Vanilla Gorilla | Ben Wallick | BUD/S Class 242 | Navy SEAL and CIA GRS | JP Dinnell Podcast 041

JP Dinnell sits down with BUD/S 242 classmate and all around good dude Ben "The Vanilla Gorilla" Wallick to talk family, faith, and special operations. 

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JP Dinnell is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and now a Leadership Instructor, Speaker and Strategic Advisor with Echelon Front, where he serves as Director of Experiential Leadership Training Programs.

J.P. is also a pro team athlete and spokesperson for Origin Maine and Jocko Fuel, an American clothing and supplement company.

J.P. has a signature Energy Drink flavor “Sour Apple Sniper” with Jocko Fuel. Jeremiah spent nearly a decade in the SEAL Teams with three combat deployments. Sent to the violent terrorist stronghold of Ar Ramadi, Iraq in 2006 with SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, J.P. served as point man, machine gunner, and lead sniper for Delta Platoon opposite the American Sniper, Chris Kyle, who was in Charlie Platoon.

For his leadership and courage under fire, JP was awarded a Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars with Valor and the Army Commendation Medal with Valor helping Task Unit Bruiser to become the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War.

He worked closely with SEAL Officers Jocko Willink, his Task Unit Commander, and Leif Babin, and was the driving force on many of the daring combat operations Jocko and Leif wrote about in Extreme Ownership.

Upon his return, J.P. again worked directly for Jocko as a training instructor at Naval Special Warfare Group One Training Detachment, where he orchestrated realistic and challenging training scenarios for Special Operations Urban Combat training and Close Quarters Combat training to better prepare SEAL units for the real-world battlefield. He also served as a Combatives Instructor, Marksmanship Instructor and earned his Master Trainer Specialist qualification while helping Jocko rebuild and enhance these training programs into the highly effective platforms they are today.

J.P. brings exceptional experience and frontline leadership perspective from the winning mindset and culture of Task Unit Bruiser.

00:00:00 Intro 00:07:35 BUD/S 00:08:38 Ben Wallick 00:13:04 Hell Week Dad 00:18:40 Defining Moments 00:27:22 Best BUD/S Story Ever 00:33:26 East Coast SEAL 00:36:00 CIA GRS Contracting 00:46:00 Epic Proposal Story 00:52:00 After Contracting 00:57:00 Teaching Law Enforcement 01:00:00 Teaching Civilians 01:05:00 Camping 01:10:20 Books from Antiquity 01:15:06 Favorite Bible Verse 01:17:33 How Do You Push Yourself 01:21:10 What's Next 01:24:34 Questions From Lucas 01:50:30 Closing Thoughts