About this episode
Tyler Grey grew up in Bakersfield, California, joined the army in 1998 and quickly advanced from training into the 75th Ranger Regiment, 2nd Battalion, spending most of his time there as a Sniper. He spent the rest of his career at Ft. Bragg. Grey deployed four times - two each to Afghanistan and Iraq - before he became disabled from an explosion that occurred during a late-night house raid that turned into a gun-battle in Baghdad in 2005. Nowadays, Tyler's an actor, producer, and director on the CBS show SEAL Team, where he puts his skills to work teaching others about the challenges our country's heroes face every day. But how did he get to work on an actual television show? Do people assume he used to be a SEAL? And what exactly happened in that late-night house raid in 2005 that changed everything? ---------- Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - ...But I Play One on TV 07:30 - Military Rivalries 10:00 - Morning Routine 12:30 - Hit on a Motorcycle 16:00 - Combat in Hollywood 22:00 - Filming Action Isn't Easy 24:00 - I Do All My Own Stunts 30:00 - Breaking Into Hollywood 36:00 - Real Kits, Real Guns 42:00 - Breaching Pyrotechnics 44:00 - On-Set Shootings on The Crow & Rust 49:00 - Growing Up in Bakersfield, CA 54:00 - Green Beret Dreams, Army Ranger Realities 1:11:00 - A First-Mission Combat Story 1:15:00 - The Best-Kept Secret in the Military 1:20:00 - Spec Ops Training Starts at Zero 1:27:30 - Feeling Like a Superhero 1:28:00 - A 2-Man Graduation 1:30:00 - Big Boy Pranks 1:32:00 - A Delta Force Operator 1:36:00 - A Thirty-Thousand Foot View 1:37:00 - Horribly Wrong 1:42:00 - A Fallujah Walkout 1:44:00 - Brilliantly Operated 1:50:00 - Military Married 1:52:00 - Second Deployment, '05-'06 1:54:00 - A Morbid Curiosity 2:01:00 - A Cool Dog Story 2:06:30 - Getting Blown Up: A Play-by-Play 2:31:30 - 60 Days in the Hospital 2:35:30 - 30-40% Mobility 2:38:00 - Being In Sets You Up for Being Out 2:43:30 - A Fundamentally Self-Destructive Person 2:46:15 - L.T.S.D. 2:52:30 - Self Destruction is Growth, Kinda 2:57:30 - Finding RAMBO Support Tyler Grey: IG: https://www.instagram.com/tyleragrey SEAL Team on CBS: https://www.cbs.com/shows/seal-team ------------ Sponsors: Masterworks Skip the waitlist, support the show, and start investing in blue-chip art today at https://www.masterworks.art/mikedrop “net returns” refers to the annualized internal rate of return net of all fees and costs, calculated from the offering closing date to the sale date. IRR may not be indicative of Masterworks paintings not yet sold and past performance is not indicative of future results. See important Reg A disclosures: Masterworks.com/cd Masterworks’ offerings are filed with the SEC, view all past and current offerings here: https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=masterworks&match=&filenum=&State=&Country=&SIC=&myowner=exclude&action=getcompany ------------ Manscaped Get 20% off + free shipping with the code "MIKEDROP" at manscaped.com. That’s 20% off + free shipping with the code "MIKEDROP" at manscaped.com. Keep things smooth and fresh as we say sayonara to Smooth Ball Summer and enter Fresh Ball Fall! ------------ Athletic Greens Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1-year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE Travel... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices