Mentors for Military Podcast

EP-152 | From USMC Recon to Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Drone Contractor

The crew has some good laughs with our old friend Kristian Ritter. Kristian was originally on with us as a guest on EP-55 where he kept us laughing at his stories of how he joined the USMC and later became a member of Recon. In this episode he joins Robert, Tom Satterly, and Scott Johnson and he shares what he's been doing for the last 10 months leading intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions in Afghanistan as a drone contractor.Buy Seastate coffee at https://www.seastatecoffee.com
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Scott Johnson is a former British Army Engineer and EOD Tech NCO; Tom Satterly is a former US Army Delta Force operator CSM/E-9 with 25 years total service and 20 years as a Delta operator.
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EP-151 | Four Behaviors That Transform Ordinary People Into World-Class Leaders

If you are a new or mid-level leader that wants to know the secrets of how to be transformed and achieve your full potential, then this episode will provide you the tips to success. Elena Botelho is a senior partner at ghSMART and has supported first-time CEOs and CEO transitions for over 15 years, ranging from Fortune 50 to middle market companies across a wide range of industry sectors.
In this episode Elena sits down with Robert Gowin and Scott Johnson to share scientific research and analysis of over 2,600 leaders that has been drawn from a database of over 17,000 CEOs and C-suite executives to provide you the behaviors that differentiated these high-performers, their career catapults, and the primary hazard that can derail your success.
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Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Scott Johnson is a former British Army Engineer and EOD Tech NCO.
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EP-150 | Former U.S. Army Delta Force Operator | The Greatest Failure is The Failure to Try

Tom Satterly is a highly decorated combat veteran, who along with his teammates, was portrayed in the Oscar Winning 2001 film: Black Hawk Down. Tom served in the Army 25 years, 20 in the US Military’s most elite Tier One unit, Delta Force, and has been involved in and led some of our nations most important campaigns. As a member of Delta Force, Tom has been deployed countless times, and led hundreds of missions. Beyond Tom's proven experience of leadership and critical decision making in high-risk environments, Tom also has fought and is winning his own "silent war" off the battlefield, at one time coming close to taking his own life and becoming a statistic. His innate strengths of courage, perseverance, and "can do" attitude has saved his life countless times. Knowing we all have our personal battles we fight, Tom chooses to share his story with others in order to help them overcome their personal obstacles. He takes an honest approach to sharing his unique life lessons both in his military career and personal life in order to connect with his audience on how they too can succeed despite any challenges they may encounter. He and his wife Jen sat down to talk with Robert, Erich Martin, and Paul Martinez about Tom's career, going through Special Forces Assessment Selection (SFAS), Delta Selection, his mission in Mogadishu in 1993 (aka Black Hawk Down; Operation Gothic Serpent; Task Force Ranger) the teammates he lost, his near suicide attempt and how Jen saved his life, and the passion they now have to help others make the military transition. www.allsecurefoundation.org
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Erich Martin is an active duty Special Forces NCO; Paul Martinez is a retired US Army Ranger and sniper NCO.
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EP-149 | When The Killer Man Comes - The story of a U.S. Army Ranger Sniper

SSG (RET) PAUL MARTINEZ spent seven years in Special Operations and was a Sniper assigned to the 3rd Ranger Battalion, where he fought alongside and was trained by "The Reaper" Nicholas Irving. He was the second-Place Finisher at the 2010 USASOC Sniper Competition, was deployed six times to Afghanistan, and has faced off against Chechen Snipers, Uzbek Militants, and Taliban insurgents. Martinez was the first Ranger to be selected as a liaison instructor to the Special Forces Sniper Course.
Paul joins Robert, Scott Johnson, and Erich Martin on this episode to talk about everything from Airborne School, to Ranger Indoctrination Program (RIP), now called Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP), to serving as a Ranger in 75th Ranger Regiment, to becoming a sniper, and his time as a sniper on combat missions.Visit www.33degreespublishing.com to purchase the book "When the Killer Man Comes" today.
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Erich Martin is an active duty Special Forces NCO; Scott Johnson is a former British Army Engineer and EOD Tech NCO.
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EP-148 | Optimizing Your Brain Power

Interested in expanding your brain power? Find it difficult to concentrate at work or in school? The team discusses tips that you can use to expand your brain capacity.
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Kat Kaelin is a former transportation NCO and cultural support team member; Erich Martin is an active duty Special Forces NCO; Scott Johnson is a former British Army Engineer and EOD Tech NCO.
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EP-147 | Are You Willing To Go Through Adversity To Find Yourself After?

Interviewing Matt J. Salli, winner of Season 3 - SAS: Who Dares Wins.
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Scott Johnson is a British Army Engineer and EOD NCO.
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EP-146 | From Combat to School

Andrea N. Goldstein is the CEO of Service to School, a non-profit organization that provides free application counseling to military veterans. Their goal is to help veterans gain admission to the best universities possible and to help them maximize their education benefits. Andrea believes in the transformative power of education. She served on active duty in the US Navy from 2009 to 2016 as an intelligence officer, and currently serves as a Navy Reservist. She is an expert in the field of security sector reform and bridging civil-military dialogues. She was a founding contributor to the veterans’ news and culture blog Task & Purpose, where she has written extensively about retention, gender, and military culture and policy. Her work has also been featured in the US Naval Institute’s Proceedings, CNAS, Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, War Horse, Business Insider, and various peer-reviewed professional journals. A former Service to School applicant and ambassador, she is a Pat Tillman Scholar and graduate of the University of Chicago (B.A., Hons.), and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (MALD).
In this episode she is joined by Robert, Mike Pritts, and Alejandra "AJ" Gill.
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Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Alejandra "AJ" is an active duty USAF Security Forces NCO; Mike Pritts is a former U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Beret) CSM and Tillman Scholar.
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EP-145 | Why Do We Procrastinate?

We are all guilty of procrastination at some point. Parkinson's law is the adage that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion". If you are given 8 hours to accomplish something, you'll take all 8, even though the task may only take 2 hours. This is another form of procrastination. Robert, Alejandra "AJ", and Scott discuss Parkinson's Law and how leaders can deal with it.
In another topic, the team begins to focus on basic management and leadership skills on how to inspire others and rally people to your vision.
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Alejandra "AJ" is an active duty USAF Security Forces NCO; Scott Johnson is a former British Army Engineer and EOD NCO
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EP-144 | Your "Why" is Your Catalyst For Success

Ian Strimbeck is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps where he conducted training to host nation forces in small-unit tactics as an Infantry Rifleman. During that time he attained experience in combat and security operations and held every position in a fire team from SAW Gunner to Team Leader. He is now the owner of Runenation, LLC, a consulting and education company specializing in the constant growth of the multidisciplinary tactician.
In this episode, Ian joins Robert Gowin and Bram Connolly to talk about weapons training, survival training, and how your "Why" is the catalyst for success. Ian shares the lessons he teaches to his students daily and how those lessons apply to everything we do on a daily basis. You can learn more about Ian at www.runenationllc.com
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Bram Connolly is a former Australian Special Forces officer and current best-selling author who also owns WarriorU (WarriorU Podcast) focused on helping and mentoring people interested in joining the Australian National Defense.
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EP-143 | Disrupt Yourself | Build an "A" Team | Whitney Johnson

Recognized as one of the 50 leading business thinkers in the world (Thinkers50), Whitney Johnson is an expert on disruptive innovation and personal disruption; specifically, a framework which she codifies in the critically acclaimed book Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work and in her latest book Build an “A” Team: Play To Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve. (Harvard Business Press, 2018). She is also the author of Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream. Whitney joins Robert and Scott Johnson on this episode to talk about why you want to disrupt yourself and your teams to see personal and professional growth.
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Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Scott Johnson is a former British Army Engineer and EOD NCO
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EP-141 | From Combat USMC Infantry to Army Green Beret

It's not often that you meet someone who was a U.S. Marine Infantry Officer and U.S. Naval Academy graduate who also applied to become a U.S. Army Special Forces officer; let alone while on a combat deployment. Chase Millsap did that and then made it through selection and qualification training. Hear his story and how important service is to him then and now.
Chase joins Robert Gowin, Scott Johnson, Alejandra Gill, and Erich Martin on this episode.
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Erich Martin is an active duty U.S. Army Special Forces MSG; Scott Johnson is a former British Army Engineer and EOD NCO; Alejandra "AJ" Gill is an active duty U.S. Air Force Security Forces NCO.
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EP-140 | What It Means to "Be. Here. Now." | George Briones III

You don't want to miss this episode that is full of awesomeness. George Briones III is a former USMC Recon Instructor, a current leader at SOFlete where the motto is "Die Living", and a frequent host on the Mentors for Military Podcast. In this episode he joins Robert and Scott J. and the team talks about ultra running and the mindset it takes to achieve success, the importance of living in the moment and being present, and what the saying "Be. Here. Now" means.
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Scott Johnson is a former British Army Engineer and EOD NCO.
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