Step inside a world where protection isn’t just a service—it’s a mission. Black Flag International, founded by U.S. Army infantry veteran JJ Johnson and battle-tested Green Beret and medic Dan Simmons, takes private security to an entirely new level. From running security for Governor Ron DeSantis and safeguarding President Donald Trump to dismantling child trafficking networks, these operators thrive where failure is not an option. But what sets them apart isn’t just their dominance—it’s the balance of ruthless precision with uncompromising compassion. This episode dives deep into the mindset, discipline, and purpose behind Johnson and Simmons’ work at Black Flag International, showing you what it truly means when elite security meets savage compassion.
Level 🆙 Take-Aways
📣QUOTE: “Our communication in combat was always raw, honest truth—because life or death depends on it. That same honesty is what sets us apart in the civilian world.” - Dan Simmons
🔹 Valuable Time-Stamps🔹
🕐 [00:01:00] Protecting time equals protecting freedom
🕓 [00:04:00] Grace over aggression in chaos
🕕 [00:06:00] Finding true purpose after service
🕗 [00:08:00] Raw honesty builds lasting trust
🕔 [00:20:00] Brotherhood and mental hygiene essentials
You Can Contact Find and Contact Black Flag International Here:
Phone: (910) 494-4878
🌐 Black Flag International Website
🔵 Black Flag International Facebook
📷 Black Flag International Instagram
Level 🆙 Take-Aways
- Thriving in environments where failure isn’t an option builds unshakable resilience 💪
- Living with purpose means choosing missions that serve others, not just yourself 🌍
- True strength shows in chaos—choosing grace over aggression can change outcomes 🤝
- Patience and persistence are essential when battling systemic problems—impact takes time ⏱️
- Every mission has three essentials: intelligence, execution, and follow-through 📋
- Legacy is not about medals or titles—it’s about being remembered as a protector, leader, and servant of others 🌟
📣QUOTE: “Our communication in combat was always raw, honest truth—because life or death depends on it. That same honesty is what sets us apart in the civilian world.” - Dan Simmons
🔹 Valuable Time-Stamps🔹
🕐 [00:01:00] Protecting time equals protecting freedom
🕓 [00:04:00] Grace over aggression in chaos
🕕 [00:06:00] Finding true purpose after service
🕗 [00:08:00] Raw honesty builds lasting trust
🕔 [00:20:00] Brotherhood and mental hygiene essentials
You Can Contact Find and Contact Black Flag International Here:
Phone: (910) 494-4878
🌐 Black Flag International Website
🔵 Black Flag International Facebook
📷 Black Flag International Instagram
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Are you ready to level up? Do you wish to
live a life of options and not obligations? You've gone
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to hear knowledge nuggets from Coach Fergie and his top
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Now let's level up with Coach Fergie.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Hey Fresh Squad, Welcome back to another powerful edition of
Level of Conversations with Coach Fergie with Time to Shine
to day Coaching. I'm your host, Scott Fergson, blessed to
be your gap coach specialized in performance mental conditioning, working
with business leaders, entrepreneurs, entertainers, athletes, c suite and students
to help them bridge their success gap to live a
life of options and not obligations. On this platform where
you're stoked to bring you high performers, they're not just
chasing and entertaining success, but redefining it through providing above
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and beyond service. So my coaching knowledge Nugget of the
Week Squad is going to lead into my guests and
it's about protection. And one of the most valuable things
you can ever protect is your time. See, everyone wants
a piece of it. Your client's your family, your co workers,
your phone, your inbox, even your excus uses. If you
don't guard it like it's life or death, you look
back and realize you gave it all the way to
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things that didn't move the needle. My own coaching philosophy
involves a lot of neutral thinking, which means focusing only
on what moves you forward. As my friend, the legendary
Navy sealed JOCKO. Willing, preaches discipline equals freedom. Time is
the battlefield where both of those play out. Protect your
time and you protect your freedom. Waste your time and
you hand the keys of your life to somebody else.
And here's what I always say to one of my
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guests today. Goals are just the byproduct of your standards.
If you raise your standards, the goals take care of themselves.
But your standards won't hold if you don't protect the
time that supports them. So here's the challenge. Audit your day.
Where are you leaking time? Where you saying yes when
you should be saying no. Protect your minutes and your
hours will protect you. That's how you level up, not
by doing more, but defending what matters most your time.
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And speaking of protection, we're going to go full throttle
into it today with my guys from black Flag International,
the apex of private security. This isn't your average bodyguard
service as a fortress forged by warriors, funded by J. J. Johnson,
a US Army Infantry veteran who ran security for Governor
Ron Desantez, the safeguard to President Donald Trump, alongside Dan Simmons,
a battle tested Green Beret in medic Black Flag doesn't
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just protect, they dominate. Their operators are combat proven protectors
who thrive where failure is not an option. From shielding
presidents and governors, to executing missions that crush child trafficking
networks such trafficking networks, black Flags elite, professional and savage.
When they're banterflies, it's not just a promise of protection,
it's a warning to every adversary. So hangtight here we're
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about to unpack the deeper drive behind Black Flag International,
where elite security meets savage compassion. So, fellas, things are
coming into like mall coop stuff or.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Yeah, you know, like a kind of like live action
role playing but like maybe advanced SLARP.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
I love it, love it.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
So you know, the legend kind of has that you
two have spent more time in full tactical mode than
most of it the spent and flip flop. So what's
the most unexpected human moment you've experience in the middle.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Of like a high stakes operation. We can start with Dan.
I don't know, I might have to defer to JJ
on that one.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
I got to give that a second.
Speaker 5 (03:07):
I mean, I guess we could talk about a fairly
recent one, right, Me and Dan spent some time last
year up in O SRT team up in uh Indianapolis, Indiana,
and uh really patrolling downtown. You know, a lot of
drug dealers, a lot of these kids these days, too
many is they're out of control.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
And the homeless population.
Speaker 5 (03:24):
Man, the amount of money that's that's put into the
cities for you know, helping the less fortunate. You know,
I don't know where this money goes, man, because it's
not going to help people, you know, So they bring
people like us into to help, you know, and these
days that I mean, now, I guess the cops are
finally allowed to do their jobs again. But sure, you know,
(03:45):
here we are and thriving the private sector because of it.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
But it's less fortunate. Right.
Speaker 5 (03:50):
I had a guy homeless clearly unstable, high on drugs,
a lot of mental health, untreated with a machete. This
guy is coming at me with you know, a foot
and a half long sword, you know, and every opportunity.
You know, I could have just smoked him right right,
you know, but you got to consider all these things, man,
You gotta and it comes down to the training and everything.
(04:13):
If if I hadn't trained, guess what I would have done, right,
I shot this dude, you know, But you get to
close that gap and and you know, give a little
grace when when it's grace and face right. So so
you know, we I put him down. You know, he
he took a nap, but you know he survived that day.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Dan, just get a little grin. Dan's told me some
storry So I'm blessed to coach Dan. Right, So he's
told me some of these stories, especially about the mace
and stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
It's great.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
So, you know, you both kind of come from elite
military backgrounds, Infantry, green beret. What was the fining moment
when you realize the private sector needed a company like
Black Flag?
Speaker 3 (04:52):
So for me, you know, when I first got out
of the military, I went back into my first career
path that I took in the military down U cybersecurity,
and I very quickly realized that because I was not
in a career path that was fulfilling my purpose in
this world, which is helping people, it started to become
kind of detrimental to me, like both physically and mentally.
(05:15):
And when I stepped away from that, and I finally
listened to that devil or angel on my shoulder maybe
both telling me that's just not my path, like had
a lot of peace about like going back into that.
And so I didn't really know what I was going
to do initially, and but I put some feelers out
there because at the time I was working for Tommy
(05:37):
Hill figure at his private residence, and I was like, well,
you know, maybe I could do this full time, and
so I kind of throw some feelers out there on
social media and several people hit me back after I
kind of did a hey you, this is me. If
you need somebody with my services, you know, please let
me know, and and a lot of people hit me up,
but JJ was the only one that followed through, and
(05:57):
so we linked up, and I feel like we kind
of hit it off like immediately, like we were old
friends and just reconnected and worked a couple of jobs
with them, and then and then we went on some
longer term stuff up in Indiana and then it was
that was pretty much a wrap like we've been together
ever since.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Love it and what you guys are doing is definitely needed.
So how's the transition kind of from the battlefield to
the boardroom and business?
Speaker 5 (06:22):
How about you, Kjay? I mean, it's everything's different. I've
I've I've spent a many days in the HR office
right to my inability to properly pronounce my letters and words, right,
sure you know, I speak, I speak military, I speak brother,
you know, absolutely, and a lot of it is very fast,
and you know it's essential that we communicate a certain way, right, So,
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you know, transitioning it's definitely not for for everybody, man,
especially some of the guys. You know, I only did
one contract where Dan did you know, an entire over
twenty years. Sure you know what I'm saying. So the
transition for me wasn't necess sssarily uh as hard for
as it is for some, you know, But there's definitely
(07:06):
a lot of stuff that goes into it, you know,
just learning how to communicate with other people, how to
how to be around in an office and part right,
how good? I mean people think we're an absolute spectacle sometimes, right,
some of the stuff that comes out of our mouth.
You know, we'll be in in a private airport FBO,
you know, with a bunch of billionaires and millionaires. Yeah,
we're just some simple operators man, right, you know, but
we fake it till we make.
Speaker 4 (07:26):
It a different language.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
I know, but when I got out it was way
differently you speaking civilian, yeah, you know, and the apathy's
got to kind of be there where you guys are.
You know, when you guys are do your job because
you have to look at it through their eyes too well.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
You know, so like selling yourself, like coming out of
the military after twenty years, is that communication piece is key, right,
And and so that we're constantly learning how to reward things
that we would say in the military, and then how
we can most accurately reflect that like in the civilian world.
And you know, to piggyback off of what he was saying,
like our communication is dif than how we have to
(08:01):
communicate with most people around us, right, because you know,
and the environment that we were operating and the only
thing that matters is honesty because it's it can be
life or death, right, It's like, so there's no room
for sugarcoating or or pleasantries. It's just raw, honest truth, right.
And that that doesn't that I can tell you with
(08:21):
a great amount of certainty, that does not directly translate.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Into this really well you know.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
But I at the same time, I think the people
that are around us that see us interact are like
blown away at how we communicate with each other because
it's not something they're used to seeing. And you know,
when we when we have a high end client that
we're dealing with, there there's definitely a time where they
appreciate that type of communication because it's yeah, yeah, that's
(08:49):
not it's not a day to day thing, right, but
when but when it's time to be serious, they know
that they are going to get a pure, unadulterated truth
from us. And I think I think that's you know,
one of the reasons is that we really set ourselves
apart from a lot of people in this in this
business is because our clients can count on us to
give them the truth, right, not not We're not trying
(09:11):
to figure out what they want to hear we're gonna
give it to them straight, right, That's that's appreciated.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Especially in that in the moment, I'm thinking sometimes it's
not because you've told me a story about the second
or third richest man in the world wife going to
the hospital and you guys had the trailer there and
you know kind of like, listen, this is how it's
going to be, you know, right, because yeah, that's what
your contract to do. So you know, your mission steement
kind of screams dominance, but you also partner with love
inspiring life right to combat child trafficking, you know, a
(09:38):
cause where profit really kind of doesn't play. So how
do you balance the cutthroat world of executive protection with
the uncompromisy, uncompromising empathy required for rescue operations.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
It's it's definitely a challenge for sure, because you know,
I think, especially for the two of us like that,
that that particular ruggle is is something that's near and
dear to our hearts, right, because we're naturally well children
and we're and we're natural protectors, right, I think that's
kind of both our callings in life, and so you know,
(10:11):
it's we want to rush in and bring these the
same intensity to that UH and commitment that we did,
you know, our military service and being deployed in those
combat environments, and unfortunately the legality of that is considerably different.
So it definitely can get frustrating at times wanting to
(10:32):
be able to wanting things to just move faster, right,
But it's it's a it's a different ballgame that we're playing,
trying to get you know, different law enforcement agencies to
be able to want to play and sometimes that's a
that conversation is difficult, right because you can you can
(10:54):
look at a unit or a particular you know, police
department or sheriff's office or whatever the case may be,
and you can see where they're lacking in capabilities, and
that's where you know, we're trying to really get our
foot in the door to be able to bridge that
gap for them, you know, much like you're you're a
gap coach and bridge the gap for UH you know,
high level athletes and other business professionals, we're trying to
(11:15):
do the same thing for local law enforcement, you know,
because at the end of the day, like it is
trained as especially in South Florida's trained as some of
the units are around here, they haven't spent twenty years
in a combat zone doing that, you know, and so
trying to get them to realize that there is a
greater capability that their unit is is capable of reaching
(11:37):
and that we can help them get there is uh
is still something we're trying to trying to work through.
But we've been developing a lot of great relationships, uh
with local units in in in Palm Beach County and
Broward and Miami Dade and.
Speaker 4 (11:50):
So defined around here.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
Yeah, for sure. Yeah, it's it's a it's a growing
problem in this area with sex trafficking.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
Yeah, like which is big.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
So you know it's going increasingly digital right now, right
and covert. So how do you adapt your intelligence gathering
operations to match evolving tech hideouts? You know, AI, cyber tools,
all that other stuff, Like JJ, is there anything specifically
you guys are doing to kind of lock into that.
Speaker 5 (12:15):
So so we're more on the physical side. We we
subcontract most of our cyber stuff. Just there's there's so
many licenses and and like you said, there's a constant
evolution that's always changing, right we you know, we're we're
a master of our trade. You know, I don't want
to be a jack of all, you know what I'm saying.
And there's essentially three components that come into you know,
(12:36):
the trafficking rescue, right, you have the reconnaissance and you know,
intelligence gathering, right, we need to know what we're walking into.
It's is this real? And then you have the actual
rate and rescue. Right, that's where we come in. That's
the physical part, you know, where we boot the door,
whether partnered with focal law enforcement or you know, in
support of or they're in support of us.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
Right.
Speaker 5 (12:54):
And then the after care component, right, we have to
get them off the street, back into safety and care, therapy, medical,
you know, integrated, back into society, back to their parents,
whatever whatever that is.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
So so as opposed to.
Speaker 5 (13:09):
Being half assed at three of those components, we would
rather be the best at one and and partner with
far to the other ones, right, right, and until until
we can create that evolution, you know, it's still in
its infancy.
Speaker 4 (13:21):
So so would we love to be in charge of
all three.
Speaker 5 (13:25):
That way, there's no damaging anything bad can happen, you know,
because partner with people's is rough. You know, it's a
it takes one bad bad apple, you know, for the
whole them to allow a bad person into their organization,
and guess what, we're partnered with them, right, So if
we had complete control, we'd love to do that. Or
if we could create a better business bureau raiding for
(13:46):
these nonprofits that are in the anti human trafficking. You know,
I want to know that this kid I just rescued
and I hand off to you isn't going to get retrafficked, right, right.
So there's there's a lot of stuff that goes into it,
but the security, the cybersecurity component of it is deep.
Speaker 4 (14:01):
Right and squad.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
I hear a lot out here about partnering and making
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Speaker 4 (14:14):
Here in Palm Beach County. When we come back, we're
going to talk.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
A little bit about pressure and purpose and maybe legacy
and morality here with Black Black International.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
Stay tuned, Thanks Scott. Happy Saturday everyone.
Speaker 6 (14:26):
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Speaker 2 (16:31):
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on as a sponsor. My friend guys here with black flag,
you know, international protection guys that you want on your
side here. So when protection becomes rescue and so you
might have a hard target situation or maybe a mission
where you pivot from guarding you know, VIPs to maybe
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kind of directly fighting trafficking. How does your planning process
change is it's kind of like an everyday thing, but
then things go you know, south a little bit. How
does the mindset in the planning process kind of change?
Speaker 5 (17:06):
I think the planning is the same whether I'm putting
my shoes on or doing an extraction or protecting somebody.
You know, it's the thoughtfulness, the pre prep, the gear checks,
the you know, everything is I mean my brain is
wired a certain way. You know we're getting ready for
school or where you know it's going to do an
extraction out of Uganda.
Speaker 4 (17:27):
You know it just it all.
Speaker 5 (17:29):
It all comes down to the logistics, the familiarities. You know,
who we have doing what, you know, what specialties we
need and implementing those and and pulling the trigger of
it well.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
And currently we can't legally do the tactical aspect that
we want to be involved in state side, right, there's
a lot more leeway with that in Central and South America, uh,
and in other places we'll operate in and which is
which is why we have such a big push to
to work with local law enforcement and get them on
the same page as us as we're capable of being
(18:02):
on right. But as far as the mission planning is concerned,
like we still bring the same u TTPs that you know,
we both used in the military, you know, and uh,
really using that military decision making process, but really from
an unconventional warfare kind of mindset.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
So to be a part of Black Flag, I don't
believe you have to really like to be employed by
you guys or contract with you guys. You don't have
to be a Tier one or a Tier two operator.
You guys will also train people that want to fit
the mold correct.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
Yeah, absolutely, every person is a case by case basis, right,
And that's honestly, that's really just because we have a
certain standard and Black Flag and if it can't be met,
then it's a pretty easy decision for us to make,
Like we're just not going to bend on our standards,
even tier one tier two operators. Right, you have to
have the right mindset and a cool head about you.
And you know, for people that don't fall into those
(18:57):
two categories, if you have a tangible gill right in
a in a solid head on your shoulders, then the
tactical portion and the weapons training and all that stuff
like I can train that, right, we can train that.
We can train jiu jitsu, we can train kickboxing, we
train boxing, muay Thai. We have the ability to train
all of those things. So you know, if if you
fall into that category, like by all means, reach out
(19:19):
to us and give us a call. If you know,
if the mission of protection is is weighing on you, Yeah,
I strongly suggest you reach out and see if we
can find a place for you.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
Absolutely, squad, if you want to freach out to him.
It's nine one zero four nine four four eight seven eight.
It's nine one zero four ninety four four eight seven eight.
So pressure and purpose. Right, So some would say, you guys,
don't just buy in. You kind of lack of a
better term, you intimidate success into existence, right sometimes right,
but you know, kind of what's the human costs? How
(19:50):
do you decompress after the mission? Danny answer this before
for me, but like how about you JJ, Like decompressed
coming home because I know my lovely lady Susan's here,
and so if I have a day, right, I'll sit
in the.
Speaker 4 (20:04):
Driveway and decompress before I go inside. It's probably the
right thing to do.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
So how about you, JJ, Like, how do you decompress
after it gets a little hard targety for a lack
of a better term.
Speaker 5 (20:15):
You know it having having the brotherhood is paramount as
a man, right, you know, having guys to run ideas
off of and to validate your your emotions.
Speaker 4 (20:24):
And feelings, right.
Speaker 5 (20:24):
You know, hey, I don't necessarily know that what I'm
feeling is valid, right, And you know, once you talk
to another one of your guys, you know, another strong,
you know, masculine individual, like, hey, man, you know having
that I have a therapist stuff in Jupiter, Florida very good.
You know, we we meet regularly. He'sien is huge. So
he does he does something called primal virtues, you know
(20:47):
it's he does. He does quarterly retreats up in the
mountains with men that you know might not necessarily be
the most alpha of men, but they want but they
want to be right. They're willing to put in the work,
you know, and and other guys you know, are that
they want to maintain that right, you know, but having
that outlet, and you know, my wife is is a
huge you know. The woman by your side is absolutely
is crucial. You know that they support you and and
(21:10):
all that you do. You know the amount of travel
that we do. You know, I've got I've got Belgium,
mellend laws, we have kids, you know, I've we've we
have a household. Right, And she's a full two works
full time. She's operations director for hospital's kind of a
domestic engineer, right, and she helps does she helps out
(21:31):
a lot with our company too, you know, with our
parel line coming out this weekend.
Speaker 4 (21:35):
It's she's she's been busy.
Speaker 5 (21:38):
But all those all those things are paramount, man, the brotherhood,
the therapeutic outlet and having a strong woman or a
significant other by your side, man.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Is how I get through mind.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
I love that, I love that you You're such an alpha,
but you seek help, you know. The mental hygiene is
something that you know, my Susan, make sure that you
know I go to the v A and and do
that myself.
Speaker 5 (22:00):
Well, don't worry, I'd like to find out things the
hard way I did.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
I did.
Speaker 4 (22:04):
I didn't figure this out my twenties, I'll tell you that. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
But you know, like on that like in the importance
of the brotherhood and that mental stability, right, that's that's
kind of led us in the direction that we're really
starting here recently to do with when we have open
Matt Days, we're gonna start incorporating just not an entire class, right,
but ten fifteen minutes when everyone's cooling down, stretching, stuff
(22:30):
like that, we're in our recovery aspect of that training.
We're going to start adding in like just some some
mindset training, right because because of the nature of the
work that we do, like your mindset is paramount, and
so if you can't control your emotions, then then you're
not gonna be able to control your physical self.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
The a reset that you guys have when you kind
of like a box breathing or something that you guys
use for yourselves if you got to get into that
situation before you and I kind of have to do the.
Speaker 4 (23:02):
Like before or after, let's say before.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
So you know, for me, after twenty over twenty years
of military service, you kind of get you start, you
start preparing yourself way ahead of time, right, Like, for instance,
when you know, I know a deployment's coming up, and
I got a date sometimes you know six seven months out,
sometimes you know three months out, right, But when regardless
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of when that is, you start getting yourself in the
in the right mindset to do the things that you
you know you're gonna have to do, and then really
preparing yourselves for the things that you are are unsure of,
right Like, So it's it's you know, it's not always
healthy to put yourself in that mindset of like thinking
of the worst things, right, But in those types of environments,
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you have to prepare for the worst and hope for
the best, right And so if you're not, you know,
playing with the full gamut of of of extremes, then
then you're really doing yourself a disservice. And so it
only takes one bad deployment or one bad incident on
a deployment that just I mean train wrecks you mentally
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for you to realize that, like I, I better maybe
go see a therapist and start learning some things too,
so that I can better prepare myself in the future.
And you know that lower that lowers it lowers your
propensity to have you know, bad PTSD from traumatic experiences.
And you know, and even if you do get PTSD,
you know, you have a lot less likelihood of being
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on medication and and and a lot of the you know,
especially because a lot of the medications out there just
are they're not the right answer anyway, right, because they're
not really dealing with the underlying problem. And so, you know,
mental strength and stability is huge.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Right And squad, do you hear that these guys are
operators Tier one, Tier two? The guys did the deed,
yet they still seek the help, for lack of a
better term, you know, to keep their mindset right and
keep them moving forward and let them serve. And so
we're going to kind of move in to some one
word answers, kind of like a little bit of a
lightning wrong. We'll start with JJ, Jay, what's harder keeping
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a governor safe in public or a toddler.
Speaker 4 (25:09):
Safe in a toy star?
Speaker 5 (25:11):
Are we elaborating?
Speaker 4 (25:16):
Governor? Okay? Dan? One word describe the feeling you get
when a mission goes flawlessly piece of it? JJ, more
dangerous arrogance or hesitation? Arrogance?
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Yeah, Dan, coffee before a mission, yes or no? Yes, JJ,
black Flag had a theme song? What would it be?
Speaker 5 (25:35):
Oh, we got some paint and parish the colors you
go by.
Speaker 4 (25:42):
I love it the devil you know. That's right? That's right.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
So how about your guys's dash? How do you want
your dash? Remember? Quickly? JJ? Your little line between your
incarnation date, your expiration date, your life date and death date?
Speaker 4 (25:54):
How do you want your dash? Remember? Oh?
Speaker 5 (25:55):
Man definitely, uh, you know, protector, family man, leader, inspiration.
Speaker 4 (26:01):
Love it.
Speaker 3 (26:02):
Yeah, it's kind of funny. A lot of my a
lot of my friends call me daddy, right, It's mostly
because I'm the older guy in the group, but even
even in my friend giving that's that's a that's a
different show. But no, it's what that stems from though.
Is is is is my calling in life and taking
care of people, and even at a friend level, in
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a personal level, like all my friends know me as
someone that's I'm there to take care of them and
I and I will make sure that they're taken care
of and so Protector.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Ye in squad, we're here Black Flag International, which I
believe you guys also have uh some events coming up
which will be on your website, black Flag Internet and
also if you'd like to get a hold of them
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nine one zero four nine four four eight seven eight.
I know this world is a lot better, a lot
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safer with these two gentlemen and their team, you know,
breathing air on it. So make sure you give them
the respect and all the veterans of the recent back
they deserve a huge shout out today to my producer
Brian Mudd videographer Aubrey Christy. I had some awesome guests
in here from Jeremy and your.
Speaker 4 (27:08):
Name again one more time.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
If Cooper is hopping on the body building stage this weekend,
good luck to you and my lovely lady Susan have
a great weekend.
Speaker 4 (27:16):
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
Hey Fresh Squad, Welcome back to another powerful edition of
Level of Conversations with Coach Fergie with Time to Shine
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be your gap coach specialized in performance mental conditioning, working
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and beyond service. So my coaching knowledge Nugget of the
Week Squad is going to lead into my guests and
it's about protection. And one of the most valuable things
you can ever protect is your time. See, everyone wants
a piece of it. Your client's your family, your co workers,
your phone, your inbox, even your excus uses. If you
don't guard it like it's life or death, you look
back and realize you gave it all the way to
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things that didn't move the needle. My own coaching philosophy
involves a lot of neutral thinking, which means focusing only
on what moves you forward. As my friend, the legendary
Navy sealed JOCKO. Willing, preaches discipline equals freedom. Time is
the battlefield where both of those play out. Protect your
time and you protect your freedom. Waste your time and
you hand the keys of your life to somebody else.
And here's what I always say to one of my
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guests today. Goals are just the byproduct of your standards.
If you raise your standards, the goals take care of themselves.
But your standards won't hold if you don't protect the
time that supports them. So here's the challenge. Audit your day.
Where are you leaking time? Where you saying yes when
you should be saying no. Protect your minutes and your
hours will protect you. That's how you level up, not
by doing more, but defending what matters most your time.
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And speaking of protection, we're going to go full throttle
into it today with my guys from black Flag International,
the apex of private security. This isn't your average bodyguard
service as a fortress forged by warriors, funded by J. J. Johnson,
a US Army Infantry veteran who ran security for Governor
Ron Desantez, the safeguard to President Donald Trump, alongside Dan Simmons,
a battle tested Green Beret in medic Black Flag doesn't
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just protect, they dominate. Their operators are combat proven protectors
who thrive where failure is not an option. From shielding
presidents and governors, to executing missions that crush child trafficking
networks such trafficking networks, black Flags elite, professional and savage.
When they're banterflies, it's not just a promise of protection,
it's a warning to every adversary. So hangtight here we're
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about to unpack the deeper drive behind Black Flag International,
where elite security meets savage compassion. So, fellas, things are
coming into like mall coop stuff or.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Yeah, you know, like a kind of like live action
role playing but like maybe advanced SLARP.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
I love it, love it.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
So you know, the legend kind of has that you
two have spent more time in full tactical mode than
most of it the spent and flip flop. So what's
the most unexpected human moment you've experience in the middle.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Of like a high stakes operation. We can start with Dan.
I don't know, I might have to defer to JJ
on that one.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
I got to give that a second.
Speaker 5 (03:07):
I mean, I guess we could talk about a fairly
recent one, right, Me and Dan spent some time last
year up in O SRT team up in uh Indianapolis, Indiana,
and uh really patrolling downtown. You know, a lot of
drug dealers, a lot of these kids these days, too
many is they're out of control.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
And the homeless population.
Speaker 5 (03:24):
Man, the amount of money that's that's put into the
cities for you know, helping the less fortunate. You know,
I don't know where this money goes, man, because it's
not going to help people, you know, So they bring
people like us into to help, you know, and these
days that I mean, now, I guess the cops are
finally allowed to do their jobs again. But sure, you know,
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here we are and thriving the private sector because of it.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
But it's less fortunate. Right.
Speaker 5 (03:50):
I had a guy homeless clearly unstable, high on drugs,
a lot of mental health, untreated with a machete. This
guy is coming at me with you know, a foot
and a half long sword, you know, and every opportunity.
You know, I could have just smoked him right right,
you know, but you got to consider all these things, man,
You gotta and it comes down to the training and everything.
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If if I hadn't trained, guess what I would have done, right,
I shot this dude, you know, But you get to
close that gap and and you know, give a little
grace when when it's grace and face right. So so
you know, we I put him down. You know, he
he took a nap, but you know he survived that day.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Dan, just get a little grin. Dan's told me some
storry So I'm blessed to coach Dan. Right, So he's
told me some of these stories, especially about the mace
and stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
It's great.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
So, you know, you both kind of come from elite
military backgrounds, Infantry, green beret. What was the fining moment
when you realize the private sector needed a company like
Black Flag?
Speaker 3 (04:52):
So for me, you know, when I first got out
of the military, I went back into my first career
path that I took in the military down U cybersecurity,
and I very quickly realized that because I was not
in a career path that was fulfilling my purpose in
this world, which is helping people, it started to become
kind of detrimental to me, like both physically and mentally.
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And when I stepped away from that, and I finally
listened to that devil or angel on my shoulder maybe
both telling me that's just not my path, like had
a lot of peace about like going back into that.
And so I didn't really know what I was going
to do initially, and but I put some feelers out
there because at the time I was working for Tommy
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Hill figure at his private residence, and I was like, well,
you know, maybe I could do this full time, and
so I kind of throw some feelers out there on
social media and several people hit me back after I
kind of did a hey you, this is me. If
you need somebody with my services, you know, please let
me know, and and a lot of people hit me up,
but JJ was the only one that followed through, and
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so we linked up, and I feel like we kind
of hit it off like immediately, like we were old
friends and just reconnected and worked a couple of jobs
with them, and then and then we went on some
longer term stuff up in Indiana and then it was
that was pretty much a wrap like we've been together
ever since.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Love it and what you guys are doing is definitely needed.
So how's the transition kind of from the battlefield to
the boardroom and business?
Speaker 5 (06:22):
How about you, Kjay? I mean, it's everything's different. I've
I've I've spent a many days in the HR office
right to my inability to properly pronounce my letters and words, right,
sure you know, I speak, I speak military, I speak brother,
you know, absolutely, and a lot of it is very fast,
and you know it's essential that we communicate a certain way, right, So,
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you know, transitioning it's definitely not for for everybody, man,
especially some of the guys. You know, I only did
one contract where Dan did you know, an entire over
twenty years. Sure you know what I'm saying. So the
transition for me wasn't necess sssarily uh as hard for
as it is for some, you know, But there's definitely
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a lot of stuff that goes into it, you know,
just learning how to communicate with other people, how to
how to be around in an office and part right,
how good? I mean people think we're an absolute spectacle sometimes, right,
some of the stuff that comes out of our mouth.
You know, we'll be in in a private airport FBO,
you know, with a bunch of billionaires and millionaires. Yeah,
we're just some simple operators man, right, you know, but
we fake it till we make.
Speaker 4 (07:26):
It a different language.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
I know, but when I got out it was way
differently you speaking civilian, yeah, you know, and the apathy's
got to kind of be there where you guys are.
You know, when you guys are do your job because
you have to look at it through their eyes too well.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
You know, so like selling yourself, like coming out of
the military after twenty years, is that communication piece is key, right,
And and so that we're constantly learning how to reward things
that we would say in the military, and then how
we can most accurately reflect that like in the civilian world.
And you know, to piggyback off of what he was saying,
like our communication is dif than how we have to
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communicate with most people around us, right, because you know,
and the environment that we were operating and the only
thing that matters is honesty because it's it can be
life or death, right, It's like, so there's no room
for sugarcoating or or pleasantries. It's just raw, honest truth, right.
And that that doesn't that I can tell you with
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a great amount of certainty, that does not directly translate.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Into this really well you know.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
But I at the same time, I think the people
that are around us that see us interact are like
blown away at how we communicate with each other because
it's not something they're used to seeing. And you know,
when we when we have a high end client that
we're dealing with, there there's definitely a time where they
appreciate that type of communication because it's yeah, yeah, that's
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not it's not a day to day thing, right, but
when but when it's time to be serious, they know
that they are going to get a pure, unadulterated truth
from us. And I think I think that's you know,
one of the reasons is that we really set ourselves
apart from a lot of people in this in this
business is because our clients can count on us to
give them the truth, right, not not We're not trying
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to figure out what they want to hear we're gonna
give it to them straight, right, That's that's appreciated.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Especially in that in the moment, I'm thinking sometimes it's
not because you've told me a story about the second
or third richest man in the world wife going to
the hospital and you guys had the trailer there and
you know kind of like, listen, this is how it's
going to be, you know, right, because yeah, that's what
your contract to do. So you know, your mission steement
kind of screams dominance, but you also partner with love
inspiring life right to combat child trafficking, you know, a
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cause where profit really kind of doesn't play. So how
do you balance the cutthroat world of executive protection with
the uncompromisy, uncompromising empathy required for rescue operations.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
It's it's definitely a challenge for sure, because you know,
I think, especially for the two of us like that,
that that particular ruggle is is something that's near and
dear to our hearts, right, because we're naturally well children
and we're and we're natural protectors, right, I think that's
kind of both our callings in life, and so you know,
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it's we want to rush in and bring these the
same intensity to that UH and commitment that we did,
you know, our military service and being deployed in those
combat environments, and unfortunately the legality of that is considerably different.
So it definitely can get frustrating at times wanting to
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be able to wanting things to just move faster, right,
But it's it's a it's a different ballgame that we're playing,
trying to get you know, different law enforcement agencies to
be able to want to play and sometimes that's a
that conversation is difficult, right because you can you can
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look at a unit or a particular you know, police
department or sheriff's office or whatever the case may be,
and you can see where they're lacking in capabilities, and
that's where you know, we're trying to really get our
foot in the door to be able to bridge that
gap for them, you know, much like you're you're a
gap coach and bridge the gap for UH you know,
high level athletes and other business professionals, we're trying to
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do the same thing for local law enforcement, you know,
because at the end of the day, like it is
trained as especially in South Florida's trained as some of
the units are around here, they haven't spent twenty years
in a combat zone doing that, you know, and so
trying to get them to realize that there is a
greater capability that their unit is is capable of reaching
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and that we can help them get there is uh
is still something we're trying to trying to work through.
But we've been developing a lot of great relationships, uh
with local units in in in Palm Beach County and
Broward and Miami Dade and.
Speaker 4 (11:50):
So defined around here.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
Yeah, for sure. Yeah, it's it's a it's a growing
problem in this area with sex trafficking.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
Yeah, like which is big.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
So you know it's going increasingly digital right now, right
and covert. So how do you adapt your intelligence gathering
operations to match evolving tech hideouts? You know, AI, cyber tools,
all that other stuff, Like JJ, is there anything specifically
you guys are doing to kind of lock into that.
Speaker 5 (12:15):
So so we're more on the physical side. We we
subcontract most of our cyber stuff. Just there's there's so
many licenses and and like you said, there's a constant
evolution that's always changing, right we you know, we're we're
a master of our trade. You know, I don't want
to be a jack of all, you know what I'm saying.
And there's essentially three components that come into you know,
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the trafficking rescue, right, you have the reconnaissance and you know,
intelligence gathering, right, we need to know what we're walking into.
It's is this real? And then you have the actual
rate and rescue. Right, that's where we come in. That's
the physical part, you know, where we boot the door,
whether partnered with focal law enforcement or you know, in
support of or they're in support of us.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
Right.
Speaker 5 (12:54):
And then the after care component, right, we have to
get them off the street, back into safety and care, therapy, medical,
you know, integrated, back into society, back to their parents,
whatever whatever that is.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
So so as opposed to.
Speaker 5 (13:09):
Being half assed at three of those components, we would
rather be the best at one and and partner with
far to the other ones, right, right, and until until
we can create that evolution, you know, it's still in
its infancy.
Speaker 4 (13:21):
So so would we love to be in charge of
all three.
Speaker 5 (13:25):
That way, there's no damaging anything bad can happen, you know,
because partner with people's is rough. You know, it's a
it takes one bad bad apple, you know, for the
whole them to allow a bad person into their organization,
and guess what, we're partnered with them, right, So if
we had complete control, we'd love to do that. Or
if we could create a better business bureau raiding for
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these nonprofits that are in the anti human trafficking. You know,
I want to know that this kid I just rescued
and I hand off to you isn't going to get retrafficked, right, right.
So there's there's a lot of stuff that goes into it,
but the security, the cybersecurity component of it is deep.
Speaker 4 (14:01):
Right and squad.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
I hear a lot out here about partnering and making
sure that the right horses for the courses are on place.
And we're going to throw it to my horse that
sponsors our show, Steve Austin, for a really quick mortgage update.
Speaker 4 (14:14):
Here in Palm Beach County. When we come back, we're
going to talk.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
A little bit about pressure and purpose and maybe legacy
and morality here with Black Black International.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
Stay tuned, Thanks Scott. Happy Saturday everyone.
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Speaker 4 (16:30):
Hey Steve, thank you so much for the market up date.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
It looks a little bit like it's coming back around
the market here and I'm just blessed to have you
on as a sponsor. My friend guys here with black flag,
you know, international protection guys that you want on your
side here. So when protection becomes rescue and so you
might have a hard target situation or maybe a mission
where you pivot from guarding you know, VIPs to maybe
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kind of directly fighting trafficking. How does your planning process
change is it's kind of like an everyday thing, but
then things go you know, south a little bit. How
does the mindset in the planning process kind of change?
Speaker 5 (17:06):
I think the planning is the same whether I'm putting
my shoes on or doing an extraction or protecting somebody.
You know, it's the thoughtfulness, the pre prep, the gear checks,
the you know, everything is I mean my brain is
wired a certain way. You know we're getting ready for
school or where you know it's going to do an
extraction out of Uganda.
Speaker 4 (17:27):
You know it just it all.
Speaker 5 (17:29):
It all comes down to the logistics, the familiarities. You know,
who we have doing what, you know, what specialties we
need and implementing those and and pulling the trigger of
it well.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
And currently we can't legally do the tactical aspect that
we want to be involved in state side, right, there's
a lot more leeway with that in Central and South America, uh,
and in other places we'll operate in and which is
which is why we have such a big push to
to work with local law enforcement and get them on
the same page as us as we're capable of being
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on right. But as far as the mission planning is concerned,
like we still bring the same u TTPs that you know,
we both used in the military, you know, and uh,
really using that military decision making process, but really from
an unconventional warfare kind of mindset.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
So to be a part of Black Flag, I don't
believe you have to really like to be employed by
you guys or contract with you guys. You don't have
to be a Tier one or a Tier two operator.
You guys will also train people that want to fit
the mold correct.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
Yeah, absolutely, every person is a case by case basis, right,
And that's honestly, that's really just because we have a
certain standard and Black Flag and if it can't be met,
then it's a pretty easy decision for us to make,
Like we're just not going to bend on our standards,
even tier one tier two operators. Right, you have to
have the right mindset and a cool head about you.
And you know, for people that don't fall into those
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two categories, if you have a tangible gill right in
a in a solid head on your shoulders, then the
tactical portion and the weapons training and all that stuff
like I can train that, right, we can train that.
We can train jiu jitsu, we can train kickboxing, we
train boxing, muay Thai. We have the ability to train
all of those things. So you know, if if you
fall into that category, like by all means, reach out
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to us and give us a call. If you know,
if the mission of protection is is weighing on you, Yeah,
I strongly suggest you reach out and see if we
can find a place for you.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
Absolutely, squad, if you want to freach out to him.
It's nine one zero four nine four four eight seven eight.
It's nine one zero four ninety four four eight seven eight.
So pressure and purpose. Right, So some would say, you guys,
don't just buy in. You kind of lack of a
better term, you intimidate success into existence, right sometimes right,
but you know, kind of what's the human costs? How
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do you decompress after the mission? Danny answer this before
for me, but like how about you JJ, Like decompressed
coming home because I know my lovely lady Susan's here,
and so if I have a day, right, I'll sit
in the.
Speaker 4 (20:04):
Driveway and decompress before I go inside. It's probably the
right thing to do.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
So how about you, JJ, Like, how do you decompress
after it gets a little hard targety for a lack
of a better term.
Speaker 5 (20:15):
You know it having having the brotherhood is paramount as
a man, right, you know, having guys to run ideas
off of and to validate your your emotions.
Speaker 4 (20:24):
And feelings, right.
Speaker 5 (20:24):
You know, hey, I don't necessarily know that what I'm
feeling is valid, right, And you know, once you talk
to another one of your guys, you know, another strong,
you know, masculine individual, like, hey, man, you know having
that I have a therapist stuff in Jupiter, Florida very good.
You know, we we meet regularly. He'sien is huge. So
he does he does something called primal virtues, you know
(20:47):
it's he does. He does quarterly retreats up in the
mountains with men that you know might not necessarily be
the most alpha of men, but they want but they
want to be right. They're willing to put in the work,
you know, and and other guys you know, are that
they want to maintain that right, you know, but having
that outlet, and you know, my wife is is a
huge you know. The woman by your side is absolutely
is crucial. You know that they support you and and
(21:10):
all that you do. You know the amount of travel
that we do. You know, I've got I've got Belgium,
mellend laws, we have kids, you know, I've we've we
have a household. Right, And she's a full two works
full time. She's operations director for hospital's kind of a
domestic engineer, right, and she helps does she helps out
(21:31):
a lot with our company too, you know, with our
parel line coming out this weekend.
Speaker 4 (21:35):
It's she's she's been busy.
Speaker 5 (21:38):
But all those all those things are paramount, man, the brotherhood,
the therapeutic outlet and having a strong woman or a
significant other by your side, man.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Is how I get through mind.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
I love that, I love that you You're such an alpha,
but you seek help, you know. The mental hygiene is
something that you know, my Susan, make sure that you
know I go to the v A and and do
that myself.
Speaker 5 (22:00):
Well, don't worry, I'd like to find out things the
hard way I did.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
I did.
Speaker 4 (22:04):
I didn't figure this out my twenties, I'll tell you that. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
But you know, like on that like in the importance
of the brotherhood and that mental stability, right, that's that's
kind of led us in the direction that we're really
starting here recently to do with when we have open
Matt Days, we're gonna start incorporating just not an entire class, right,
but ten fifteen minutes when everyone's cooling down, stretching, stuff
(22:30):
like that, we're in our recovery aspect of that training.
We're going to start adding in like just some some
mindset training, right because because of the nature of the
work that we do, like your mindset is paramount, and
so if you can't control your emotions, then then you're
not gonna be able to control your physical self.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
The a reset that you guys have when you kind
of like a box breathing or something that you guys
use for yourselves if you got to get into that
situation before you and I kind of have to do the.
Speaker 4 (23:02):
Like before or after, let's say before.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
So you know, for me, after twenty over twenty years
of military service, you kind of get you start, you
start preparing yourself way ahead of time, right, Like, for instance,
when you know, I know a deployment's coming up, and
I got a date sometimes you know six seven months out,
sometimes you know three months out, right, But when regardless
(23:26):
of when that is, you start getting yourself in the
in the right mindset to do the things that you
you know you're gonna have to do, and then really
preparing yourselves for the things that you are are unsure of,
right Like, So it's it's you know, it's not always
healthy to put yourself in that mindset of like thinking
of the worst things, right, But in those types of environments,
(23:49):
you have to prepare for the worst and hope for
the best, right And so if you're not, you know,
playing with the full gamut of of of extremes, then
then you're really doing yourself a disservice. And so it
only takes one bad deployment or one bad incident on
a deployment that just I mean train wrecks you mentally
(24:10):
for you to realize that, like I, I better maybe
go see a therapist and start learning some things too,
so that I can better prepare myself in the future.
And you know that lower that lowers it lowers your
propensity to have you know, bad PTSD from traumatic experiences.
And you know, and even if you do get PTSD,
you know, you have a lot less likelihood of being
(24:32):
on medication and and and a lot of the you know,
especially because a lot of the medications out there just
are they're not the right answer anyway, right, because they're
not really dealing with the underlying problem. And so, you know,
mental strength and stability is huge.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Right And squad, do you hear that these guys are
operators Tier one, Tier two? The guys did the deed,
yet they still seek the help, for lack of a
better term, you know, to keep their mindset right and
keep them moving forward and let them serve. And so
we're going to kind of move in to some one
word answers, kind of like a little bit of a
lightning wrong. We'll start with JJ, Jay, what's harder keeping
(25:07):
a governor safe in public or a toddler.
Speaker 4 (25:09):
Safe in a toy star?
Speaker 5 (25:11):
Are we elaborating?
Speaker 4 (25:16):
Governor? Okay? Dan? One word describe the feeling you get
when a mission goes flawlessly piece of it? JJ, more
dangerous arrogance or hesitation? Arrogance?
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Yeah, Dan, coffee before a mission, yes or no? Yes, JJ,
black Flag had a theme song? What would it be?
Speaker 5 (25:35):
Oh, we got some paint and parish the colors you
go by.
Speaker 4 (25:42):
I love it the devil you know. That's right? That's right.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
So how about your guys's dash? How do you want
your dash? Remember? Quickly? JJ? Your little line between your
incarnation date, your expiration date, your life date and death date?
Speaker 4 (25:54):
How do you want your dash? Remember? Oh?
Speaker 5 (25:55):
Man definitely, uh, you know, protector, family man, leader, inspiration.
Speaker 4 (26:01):
Love it.
Speaker 3 (26:02):
Yeah, it's kind of funny. A lot of my a
lot of my friends call me daddy, right, It's mostly
because I'm the older guy in the group, but even
even in my friend giving that's that's a that's a
different show. But no, it's what that stems from though.
Is is is is my calling in life and taking
care of people, and even at a friend level, in
(26:24):
a personal level, like all my friends know me as
someone that's I'm there to take care of them and
I and I will make sure that they're taken care
of and so Protector.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Ye in squad, we're here Black Flag International, which I
believe you guys also have uh some events coming up
which will be on your website, black Flag Internet and
also if you'd like to get a hold of them
nine one zero four nine four four eight seven eight
nine one zero four nine four four eight seven eight.
I know this world is a lot better, a lot
(26:53):
safer with these two gentlemen and their team, you know,
breathing air on it. So make sure you give them
the respect and all the veterans of the recent back
they deserve a huge shout out today to my producer
Brian Mudd videographer Aubrey Christy. I had some awesome guests
in here from Jeremy and your.
Speaker 4 (27:08):
Name again one more time.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
If Cooper is hopping on the body building stage this weekend,
good luck to you and my lovely lady Susan have
a great weekend.
Speaker 4 (27:16):
All level up.
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