Josh Smith

and grows that business to several hundred employees and worth hundreds of millions of dollars. It was aviation based, right? Yep. Yep. Working in the firefighting space with some of the technologies that they used in the military to keep firefighters safe. Starts that business, grows it up and sells it. Now, is that not the ultimate veteran success story? I mean, we have veterans.

The big talk is like, you know, we have veterans killing themselves and depression and how do you transition? Now, here's a guy who transitioned to the ultimate success, not to a female, Andy. Careful with that word. Yeah.

The big talk is like, you know, we have veterans killing themselves and depression and how do you transition? Now, here's a guy who transitioned to the ultimate success, not to a female, Andy. Careful with that word. Yeah.

The big talk is like, you know, we have veterans killing themselves and depression and how do you transition? Now, here's a guy who transitioned to the ultimate success, not to a female, Andy. Careful with that word. Yeah.

And hired hundreds of people and donated millions of dollars to Montana, like the Bozeman's Children Hospital. I mean, he's very, has done a lot of philanthropy.

And hired hundreds of people and donated millions of dollars to Montana, like the Bozeman's Children Hospital. I mean, he's very, has done a lot of philanthropy.

And hired hundreds of people and donated millions of dollars to Montana, like the Bozeman's Children Hospital. I mean, he's very, has done a lot of philanthropy.

Yep. Built all that. Then got approached by Steve Daines a couple of years ago, explaining, hey, it looks like this election is going to come down to one U.S. Senate seat and we really need to beat Tester. Will you run? And his answer was no. And then Dane started explaining it more like, look, we need a solid candidate to go against this guy. You're a SEAL.

Yep. Built all that. Then got approached by Steve Daines a couple of years ago, explaining, hey, it looks like this election is going to come down to one U.S. Senate seat and we really need to beat Tester. Will you run? And his answer was no. And then Dane started explaining it more like, look, we need a solid candidate to go against this guy. You're a SEAL.

Yep. Built all that. Then got approached by Steve Daines a couple of years ago, explaining, hey, it looks like this election is going to come down to one U.S. Senate seat and we really need to beat Tester. Will you run? And his answer was no. And then Dane started explaining it more like, look, we need a solid candidate to go against this guy. You're a SEAL.

You've, you transitioned out of the military. You grew this business. You've done all this stuff. You're, you've got young kids, family, like you're a good dude. So basically agrees, agrees to do it, runs, ends up winning. And in my, in my mind,

You've, you transitioned out of the military. You grew this business. You've done all this stuff. You're, you've got young kids, family, like you're a good dude. So basically agrees, agrees to do it, runs, ends up winning. And in my, in my mind,

You've, you transitioned out of the military. You grew this business. You've done all this stuff. You're, you've got young kids, family, like you're a good dude. So basically agrees, agrees to do it, runs, ends up winning. And in my, in my mind,

he has really no reason to have wanted to do that other than service to his country, because he's got a business still worth millions of dollars that he's still trying to run to this day. Like he still has to run that business. He has a beautiful ranch in Eastern Montana where Greg Putnam is running it.

he has really no reason to have wanted to do that other than service to his country, because he's got a business still worth millions of dollars that he's still trying to run to this day. Like he still has to run that business. He has a beautiful ranch in Eastern Montana where Greg Putnam is running it.

he has really no reason to have wanted to do that other than service to his country, because he's got a business still worth millions of dollars that he's still trying to run to this day. Like he still has to run that business. He has a beautiful ranch in Eastern Montana where Greg Putnam is running it.

And they're trying to basically set up supplying local beef to local restaurants and help bring that supply chain of our food to people more of a homegrown type situation versus like Cisco.

And they're trying to basically set up supplying local beef to local restaurants and help bring that supply chain of our food to people more of a homegrown type situation versus like Cisco.

And they're trying to basically set up supplying local beef to local restaurants and help bring that supply chain of our food to people more of a homegrown type situation versus like Cisco.

He's pretty tiny. Yeah. But he puts that hat on, you know, he's getting, it gets a little bit bigger. He's coming up next week to do an episode with me. It seems like most seals, most special ops guys are pretty small. You're like, you're big for a special operations guy.