SWAT team to Flight Crew | McKinney Pool Party Incident | Eric Grogan | JP Dinnell Podcast 040

JP Dinnell sits down with Eric Grogan, former McKinney officer who was on the scene during the infamous "McKinney Pool Party Incident". Eric's actions that day exemplified what it means to serve and protect. 

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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 00:01:23 Eric Grogan 00:03:44 Wrestling 00:07:06 Growing Up Grogan 00:10:37 Faith and Family 00:11:03 Anger At God 00:13:02 Enlisting in the Army, Working for the DEA 00:18:53 Army Engineers and Navy CBs 00:21:44 Maintaining Alignment 00:22:40 Joining the McKinney PD 00:26:33 Cop Shows Aren't Reality 00:27:40 Rookie Mistakes 00:31:46 Brushing the Guardrail of Failure 00:34:30 Dealing with "No" People 00:38:14 The Need for More Officers 00:39:36 The McKinney Pool Party Incident 00:59:20 Leaving Law Enforcement 01:03:00 The Gift of Fear 01:06:50 Favorite Bible Verse 01:08:16 Staying Hungry 01:10:00 Questions from Lucas 01:22:50 Final Thoughts