Navy SEAL Wakes Target Up By Putting His Suppressor In His Mouth

This week’s Urban Valor episode features Navy SEAL veteran, Mike O’Dowd. Mike was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. He was inspired to be a Navy SEAL after watching a documentary on the Discovery channel about them. When the 9/11 attack occurred, Mike felt an even greater calling to go fight for America and enlisted into the Navy to become a Navy SEAL.

In this episode, he talks about his combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan assigned to SEAL Team 7, doing covert operations to capture targets while they slept, and working with locals who were police allies by day and enemy by night. Mike leaves us with the hardship of lost brothers and the impact transitioning back into the civilian world had on his mental health.

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[sombrerosaur]

Hearing somebody speak English in the middle of the night in Iraq had to be the scariest shit

[robiny]

The good old military saying .. “ I got volunteered” … lol

[danbrown]

Now he doesnt sleep and clears his house 5 times

[stevemill]

Imagine how many guys set up people that were innocent just because they wanted money and didn’t like the person

[elkikex]

Nothing says guilty more than heavy peaceful sleep with an unlocked door.

[BreechBangClear]

Anyway we had the wrong house but I’m sure that dude was fine

[slipknot]

Dude probably never expected to woke up with a big black suppressor in his mouth 🤣

[hansblitz]

The locals would use the military as a way to settle personal vendettas or go after people who owed them money.
You got used as a loan shark by an Iraqi car dealership.

[teddieryan]

This is disturbing. My father mourned over the people he had to kill in WWII and had nightmares about them for years. Never did he think it was “cool”.

[ColinMor-fjqc]

this is exactly the type of dude you wanna stay away from while you are in

[defions]

He wouldn’t be a true SEAL without telling everyone what he did, just paint him up with others who want a book deal.

[alkalinemc]

I don’t know if “capturing people in their beds” makes you sound as cool as you think it does (also former 3rd ranger battalion ranger so I’m not talking out my ass here)

[mindlessmonk]

This doesn't sound like a real soldier, rather a child. I was in Iraq. Never thought I would hear somebody brag about snatching people out of their bed at night.

[juantaladega]

“I was like, gathering intel, you know, like for real”

[anokgamer]

Imagine an Iraqi doing this to you in the name of protecting Iraq

[johnshaw]

"It's those God Damn Navy Seals"- Shane Gillis

[drewsep]

Hard to believe anything coming outa these guys anymore. The waters are pretty damn muddy (no pun intended) thanks to the media...especially social media.

[Quietanarchy]

Reminds me of an older guy that still loves talking about his high school football days

[nicolene]

I'm not from America but love to watch you guys, all I can say is may our Lord always be right there by you.

[DreadMaximus]

Plot twist. Dude was innocent and we just pissed off an entire family, creating how many more enemy?