BRYAN RAY Recalls His Experience On The Battlefield, Overcoming Trauma & Embracing Health w/ HVMN
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- In this week’s Team Never Quit Podcast, Marcus brings to the table Special Forces Officer Bryan Ray, who has both a lengthy, positive military career as well as a “dark side” military experience that shook him to his core. Bryan & Marcus take a deep dive into Bryan’s experiences which include serving in the war in Afghanistan and running the Mountain Warfare School in Colorado.
It took a friend’s similar mental struggles and professional help to finally get past the emotional impact of his horrific experience. His healing journey includes working with a health and wellness company - Health Via Modern Nutrition (HVMN) - who developed a ketone supplement, Keytone IQ, which is proven to improve cognitive and physical performance to soldiers. Bryan brings hope to veterans who have kept their mental struggles to themselves, and reveals the benefits of getting help without embarrassment or shame.
In this episode you will hear:
• One of the most rewarding parts of war is seeing the culture of the people who live there.
• People have it a lot harder than we do in this country.
• Even in places torn by war, you can still be happy with what minimal things you have.
• I’m finding myself driving around in a Toyota Corolla - man jammies on, with a freaking gun and a backpack, hoping I don’t get killed by a U.S. Army guy.
• [War] is like taking an Oxford grad, and taking him to the deepest swamp in Louisiana and having a conversation. That was what my formal Arabic training was like.
• I’ve now been to two combat zones where our President is on TV saying we have now stopped and all combat troops are going home - right before we go out to do a hit.
• Have I seen an MRack Turbo turned into a jet for a hot tub? Yes, I have.
• Mountain shit is stressful.
• [With Keytone IQ] You can dual fuel now. You can take the most efficient fuel which is ketones and you can also have carbs on board for when you need it. So you get the mental clarity - all the stuff you need from the keytones, and you don’t have to have a restrictive diet.
• [It’s a] Super application for the ground guys.
• I want people to try it [Keytone IQ]. I want people to say it’s the real deal.
• You only buy Oakley’s for so long before they show up in the supply room.
• The man behind the weapons systems is always gonna be more important, and the more effective he is, the better.
• Stop wasting money on shit that works a little bit and phases out immediately and invest a tenth of that into the man - make a better soldier.
• There’s a lot more guys that have [mental] issues than are willing to say they have issues.
• I had an event in Afghanistan that challenged me morally. I was directly responsible for the deaths of young children. Of all the things I’ve done overseas - that was really rough.
• It wasn’t until somebody I trusted that told me they were feeling what I was feeling that I was willing to go get help.
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Awesome get together.......nuff said.
We gotta get this channel to 10M subscribers Marcus Luttrell has done so much
Thank you fellows
thanks for the podcast 55 yeas ago it's still here. I corp RSVN
Bryan Ray, you are a hero. God bless you and your family, sir. I thank you for helping make my daughters future the much better. Without men like you, the greater chance she has at not living thru a 9/11 like we all had too!!
Listening to these types of podcasts helps keeps me grounded.
I thank y’all.
I didn't like the Alabama side of GA. I got stationed at fort Stewart. Loved it there
You need to visit Blue Ball, Intercourse, Bird in hand, Lititz yes these are all towns in Lancaster, PA. You could then drive up to the Reading, PA area and visit Virginville. Promise you would've seen a lot of amish on horse and buggy.
Us as combat veterans except a degree of personal space
We’re just here looking for Lebanon Levi from the mob anyone know where I can find him?
Can I sing SWEEET CAROLINE TO YOU AND MELOTRON 1:55
Prank em back.
I remember when I saw a kid with a AK-47 over his shoulder. I walked up to him and his sister ran up grabbed the weapon and slammed it down. Took him and split I was dumb struck. Grabbed the AK-47 and took it back to my command. I didn't want to be accused of sending a trophy weapon home.
how come i cant subscribe?
Marcus…………Lancaster, Pa Home of Major Dick Winters
Had to unsub. I can’t deal with anyone, man or woman, in a discussion about serving this country when they haven’t served. I sub because I want to hear soldiers discuss their stories without interruption from your wife. Sorry but I’m not here to hear about her life.
So toxic masculinity is real in a lot of communities. (The media’s version is they’ve twisted the original meaning of the word) The biggest issue I’ve seen with it is guys are coming apart at the seams but they won’t get help for TBI or PTSD because they feel they will be judged. Next thing you know they commit suicide. They see it as weakness when the reality it takes a very strong fighter to sit down and hash out issues. -- The reason it’s so annoying is most problems, especially PTSD or Anxiety.. it’s extremely simple to cure without medications. Via exposure therapy & life style changes. Unfortunately they suffer in silence and let it go! Then it snow balls into a problem that is sometimes impossible to fix. Had they stood up earlier it could’ve been solved. -- the number one contributors in the military culture 2000s; is ALCHOL, AMBIEN, XANAX, ATIVAN, VALIUM, & OPIOIDS. The alcohol weakens the lining of the brain. So even in trauma cases or MVAs we routinely see SDHs or other brain injuries. The z-drugs or Benzos usually lead too chronic anxiety disorders. Unfortunately the people prescribing it never have used it themselves to know how harmful those are.
Jesus
You sound like an academician. Not a warrior
Can u get first sargent eversman on
Yes please