About this episode
What's happening in the Russia-Ukraine war? Retired Recon Marine Mark Turner might have the answer. He's a founder of The Overwatch Foundation, a humanitarian nonprofit that's been assembling teams of U.S. Military Veterans to provide critical natural disaster relief and urgent humanitarian response communities all over the world. Mark isn't just sending heroes to help - he's been there, on the ground, in the days and weeks following the Russian invasion into Ukraine. So what's going on over there? Is it really as bad as they say? And most importantly - what can we do to make real change? Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:30 - Scottish Stereotypes 05:00 - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 11:30 - Growing Up Scottish 19:00 - Religion, Religion, Religion 24:00 - American Culture Shock 28:00 - Like Wrestling, But Better 31:00 - 4 Years of JROTC 42:00 - Election Security 44:00 - Arriving in Iraq, 2004 47:30 - Pulling the Trigger to Jason Mraz 52:00 - More Training, Less Doing 58:00 - Aggressive Intelligence 1:00:00 - The Battle for Yusufiyah 1:12:00 - Growing An Underground Network 1:15:30 - A Newly-Retired Marine 1:20:00 - Cartel Contracts in Mexico 1:23:00 - Close Calls 1:31:00 - Stateside Work 1:36:00 - Hurricane Work 1:45:00 - A Ukrainian Friend 1:49:00 - Four Days Into the War 1:58:00 - Training The Troops 2:04:00 - Russian Saboteurs 2:08:00 - Shaking Like A Leaf 2:19:00 - On Russia's Invasion 2:29:00 - Back to Ukraine 2:43:00 - Available Arms 2:59:00 - Rallying for Round 3 2:57:00 - Not What We Planned For 3:02:00 - Volunteering 3:04:00 - Our Third (and Fourth) Outing 3:13:00 - Some Have TOO Much Gear 3:16:00 - A Missing Marine 3:23:00 - Raising Funds & Gathering Resources 3:35:00 - Finding A Purpose Support Mark Turner and The Overwatch Foundation: The Overwatch Foundation: www.overwatchfoundationusa.org BJJ Lab Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy: www.bjjlabnaperville.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markturnerbjj | https://www.instagram.com/theoverwatchfoundation ------------ Sponsors: MUD/WTR Go to mudwtr.com/MIKE to support the show and use code MIKE for 15% off as well as showing your support for their Veteran’s Day sale. ------------ Athletic Greens Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1-year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE Travel Packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit https://www.athleticgreens.com/MIKEDROP ------------ Fueled by TeamDog | www.mikeritlandco.com | @Teamdog.pet ALL THINGS MIKE RITLAND SHOP for Fueled By Team Dog Performance Dog Food, Treats, Apparel, Accessories, and Protection dogs - MikeRitlandCo.com - https://www.MikeRitlandCo.com Team Dog Online dog training - TeamDog.pet - https://www.TeamDog.pet This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5531509/advertisement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices