Ep. 9 • Ivan Krusic - SpecWar Heritage And The Stories Behind The Legends.

With a 25 year career in NSW spanning everything from SDV's to platoons on both East & West coasts and multiple tours as an Instructor, Ivan Krusic has seen a lot of history unfold in the SpecWar community, and he's been an active part of it as well.

In this episode we dive into some of the legendary stories in our community, and uncover what really happened by hearing it first hand from guys who were there.

With his father fighting in WW2 for Yugoslavia, Ivan's family has a long history of military service. We touch on Ivan's upbringing in northern California, and the teenage adventures that eventually brought him to the Navy, and what drew him to the SEAL Teams in particular.

There are so many stories and wild characters to go through this episode feels like a Quintin Tarantino film, here are a couple highlights:

• The origins of the different hand to hand fighting systems SpecWar has used over the years, which ones worked for bar fights and which ones didn't.

• The backstory behind what later became a legendary, decades long rivalry between SEAL Platoons and top level pro MMA fighters in a specific NorCal town.

• Can body parts be racist?

• The "crab pot mentality" and knowing where to draw the line with "friends".

• A very deep side conversation with Billy Helmers about love, acceptance, marriage, and managing loss.

• How a SEAL platoon made the front page of the papers for burning down a California town (on accident).

• What holds SpecOps guys, pro athletes, doctors, pilots and other high level performers back from achieving success in other fields.

• How the SpecWar leadership felt about an Instructor pulling up in a Lambo.

• The crew shares their unfiltered thoughts on Chris Beck and other Teamguys in drag.

• Calling Post Malone.

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