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The Jedburgh Podcast

The Jedburgh Podcast

Di: Fran Racioppi
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The Jedburgh Podcast empowers leaders to achieve success on their journey to transform themselves and their organizations. Creator, Host and Special Forces Green Beret Fran Racioppi interviews the world’s most prominent visionaries, drivers of change, and those dedicated to winning.


Each episode is an in-depth discussion with trailblazers who’ve earned success through a dedication to talent development, preparation, introspection, and the drive to get things done. Our conversation will empower listeners to define success and operate at an elite level, regardless of the task at hand.


In May 1943 the Allied Forces determined a new type of leader was required to win World War II. Operation Jedburgh parachuted three-man teams deep behind enemy lines to win no matter the challenge. Jedburghs lived by the mantra “how you prepare today, determines success tomorrow.” Today's leaders are no different.


Fran speaks with leaders in public service, business, athletics, and academics about their personal leadership stories of success, failure, and the road to continuous improvement. Our discussions focus on the character traits of elite performance used by Special Operations Forces to recruit, assess, select and retain elite performers. Through this lens, we show listeners that success in any field must be earned every day.


We strive for each listener to take valuable lessons learned and concrete action steps to improve themselves, their teams, and their organizations. Although developed and used by US Special Operations Forces, these characteristics are inherently applicable to building resilient and successful organizations in any sector or industry, as well as in the betterment of our personal and professional lives.


The Nine Characteristics of Elite Performance:

-Drive: Growth mindset, be better than yesterday, continuous self-improvement

-Resiliency: Perseverance in the face of challenges

-Adaptability: Adjust one’s behavior to the situation

-Humility: Recognize that you do not have all the answers; a willing learner maintains accurate self-awareness

-Integrity: Understand what is legal and correct and align actions and words to both

-Effective Intelligence: apply one’s experience and knowledge to the situation

-Team Ability: Prioritize organizational needs ahead of oneself, work as a cohesive unit

-Curiosity: Exploring the unknown, questioning the status quo in pursuit of better

-Emotional Strength: Emotional control in stressful situations brings calm to chaos


Fran Racioppi is the Founder & CEO of FRsix where he leads operations in critical infrastructure projects. He served 13 years in the US Army Special Forces as a Green Beret. Fran is passionate about building the world's best leaders and the impact our special operators have in service and beyond. He holds a BA from Boston University in Broadcast Journalism and an MBA from NYU Stern, as well as the security industry's highest accreditation as a Certified Protection Professional.


The Jedburgh Podcast is an official program of the Green Beret Foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to supporting U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers and their families. The Foundation provides emergency and ongoing support across five pillars: Casualty Support, Health and Wellness, Transition, Family Support, and Gold Star and Surviving Families. Learn more at https://greenberetfoundation.org/the-jedburgh-podcast/.


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  • #212: Discipline is A Decision - Army Black Knight Football - Head Football Coach Jeff Monken

    #212: Discipline is A Decision - Army Black Knight Football - Head Football Coach Jeff Monken
    Nov 6 2026
    For the United States Military Academy at West Point, football is about more than winning games. It’s about preparing young men to lead America’s next generation of soldiers in the defense of freedom at home and abroad. General George C. Marshall famously said, “I want an officer for a secret and dangerous mission. I want a West Point football player.”More than 80 years later, that philosophy remains at the foundation of Army football. Discipline. Toughness. Accountability. Teamwork. And the ability to perform under pressure when failure isn’t an option.From the recently completed East Grandstands at Michie Stadium, Fran Racioppi sat down with the leader of the Black Knights, Head Coach Jeff Monken. Since taking over in 2014, Monken has transformed Army football into a championship contender, earning conference titles, bowl victories, and multiple Commander-in-Chief Trophies. But the true measure of his success extends far beyond the scoreboard; success on the field must eventually lead to success on the battlefield. From recruiting players who embrace a commitment to service, to building resilient leaders in the locker room, to adapting a game plan when the opponent changes, Monken’s approach instills in cadet athletes the principles required to lead soldiers. His philosophy is simple; focus on the fundamentals, prepare relentlessly and when called to battle, lead with speed and violence of action. And when it comes to service academy rivals; never let a sailor or airman off the hook. Go Army. Beat Navy…and Air Force!Highlights:00:00 - Introduction02:49 - Michie Stadium Transformation06:01 - Army Game Day06:51 - Recruiting Future Leaders10:06 - Life as a Cadet-Athlete13:14 - Building a Winning Culture16:46 - Fundamentals and Discipline19:23 - The Army-Navy Rivalry21:51 - The 2026 Army Football Team24:30 - Motivation vs. Discipline29:03 - Duty, Honor, Country30:11 - Go Army, Beat NavyQuotes:"This is one of the most beautiful places in America.""They're going to be in charge.""They're going to lead others.""Our most important role is to educate, train, and inspire these young men and women to be leaders of character to serve.""Can I trust you? Are you committed to excellence? Do you care about me?""Toughness, humility, effort, and execution is really the philosophy that we have for winning here.""You just executed the foundations and the fundamentals of your task to a higher standard, more consistently, without compromise.""The best way to win a game is not to lose it.""There's a level of professionalism that successful people live by.""It is generations of soldiers that we represent.""We all have a responsibility to each other to do our very best for the team.""Motivation is a feeling, and discipline is a decision.""I'm here to serve this team. This team isn't here for me.""Every team I've had has been different.""They chose to come here. They chose to serve, and I think that sets them apart from all of their peers.""I couldn't have passed the first math class here.""Like a family, they spend time breaking bread at the table.""The memories of winning those games are great. The agony of losing those games is almost unbearable.""They don't have egos. They fight hard for each other. They push each other, and they hold the standard.""I wanted my leadership and the things I value to go beyond our locker room into the United States Army.""Do right. Do your best, and show people you care.""You're doing it for something much bigger than yourself.""Go Army, Beat Navy."Follow the Jedburgh Podcast and the Green Beret Foundation on social media. Listen on your favorite podcast platform, read on our website, and watch the full video version on YouTube as we show why America must continue to lead from the front, no matter the challenge.
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    33 min
  • #211: Influencing Human Behavior - US Army Special Operations Psychological Operations and Civil Affairs Colonels Steve Santucci, Jeff Uherka & Bob Cusick

    #211: Influencing Human Behavior - US Army Special Operations Psychological Operations and Civil Affairs Colonels Steve Santucci, Jeff Uherka & Bob Cusick
    Oct 28 2026
    The battlefield is more than guns, aircraft, ships and vehicles. Sometimes the most important weapon is an adversary’s perception. Since inception, US Army Special Forces have been central to shaping human behavior and enemy perspective; still the most important factors in military decision making. The objective isn’t always to change what someone believes. Sometimes we only need to change what they do, where they go, or the decision they make long enough to create an advantage. That’s the battlefield of Psychological Operations and Civil Affairs. From the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Museum at Fort Bragg, I sat down with Colonel Steve Santucci, Colonel Jeff Uherka, and Colonel Bob Cusick to go inside two of the most misunderstood capabilities in Army Special Operations and examine how Psychological Operations and Civil Affairs are shaping today’s battlefield. For these units, the mission is about precision influence. Identify the decision maker. Understand how they think. Force a decision. Create time and space. Then give commanders an opportunity to exploit it. Artificial intelligence, large language models, cyber capabilities, drones, and the digital information environment are creating new ways to understand and influence an audience. But on a battlefield where communications can be degraded and the electromagnetic spectrum contested, some of the answers may come from the past. Information warfare is also being consolidated under Army Special Operations, and the Army is building a more unified approach to how it trains and employs information professionals across the force. On today’s battlefield, destroying the enemy may not always be the most powerful option. If we can influence what they see, shape what they understand, and change the decisions they make, we may never have to fire a shot.Highlights:00:00 - Introduction02:59 - Defining PSYOPs and Civil Affairs Missions07:50 - Behavior vs. Mindset10:57 - Delivery Mechanisms13:25 - Language and Culture17:25 - Recruitment21:07 - Qualification Course Pipelines27:18 - Decentralization to Special Forces Groups31:31 - Consolidation of Army Information Operations39:53 - Future Operating Capabilities44:58 - Daily HabitsQuotes"“At the end of the day, it's about providing influence and deception’s word of commanders, to provide them time, space, and advantage on the battlefield.”“Can we change their mind just for a couple minutes, to divert, to deceive, to create opportunity for blue forces.”“Influence the influencers, and through an indigenous approach, they are able to change the minds of the population for our mutual objectives.”“We have to pull back on the history machine and relearn the things that we've forgotten about over the years.”“Technology can't replace the human to human eye to eye contact to influence a key leader.”“They don't want us to do anything other than offer ideas and solutions that they just hadn't considered.”“The Army wants more.”“He wants precision influence. He wants us to hit that decision maker.”“Sometimes what is old is new again.”“But at the end of the day, we all know we just we have to listen.”“I think as a foundation for a good soldier, which builds a team, which builds a company, a battalion, and a brigade.”“Leaders need time to think. Leaders need time to prepare for coaching. Leaders need time to understand what's going on around them, so they can issue clear, sound guidance.”“Leaders have to be present.”“It's a capability that can be employed across the force, and it's only better when it works in harmony.”Follow the Jedburgh Podcast and the Green Beret Foundation on social media. Listen on your favorite podcast platform, read on our website, and watch the full video version on YouTube as we show why America must continue to lead from the front, no matter the challenge.
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  • #210: Strength & Honor - America's Response Monument LTG(R) John Mulholland & Longtab Brewing Founder Dave Holland

    #210: Strength & Honor - America's Response Monument LTG(R) John Mulholland & Longtab Brewing Founder Dave Holland
    Oct 16 2026

    On September 11, 2001, America was attacked. Nearly 3,000 lives were lost. As night fell, the world waited as America planned their response. Within weeks, a small force of Green Berets, CIA Paramilitary Case Officers, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment flight crews and Army Rangers would launch one of the most extraordinary unconventional warfare campaigns in military history.


    The first Special Forces units who touched down in Afghanistan would forever become known as the Horse Soldiers.


    Twenty-five years later, their legacy stands at Ground Zero, where a lone Green Beret on horseback remains in permanent overwatch of the Twin Towers, their memory and the legacy of all those lost.


    From the base of the Horse Soldier statue in New York City’s Liberty Park, Fran Racioppi sat down with retired Lieutenant General John Mulholland, who commanded 5th Special Forces Group on September 11 and led America into Afghanistan. LTG Mulholland shares his firsthand account of the attacks, the mission into Afghanistan, and the extraordinary effort to bring America’s Response Monument to Ground Zero.


    Also joining us is Dave Holland, Green Beret and founder of Longtab Brewing, whose personal connection to 9/11 and service in Afghanistan inspired Strength And Honor, an American Strong Ale honoring the Horse Soldiers and their legacy.


    This is America’s response, a tribute to the men who achieved the impossible, and a promise that their service and sacrifice will never be forgotten.


    Strength and Honor! De Oppresso Liber!


    Highlights:

    00:00 Introduction

    02:00 General Mulholland’s 9/11 Response

    05:41 The First Infiltrations into Afghanistan

    08:37 The Horse Soldiers’ Legacy

    10:02 The Story Behind the Statue

    14:13 Bringing the Monument to Ground Zero

    18:40 The “Strength and Honor” Beer Tribute

    22:05 Supporting the Green Beret Foundation


    Quotes:

    • "We're going to war in Afghanistan."
    • “This will be an unconventional war."
    • "Smoking a hole in the mountainside doesn't do me any good. We can't replace the hook. We can't replace you. We damn sure can't replace that A-team."
    • "We are here. We are here with you. Get us up there where we can do some damage."
    • "It took an entire team working together."
    • "That needs to be on Ground Zero in permanent overwatch of the Twin Towers."
    • “There was no other name that it could be other than Strength and Honor."


    Follow the Jedburgh Podcast and the Green Beret Foundation on social media. Listen on your favorite podcast platform, read on our website, and watch the full video version on YouTube as we show why America must continue to lead from the front, no matter the challenge.


    A portion of all proceeds from Strength and Honor is donated to the Green Beret Foundation, supporting America’s Special Forces Operators and their families of all generations.
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    24 min
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