(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Ephraim Mattos is the East Asia Operations Manager for White Mountain Research and is the Founder and CEO of the Fireside Journal. He grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and went on to serve in the armed forces as a US Navy SEAL.

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****TIMESTAMPS****
00:00 - Ephraim's Childhood
13:11 - Becoming a Navy SEAL
22:21 - Navy SEAL Boot Camp
34:23 - Graduating BUDs, SEAL Team 1 & Culture
41:40 - True Reality of War, Stephen Ambrose D-Day Book
52:45 - Afghanistan Deployment, Rules of Engagement
01:04:35 - Insane near-death story
01:13:11 - Most Intense Combat Firefight Mission Ever
01:25:23 - Ephraim leaves Navy SEALs
01:30:47 - The Rise of 1S*S; Tommy G
01:38:21 - Future after Navy SEALS; Ephraim deploys to Mosul, Iraq
01:49:51 - Terror Tunnels; Eddie Gallagher
01:58:33 - Mosul Chaos & IS*S Atrocities
02:07:37 - Ephraim shot by IS*S
02:17:40 - Aftermath of Ephraim's battlefield injury
02:26:23 - Andrew Bustamante & John Kiriakou; "Democracy"
02:36:01 - The Burma War
02:45:23 - China’s Relationship w/ Burma & Dark Underworld in Asia
02:57:11 - Ephraim at War w/ Burma Insurgency
03:16:47 - What Causes all War

CREDITS:
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- Producer & Editor: Alessi Allaman - https://www.instagram.com/allaman.docyou/

Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 244 - Ephraim Mattos

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