Welcome to Fight Story. At the moment, I’m joined by retired Marine First Sergeant Randall Parkes—a parachute rigger in Recon, founding member of MARSOC, Drill Teacher extraordinaire, and now a pacesetter in each actual property and protection tech—plus everybody’s favourite podcaster, the person who began all of it.., Ryan Fugit.
Randall’s profession spans from enlisting in July 2001 to a outstanding 20 years of service that took him to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Africa on 4 fight deployments. As a founding member of the first Marine Raider Battalion, he helped form the early years of Marine Particular Operations and was named MARSOC Assist Marine of the 12 months in 2011. He later grew to become a Parris Island Drill Teacher, shaping the subsequent technology of Marines, and commanded 97 Marines and Sailors throughout a CENTCOM deployment in 2017.
In his remaining active-duty function, Randall returned to Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, capping his service earlier than retiring on September 30, 2021. Since then, he’s launched The Parkes Realty Group along with his spouse Heather—promoting over $40 million in residential actual property—and now serves as Mission Operations Deployment Lead at Anduril Industries, serving to drive innovation in fashionable protection expertise. His educational credentials embody a bachelor’s in Enterprise Administration (magna cum laude) and an Grasp of Enterprise for Veterans, an revolutionary and one in every of its sort program from The College of Southern CA.
Randall’s fight tales are intense, unfiltered, and at occasions deeply private—a lot in order that that is solely half one in every of his Fight Story. We’ll be sitting down with him once more sooner or later to share his unbelievable function in saving lives in the course of the chaotic fall of Kabul, a second that speaks volumes about his management, grit, and unwavering dedication to others.
Let’s dive in—right here’s half one in every of our dialog with Randall Parkes.
Discover Randall Parkes On-line:
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/randall_in_sandiego/?hl=en
📘 Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/randall-parkes
🔗 Official web site: https://theparkesteam.com/agent/randall-parkes
Discover Ryan On-line:
🔗 Ryan’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/combatstory
🛒 Merch Retailer: https://www.bonfire.com/retailer/combats…
📸 Instagram: @combatstory / combatstory
📘 Fb: @combatstoryofficial https://fb.me/combatstoryofficial
📖 Be taught extra about Ryan: https://www.combatstory.com/aboutus
🎵 Intro Tune: Sport Rock from Audio Jungle
Discover AJ On-line:
🔗 Official web site: ajpasciuti.com
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ajpasciuti/
📘 Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelo-pasciuti/
📕Private Web site & Guide Pre-Order (“Darkhorse”): https://www.ajpasciuti.com/
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:48 Introduction to Fight Story
01:12 Meet Randall Parks
02:59 Randall’s Early Life and Army Beginnings
04:09 Becoming a member of the Marine Corps
13:31 Bootcamp Throughout 9/11
33:41 First Deployment to Iraq
47:30 Loaded for Battle
47:52 A Shut Name with a Civilian
48:45 Cultural Variations in Dealing with Disabilities
49:13 A Sergeant’s Powerful Love
49:37 The Actuality of Deployment
50:57 IED Encounter and Aftermath
57:58 A Mannequin Marine’s Worries
59:10 The Affect of Films on Conflict Reminiscences
01:00:10 Returning Dwelling to Private Turmoil
01:04:51 A New Task and a Change of Plans
01:07:21 Becoming a member of MARSOC
01:10:42 Deployment to Afghanistan
01:21:47 Dealing with the Taliban’s Mortar Assaults
01:29:58 Recognizing the Enemy
01:30:33 Participating the Mortar Staff
01:31:39 Aftermath and Reflections
01:34:32 The PX Gunny Story
01:43:58 Returning Dwelling and Getting Married
01:44:53 Drill Teacher Responsibility
01:48:51 Challenges and Successes as a Drill Teacher
02:04:55 Last Ideas and Reflections
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