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194 - I Am The Captain Now ft. DEVGRU Seal Terry Houin & Habitual Linecrosser | Unsubscribe Podcast Ep 194
Mon, 06 Jan 2025
Retired Navy Seal Terry Houin joins Eli, @the_fat_electrician & @habitual_linecrosser to share some crazy military stories! VEGAS LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://thegundies.com/product/the-2025-gundie-awards/ Watch this episode ad-free and uncensored on Pepperbox! https://www.pepperbox.tv/ WATCH THE AFTERSHOW & BTS ON PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/UnsubscribePodcast ------------------------------ THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! PDS DEBT Get a free debt analysis right now at https://PDSDebt.com/unsub ------------------------------ UNSUB MERCH: https://www.bunkerbranding.com/pages/unsubscribe-podcast BUY US A DRINK! https://paypal.me/UnsubscribePodcast FREE TO USE MEDIA (Please tag Unsubscribe Podcast) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uppmQHMGf8uI2OuOatp932e3S2VGy0PE?usp=sharing ------------------------------ FOLLOW THE HOSTS: Eli_Doubletap https://www.instagram.com/eli_doubletap/ https://www.twitch.tv/Eli_Doubletap https://x.com/Eli_Doubletap https://www.youtube.com/c/EliDoubletap Brandon Herrera https://www.youtube.com/@BrandonHerrera https://x.com/TheAKGuy https://www.instagram.com/realbrandonherrera Donut Operator https://www.youtube.com/@DonutOperator https://x.com/DonutOperator https://www.instagram.com/donutoperator The Fat Electrician https://www.youtube.com/@the_fat_electrician https://thefatelectrician.com/ https://www.instagram.com/the_fat_electrician https://www.tiktok.com/@the_fat_electrician ------------------------------ unsubscribe pod podcast episode ep unsub funny comedy military army comedian texas podcasts #podcast #comedy #funnypodcast Chapters 00:00:00 - VEGAS LIVE SHOW! 00:02:11 - Podcast Episode Kickoff 00:04:50 - Joining the Navy: Initial Thoughts 00:07:41 - Transitioning to Navy SEAL Training 00:13:59 - Differences in Training Standards 00:15:40 - Comparison of Training Generations 00:21:30 - Personal Stories of Resilience 00:24:11 - Mental Toughness in Military Training 00:28:38 - Humor in Military Experiences 00:30:45 - Joining SEAL Team 4 00:32:54 - Transitioning to Development Group 00:36:21 - Challenges of Deployment 00:39:11 - Understanding Military Culture 00:43:00 - Advancements in Weaponry 00:45:04 - Free Fall Experience 00:47:02 - Advancements in Weapon Systems 00:49:15 - Testing New Weapon Systems 00:56:10 - Hostage Rescue Missions 01:00:05 - Skydiving Experience Overview 01:01:42 - Nighttime Water Jump Challenges 01:06:10 - Negotiating with Pirates 01:10:12 - Rescue Operation Details 01:12:02 - Training for High-Stakes Situations 01:14:10 - Reflections on the Mission 01:16:02 - Psychological Insights from War 01:20:41 - The Bat Bomb: A WWII Experiment 01:24:59 - Operation Pigeon: Weaponizing Birds 01:28:40 - Nuclear Landmines and Chickens 01:31:11 - Davy Crockett Nuclear Weapon 01:33:24 - Cold War Air Defense Missiles 01:38:24 - Nuclear Manhole Cover Incident 01:44:00 - UFO Sightings Near Nuclear Sites 01:45:47 - Hypersonic Glide Vehicles Explained 01:47:20 - Guam's Air Defense Systems 01:49:15 - Aegis Air Defense System Overview 01:51:10 - Missile Defense Successes 01:54:10 - Ender's Game and Military Ethics 01:56:50 - Guam's Capture Story 02:00:11 - Guam's Unexpected Leadership 02:02:19 - Military Commanders Arrive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What are the highlights of the podcast kickoff?
i'm driving the boat sir hold on you are the captain now the wind was 45 miles per hour in a tsunami uphill both ways how do your balls fit in your pants sir i'm out i want nothing to do with this we up Hey guys, before this amazing episode starts, we have one quick update. One quick one.
You might have missed it from last week, but to start this year off strong, we're doing one last live show to end our tour. We're at Vegas, baby. Nick, what are them details?
We're going to be hosting Unsub Live at the Venetian Theater on January 20th in Las Vegas, Nevada. I'm going to be fucking hammered. It's going to be great. If you want to join me, there's going to be links down below where you can go buy tickets right now. God, he's beautiful.
Soul & Valor Tour, we're doing one last show. That's right. Come out, have fun, have some drinks, and come hang out with so many freaking people. There is so many content creators that are going to be there. It is going to be a blast, lots of laughs, and we can't wait to meet all of y'all. Thank y'all so freaking much for how big these live shows have gotten.
Chapter 2: Why did Terry Houin join the Navy?
In one year, y'all made it possible to sell out a 1,200 seat venue. Being in front of y'all, hearing the cheering, the laughter, the stomping is one of the greatest experiences any of us have had. So thank you so much. Now back to an awesome episode.
We're going to figure out why Eli always has me on podcasts with fucking pipe hitters.
Retired. Retired.
Chapter 3: What was it like transitioning to Navy SEAL training?
I don't let it because I love it. It is. I'm like, holy shit, we have dope-ass stories. Some pipe layers, maybe. Yeah. And especially after yesterday. Oh, fuck. We'll start it off right. Ready. Everyone get that. Put it by the mic.
Three, two, one. Smells like freedom. Mmm.
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white claw oh my god not your thing i just turn into that my uggs pop in real quick what flavor you got there tangerine some pumpkin spice something yeah it's like it's like you're drinking uh tv static while someone yells about a tangerine hide the bourbon behind this white girl shit oh nick start to fuck cody's not here i know yeah
hi everyone welcome to the unsubscribe podcast i'm joined here today by my co-host mr eli doubletap our new friend terry and ethan mr habitual line crosser and i am nick obviously the fat electrician you look gorgeous we're on podcast number two for range day we're just bashing these it's fun we left a bar of 300 people we tried to literally we did one round to the bathroom and left and it took
In that time, I managed to drink a beer. So I didn't even get to the bathroom. I was like, I'm not making it.
Yeah, just send it. You guys did the right thing.
We're going to stay here and drink. So I can stay here and drink bourbon or I can go hang out with a whole bunch of 300 people in a fucking room? No.
That's your nightmare. We'll do this. Terry! Everyone knows Alex. Everyone knows me. This is Terry. Yes.
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Chapter 4: What personal stories illustrate resilience in military training?
This is, so I signed up in 91 and joined in January 92. Yeah. So like pre, pre Al Gore. I was seven.
I don't know if it existed. It wasn't a fucking thing yet.
91.
I was one. I was negative three.
I was seven. Yes. No, I just like that. Sorry. I got Kevin. Kevin's my peer group.
but i mean so what was it like uh because i mean everybody always forgets because like everybody knows navy seals and tier one and military is so much popular now but like when you were a kid and you were like gonna join the military nobody knew what the navy seal was or what an army ranger was or any of that so like how did you get to the point where you're like yeah i'll do that did you even know what you were signing up no because i went in i was telling uh i think mitch last night i was like i went in to learn how scuba dive i grew up swimming i wanted to be the water
I was thankfully mature enough to know that college was not in my near future to be worthwhile. So I'm like, hey, stay here and do nothing and hang out with the college or high school girls or join the Navy. So I went in and talked to him and he's like, oh, what do you like to do? Hunting, fishing, shoot guns and stuff. And he's like, oh, there's a poster like that thing you like skydiving like.
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Chapter 5: How does humor play a role in military experiences?
Never been skydiving, fucking 18 or whatever it was. Went about blowing shit up. I'm like, sign me up. What is it? So he's like, oh, seals. Here's the thing. Sign a contract. No clue what buzz. He didn't tell me anything about it. It was in the brochure. Like I get a little pamphlet, like 64 weeks or whatever it was. No idea.
Like attrition rate or getting your ass beat, which is good because growing up in that farming community, I knew how to work hard. So when I got to California, it was like, Hey, just go do this, go do this. And by the time I realized how much it sucked, Like halfway through, I'm like, oh, okay, cool. Let's do this shit. Farm kids. Yeah, we're strong and dumb.
Yeah, look at this vacation they're sending me on.
Yeah, I'm moving on the beach. Scuba dive? Yeah. It's in California, bro.
Yeah, moving on the beach is awesome.
I was born in California, and I moved out to Iowa when I was like 11, 12. Why'd you do that? Huh?
That's like the reverse of being cool.
No, it's way better. Iowa is so much better than California. But like the thing, you move out to the Midwest coming from California and you run into these farm kids that just go out there and wrestle. It's like, you guys aren't geared like everybody else in this fucking country. Jesus Christ. Those farm boys are terrifying. 12-year-old kids that are tougher than most of the men in California.
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Chapter 6: What are the challenges faced during deployment?
It's insane.
They're like slinging hay bales and picking rocks out of a field. I did like two weeks moving square bales.
Fuck that.
They're built different. No. Sorry, shooty. The only dude in ground cabadas, whatever they called it. I did BJJ up to that time. So those were a few kids when they put me in whatever level one was. I tapped out on the instructor. And the instructor was like, what the fuck? I was like, dog, I've been fighting since I was 10 years old.
Shooty was the only motherfucker I watched an instructor go to pull an arm guard. And Shooty goes. 280 pounds of just nothing but muscle. And all he did was live on a farm in his entire life. You're like, Jesus fucking Christ, dude.
So like how halfway through you realized it sucked at which point did you realize like, cause I'm assuming you got shipped off to basic and you didn't even realize that you were doing something that was like elite or above average hardness.
Yeah. You're just like when I, so I went in, joined in January 92 for bootcamp and Go to boot camp, it's like one or two other guys are in the Dye Fair program or their EOD program, whatever it is. So we're going to go do our workouts with the little SEALs that are on base. You'll run and do push-ups and that kind of stuff, but it's kind of a little break from your boot camp stuff.
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Chapter 7: What advancements in weaponry have occurred over the years?
Yeah, but you still don't really know what you're signed up for. Go to A school, same kind of thing. Work out with a couple guys that are in the program. Then you show up to California, you're like, oh, fuck, what's this? This is cool. And then by the time the water starts getting really cold and the sand starts really rubbing your vagina quite a bit, you're like, fuck.
But then you're like halfway through and you already made friends at this point. So you don't want to quit and let your friends down. And it's kind of funny. I mean, it's really, it's hard, but it's easy. And the fact that...
It turns it up.
It's like simple, but not easy. Cause it's like every single day, like, Hey, we're going to do this today. You're going to run four miles. We're going to feed you at this time. Like you didn't have to think until you got through hell week, which at the end of the day is kind of fun when it sucks really bad. And then you get afterwards, you're like, Oh, that's kind of cool.
Yeah, then you start learning stuff. Like, okay, we got you to the point where we know you're not going to give up when things get hard. Now we can start teaching you. Like teach you how to scuba dive, teach you how to, you know, the rebreather, the draggers, and then teach you how to shoot guns. Like, yeah, it just starts to get fun at that point.
So was there any, like, was there a particular moment where you're like, maybe the recruiter fucked me up? He didn't really give me all the information I should have. He might have lied.
Oh, yeah. When you first show up there and you walk in, you check in, like, Seaman fucking who you in checking in for buds? And you look out in the grinder, because you checked in at the quarterdeck back then, and you see this dude just getting fucking worked. You're like, who are these guys? And that's the class in front of you, and you see the helmets lined up, and you're like,
happened to those guys like they quit like what what happens then like you don't want to know like oh yeah okay i guess i'm not quitting because this big strong dude told me i don't want to know 19 at this point yeah i think i turned 19 in buds yeah turn 19 in buds or something like that there's no internet 19 in a school or something in 20 buds but yeah still baby
That's what I was going to say. Cause like I grew up my whole life. Like I remember when I was in like middle school watching, like making the cut on buds and shit. So like, I've known what this is my whole life of like known of it. So I can't imagine walking into that situation, like not having seen a YouTube video about it or just like,
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Chapter 8: What were the details of the Captain Phillips rescue operation?
So that was, I went up there in 2015. So my last three years, 2015 and 2018, I was up there running that school. But there's so much bad information. They get there and they start cheating right away. And they're still in the Navy. Cheating? How do you cheat? Well, there's no reason to cheat in pre-buds. It's like super simple, right? Anyway, they would like try to cut corners. I had to drop.
Like, the worst week I've ever had up there, I dropped 44 kids in one class because they were forging their Navy PQS. Like, I know how to clean my room and to clean the barracks so I can go on leave or liberty for the afternoon. Like, they can't go on liberty anyways. It doesn't fucking matter why you're cheating. So they got busted. The mass chief of the base called me.
So I got to call the mass chief of Warcom, like my senior E9 that I work for. I'm like, hey. Chief, this is what's going on. He's like, well, what do you want to do? I'm like, well, right now they're not even in NSW yet, right? They haven't gone to BUDS yet. They're still in the Navy. I'm like, if we were preaching character and integrity, in my right mind, I can't let these guys go.
Like, it's just not the right thing to do, especially at this level. Like, they've been in the Navy for, like, four weeks or whatever. Like, if we're letting them go with, like, basic entirety shit from here, it's like, we can't do it. So it's, like, fucking miserable, like, signing, like... kicking 44 kids out of this class. I'm like, one by one, I've got to have.
Like how many were in the class?
I was like, started with like typical class would start about 200 or so. That's the SEALs or the SEAL candidates, the SWCC candidates. We would have a handful of fleet returnees that are going or maybe a couple of transfer, like Marine guys that are going to go to BUDS. So every enlisted guy that went to BUDS at that point came through that schoolhouse. So roughly 200 or so.
So typically we only lose like eight to 10 max.
on a like a big class for the pre for buds yeah i mean the attrition rate for buds is i don't think it's changed much like one percent maybe it's like it's still 80 of the kids aren't making it through when you went through versus when you're an instructor were the class sizes different or were they was like yeah smaller i think i think we started my first phase with 120 ish somewhere in that ballpark and
We graduated 22, 21, 22, and 14 of those were the original class that didn't get rolled back. So now they're starting like 180 to 200. I don't know what it is now, but it's much higher numbers.
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