Ep. 11: RICH MAHONE - Legends in EOD; Outrunning an Iranian boat; Skydiving into an All Blacks Rugby match; Diving with hazardous marine life in Australia; and Dropped off in Afghanistan
Rich Mahone joins us for episode 11 of the podcast. During his 30 years of service, he rose through the enlisted ranks and was then commissioned, ultimately making Lieutenant Commander. During the pod...
10 Apr 20233h 5min
Ep. 10: JOSH DUNTZ - 5 star hotels; Human performance; Transition to civilian; Breaking into the technology field
Episode 10 of the podcast talks to Josh Duntz, an EOD first class in the US Navy who did 9 years and completed 3 deployments. Among a variety of topics, he discusses the luxuries of conducted exercise...
30 Mar 202358min
Ep. 9: UNSUNG Quiet Voices of the US Navy's EOD Warriors and Their Families - Where the book idea came from; Struggles of interviews during Covid; What the book is
In episode 9 of the podcast, we talk with the authors of the book Unsung: Quiet Voices of the US Navy's EOD Warriors and Their Families, Joseph Shaffer III and Dr. Paula Greene. They talked about how ...
20 Mar 20231h 15min
Ep. 8: ADAM FLECK - First Operation with Navy SEALs; Disarming his first IED; Treating a teammate after an IED; His focus after a Medical Retirement
Episode 8 of the Echo Oscar Delta Podcast is with Adam Fleck, a retired Navy EOD Chief. He talks about what it was like to go out on his first operation, his first IED, caring for a teammate that was ...
10 Mar 20231h 24min
Ep. 7: HARRY BASNIGHT - EOD training unit instructor; Influential people; The death of Tony Randolph & Captain Mark Garner; First time in a war zone outside the wire
In Episode 7 EODCS (retired) Harry Basnight and I catch up, spending some time talking about being in EOD school together, as well as coming back together years later as instructors at Training Unit T...
28 Feb 20232h 44min
Ep. 6: BILL NESBITT - Clearing underwater mines; Funding for Navy EOD after 9/11; Rigors of constant deployments; Fellow Navy EOD Operators
In episode 6 I talk with Bill Nesbitt who served 28 years and retired as a Navy EOD Master Chief. He cleared underwater mines in the 80's, helped get funding for gear and training after 9/11, and has ...
20 Feb 20231h 42min
Ep. 5: JOE STUTZKE - Repurposing EOD skills; Highly specialized training; Reaching out to friends; Enhancing fertilizer for crops
Joe Stutzke was an EOD Chief who did 9 years in the Navy before moving to the Philippines with his wife. He talks about how he could repurpose the skills learned as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Tech...
10 Feb 20232h 42min
Ep. 4: PAT FLANIGAN - Reaching out to EOD Family; Mindset changes; Ramadi; Adversity
Pat Flanigan, a 14-year Navy Veteran, and EOD Chief sit down with us and talks about the importance of reaching out to the EOD family, how his mindset changed as time passed and his rank increased, th...
1 Feb 202355min
