Gene Yu | 1st Special Forces Group officer & CEO of Blackpanda | Ep. 113

[@TheTeamHousePodcast]

Another exclusive Team House bonus segment for supporters. Gene tells a story from his private security contractor days re: Filipino gangsters and gold mine. www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-segment-w-56826715?

[@jchelentsai5096]

Loved his books. Never get tired of his stories or experiences, no matter how many times I've heard them before. Stayed up late to watch this. Gene is just a smart, humble all around great soldier. I send this clip to all my nephews as someone they can look up to. So proud of his Taiwanese roots where I am from too!

[@sethhughes2163]

Wow... dude, I watched this starting at 11:45cst, slept 2 hours, watched it again taking notes the THIRD TIME.... very mutually beneficial info!!!! KUDO'S GENTLEMEN! A magnanimous shout out to Gene... you have helped in many ways in your career, thank you brother! Seth

[@hnguye22]

Jack, great podcast. I am proud my fellow Asian who service this Nation. Thank you for your service, Gene. BTW, when you are going to have Tu Lam on your show.

[@Teeabee]

The pizza story never gets old, no matter how many times I hear it. But yeah, I started reading Yellow Green Beret in 2013, before I shipped off for Basic and I loved it then. Now, 8 years and 3 duty stations later, I think it's super important for us as Asian American servicemembers and especially for our families. Before YGB came along, all we really had was Danny Chen and Harry Lew for reference, and I don't think we could blame our moms and dads for thinking we were making the biggest mistake of our lives by enlisting. (For due diligence purposes, I'm not a 35P, it's a tag associated with this account for other hobbies)

[@adamrocks529]

Read Facing the Mountain

[@jedrabo3847]

If my memory serves me right, i remember working with you as battle cpt in your AOB inside camp Bautista in Jolo. Still remember your helo "Evergreen "

[@wildcatactual4962]

Loved this episode. One of the better to best ones for sure. Gene is hilarious

[@DeFiPonzi]

Caserma or Del Din?

[@dalekallio902]

When I enlisted, it was with Danny Thomas. My recruiter SFC Vander Linden, knew Danny. They allowed me 'free reign' in the computer..I decided on Construction Surveyor. I needed SF. Sadly, it was not to be. I salute you Sir.

[@AdamJWM]

I love this channel and all of the guests but for some reason I liked this one the best. Gene is a wonderful speaker and his story is awesome.

[@seanbarrett9143]

Worked with Gene and his company a few years ago in Asia, really interesting guy...Very humble and funny. Had some great sushi and top shelf Burbon in Oki on the clients dime smoking cigars one night the first time I met him.

[@azules9780]

I should've been asleep 2.5 hours ago but this was a really good interview and I enjoyed listening to his stories. Thanks a lot!

[@manuellabor2759]

The pizza Story is fucking HILARIOUS. I'll be waiting for his book!!!

[@mitchconner2021]

Had an opportunity and took it lmao

[@joeroubidoux2783]

This guy is awesome. Great interview guys.

[@joeyholt3375]

Awesome episode, I hope to see Gene come back on sometime.

[@angusgallacher2457]

What an inspiration. Incredible life. Looking forward to you're book. Thanks for sharing

[@LRRPFco52]

Connecticut Cupertino Forged parental signatures to West Point Armor Branch Ranger School SFAS x 2 (STAR exam) DET-K SERE School Pizza incident NTR Godfather intervention recycle SERE Assigned 1/1 staff OIF North ROK liaison mission/UW SR Abu Sayyaf mission 1/1 CIF Private sector grad school Sniped into investment bank trading Got involved with a personnel recovery mission for a Taiwanese civilian, which resulted in follow-on raids on Abu Sayyaf terrorists/kidnappers with 37 KIA. Started a cyber-security company specializing in Asia-Pacific region.

[@wildcatactual4962]

Dude is an absolute stud.

[@sauljahboi5965]

Great Interview. Gene's a great guest!

[@InvisibleHotdog]

"It's a weeb term" - never thought I'd hear Dave of all people say this. I'm up for Gene pt 2

[@chad3539]

if you follow Jack on the internet you'll know these two are very much men of the culture haha. Jack was talking about making full-size Dave Waifu pillows at one point

[@mitchconner2021]

Gene seems like a guy you could lose 8 hours in a bar with lmao

[@f82dot]

You want him to take you home too?! Geez 😂

[@randyadair7527]

Very interesting story! I know the feeling about being the odd guy out once I made sgt.

[@Delatta1961]

This was the best pizza run story I’ve ever heard.

[@xenojester13]

Col Thomas, Old man, I was in 3/1 SFG(a) when he was the BN Commander. Awesome guy! I think Col. Federer (spelling name wrong) was the Commander at that time and Hoopy Quals was the CSM.

[@johnnyfryar]

I graduated from The Citadel in '01. I bet Gene served with a bunch of my classmates.

[@GTLandser]

I remember reading about that SERE episode years ago, when he self-published his e-book under a pen name. It was hilarious then, and it's still hilarious now!

[@HeathenFitness]

Great episode. Best videos on KZbin. Thanks guys!! Much love.

[@026safety]

Yellow Green Beret is one of the better military themed reads out there. Too much of a stretch to hope there's a YGB IV in the works?

[@dalekallio902]

I love this guy!😂 I would gladly serve on your team Sir😊

[@frankhinkle5772]

Thanks, this was a real interesting interview.

[@globaladdict]

Amazing. This is the guy in sci fi rpgs that would hack all the computers and turn the enemy drones against their owners. Very unique story of all the ones I've seen here so far.

[@DaleKallio-jk9wo]

I have such commonalities with Mr. Yu that I hope to have personal commmunication with him. I never spent time in S.F. service, but some character qualities tied with military historic intersections compel me to seek him out. A wonderful interview.🤝🏻👏🏻

[@Phantom0fTheRouter]

Early promotion with a GOMOR in the jacket. Legendary.

[@dalekallio902]

I grew up in Walnut Creek. I wish we knew each other in a different time🤔😊

[@flight2k5]

It’s nice hearing SF stories instead of all of the SEAL stories.

[@TheTeamHousePodcast]

We agree!

[@globaladdict]

America would probably not be so hated and probably do more good work with its military if Green Berets were the weapon of choice. It's sad to hear from these podcasts how they were basically sidelined at the beginning of the GWOT in favor of brute force and hammer diplomacy so politicians could have good footage to claim we were winning. Actual hearts and minds campaigns just don't fit into 30 second soundbytes.

[@flight2k5]

@@globaladdict but that’s what wins wars

[@globaladdict]

@@flight2k5 what war have we won post world war 2 outside of the little skirmishes? if the people aren't on your side, you ain't got shit. America wins battles, but it hasn't won a major war in a long time. Please correct me if I'm missing something.

[@flight2k5]

@@globaladdict we haven’t lost wars because Of the military, but because of politics.

[@dalekallio902]

The measure of a man is in his heart, and his ability to decide best, according to that compelling force.

[@redhorse554det1]

great interview guys.

[@kelechiaguocha6125]

Best story in SF world that I have heard this far

[@aeromtb2468]

Gene, in the east bay the recruiters were active in the late 80’s and 90’s. and a number of friends and fam signed up. SV , peninsula, SF and Marin are in a bubble that the military is evil or just have no exposure.

[@robbyrobinson4500]

Love the podcast, but the echo is terrible

[@Rushil69420]

Holy shit the number of just, insane stories in this guys career??

[@Phantom0fTheRouter]

My invite letter from West Point Prep was in 12 point Times New Roman.

[@jerryj3047]

That was cool stream

[@MrSesseLind]

Sharp

[@71gmoney]

So. Did he go through the whole Q-course a second time or just the sere course?

[@dylanmerediths]

Just SERE

[@yoloswaggins2161]

What an awesome dude

[@graywind4326]

What a great personal story.

[@davewylie654]

I used to go by Westpoint on the god awful Hudson River once a week for a few years. That may be the coldest grayest and utterly depressing place i have ever seen. It looks like some Siberian prison whos prisoners are undoubtedly always cold. Truly a rude looking place Guarantee Gene's favorite book early in his career was Team Yankee. All of us in the Armor and Cav thought is was so cool and Harold Coyle may as well been Rommell lol

[@LolaChewie]

Am I the only one who thought about Top Gun when he was talking about the train tracks. “The hard deck on this hop is 10,000 feet, there'll be no engagement below that.”

[@LRRPFco52]

I wanna see a tiger cub raised like a military working dog, trained to provide security.

[@globaladdict]

There was that bear Wojtek who followed around Polish soldiers during World War 2. Even scared a couple nazis into disarming and humped ammo for an artillery crew. Also smoked, drank, and boxed with the troops. He really deserves a movie, he was in a zoo for a long time after the war.

[@MrInsurance8]

this dudes life is a movie

[@dailygiftsforever]

In survival, there are no rules.

[@Stang413]

32:00 is the pizza story

[@Xaviier9090]

Thanks man!

[@axelwestgren9738]

Fantastic! protect the gold : )

[@Flemdragon]

Does the cbd have thc? Cause I can not do that.

[@TheTeamHousePodcast]

Negative

[@pauljamesharper]

Since Gene has the Taiwan connection does he know the awesome Math Rock band 'Elephant Gym'?

[@shanemartin2491]

Lt Papa Johns.

[@LS-wh9rn]

Hilarious, interesting, intelligent guy

[@benjamingoto2099]

Oh my fucking god, Dave knows what a husbando is.

[@GrayHat0621]

Or I kept it because paper is a fire starter kk

[@thh4584]

Teodoro Lamas was the best commander of the LRB he had a no nonsense bullshit way about running the unit, Danilo Pamonag never came down on the shit heads in the unit when they fucked up, then again that whole unit is a cluster fuck.

[@dalekallio902]

I wanted nav qual bad..I was a surveyor, ..so🤔

[@adg5456]

Curious how he got his clearance given he is the nephew of the President of Taiwan, at least at that time...

[@realitycheck4158]

😎👍🇺🇸

[@neilarmsweak9084]

Let’s just say someone may have been looking at porn on a computer.. and now said computer has a virus .. is this something that Black Panda can tackle?

[@barbarataychert4910]

Gene is not middle-aged.

[@DaleKallio-jk9wo]

58:40 It seems some senior officers thought that Gene's open mindedness could be an olive branch as well as a unifying presence🤔🫡. 1:20:00 No other vocational school like it😂 I sought cyber education after leaving active duty and found little available. A lovely suggestion with SANS Institute. Cyber needs good minds👍🏻 I'd urge business owners to encrypt and isolate data and never allow a cyber switch to be a trigger for a kinetic switch.

[@phettywappharmaceuticalsll8842]

The original pizzagate

[@runnergabriel]

How big could it get lol

[@jaspersazerac8119]

Sorry but body language looks like those two are mad at each other.

[@LRRPFco52]

They're Rangers, so that's what they look like when happy, non-confrontational.

[@jaspersazerac8119]

@@LRRPFco52 I have seen a few of these and this episode is different.

[@50TNCSA]

He seems remfish.... but also like all the other sf dudes I've met

[@Agustin-ce5is]

tf is westpoint?

[@Forged407]

Secret school on the farthest west point of the earth only asians can go to