116]

Glad they addressed this stuff, its everywhere in the community.

[@copaminecombat]

RIP Dan rest easy warfighter.❤

[@jeremycaraway950]

Every time I go on Andy's website all his knives are sold out. He makes badass knives.

[@bennygee3067]

SH9 makes good blades as well

[@sherribugd3799]

Another great episode. Thank you!

[@l.s8404]

I love The Joe Rogan Expierence, snd Mike Drop and the likes, but this absolutely blew me away, I hope Joe has Andrew and Dan on, if not him then there should at least be a line waiting to have these guys on their podcast ! Awesome podcast!🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@dustinwalker8152]

This specific episode and Shawn Ryan's episode with DJ Shipley are without a doubt the 2 best podcasts I've ever listened to/watched.

[@Hogavich]

My only complaint about this talk was that I wish it was twice as long!

[@JeremyRyanMusic1]

I love good people. Keep them coming bro.

[@texasgirl8674]

Thanks for posting! I so look forward to your podcasts! Keep up the great work Andy!

[@RyanSackettSMS]

Love my half face blade Spike can't wait to buy more from this guy such incredible work.

[@jimmyjones4398]

Finally, I listened to the whole thing.

[@kwlobdell7853]

Great format. Authentic. From the heart. More of the same please.

[@mudd024]

I've been waiting for Bito to get on a podcast. I've been following him for a while. Dudes a legit badass operator. I wish he would of gotten into the truth about Davif Goggins and the legitimacy of his time in the seal teams. Him and I talked about it and he filled me in on some info that alot of people dont know

[@jamessantellan2356]

@chuck Norris what did he say about goggins?

[@mudd024]

@@jamessantellan2356 goggins wasnt about the brotherhood or wasnt about combat. He was in it for training and exercise. When he was in iraq he didnt go on a mission because he wanted to work out and because of that he got barred from going on ops while in Iraq..they didnt let him leave the base. If you notice in his book and interviews he never talks about being in combat. He chased training not combat. The other seals that yeah hes strong and they like that he encourages people to be healthy and motivates people to do good In life but that's it. There are people that want the title of being a navy seal but they arent team guy's. Its hard to understand, andy Stumpf talks about that also about how there are people that are navy seals then there are "Team Guys". Goggins was a navy seal but he wasnt a team guy like his andy Stumpf talks about. Goggins was just about training and proving to himself he can do it. He becomes a Seal, then basically becomes a Navy Seal recruiter and spokes person and the guy they put in navy seal commercials. Goes to ranger school and graduates at the top of his class but never does anything with it (operational wise, he just graduates and does nothing with it) try's out for Delta because he heard they have a hard selection course. He never pulled his trigger downrange and chose going to the gym and getting a workout in over going on missions with his team. He was a beast and went hard in training but that's it....I cant articulate it like how bito did when he told me about this but Goggins was black balled in the Seal Teams, that's the main reason why they didnt let him try out for DEVGRU (Team six) because they knew he wasnt about the brotherhood and the team and thst he just wanted to join for the title and for hard training and not because he wanted to kill bad guys and fight for America and to defend his brother's. If you read his book think about it, he never talks about combat, he does talk about being deployed overseas but never talks about combat or being in fire fights thats because he never was in any because they didnt allow him on ops

[@Bdubbin305]

@@mudd024 This is why you'll probably never see Goggins on a podcast with guys like Jocko and Andy...

[@legbiter1462]

@@thull1000 that’s kinda the job though and that would understandably lead people to believe he was a coward...

[@legbiter1462]

@Basement Dweller Yeah that wasn’t my point. My point is the job he signed up for is a combat arms job, and by signing up for it he was acknowledging the potential for him to be killed in combat. Understandably, other guys who signed up to actually to the job do not have high opinions of him.

[@TheGrayWarbler]

fyi andy when someone says they're "going home to crush a a bowl" they're not usually referring to cereal

[@Juiceontheloose76]

You think he doesn't know that

[@TheGrayWarbler]

@@Juiceontheloose76 since you asked, i honestly think he doesn't know that

[@wiskysin]

RIP, Dan.

[@abdullahshahbaz4745]

podcast starts at 8:46

[@emailphone4728]

Awesome timestamp, always skip the intro!

[@anthonyant1589]

Rest Easy Shipmate

[@nancybarry4150]

Loved the talk, indoors looks great too. Only way I could love you more... daily Podcasts!!!

[@mikefordy1]

Yet another great podcast So glad you started doing these Loyal listener from day 1 Keep on keeping on

[@ricicoltinkalacoski2085]

Stay GOLD...Andy!

[@richardksimpson800]

Holy shit!! 1:28 .. What a god damn super hero. Dan. Thank you. This podcast is fan-fucking-tastic.

[@justinlake6604]

Morning everyone. Have a good day at work

[@hardtopindown7781]

Holiday in Canada, have a good day yourself!

[@justinlake6604]

@@hardtopindown7781 well enjoy your day off

[@realRainz]

@@hardtopindown7781 Is it a Columbus Day by any chance? Cause that's what we celebrate today in the US

[@Paul-gf9fc]

@@realRainz thanksgiving

[@realRainz]

@@Paul-gf9fc To who exactly in your case?

[@austinfischer7175]

Better not be the last episode with those legends...

[@spicymilk2496]

This got me through my all-nighter!!!

[@ronmexico5908]

Andy should be on an episode of This Old House

[@fiddlefolk]

This is one incredible episode! I was a fireman for 19 yrs and 8 months. I got fired for a come apart I had on my day off. I had so much self shame. It’s been hard trying to get my life back. I found I wasn’t an alcoholic. I suffered from severe PTSD. My dept. turned their back on me. I’ve thought about killing myself daily. My dept is in denial.

[@TheOutlawMan]

Please maintain close contact with your brothers. Don't be afraid to reach out. The world is better with you around.

[@fiddlefolk]

@@TheOutlawMan Thank you Carlos! I really appreciate you and your kind words.

[@TheOutlawMan]

@@fiddlefolk Always happy to support a brother. I'm starting EMT school in May, and looking to find my way into the firefighter career here in Colorado. Your service is an example for younger guys like myself.

[@fiddlefolk]

@@TheOutlawMan It is a great profession to help others. I worked with some incredible people. I’m sure you will excel Carlos. Thank you! Best wishes to you ...

[@TheOutlawMan]

@@fiddlefolk Thank you, sir.

[@pavelowjohn9167]

Heh. Every SOF community has to have a "Taco". At Hurlburt, it was "Taco" Sanchez, the chief enlisted advisor at HQ AFSOC....

[@Guiseppejedi]

Just when you think you can't have any more admiration for a human....Taco. All Love. Well...Mostly. ;+)

[@BennyAndTheJets86]

Good stuff guys!

[@PacificrimAwakening]

Fricking epic podcast!

[@stvteoutdoors9756]

Just checked half face website all knives are sold out 😂😂😂🤙 hell yeah

[@jmethos]

I totally agree with you on the ethos! If I woman does make it onto a team she will be a part of the "brotherhood" the same way women are part of "mankind". These words have a meaning that transcends biology!

[@musashi6064]

You, Jocko,Goggins, Rogan, Glover, Ritland, Rinella, Hanes etc. Are truly helping this nation counter all this woke bullshit. Thanks buddy, another great pod

[@Googleman81]

Knife lottery, free suggestion. Great stuff. Thanks.

[@MarkKelly1307]

Great podcast Andy!

[@austinmesnard6286]

TACO AND ANDY! FROGMAN FRIDAY!! WOO

[@donaldritter2256]

Really good episode

[@joesondag6801]

Great podcast.

[@HB-kp6rl]

Currently looking in my gun safe so see which pistol i can live with out so i can order one od those bad ass knives from half faced blades

[@stephenleskow7959]

Lol good luck been trying to buy one for the past year. Never can get onto the site in time.

[@g0hl]

loving the content brother

[@alexpuertoop7750]

This is an amazing one 🇺🇸

[@ricklewis5869]

Superb!

[@Bharatsingh-ms8fj]

I kind of wanted Brendan Schaub to be there on the couch sitting next to taco and say "Holyshit dude" after every 15mins.

[@-Opiate-]

Kudos Andy, Andy, and Dan. It's funny, so many profound things spoken of, but of all, the strangest thing is how we STILL cannot engineer SEALs. Roids, genetics u name it. But it is simple. There are actually many more people who could complete training, they just wouldn't want to. Subsequent live field tests have proven this, again and again. The desire cannot be manufactured.

[@hesko125]

That moment you look in your wife's eyes after this whole podcast and everything was and is understood with out a word. My struggle after the war is the same shit. Tbi. Ptsd. Low t. Alcohol. Except I was just a marine grunt who played around Ramadi in 06. I cant wait to explore stem cell and hyperbaric. One warrior to another I will keep trying to be my best self. For me, my kids, and loving wife. Semper fi bros

[@hesko125]

Also Andy i almost moved to Wyoming to hunt the public more. I actually do mental health at the VA. I want to fix the system causes its harder than throwing stones at it. Hope one day I could hunt with you and your bros. Cheers

[@originalgangsta5462]

Omg i just checked out half face blades.these nives are wow nock your socks off.ive been tinkering with blades now i need to work on handles these are far out.

[@chrisc9572]

This was so damn good

[@dodobetes1398]

Can you get Shawn Ryan on?

[@iceman-22]

Half faced is the best

[@GunsNRaddy]

Hi im looking for the episode where Andy told a story about RPG dude. Any idea what episode it is?

[@BostonsF1nest]

Didn’t Jocko come up with the SEAL ethos? The original one? He came up with some type of mission statement early on in the teams that they used. I’m pretty sure it was that one but I could be wrong.

[@superkillr]

When Andy mentions talking to Jaime who is the production guy for Rogan, did Taco understand who he was talking about? Taco makes a remark about Jaime that doesn't seem in character.

[@jtfjtfjtfjtf]

What I understood from the interview is Taco provided security for Joe Rogan's studio in LA. A few of Joe's guests have mentioned former Navy Seals being security there. So I'm sure he knows Jaime.

[@superkillr]

@@jtfjtfjtfjtf I had no idea. Thanks for the info.

[@pablogonzalez8304]

Sounds familiar. What military doesn't run on beer

[@aacshooter]

Awesome fucking podcast!!

[@Shadow_Warri0r]

Fucking bloody awesome

[@outcastsauce5390]

Both Andy and Dan look like they’re from Hawaii…

[@SCQT]

damn glad i clicked on this one randomly

[@JOEFACE4216]

Makes me happy to here him say that about production knives and customs I want a work crow (production) I can beat the shit out of and some Kitchen knives and other cool customs

[@terifarley4770]

Hey we're going back into a civil war, and that's a gulag hacksaw now a hospital hacksaw now.

[@wrx926]

Why is there no video on spotify? Or am I doing something wrong?

[@JohnSmith-ei6sc]

I can guarantee you if bito raised his prices on knives I wouldn’t buy another one lol they’re insane knives but they’re expensive and sell out so fast it gets ridiculous but raising the price fifteen percent like some assholes have been saying lol not a good call. Good on bitto for knowing that’s a bad read. He’s right his stuff is already priced out.

[@jeremiahculwell4424]

What is the explanation about the "riggers tape" at minute 48-49:00?

[@mugenitr]

I think Taco mentioned when he was in a leadership position he presented some SEALs that needed discipline (because hazing was on its way out) 2 options ... rigging tape or pen/ paper (letter of reprimand?).

[@jeremiahculwell4424]

@@mugenitr I am wondering what the riggers tape would do. I understand the paper work (threatened with it enough times in my career) but I’m not familiar with riggers tape as a punishment.

[@mugenitr]

I could be reaching but if you look up Rob O’Neil on IG ... there’s a post he made when he joined his team and they had him taped up like a mummy.

[@luiscastro2484]

Jeremiah Culwell you get wrapped up and beat up by the other dudes

[@sambumgardner3480]

Change of command? Shit, I'd rather go to captain's mast.

[@stephbrandenburg9957]

Sir, this is like the earthquake drill. Sit tight.

[@jimmycummings8164]

Which one makes the knives. What’s his name and which social media platform(s) are the knives for sale on? Someone please respond

[@deadboys007]

Hells yeah!!!!

[@Paul-gf9fc]

magic spoon is not available here in Alberta Andy! So bring some when the border opens up lol

[@MrBojangles2020]

RIP 🌮

[@billybilly2728]

I love how the sun literally begins to shine on Dan Cerrillo at 1:28:00+...could that be God??? Thanx gents

[@GryphonIndustrial]

Wild Turkey 101 > Jack Daniels > Jim beam. Chilled whiskey is a swear word in my house. At 43:50 that guy is such a RAT! Also I love Andy's take on hazing. Its where it comes from. If you are just doing it to beat people down thats a problem. Its should be some suck that everyone goes through to build camaraderie with that they all did that same thing. Its up to those in charge though to have a firm grasp on what is going too far.

[@craigcrawford6749]

9 minutes of ads? Love this podcast but does anyone listen to those ads?

[@d.j.ashley]

I love the podcast enough to let the ads run unabated. I keep in mind that it's free content for us, but not free to produce.

[@mrs8171]

Help a brother (Andy) out. A small price to pay for free content and it is absolutely the way that Andy is compensated. Not by some big Spotify deal. You may want to consider that these INDEPENDENT sponsors never flex and influence the content, unlike the rest of the entire media world(!). We should be thankful that podcasts and these alternative sponsors have evolved. The rest of the media is canned, artificial, brainless, fake, scripted, bought-n-paid for, propogandized (Netflix), edited TRASH. Keep up the GREAT work Andy!

[@reneamcghee1966]

Andy’s ads make me laugh, I love the way he does them.

[@LeonardMichaelis]

One physical factor that would be very hard on women is yeast infection in the genital area. Women are way more prone for that than men. Women would be a burden for a team.

[@trumanmiller94]

Hell yes!

[@kevinstry1695]

Have Kevin Lacz on?

[@letstrend]

Hey Andy, I got a question for you. A couple of weeks ago I was looking up Afghanistan's information because Trump is looking to sign a peace treaty with the Taliban. I noticed that the Literacy rate in Afghanistan is 30%.That got me to thinking about the US military. We've been in a war with the Taliban, ISIS for over 20 years and only 30% of the population can read. While when you look at the Joint Chiefs of Staff have over 35 years of military experience and went to the best schools in the US which are arguably the best in the nation. This also applies to countless other military officers and enlisted people in the military. Yet they can't beat an adversary into an unconditional surrender where only 30% of them can read. Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya are all still very dangerous places. When you look at US Major wars we've either tied, lost or won wars but not decisively since WW2. Another point about WW2 is that the Japanese hit a military target (US Pacific Fleet) in a foreign country at the time (Hawaii) and we wouldn't accept anything other than an unconditional surrender within four years. The Taliban, ISIS hit a civilian target (World Trade Center Towers) in our largest (New York City) and we are looking to sign a peace treaty and its taken us over twenty years to get it. Do you think that the US Military is worse than it was in WW2? Do you think that the US Military is the best military in the world even though we can't seem to win wars like we used to?

[@letstrend]

@Dave CConventional vs Unconventional? The Officers in the US military all have college educations. Senior officers have multiple graduate degrees and decades of experience in the military. We've spent trillions on officer and enlisted careers. I'd like to think they can fight and win both Conventional and Unconventional wars. Since Andy is SPEC Ops, SPEC Ops is actually designed to fight unconventional wars. Technology doesn't matter. What matters is WINNING THE WAR!!!! The technology is there just make it easier and improve your chances of winning. We lost Vietnam, Tied in Korea, Had to fight in Iraq TWICE and it's still a very dangerous place. We're about to make a peace deal after 20 years of fighting with the Taliban who by the way killed over 2000 civilians in our largest city New York City. That was a civilian target too. The military completely failed to keep the towers up. The Japanese did that in Hawaii and hit a military target US Pacific Fleet and after that the only thing we would accept is an unconditional surrender. We got that in less than 5 years. Maybe we just go back to M1's, Wildcats, and battleships. That technology seems to win more wars than all the gizmos we have today.

[@sophisticatedmorons]

Where can I go through this therapy?????

[@nickherrera1041]

It blows my mind you had those nam guys going into buds with no knowledge what so ever

[@brada5506]

Holy shat....this one was amazing....i'm gonna go chop down a damn tree.