#313 Eric Frohardt - DEVGRU Gold Squadron Sniper and Assaulter

**Shawn Ryan** (0:00)
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Eric Frohardt, welcome to the show, man.

**Eric Frohardt** (1:52)
Thanks, man. Thanks for having me.

**Shawn Ryan** (1:54)
It's good to have you. So, it's good to be here. Eddie Penny connected us.

**Eric Frohardt** (1:58)
Yeah.

**Shawn Ryan** (1:59)
I love Eddie.

**Eric Frohardt** (2:00)
Yeah.

**Shawn Ryan** (2:01)
He's a huge inspiration into my faith journey, and wow.

**Eric Frohardt** (2:07)
Yeah, that's awesome.

**Shawn Ryan** (2:08)
How long have you guys known each other?

**Eric Frohardt** (2:10)
So, Eddie and I were, we were together at Gold for a while. I didn't know him before he got there, because I came from Team Five and he came from, I want to say Team Two.

**Shawn Ryan** (2:24)
Team Two, yeah.

**Eric Frohardt** (2:25)
So, I think I got to Gold a little bit before him, and then he got there, and then I met him and we started working together.

**Shawn Ryan** (2:34)
Right on. Right on. Good dude.

**Eric Frohardt** (2:37)
Yeah.

**Shawn Ryan** (2:37)
Well, I'm glad we connected.

**Eric Frohardt** (2:39)
Yeah. I'm thrilled to be here. Thanks, man.

**Shawn Ryan** (2:41)
Thrilled to have you. So, let me start you off with a introduction here if you don't mind. Yep.
Eric Frohardt, you spent nearly 12 years as a Navy SEAL, serving with both SEAL Team Five and Naval Special Warfare Development Group. You deployed around the world, specialized as a sniper, point man, and lead climber, and completed climbs of El Capitan, Denali, and-

**Eric Frohardt** (3:09)
Aconcagua.

**Shawn Ryan** (3:10)
There it is. You were medically retired as a SEAL Operator Chief after combat injuries in a medical condition that cost you a kidney. Since leaving the military, you've built and led high-performing teams across multiple industries, and now serve as Chief Standards Officer at Goldenrod Companies. You're a leadership speaker, board member, husband, father of four, and a committed follower of Christ.
Welcome to the show.

**Eric Frohardt** (3:38)
Thanks for having me, bro.

**Shawn Ryan** (3:39)
Got you a present. You want to see it?

**Eric Frohardt** (3:42)
Yeah.

**Shawn Ryan** (3:42)
All right.

**Eric Frohardt** (3:43)
All right. Do I make it up or?

**Shawn Ryan** (3:46)
No, no, no. Since you don't have any truck guns, thought maybe you might like one of these.

**Eric Frohardt** (4:00)
So that is the ultimate. Do you know what that is? Oh my gosh, bro.
That is sweet.

**Shawn Ryan** (4:08)
That's the Sig Sauer Rattler.
So, SBR version with the collapse or the foldable stock. Fixed iron sights, that's one of Sig's new red dot optics up there. It's got a Sig flashlight on there with the thumb activation switch. And then silencer shop.

**Eric Frohardt** (4:28)
Oh my gosh.

**Shawn Ryan** (4:29)
They heard you were coming too.
So, the gun is from my friend Jason over at Sig's. And then silencer shop heard you were coming, so they wanted to throw a can on there, a suppressor. I love silencer shop, because they do all this extra stuff for the Second Amendment.

**Eric Frohardt** (4:44)
Yeah, yeah.

**Shawn Ryan** (4:45)
And yeah, they were pumped that you were coming on the show, so they wanted to present you with a brand new 300 Blackout truck gun.