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Great episode as always man I just wanted to give out a huge thank you, I recently ordered two of every flavor CBD oil and it’s incredible. My Shepherd has been recovering from some surgeries lately and I can’t even put into words how much of a difference it has made, it’s visibly making him a lot more comfortable and giving him as well as us some relief ever since he’s been on it. I’ve been recommending and telling everyone how much of a help Trikos has been, Much respect keep up the great work Mike it’s truly appreciated.
Another great Podcast. Thank you Benito for just spilling it, being completely open and sharing your experiences. Thank you Mike for continuing to bring us some amazing content.
If anyone tells you to change anything about your format, your style, your approach to these interviews, tell them to choke themselves and don't change a thing.👍
He definitely has a way of pulling the viewer in and pulling out emotions in the guests on his podcast. I wish all the folks who listen would also watch, it's the best way to appreciate the show. I'm glad he isn't restricted by advertisers and sponsors who would want to change his format. It's great as-is.
Really? I'm happy that you dont dont care about my feelings, but I think more filming with full faces rather than 1/4. Also, while the stories are interesting, they are mostly 2 guys with monotone voices talking..Dont think you can do anything about that!
Hey Mike. Thank you for doing this podcast. I served as a range guy at devgru and I knew several of the guys who were on extortion 17. One was a shipmate before he became a seal. As you can understand, this was a devastating loss to the specwar community and a personal loss to me. Hearing Benito share his heart and thoughts during this interview touched me deeply. Keep up the great work! Lord bless you, Benito and all of our brothers and sisters who are taking the fight to the enemy every day. LLTB!!!
@Alex Rubio Iiiiiiiiiiiii Sir gotta call ABSOLUTE buLLLLSh!ttttttt on that claim of yours Guy ! Will expose after your response intrigued to hear your comical rebuttal
@@BBANKZ-fw4dc I served with SOCS (SEAL) Tommy Ratzlaff when he and I were stationed onboard USS KIDD (DDG 993). He was a GMGSA and I was an OS1(SW). I served at Devgru from 2008 to 2014. My first year was as a Janitor, and the last five years was as a Range Maintenance Technician. I ran into Ratz in the old squadron building when I was a janitor. Since that time, I would see him on the range that I used to work at (SATEC M.O.U.T.) I was on duty at the range when the troop did their last round of training before deploying to afghanistan. I look forward to your response.
As a regular listener, this one really resonated with me. Having grown up not far from Benny and volunteered at the St Paul K9 foundation in the early ‘70s before I entered, his operational reminisces really rang true. It set the story of Jet and Bart to be the memorial of a dog handler, from LEO to Tier 1...
Thank you Benny for sharing your story, it's a honor to hear your experience, and service to the nation. Also, thank you for sharing your connection to the guys on Extortion 17, it's important to keep their memories alive and make us Civvies more aware of the great men who have sacrificed their lives. Last but not least, feel honored that you are one of the few guest to make Mike cry. Good shit guys. 👍
This has gone from being my favorite SOF-related podcast to being one of my favorite podcasts of any subject matter. Mike, you are an exceptional interviewer. You have such a natural rapport with your guests and you cover so much ground with your questions while moving through topics in a way that feels organic and never forced. I would love to see you become someone with a Joe Rogan-sized audience and have platform with guests that come from all areas of life (obviously with military remaining a large component). I think you're that good--even established interviewers have trouble coaxing interesting interviews from their subjects, but I think your demeanor and approach will get people to reveal a lot more than just stock answers. If that makes sense. In any case, wherever this goes, you've found a life-long listener. Thank you.
Great podcast, Mike. Benito was an inspiring guest. Thanks for doing this, Benito!! I also want to thank both of you for your candid and emotional discussion of Extortion 17 & the aftermath. I can't imagine what toll that took on the entire SEAL community. Thanks again.
Man, there's some heavy stuff here. I served, though never in SOF. But having the utmost respect and admiration for those dudes, as well as a huge soft spot for dogs, this one gave me the feels. Love the podcasts, keep up the great work Mike.
Mike, God Bless you man, you are killing it with your interviews. I really appreciate your style and getting to know each of your subjects and what they went through so deeply. Makes me so proud to be an American, I know that might sound corny, but GD, you get me in the feels each time. Thank you and Thank you to Benito. Much respect!
Seriously the best podcast out there! I've listened to all types of different and popular podcasts. yours has the Best format and style but of course what makes the difference are the real people who have actually made a positive impact on our country. Real heroes are still amongst us !!!
Mr. "Drop" i am only 6 min. into this and im already very happy i chose to watch. (Ritland would say "well stick around and you might change your mind")
Cudos to you Mike. You are very good at what you do and I believe few men are as good as you are at what you do. Screw anybody who disagrees with this!
Just got to this one a year late. Amazing job, he had story to tell and you let him do it but got to the next place perfectly. These stories need to be told !!
Olson, you keep your chin up! Great job brother! Mike, awesome interview! Benny went to NTTC Lackland a month after I left! Great job to both of you for sharing what “Providing freedom and democracy around the world” means! Thank you both!! Love y’all, “Fair winds and following seas”!!
Mike and Mike Drop Team, these podcast are the best. I really enjoy listening. Definitely a highlight in my week when a new episode drops. I was really relating to Bennys story about losing sight of my dog walking at night, and it was right behind him. My dog was an old lab, really obedient and i trusted her to walk with no leash. The difference between me and Benny was that I was in a park in a small town in Denmark, not Iraq, and I wasn't using NODs but As an asshole I was checking Facebook on my phone, not paying attention. All of the sudden I realise that I lost track of my dog and now she is nowhere to be seen. So I start calling out frantically. Low and be-fucking hold she was standing at her platz all along. She was paying attention to me, when I wasn't paying her no attention. What did I do to earn such a great companion? All the best to You guys on the Mike Drop Team.
It would be great to see a war dog do each of the combat commands the dog is trained to do, if you can without giving away any secrets. Thanks, Mike, for giving us common patriots without military experience the opportunity to learn more about our nations hero’s and the things they do to protect our constitutional way of life.
Thanks to both of you gentlemen for you service. Mike, the way you ended this podcast was perfect and I'd like to thank the both of you exactly how you thanked Mr Olson. Just received the ful spectrum CBD oil yesterday, gave it my guys a lil while ago. Thanks again guys....for everything
Absolutely, the Trikos CBD works great for my Shepherd he’s been recovering from some surgeries and it’s really been an incredible difference since we’ve been giving him the oil. Much appreciated and much respect Mike.
Mike, im new to the podcast and after watching a few it's my favorite podcast. Thank you and the other warriors on your show for your service to our country. Thank you for your courage and sacrifice. Learning about the team dogs has been fascinating, their contributions and sacrifices to our country are amazing. Thank you for providing this awesome content!
I echo Stacy's comment, if someone tells you your podcast is FUBAR tell them to lean forward and choke themselves. Great job with the show and so dearly needed in this time of bullshit, inch deep journalism. Standing and saluting you. I hope my son (he's 4 years old) has the chance to meet you someday. Can't think of a better compliment.
I’ve throughly enjoyed all your shows but this one was awesome. Have you heard about The Dog Pod at Gwinnett county jail in Georgia. Fully funded by donations to give dogs who are about to be put to rest a second chance from the pound to be trained and adopted. Something Team Dog would be awesome to be apart of. I was a p.o.s. In a younger life and was in the program. And got 4 adopted over my time there
First off thank you but can you Mike or you ben answer stupid question for me. How in the world do you get your teen dog to tell the difference between your powder and explosives and the enemies? I mean what keeps the dog from focusing on your equipment?
Olson is a Swedish surname and when he mentioned 'Confirmation' I knew he had Swedish roots as Swedes and Danes have confirmation when young teenagers. Interestingly both countries have a state religion, with citizens paying to the church yet both countries are among the most secular least religious countries on earth.
Am a vet and not sure if ppl know but there's no drinking for the military in the middle east while on deployment. Ya it happens and if u get caught art. 15. But it seems like the team guys especially 6 got to drink and were immune to any repercussions and rightfully so. That's cool as shit to me
Hmmm...interesting. So not trying to miss quote ya here or anything but is there something that you find particularly wrong with the fact that they were on a NG chopper? I guess what I am wondering is do you think that there might have been a different outcome to the mission had they been on an Ch-47 flown by some of the 160th guys?
I really wish I was smarter, I have three dogs,and I LOVE them, but I don't have the skills to rescue or keep one or 2 ex war dogs in their twilight, such AWESOME dogs!!!
I’m honestly kind of surprised how relatively easy the selection process was for him to get into dev group... I would have assumed that even the dog handlers would have had to go thru BUDs given it’s the most elite fighting force on planet earth.
Went down a rabbit hole in utube chkn out teir 1 dogs and 2 times i saw videos where it looked like the dogs had a few titanium teeth switched out...wonder if that's a thing...would make sense
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Great episode as always man I just wanted to give out a huge thank you, I recently ordered two of every flavor CBD oil and it’s incredible. My Shepherd has been recovering from some surgeries lately and I can’t even put into words how much of a difference it has made, it’s visibly making him a lot more comfortable and giving him as well as us some relief ever since he’s been on it. I’ve been recommending and telling everyone how much of a help Trikos has been, Much respect keep up the great work Mike it’s truly appreciated.
Another great Podcast. Thank you Benito for just spilling it, being completely open and sharing your experiences. Thank you Mike for continuing to bring us some amazing content.
If anyone tells you to change anything about your format, your style, your approach to these interviews, tell them to choke themselves and don't change a thing.👍
Amen!! His interviews get better each time.. GLUED to the computer.
He definitely has a way of pulling the viewer in and pulling out emotions in the guests on his podcast. I wish all the folks who listen would also watch, it's the best way to appreciate the show. I'm glad he isn't restricted by advertisers and sponsors who would want to change his format. It's great as-is.
Make sure to shit on their feelings aswell
Really? I'm happy that you dont dont care about my feelings, but I think more filming with full faces rather than 1/4. Also, while the stories are interesting, they are mostly 2 guys with monotone voices talking..Dont think you can do anything about that!
Best podcast out there. Mike....no one interviews like you. No one.
Hey Mike. Thank you for doing this podcast. I served as a range guy at devgru and I knew several of the guys who were on extortion 17. One was a shipmate before he became a seal.
As you can understand, this was a devastating loss to the specwar community and a personal loss to me.
Hearing Benito share his heart and thoughts during this interview touched me deeply.
Keep up the great work!
Lord bless you, Benito and all of our brothers and sisters who are taking the fight to the enemy every day.
LLTB!!!
Alex Rubio did you know Heath Robinson?
@@aaron123112 I didn't know him personally.
@Alex Rubio
Thank you brother! Respect. It’s awesome to see/watch fellows whom are willing to share their experiences or comments nowadays.
@Alex Rubio Iiiiiiiiiiiii Sir gotta call ABSOLUTE buLLLLSh!ttttttt on that claim of yours Guy ! Will expose after your response intrigued to hear your comical rebuttal
@@BBANKZ-fw4dc I served with SOCS (SEAL) Tommy Ratzlaff when he and I were stationed onboard USS KIDD (DDG 993). He was a GMGSA and I was an OS1(SW). I served at Devgru from 2008 to 2014. My first year was as a Janitor, and the last five years was as a Range Maintenance Technician. I ran into Ratz in the old squadron building when I was a janitor. Since that time, I would see him on the range that I used to work at (SATEC M.O.U.T.) I was on duty at the range when the troop did their last round of training before deploying to afghanistan. I look forward to your response.
2:09 What a gut punch! This is why I love your pod cast, It's real!!! My heart goes out to the family and team mates of those lost in Extortion.
Chris & Craig Decato yeah this one was heavy
The K-9's and the men who handle them are truly a special combination. Absolutely awesome! Another amazing podcast!
As a regular listener, this one really resonated with me. Having grown up not far from Benny and volunteered at the St Paul K9 foundation in the early ‘70s before I entered, his operational reminisces really rang true. It set the story of Jet and Bart to be the memorial of a dog handler, from LEO to Tier 1...
The story of Jet and Bart and the 29 other fallen operators brings me to tears. God bless.
Thank you Benny for sharing your story, it's a honor to hear your experience, and service to the nation. Also, thank you for sharing your connection to the guys on Extortion 17, it's important to keep their memories alive and make us Civvies more aware of the great men who have sacrificed their lives. Last but not least, feel honored that you are one of the few guest to make Mike cry. Good shit guys. 👍
My God, the amount of freedom in that room is unbelievable.
This has gone from being my favorite SOF-related podcast to being one of my favorite podcasts of any subject matter. Mike, you are an exceptional interviewer. You have such a natural rapport with your guests and you cover so much ground with your questions while moving through topics in a way that feels organic and never forced. I would love to see you become someone with a Joe Rogan-sized audience and have platform with guests that come from all areas of life (obviously with military remaining a large component). I think you're that good--even established interviewers have trouble coaxing interesting interviews from their subjects, but I think your demeanor and approach will get people to reveal a lot more than just stock answers. If that makes sense. In any case, wherever this goes, you've found a life-long listener. Thank you.
Thank you both
Great podcast, Mike. Benito was an inspiring guest. Thanks for doing this, Benito!! I also want to thank both of you for your candid and emotional discussion of Extortion 17 & the aftermath. I can't imagine what toll that took on the entire SEAL community. Thanks again.
Dogs are a gift. Thanks Mike for doing what you do sir.
Right!?! We don't deserve these amazing dogs, or any dogs!!!
JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO FOR ME, & America.
Man, there's some heavy stuff here. I served, though never in SOF. But having the utmost respect and admiration for those dudes, as well as a huge soft spot for dogs, this one gave me the feels. Love the podcasts, keep up the great work Mike.
Barry, Iraq 2003-2004 with 1st ID...among other places.
Texas is lucky to have you both!
Inspiring story! Thank you for your service.
Mike, God Bless you man, you are killing it with your interviews. I really appreciate your style and getting to know each of your subjects and what they went through so deeply. Makes me so proud to be an American, I know that might sound corny, but GD, you get me in the feels each time. Thank you and Thank you to Benito. Much respect!
Seriously the best podcast out there! I've listened to all types of different and popular podcasts. yours has the Best format and style but of course what makes the difference are the real people who have actually made a positive impact on our country. Real heroes are still amongst us !!!
Mr. "Drop" i am only 6 min. into this and im already very happy i chose to watch. (Ritland would say "well stick around and you might change your mind")
Great podcast, as always. Love hearing the stories, even the ones hard to listen to. You're right, ppl need to hear it. Keep rollin'👍
I was watching the newest Shawn Ryan pod and I had to come back and watch this podcast again. You seem to always ask the right questions. Thanks !
This is the greatest interview I have ever watched. Thank you for all that you guys do and sacrifice.
You know you on to something when girls watch. Thank you for objective reporting. 💪🏻
Mike, this was ur best one yet, Thanks for the idea of having this guest.
Cudos to you Mike. You are very good at what you do and I believe few men are as good as you are at what you do. Screw anybody who disagrees with this!
Ok, so, now get this lump that keeps getting in my throat, started with Digo!!! Carry on, you guys are my heroes!!!
I love when 2 handlers talk and tell stories. Keep it up this one was great.
Great Podcast. Love the brutal honesty of Benito.....
This was an awesome interview. I liked the very real questions and Benito's honesty and straightforward answers.
I love Benny’s analogy about pit bulls, it’s all in the way you handle any dog!
Just got to this one a year late. Amazing job, he had story to tell and you let him do it but got to the next place perfectly. These stories need to be told !!
Go ahead boys. I'm crying with you
Great podcast! Thank you, Mike!
Great interview! Thank you for service Benito and thank you for sharing your story!
Awesome video and interview! True warriors and legends! GOD Bless you both and honor and respect to you.
Olson, you keep your chin up! Great job brother! Mike, awesome interview! Benny went to NTTC Lackland a month after I left! Great job to both of you for sharing what “Providing freedom and democracy around the world” means! Thank you both!! Love y’all, “Fair winds and following seas”!!
New subscriber and I am addicted to your Podcast! Love the content!! Love that some of the Podcasts are the cold raw facts and some show the emotion!
Thank you for supporting!
Mike and Mike Drop Team, these podcast are the best. I really enjoy listening. Definitely a highlight in my week when a new episode drops.
I was really relating to Bennys story about losing sight of my dog walking at night, and it was right behind him.
My dog was an old lab, really obedient and i trusted her to walk with no leash. The difference between me and Benny was that I was in a park in a small town in Denmark, not Iraq, and I wasn't using NODs but As an asshole I was checking Facebook on my phone, not paying attention.
All of the sudden I realise that I lost track of my dog and now she is nowhere to be seen. So I start calling out frantically.
Low and be-fucking hold she was standing at her platz all along. She was paying attention to me, when I wasn't paying her no attention.
What did I do to earn such a great companion?
All the best to You guys on the Mike Drop Team.
God Damn...one of your best podcast !
Love the process...THANKS MIKE! What Do I love Most About Myself.......I am a good handler for my dogs.............
Thank You, Mike, for this Video. God Bless Benito Olson & Family. I learn a lot from your video`s Life Lessons
It would be great to see a war dog do each of the combat commands the dog is trained to do, if you can without giving away any secrets. Thanks, Mike, for giving us common patriots without military experience the opportunity to learn more about our nations hero’s and the things they do to protect our constitutional way of life.
One of my favorites. Great work
Awesome work Mike and Benny! 🐺🇺🇸
Thank you Benny!
Benny the Dog Guy!
Digo sounds like the ideal protection dog, bite now ask questions later!
👍
Mike ... Your Podcasts are awesome.... Thank great job!
GREAT podcast Mike, Benito and you, I can't give enough thumbs up!!! Made me miss the football game, not that it matters!!!
another awesome interview! thanks for keeping it REAL!
one of the most interesting interviews. even my Weimaraner payed attention. thank you.
Great interview and an interesting look beneath the sheets of DEVGROUP. Nice to hear about the dogs and how the handler is involved!
Thanks to both of you gentlemen for you service. Mike, the way you ended this podcast was perfect and I'd like to thank the both of you exactly how you thanked Mr Olson. Just received the ful spectrum CBD oil yesterday, gave it my guys a lil while ago. Thanks again guys....for everything
Absolutely, the Trikos CBD works great for my Shepherd he’s been recovering from some surgeries and it’s really been an incredible difference since we’ve been giving him the oil. Much appreciated and much respect Mike.
@@VinnyVincenzoYo thanks Vincenzo
Mike, im new to the podcast and after watching a few it's my favorite podcast. Thank you and the other warriors on your show for your service to our country. Thank you for your courage and sacrifice. Learning about the team dogs has been fascinating, their contributions and sacrifices to our country are amazing. Thank you for providing this awesome content!
I love Digo!!!
Another excellent podcast! Looking forward to the next one and hopefully sooner than later.
Mike, Benito. Solid positive takeaways. Aye
I didn't get to choke myself this time. Great stuff as always. Ty SIR
Another great episode mike! Bring on Rob O’Neil!
That’s insane! I’m from South Saint Paul too. Nice to hear this story. Damn right he’s a Vikings fan! lol
Great Interview as always
Enjoyed it thanks Benny and mike
Love this podcast, good shit
Absolutely amazing!!! 👌
I echo Stacy's comment, if someone tells you your podcast is FUBAR tell them to lean forward and choke themselves. Great job with the show and so dearly needed in this time of bullshit, inch deep journalism. Standing and saluting you. I hope my son (he's 4 years old) has the chance to meet you someday. Can't think of a better compliment.
Love your stuff man, just discovered your podcasts
The story about his injuries at about the 1:15 mark is nuts.
Definitely got tears coming down. May God Rest their souls in Jesus name.
If possible you should have the handler from the bin Ladin raid. If it’s not classified
One of the best podcasts I've watched
Wow. 1:30 in and I’m in tears.
man.. 2hr10min mark.. that hit home....
this was good.
Carpe Diem.
I’ve throughly enjoyed all your shows but this one was awesome.
Have you heard about The Dog Pod at Gwinnett county jail in Georgia. Fully funded by donations to give dogs who are about to be put to rest a second chance from the pound to be trained and adopted. Something Team Dog would be awesome to be apart of.
I was a p.o.s. In a younger life and was in the program. And got 4 adopted over my time there
Love the pod cast Mike! How about one on the Yoder?
First and only podcast where Mike got emotionally gutpunched, that helicopter story was rough
Powerful! 🙏🙏
How do the dogs and handlers deal with bathing the dogs after events like that?
First off thank you but can you Mike or you ben answer stupid question for me. How in the world do you get your teen dog to tell the difference between your powder and explosives and the enemies? I mean what keeps the dog from focusing on your equipment?
Olson is a Swedish surname and when he mentioned 'Confirmation' I knew he had Swedish roots as Swedes and Danes have confirmation when young teenagers. Interestingly both countries have a state religion, with citizens paying to the church yet both countries are among the most secular least religious countries on earth.
Most people have confirmation as young teens.
Amazing podcast!!
Seals obviously know how to choose their support personnel!
Am a vet and not sure if ppl know but there's no drinking for the military in the middle east while on deployment. Ya it happens and if u get caught art. 15. But it seems like the team guys especially 6 got to drink and were immune to any repercussions and rightfully so. That's cool as shit to me
And, I love Breston!!!
Great podcast!
Hmmm...interesting. So not trying to miss quote ya here or anything but is there something that you find particularly wrong with the fact that they were on a NG chopper? I guess what I am wondering is do you think that there might have been a different outcome to the mission had they been on an Ch-47 flown by some of the 160th guys?
I really wish I was smarter, I have three dogs,and I LOVE them, but I don't have the skills to rescue or keep one or 2 ex war dogs in their twilight, such AWESOME dogs!!!
Gonna have to go back and watch again but not sure if Mike called us assholes during this podcast. Another great interview man! T3KP
Good shit!
Damn good interview 💪💪💪
Now I'm crying at 1:29:40
I’m honestly kind of surprised how relatively easy the selection process was for him to get into dev group... I would have assumed that even the dog handlers would have had to go thru BUDs given it’s the most elite fighting force on planet earth.
Awesome
Just a hell of human being.
This is awesome, I’ve talked to him on Instagram before.
Well done Ritland !
How COOL!
Went down a rabbit hole in utube chkn out teir 1 dogs and 2 times i saw videos where it looked like the dogs had a few titanium teeth switched out...wonder if that's a thing...would make sense
Great, great show.
Mike: “what do you most love about yourself?”
Benito: “jeez I’ve never had to think about that”
Mike: “that’s the whole point”
Lmao
The canine equivalent of winning a sweepstakes......classic Mike