Navy SEAL Officer, Samuel Blair

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00:00 start
2:01 Background story
7:56 Navy SEAL training (1.5-2 years) and why people quit
13:06 Always cold and always sandy (but well-fed)
14:23 Gut check (the great equalizer and free will)
21:42 Accents
30:00 The Gatekeeper (and humor)
35:27 Brutal candor
37:05 Hell week (and chaplain prays before breakout)
41:08 Funny story (Man camp)
47:30 Hallucinating zombies
58:15 Training is similar to building your Catholic Faith through sacramental grace
1:02:06 Maintaining Catholic Faith during Hell week
1:07:09 Getting his wife
1:08:24 Current involvements (leadership and mirroring Christ)
1:17:42 How do you manage to keep your Catholic Faith strong on long deployments (start of Q&A)
1:19:29 Does a disciplined lifestyle have an effect on your prayer life?
1:20:14 Current prayer routines
1:22:15 What authors are you a fan of?
1:22:48 How do you work out now?
1:23:14 What is it like when you meet another SEAL?
1:23:44 Traumatic brain injury and psychedelics
1:25:32 Are there are no atheists in fox holes
1:31:26 Why are the downsides of becoming a SEAL?
1:32:56 Wokeism
1:35:44 Control and God’s permissive will
1:36:27 Goodluck
1:37:28 Every day carry
1:37:49 Would you recommend someone to serve in the forces
1:41:01 Wrap-up