I Received The Medal Of Honor But I Felt Like A Failure | Unsubscribe Podcast 248
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What does Dakota Meyer say about receiving the Medal of Honor?
I got a Medal of Honor, but it doesn't mean that I didn't fail that day. It was the biggest failure of my life.
Is there a Medal of Honor group chat?
No, but there's a society.
Brandon's in an honorary Medal of Honor society.
No, they literally gooned till they died.
This guy is posing as a Medal of Honor recipient. He is a fake. He's flying over here. That's my line.
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Hi, everyone. Welcome to the Unsubscribed Podcast. I'm joined today by Eli Doubletap, Dakota Meyer, Brandon Herrera, and myself, Donut Operator. Thank you all so much for being here.
What's up, everyone? Good to see you. Good to see you, brother. It's been a while. Yeah, it has.
Yeah, glad to be here, man.
Oh, dude. And we got two Medal of Honor recipients.
Oh, fuck off.
We didn't make it like 10 seconds in.
There are pictures of you receiving the Medal of Honor. All of which are authentic, I believe.
Thank you for your service.
My goal is to have every Medal of Honor recipient say that to Brandon. This is where we get up and just like... Brandon gets up and leaves.
We leave fucking...
Yeah, I noticed it when I walked in.
It's actually in there on the right. I forgot about that.
I didn't know I was in a fellow recipient's presence.
You know, I got nothing. We just thank him.
Yeah.
And that's all you can do. That was very funny with Clint. Just walking in and hucking it at my neck.
Oh, man. It's a good time. Dude, welcome. Welcome to the show. I know we've been, I've known you for a long time. Yeah.
Yeah. A long time.
Where'd you guys meet?
Grindr? Yeah.
I think it was at SHOT Show one year. Yellow Mustang. Yellow Mustang, yeah.
Yeah. Yeah, SHOT Show, I think it was.
Yeah, I think it was at SHOT Show like back in, gosh, 2014, 2015 timeframe.
Oh, baby SHOT Show. Yeah. You are in the best shape you've ever been in. You were a little chunkier during that timeframe.
Yeah, I was definitely on a carb-heavy diet.
You got it locked in.
That's what I was like, damn, the coat's looking good. Yeah, no, I, yeah, I mean, it's amazing, like, what you, you know, when you have to meet those standards again, how quick you'll get back in shape, so.
Dude, I have, man, I'm excited for this one because that is one of the questions. Rejoining, how many years were you out at that point?
Yeah, I was out for 15 years. Oh, wow. Yeah, so I got out in 2010, came back from Afghanistan, got out 2010, and then I re-enlisted in 2025, April of 2025.
Oh, I completely forgot you re-enlisted. I read that when you, like, right around that time you mentioned it. Oh, that's funny as shit.
Yeah.
Like, that boy ain't ever getting in trouble.
Well, you know, it's, it's, it's kind of, it's kind of interesting. You know, I took, you know, you know how the in, in internet fashion, you know, everybody's like, oh, he's just joining to, you know, to, to help recruitment and he's just going to, you know, go back and skirt. And so like, I actually went back in and I did a lap move. Um, so I'm, I'm actually going through the recon pipeline. So I, I, I started BRC. I did RTAP and BRC over the summer this year. And then I go back, actually, I check in on Monday and I go back into SOI West. Uh, I'll check back into my barracks room and I will be there until April 3rd, where to finish up the two phases amphib i got amphib phase and patrol phase left and then i graduate on april 3rd and i have orders checking into sears school on april 5th no and then i go to sears school uh to the 17th and then i check in i'm gonna go to jump school on the 20th yeah fucking and i got dive school left yeah and you were 37 37 yeah wild also no instructor is gonna do
Like, everyone do push-ups. Dakota, just stand up. Hey, come on, guy.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does Dakota Meyer say about receiving the Medal of Honor?
0:00–8:45
2
Why did Dakota Meyer re-enlist in the military?
8:45–31:43
3
How does Dakota describe his experience in sniper school?
31:43–32:28
4
What insights does Dakota provide about mental health in the military?
32:28–1:28:08
5
What historical comparisons are made regarding dictatorship?
1:28:08–1:29:50
6
How does Dakota Meyer reflect on leadership and responsibility?
1:29:50–1:31:18
7
What insights does Dakota share about the Medal of Honor?
1:31:18–1:32:53
8
How does Dakota discuss the impact of his actions during combat?
1:32:53–2:58:34
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