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Chris Fetis, welcome to the show, man. Thank you for having me. It's an honor to have you here. It's an honor to be here, really. I've been waiting a long time for this, man. A really long time. And we got a lot to cover. I think it's going to be a really heavy episode. And I think it's going to impact thousands, if not millions of lives. And so I'm really excited about this and
And, you know, we had a conversation on the phone about a operation you were on and sounds like it was maybe, probably, definitely one of the most significant events of your life. And that really impacted. me as well, the way you described it. And I actually, I was hoping you wouldn't get pissed at me, but I brought it up in the Jordan Peterson podcast. And because it was,
very real, very heavy, and I pray for you a lot. But anyways, it's gonna be a fantastic interview, and once again, man, I'm honored to have you here.
Thank you. I'm not pissed at all. I'm grateful. And I need to go catch up, and I didn't catch that, but now I need to go.
All good, all good. I thought maybe somebody would hear it and be like, He's talking about Chris. But everybody starts with an introduction. Chris Fetish, you're a former Navy SEAL and member of SEAL Team Six, officially known as Naval Special Warfare Development Group, NSWDG. You were deployed around the world to fight America's enemies and defend freedom.
On your last mission, you were involved in a hostage rescue mission that changed your life forever. You were credited with a 900-yard sniper shot on an enemy in a mountainous region of Somalia. Incredible. You were a contractor for the Sensitive Activities Division of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency for six years.
You were responsible for assessing, planning, and executing sensitive capabilities to support Special Operation Forces operations globally. Post-military, you became the founder and CEO of Bee Free Ice Cream, where the meaning came from a discovery that true personal freedom comes only from the clarification of one's mind to realize happiness is a choice. Incredible.
And most importantly, you are a father to two sons and a husband. And I hope we talk a lot about fatherhood, too. I'd love to. So... I got a Patreon account. Those are our top supporters of the Sean Ryan Show. A lot of them have been here since the very beginning when I was doing this in my attic. And one of the things I do is I give them the opportunity to ask each guest a question.
And man, you had some really, really good questions come up. So I picked two of them. First one is from a fellow SOF guy, and his name's Paul. So, after almost 30 years on active duty, 20 years in SOF, I honestly don't know how I'll handle working in a civilian workforce.
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