Ep 049: PO1 Mike Lahiff - U.S. Navy SEAL Veteran

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Mike joined the United States Navy (USN) in 2003, as part of the Aviation branch, before becoming a Navy SEAL. He served for 10 years, reaching the rank of Petty Officer First Class (PO1).
In this episode Mike talks about his ambition to become a Navy SEAL at a young age, and his journey in joining the Navy, to begin this pursuit. There were challenges to over come, including going through the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training twice, before getting the SEAL Trident. Between these attempts at BUD/S, he got orders to Japan, as part of the aviation unit.
Mike also shares what it was like being part of SEAL Team 4, and deploying to Afghanistan on multiple occasions. Whilst deployed he was able to work with Special Forces from different countries, including the Polish SF. He made the decision to apply to business schools before leaving the Navy, which was the start of a different journey in businesses, including co-founding ZeroEyes - Save time. Save lives.

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1. Ep 049: PO1 Mike Lahiff - U.S. Navy SEAL Veteran (00:00:00)

2. Intro (00:00:54)

3. Growing Up (00:03:36)

4. Joining the U.S. Navy (00:09:43)

5. Navy Boot Camp (00:13:29)

6. Navy Aviation (00:19:00)

7. Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) (00:23:08)

8. Quitting BUD/S (00:33:06)

9. Orders to Japan (00:36:02)

10. Returning to BUD/S (00:39:29)

11. Second attempt at BUD/S (00:43:35)

12. SEAL Team 4 (00:57:28)

13. Afghanistan (00:59:56)

14. Training Schools & Germany (01:12:01)

15. Special Forces Joint Training (01:14:40)

16. Leaving the U.S. Navy (01:19:29)

17. Transition Back to Civilian Life (01:22:00)

18. Psychedelic Drugs (01:25:16)

19. ZeroEyes (01:31:22)

20. Final Thoughts & Advice (01:34:33)