JP Dinnell Podcast Ep 005 | Young, Dumb, and Full of Inspiration | Danny Ziem Echelon Front Instructor

JP Dinnell and Echelon Front Instructor Danny Ziem talk about the importance of leadership in your business and home. Danny talk about rigors of SWAT team selection processes, how he exploded his tailbone (yup) and bouncing back from a business venture that nearly ruined his marriage.

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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.

Danny Ziem is a former Firefighter Paramedic and is currently a Leadership instructor and speaker for Echelon Front. Danny Spent over 16 years in public service and has served in roles including emergency medical services, firefighting, clinical education, technical rescue, honor guard, and special operations group SWAT Medic.

Danny brings a unique perspective for leadership in high-stress environments and has led others as a Field Training Officer, Preceptor, and Instructor Cadre.

Danny served on his special operations group as part of the leadership core and helped to facilitate the successful rollout of Extreme Ownership principles to his team and upper leadership.

Danny’s ability to build relationships in multi-agency settings has given him an intimate understanding of the cover and move principle as well as the ability to recognize opportunities for implementation of the other laws of combat leadership.

Danny joined Echelon Front full-time in October of 2021 and currently serves as the Experiential Programs Coordinator, speaker, and First Responder Training Coordinator.