#244 - Navy SEAL leaves ISIS Fight to Stop Burma Genocide | Ephraim Mattos

(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Ephraim Mattos is the East Asia Operations Manager for White Mountain Research and is the Founder and CEO of the Fireside Journal. He grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and went on to serve in the armed forces as a US Navy SEAL. EPISODE LINKS - PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey - MERCH: https://juliandorey.myshopify.com/ - AMAZON STORE: https://amzn.to/3RPu952 GUEST LINKS - IG: https://www.instagram.com/ephraimmattos/?hl=en - WEBSITE: https://strongholdrescue.org/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZ6QnPdHprxpt7njhHMyw2CiAuGfA1NtPcT33J8dLdZ3EvoqMadK6jb0Dw_aem_UGZH-q7yd-nMVmmpBrCdCA FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY INSTAGRAM (Podcast): https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreypodcast/ INSTAGRAM (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ X: https://twitter.com/julianddorey LISTEN to Julian Dorey Podcast Spotify ▶ https://open.spotify.com/show/5skaSpDzq94Kh16so3c0uz Apple ▶ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trendifier-with-julian-dorey/id1531416289 JULIAN YT CHANNELS - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Clips YT: https://www.youtube.com/@juliandoreyclips - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Daily YT: https://www.youtube.com/@JulianDoreyDaily - SUBSCRIBE to Best of JDP: https://www.youtube.com/@bestofJDP ****TIMESTAMPS**** 00:00 - Ephraim's Childhood 13:11 - Becoming a Navy SEAL 22:21 - Navy SEAL Boot Camp 34:23 - Graduating BUDs, SEAL Team 1 & Culture 41:40 - True Reality of War, Stephen Ambrose D-Day Book 52:45 - Afghanistan Deployment, Rules of Engagement 01:04:35 - Insane near-death story 01:13:11 - Most Intense Combat Firefight Mission Ever 01:25:23 - Ephraim leaves Navy SEALs 01:30:47 - The Rise of 1S*S; Tommy G 01:38:21 - Future after Navy SEALS; Ephraim deploys to Mosul, Iraq 01:49:51 - Terror Tunnels; Eddie Gallagher 01:58:33 - Mosul Chaos & IS*S Atrocities 02:07:37 - Ephraim shot by IS*S 02:17:40 - Aftermath of Ephraim's battlefield injury 02:26:23 - Andrew Bustamante & John Kiriakou; "Democracy" 02:36:01 - The Burma War 02:45:23 - China’s Relationship w/ Burma & Dark Underworld in Asia 02:57:11 - Ephraim at War w/ Burma Insurgency 03:16:47 - What Causes all War CREDITS: - Host & Producer: Julian Dorey - Producer & Editor: Alessi Allaman - https://www.instagram.com/allaman.docyou/ Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 244 - Ephraim Mattos Music by Artlist.io