Today we hear the Combat Story of Jason Van Camp, a former Special Forces officer (Green Beret) and Operational Detachment Alpha Commander in 10th Special Forces Group who served multiple combat deployments.
Jason played linebacker at West Point and served a two-year LDS-Mormon mission to Russia, and upon graduation won the prestigious General Loeffke Award for Excellence in Foreign Languages, before starting active duty. As a Green Beret, Jason brought the fight to AQ and led soldiers through dangerous Special Forces missions that honed his leadership and team building skills.
Since leaving the military, Jason founded and is Chairman of Mission Six Zero, a leadership development firm, and is also Executive Director and Co-Founder at Warrior Rising, which empowers veterans in business.
Jason is a Wall Street Journal and 2 x #1 Amazon Best Selling Author for his book Deliberate Discomfort: How U.S. Special Operations Forces Overcome Fear and Dare to Win by Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable. (www.amazon.com/Deliberate-Dis...) and was recognized as a Top Military Entrepreneur of the Year in 2020.
I hope you enjoy his humble yet impactful Combat Story as much as I did.
Find Jason Online:
Instagram @jasonbavancamp instagram.com/jasonbavancamp/
Instagram @missionsixzero instagram.com/missionsixzero
Instagram @wearewarriorrising instagram.com/wearewarriorrising
LinkedIN www.linkedin.com/in/jason-van-camp/
Website Mission Six Zero www.mission6zero.com
Website Warrior Rising www.warriorrising.org
Find Ryan online:
Follow on Instagram @combat_stories ( / combat_stories )
Email ryan@combatstory.com
Learn more about Ryan www.combatstory.com/aboutus
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Show Notes
0:00 - Intro
0:54 - Jason Van Camp Guest Bio
1:48 - Interview Begins
2:34 - Growing up in Springfield, Virginia
2:48 - “I wasn’t like the lemonade stand kid. I was always creative and coming up with ideas.”
3:13 - “I was always able to inspire other people.”
3:17 - His kind of family
3:44 - “I inspire other people to be the best version of themself.”
4:01 - Ryan’s struggle with forcing kids out of the house to play
4:37 - Jason talks about the worries he has with his future kids’ safety.
5:11 - Military history of the family
5:58 - Jason’s father’s accident
6:57 - Grandfather’s Background in the military
7:13 - “Military was normal.”
7:17 - “Show me the people you surround yourself with, and I’ll show you what you can do with your life.”
7:51 - Jason’s inspiration of becoming an army
8:50 - “I never had a passion for flying jets.”
9:26 - The conversation with the parents
9:40 - Supportive parents
10:37 - The challenging West Point experience
10:51 - “I didn’t know what to expect, and I didn’t quite mentally prepare myself for what I was getting into.”
11:04 - The first day of the training
11:35 - The squad leader
11:55 - Bad answer
12:47 - The Church’s mission
13:14 - The football experience
14:43 - The struggle to balance
15:52 - “You have to find a new purpose.”
16:29 - “Your worth as an officer is based on your ability to run a two-mile run test.”
20:30 - A guy named Jeff Pickler
20:52 - The news that shocked the world
21:16 - The 9/11 memory
22:33 - The Ranger School Idea
23:16 - The friend who influenced Jason
25:14 - “I can’t quit. So, I stayed with it.”
26:24 - The first duty station in Korea
28:08 - “I love being an army, more so than ever thought I would”
28:19 - “I want to make an impact. I want to have a meaningful life. I want to have a purpose.”
28:46 - A twist of fate
29:19 - A different environment
31:14 - Phases
33:04 - Learning Russian
35:39 - A rollercoaster of emotions
36:55 - “I was so worried. So worried about that run.”
38:23 - Second deployment as a team leader
39:01 - “We had nowhere to go and nowhere to live.”
40:15 - “We have to find out who we could trust and quickly found out that there weren’t many people there we could trust.”
40:53 - “’ Peshmerga’ is translated to ‘those who faced death.’”
41:39 - The plan of escape
42:22 - A simple favor
43:11 - One mission
45:31 - “You’re in combat; you got to trust your gut.”
46:10 - “He was sort of not mentally there.”
49:23 - “I wouldn’t trade that for Rob’s life.”
50:03 - “I wanted to create a business because I am a leader.”
50:25 - Mission Six Zero
50:29 - “I’m happiest when I’m being selfish about being selfless.”
50:40 - The vision behind Warrior Rising
51:31 - Jason’s interest in giving back
53:48 - Outro
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