MSG Earl Plumlee - Medal of Honor recipient | BRCC

Guest Hosts Tyr Symank, Kevin Reeves and Baker Leavitt get a chance to sit down with Medal of Honor recipient Master Sergeant Earl Plumlee. Earl walks the guys through his military career and tells the story that earned him the nations most prestigious military decoration for acts of valor.



0:00 - Intro
1:59 - Baker’s new family
5:22 - MSG Earl Plumlee
11:07 - Going from National Guard to Marine Force Recon
16:09 - Force Recon to Special Forces
19:59 - Going through Selection
27:56 - PJ School swimming lessons
33:30 - Quitters
39:46 - Weight loss from training
46:22 - Getting assigned to 1st Group
52:04 - Get in the van
56:46 - First Afghanistan deployment
58:48 - VBIED attack on base
1:05:15 - Running to the fight
1:12:11 - Commercial
1:12:26 - Clearing a complex malfunction during a gun fight
1:20:53 - Attack with multiple S-vests
1:29:27 - Rifle to pistol transitions
1:36:47 - Auditory Exclusion during a gunfight
1:42:19 - S-vests and an AK brass wound
1:50:04 - Kicking a grenade and finding an arm
1:55:31 - Engaging for a third time
2:03:51 - What ended the fight?
2:09:00 - No knots, no land nav
2:12:15 - The morning after
2:14:11 - Rehabbing injuries after the fight
2:19:28 - Advice for the next generation
2:27:41 - Fixing broken bodies
2:33:32 - Outro

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