167/168 were awesome! Damn.... I could listen to the Master Chief tell stories all day long. Thank you all.

At 1:57:20, Master Chief said they brought food out to the Marines standing duty. Master Chief, some people that have never served have no idea how huge that is. That is a massive gift!

2:07:45 When you have kids, this part of the podcast can move you and the burden Jason has to take back home. I'm proud of you guys.

SEAL Master Chief Gardner Needs, I repeat Needs to be a regular or semi regular on your podcast. I have never seen so much heart in a person like with this guy. I hung on every word he said for Podcast 167, and 168. Literally all 5 and 1/2 hours over watching for 2 days. The guy wears his heart on his sleeve and is from what I can tell, one of the most badass SEAL's I have ever listened to, besides Jocko! Salute to SEAL Master Chief, Jason Gardner!

Thank you Master Chief Garner and Thank you Jocko.

E-9. Wow. This guy came a long way from that shivering little kid who was forced to go out knee deep in the ocean to take the water temp at BUDs or the young guy who was caught drinking at the bar by one of his SEAL instructors. Impressive career and all around great guy. I could listen to him talk for hours.

This episode of the jocko podcast should win a fucking award. Amazing knowledge and experience shared. Thank you Mr Gardner

This was the most fascinating podcast I've listen to in awhile .These dudes are real deal GI JOES thank you for my freedom. Trying not to tear up in the gym. Makes me proud being a American

2:08:00 and 2:11:00 got to me. Thank you guys for sharing this with us

Ive been going to counseling at my local VA vet center since 2014.. it has helped alot with everything from group and one on one. talking about whats in your head and learning how to understand whats going on has been a tremendous help.

God bless u Jason Gardner and your wife I wish you healing, peace, and joy you have served faithfully, and deserve the smiling face of God upon you May the Lord lift his countenance upon you, and bring you Peace

I spent 8 years in the Marines as a Motor T POG, but it is really great listening to you guys talk. I really enjoyed 167/168 episodes. There are so many lessons/nuggets on leadership in your banter! Great information!

God bless our troops and all those who are effected by the horrors of war..... breaks my heart hearing the sorrow in this mans voice.

Thank you Master Chief Gardner. Took Jocko podcast to a new top tier teachable moment over two eps. Grateful to Jocko and Echo for all they do ...... Cheers mates

I can't stress enough the amount of respect that I hold in my heart for these two elite, modern, American warriors. This is exactly why the U.S. has the most advanced and lethal fighting forces in history. Thank you for your service Master Chief Gardner and thank you Jocko! Two Great American Gladiators.

44:54 goosebumps. The pride and appreciation for what warriors do...followed up at 46:33, ‘and what did you guys to do the enemy?’! Thank you for sharing this story!

Thank you Master Chief Gardner, we all love and support you in everything u do. Thank u for your service and sacrifice, our country and people thank u sir!!!

Just finished part 1 and im sitting at the wharf in Martinez Ca, waiting to go into work at 5pm, staying cool from the heat, and trying to fill my head with good advice and direction. Not to sound cheesy and repetitive but thank you to all the Men and Women whom have served our great nation in any capacity! Sincercly Thank you to all our veterans! This country owes everything we have to that select breed of great Americans! To say the least.....

My god these talks put things in perspective! This one is heavy. I shed tears with these humonkulous men. Thanks jocko

Thank you Master Chief Jason Gardner. Such a laid back and super calm guy. Semper Fi.

I can not thank you enough for teaching these lessons. As a young man growing up in today’s society it is priceless to have professional, honest men talk about life lessons. Lessons that are paramount to be successful in your career, relationships and home life. Thank you 🇺🇸

First Class podcast material here.

2:08 I had to pause the podcast for a while. I don't know how you do it. Re-enforces the reason you're there. Not enough thank yous we can all say for what @jasonNgardner , @jockowillink and the teams do for us. I listen to all of these so i can try to understand...it's the least we can do. #HeroesinourPresence

Seeing these podcasts enrages me because we have such great individuals willing to die for our country but we have selfish politicians with their own agenda leading the fight!

Podcast 168 is one of my favs Jocko, Thank you!

Good evening, Echo.

Praying for you sir and all those who are in the fight thank you will never be enough .

Thank you both for your service and stance against Evil, that seemingly very few do.

Phenomenal pair pf podcasts. Thank you for sharing snd more importantly for your collective service. Semper Fi.

It's Very Apperant that many SF guys are as Intelligent as They are Deadly!!!....Also Humble!! That's an Unbeatable Combination!! Thanks, Jocko and Master Chief Awesome Info!

Echo lookin jacked.

Both parts of the podcast were great! Thank you gentlemen, keep getting after it!

Chiming in before the ENEMY tries to thumbs down the video.

Thank you.. I was just a regular infantryman with a pretty basic deployment to Iraq. Nothing crazy. But I did witness 3 scenarios with dead children. I think about it still and cry in solitude. I always wonder if I’m being a coward and I know other people had it extremely worse than me On their deployments. 2:08 - 2:10. In the podcast To see Jason Gardner’s emotional reaction to the scene of those children being crushed. Gives me some kind of peace. Here’s the nations most steely eyed killer and he feels the same way as a lowly infantryman. Thank you for that peace

Pt. 2..... Stand By To Get Some

Your podcasts are so helpful even for a civilian just for getting ones mind in order thank you so much.

I would pay money to hear Jocko recite Beowulf in it's intirety

Listening to Jason speak about his experiences and hearing how he thinks really has a way of putting me at ease. It is a huge weight lifted off the shoulders knowing these great men you look up to, think and rationalize their thoughts like you do. Im glad im not the only one.

Thank you Sirs for your services!

listening to Jocko read is the absolutely best.

I laughed, cried, talked to some brothers in arms about some stuff that needed to be unloaded... Thanks Master Chief and Jocko. Much love from the ISR world. Good shot.

No doubt! Thanks Master Chief! Great series Jocko

Wow. God bless you guys. Thank you for sharing your stories so that I can better appreciate the sacrifice that our men endure. Thank you for fighting them over there so that my children can be safe here.

Thank you both for your service And thank you more for this podcast

Your generation deserves the credit for helping mine. For many years ptsd and other issues were treated as if they did not exist. Those that have not been humbled by combat just didn’t see enough of it. Great interview with James Webb. Thanks to him for naming the first and only warship named after a Viet Nam battle the USS Hue City. Jim. H co.2bn5th Marines Viet Nam 67-68. An Hoa , HueCity, An Hoa and all places in between. Semper Fi

You guys fought a good fight.... TRYING to save folks from a life time of fear. Blessings to you all. THANK YOU!

I could listen to you guys talk all day. Thank you so much for doing these podcasts.

I love how Echo jumps at every opportunity to say "Good Deal Dave" 😄

jeez jocko., 5 plus hours,, many thanks to you and master chief gardner,,,,,,,,,so much you two have passed on, your knowledge, experience, pain,

Thankyou for your service, sir! The gravity of the recount of the mortar attack on the kids... it was like a rock sat in my stomach.

Thank you guys. Great stuff. I really enjoyed these past two podcasts.

Jason "I got sound effects" Garner! I love this dude! Thanks Jocko.

Damn that story of the little girl was heartbreaking.

These podcasts are so eye opening and really will help civilians understand what our troops have gone through. And what the natives in those countries go through. Man the story at 2:08:00 hit me so hard...I'm a puddle right now.

Hell yeah 2 podcasts

Warriors with hearts! God Bless gentlemen!

Gosh my heart broke for Gardner when he was talking about the little kids. Bless his heart

I really love the way how Jason talk. calm and sharp.

Great podcasts. Semper fi, Gents!

I don't even want or have kids. But when he cried, so did I.

Jason sounds like he looks.

what a conversation. thanks for this !

Semper fi gents. Greatest set of podcasts out there

You guys bring up music a lot and spoke about Metallica and Pantera in a few podcasts for getting after it. "Audiomachine" is something that I found that has changed my life when talking about getting after it, staying courageous, and staying on the warrior path and not going straying. Their music is amazing.

2:06-2:13. Just shows that a true warrior fights out of love not hate. It is because he values others more than himself, men like this have the biggest hearts on this planet. One of chesty puller's peers said about him "Once you got to know him you realized his heart was as big as all of the outdoors." That quote perfectly describes a warrior's heart

Powerful podcast. Jason is a great guest.

Hey guys. Can you try look into getting JOE FITZPATRICK from the Irish defence forces on the podcast. Medal of honour recipient for action the the Congo 1961 I believe. If he's still alive! Any Irish forces guests would be a treat to me. Keep up the good work.

I am really impressed with the part when Jason chocked up. After witnessing and doing all what he witnessed and did he is still more human than most of us. And that makes me want to be a good man and stand for good things and look up for people like Jason. Because disregarding all those wars, killings and other sins people have been doing from the day we stepped on this planet we survived only because such people like Jason, mother Teresa and millions of unknown who had kind hearts when everything around them was evil.

Listened to both. Legendary stuff

The details I learned about the seal teams while listening to this podcast are insane. Sometimes I wish I had tried to join special forces in my early 20s. I never did, but podcasts like this give me a better understanding of that missed experience. Thanks for sharing your experiences. At least I can still train! Osssss.

Oh SHIT! I was not expecting that story bout the kids and his reaction!!

Master Chief! Respect.

Thank you!

I was on USS Ogden in 95 with Gardner, very cool to hear what really happened out there in Mogadishu

Such a great podcast, I would certainly love to hear from some Nightstalkers or Apache pilots on their experiences in AStan and Iraq.

All who gave a thumbs down have at least one seriously flawed character trait. Jason is a class act. Rock on Jocko and Echo another great one!👍👏

They just gave us work.....and it was great

There’s a video of chief Gardner giving a speech before going on that Marjah operation that is pretty badass.

Beautiful podcast.

Ayyy you came to our school in Abu Dhabi ATHS, you taught us about war, Jiu Jitsu, life, humility and more

Excellent pod cast and yes Jason looks like he sounds.

Saying that podcast was amazing would be an understatement

Your the man Jocko (same goes for all of your guests). I will be joining the military as an “older” fella soon and my goal is to be an Army Ranger.

Thank you.

Much love to you heroes. Would a couple months of isolation, conversation, and evaluation, before returning to civilian life, help with PTSD? Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

My man said “I was gonna read an excerpt by Thomas Sowell” Bru. Respect.

Talking about horrible situations does help lost wife took years before I would speak about it felt better when I let it out SOLID ADVICE

Excellent guest

Thank you for this second episode. Might be worthwhile to consider a future episode on SLEEP? Sleep deprivation is cumulative. It has horrible side effects. Thanks again.

I've lost hours of sleep listening to 167 and 168 and I DONT even care ..good sh!t

Awesome podcast!!! Studs

There's a reason why he retired as a Command Master Chief. Jocko and the Chief have human psychology figured out. Hell, they have the PH anda D in it. Keep up the good work!

The way most people think of SEALS are they are war "robots". Just like all people, you guys are human like the rest of us. I'm not a veteran but, I have been a police officer for over 17 years. You never forget things that you have seen and experienced. Thank you so much for showing that you guys are just that "guys". God bless you both!

Damn this one hit hard. Can’t imagine seeing little kids hurt like that. That’s the kind of shit that will affect you forever.

2:07:43 is just one of thousands of experiences that these warriors have, it’s really easy to see how without proper support or mental health treatment that some fall into a massive hole and need help or a shoulder to lean on... so sad, war is war, but should be discussed more openly with people who’ve been there and have someone they can/may/will relate to and that alone is something. Semper Fi brothers

Btw there is a 4 part docu series on youtube about that pj rescue team called pedro, even when he referenced them. Its called inside combat rescue.

Jocko for president of the world!

Came after listening to the audio podcast. Jason DOES look like he sounds. Echo Charles does not, I am genuinely shocked.

I need a "Check" Jocko shirt. 😂

Jason and Iris. Awesome.