#298 Jason Magnavice - SEAL Team 6 Red Squadron Operator

**SPEAKER_1** (0:02)
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**SPEAKER_2** (0:30)
So, you're saying with Hilton Honors, I can use points for a free night stay anywhere? Anywhere.
What about fancy places like the Canopy in Paris? Yeah.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:39)
Hilton Honors, baby.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:40)
Or relaxing sanctuaries like the Conrad and Tulum?

**SPEAKER_3** (0:43)
Hilton Honors, baby.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:45)
What about the five-star Waldorf Astoria in the Maldives? Are you going to do this for all 9,000 properties?

**SPEAKER_4** (0:52)
When you want points that can take you anywhere, anytime, it matters where you stay. Hilton, for the stay.
Book your spring break now.

**Shawn Ryan** (1:05)
Have you seen this show before?

**Jason Magnavice** (1:07)
Yes, I watched the one on BIS.

**Shawn Ryan** (1:09)
Oh, okay.

**Jason Magnavice** (1:10)
Your buddy's a DJ.

**Shawn Ryan** (1:12)
You watched DJs?

**Jason Magnavice** (1:13)
Well, I knew DJ when he was a kid.

**Shawn Ryan** (1:15)
Yeah, I saw that.

**Jason Magnavice** (1:17)
I did a platoon with his dad.
His dad was actually my platoon chief. I knew a DJ when he was 13 or 14, just to go hang out with his parents. They have a big deer roast. We'd go hunting and eat some venison, tell stories. His dad was one of the most incredible storytellers. Very animated.

**Shawn Ryan** (1:42)
Still is, right? You still talk to him?

**Jason Magnavice** (1:45)
No.

**Shawn Ryan** (1:45)
No? Are you buddies with DJ?

**Jason Magnavice** (1:48)
DJ, I shoot him a text every now and then. I went to Virginia Beach about a year ago to go through a workout program there, VHB it's called. It's an awesome program. Then we were going to link up them, but our schedules didn't ever seem to add up.

**Shawn Ryan** (2:03)
Right on. Well, let me start you off with an introduction.
Ready?

**Jason Magnavice** (2:07)
I'm ready.

**Shawn Ryan** (2:08)
All right. Jason Magnavice, JMAGS. Retired Navy SEAL with over 26 years in the community, eight years at SEAL Team 2, 15 years at JSOC, Joint Special Operations Command Dev Group, which led to earning your airline transport pilot certificate and numerous FAA aviation qualifications.
Served as a tactical communicator, sniper, lead jumper and team leader, completed four deployments to Operation Enduring Freedom, completed four deployments to Operation Iraqi Freedom, closed out your career as the coordinator for recruiting candidates for Naval Special Warfare, senior listed advisor for the only enlisted aviation unit in the Department of Defense. Currently an airline pilot flying a Gulfstream for a private family holding a 6, 767 type rating at a major freight carrier, raised with a Jehovah Witness mother and a Vietnam vet father. Most importantly, you are the father of one daughter and the grandfather of two boys. No social media, no book, nothing to sell.

**Jason Magnavice** (3:20)
Nothing to sell.
Did I write that? I did, right?

**Shawn Ryan** (3:23)
I found that out. But since you're new to media, I thought we'd kick it off with something real easy.

**Jason Magnavice** (3:36)
Thank you.

**Shawn Ryan** (3:36)
It's super easy to talk about. Everyday carry.

**Jason Magnavice** (3:40)
Me, I got a 365 Legion AXG.

**Shawn Ryan** (3:45)
You got a 365 Legion?

**Jason Magnavice** (3:46)
Yes.

**SPEAKER_7** (3:47)
Nice. Nice.

**Shawn Ryan** (3:49)
What else do you carry?

**Jason Magnavice** (3:51)
Actually, I just picked up a Staccato.

**SPEAKER_7** (3:53)
Nice.

**Jason Magnavice** (3:54)
Two days ago.

**SPEAKER_7** (3:55)
Nice.

**Jason Magnavice** (3:55)
Yeah.

**SPEAKER_7** (3:56)
You like it?

**Jason Magnavice** (3:57)
It's a little Gucci, you know what I mean? But it shoots like a dream. It's heavy. It's an XC, but it was one made. Our community actually got, it's got little bone frog on the side, American flag on it. That's why. You got a pretty good deal for a Staccato. Nice. Yeah.
It's a cool gun.

**Shawn Ryan** (4:15)
So what would you carry, what would you carry when you were a pilot in the development group?

**Jason Magnavice** (4:22)
Nothing.

**Shawn Ryan** (4:23)
Nothing?

**Jason Magnavice** (4:24)
No.
No, we flew pretty much in the States. That's pretty much it. Yeah. We'll find our bosses around gear to and from, you know, certain places. That's pretty much it. Yeah, we didn't carry no firearms.

**SPEAKER_7** (4:41)
Right on.

**Shawn Ryan** (4:42)
What would you carry if you were doing some Blow Pro stuff over a dev group? Talk about pistol, what's in your go bag, any cool devices you may have had.