EARLY Access: Shawn Ryan Show #298 Jason Magnavice [Audio] (Patreon)

Jason Magnavice, known as "JMags," is a highly decorated retired Navy SEAL with over twenty-six years in the community. Raised by a Jehovah's Witness mother and a Vietnam Veteran father, he decided at age eleven — after watching First Blood in 1983 — that he was going to be a Navy SEAL, at a time when most people had never heard of one.

He spent eight years at SEAL Team 2, completing deployments to Bosnia and qualifying as a Tactical Communicator, Sniper, Lead Jumper, and Team Leader. He then spent fifteen years at the Joint Special Operations Command, where 9/11 found him ready. What followed were four deployments to Afghanistan from the war's earliest days and four to Iraq. He worked alongside Neil Roberts and was one ridge line over during the battle at Roberts' Ridge.

At JSOC, Jason was selected for a covert aviation unit — the only enlisted aviation unit in the Department of Defense — earning his Airline Transport Pilot certificate and serving as the unit's Senior Enlisted Advisor. He closed out his military career coordinating recruiting for Naval Special Warfare.

Today, he flies a Gulfstream privately and holds a 767 type rating at a major freight carrier. He is a father to his daughter and a grandfather to two boys. He has no book, no brand, and no social