The Gurkha Who Made It Into the 22 SAS | Krishna Thapa

Dee Takos (0:00)

Hey, Jack.

Jack Murphy (0:01)

What's going on?

Dee Takos (0:03)

Guess who our new presenting sponsor is. Tell us about it.

Jack Murphy (0:07)

We've heard a lot over the last few years about whether it's possible to build things in America. Our presenting sponsor today, VAER Watches, is putting that question to the test.

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It's a very classy watch. And this is the actual rubber dive watch band if you wanted to take it in salt water. But it also comes with a normal silver band and a nylon band if you prefer that. And Dee, what kind of watch are you wearing there?

Dee Takos (1:31)

I have the C4 Tactical Field Watch. It's solar powered too. I'm loving it. And it's funny because I had this laying on my coffee table.

The other day, actually, my homie came in to watch football or whatever. And he's a watch guy and he's like, Oh, is that that VAER one? I'm not even making this up. I'm not even bullshitting. I'm like, Holy shit. Yeah, like they're going to be presenting sponsor for The Team House. And they sent us all a bunch of watches. Like, I love this watch. And I literally sold the watch. I sent them the link, the Team House link. And I'm like, yo, buy a watch from this from this link. Because if you do buy a watch from that link, which is vaerwatches.com/theteamhouse, you when you purchase a watch, you get a free watch roll that you could fill up with three watches. So you could travel with your watches and stuff like that. It's really cool. It's leather.

Yeah. And I was so excited when he was like, yo, is that that VAER watch? I see it all the time. I was like so amped that he came up with that.

Jack Murphy (2:30)

Yeah, it's nice. I really like the like nice big watch face.

Dee Takos (2:34)

You can find them at vaerwatches.com/theteamhouse. That's vaerwatches.com/theteamhouse.

And if you use our link, you'll get a free watch roll with $59 with your purchase. Also, VAER does offer a 20% discount for active duty military veterans and law enforcement and first responders. So you could check that out at any time if you are any one of those. Yeah, I'm excited about this sponsorship, so I really hope people go and check out VAER.

Jack Murphy (3:02)

Yeah, absolutely.

Hey, folks, this is The Team House. I'm Jack Murphy, and tonight's guest on the show, we're very happy to have Krishna Thapa on the show. He served in the Nepalese Gurkhas and then went on to serve in the British Special Air Service and a very unique career and unique background. And I'm really glad to have you here today. Thank you, Krishna.

Krishna Thapa (3:28)

Thank you, sir. You know, it's my honor and privilege to be on your podcast and having a, you know, talk with you. And I have to say, this is my first, you know, US based podcast and very excited. And it's my privilege and honor.

Jack Murphy (3:47)

Thank you. Thank you.

And we'd be honored to have you here. We're in Brooklyn. If you're ever coming through New York City, you should come say hello.

Krishna Thapa (3:57)

Absolutely. I think that would be, that would be great.

Jack Murphy (4:01)

So Krishna, let's start at the beginning. Tell us about your childhood, your upbringing.

Krishna Thapa (4:08)

Yes, obviously, I was born in Nepal. Those who've been to Nepal in the Annapurna, the land of highest mountain. Oh, yeah, it's beautiful. Mount Everest, the Mount Everest, and the very famous for the Buddhist philosophy, Buddha and also the warrior, the fighters, the Gurkhas. So, yeah, I am from there. And in my tribe, the first child, especially the son, is responsible for the spiritual and the, you know, worship. And my tribe, I'm a Mughur, my real tribe. And Mughur is the, is the, my fifth and sixth grand, great, great-grandfathers was the bloodline, the Gurkhas. However, we are growing up as a nature, you know, wisdom and day-to-day prayer for the nature, the way of life. And we worship our parents as, as our kind of basis of God. And, and that's why my grandfathers, we lost them in Second World War.