Joe Rogan Experience #2543 – MrBallen
MrBallen has spent his career telling other people’s terrifying true stories — in this clip, he tells Joe Rogan about his own near death experience in Afghanistan.
Five months into his only combat deployment, MrBallen’s SEAL fire team got pinned against a low wall in the town of Zarganshah, just feet away from enemy fighters who were already holding grenades with the pins pulled. When the shooting started, one of those grenades hit MrBallen’s shoulder, fell to the ground, and detonated. What happens next is a full near death experience: his hearing vanished, his vision went completely black, and he stayed fully lucid the entire time — thinking about his own obituary and his wife back home while believing he was already dead. He walks through exactly what it felt like to consciously feel his body shutting down, and how a fellow SEAL named Kyle rushed in under fire to save him while the team leader called in a danger-close airstrike on their own position.
It’s one of the rawest near death experience stories ever told on this podcast. Subscribe and hit the notification bell so you never miss a clip.
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Joe Rogan Experience #2543 – MrBallen
MrBallen has spent his career telling other people’s terrifying true stories — in this clip, he tells Joe Rogan about his own near death experience in Afghanistan.
Five months into his only combat deployment, MrBallen’s SEAL fire team got pinned against a low wall in the town of Zarganshah, just feet away from enemy fighters who were already holding grenades with the pins pulled. When the shooting started, one of those grenades hit MrBallen’s shoulder, fell to the ground, and detonated. What happens next is a full near death experience: his hearing vanished, his vision went completely black, and he stayed fully lucid the entire time — thinking about his own obituary and his wife back home while believing he was already dead. He walks through exactly what it felt like to consciously feel his body shutting down, and how a fellow SEAL named Kyle rushed in under fire to save him while the team leader called in a danger-close airstrike on their own position.
It’s one of the rawest near death experience stories ever told on this podcast. Subscribe and hit the notification bell so you never miss a clip.
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I can relate. I was in Ghazni when it got attacked in August 2013
What a story. Wow. This dude articulates incredibly well.
This guy could read me Goodnight Moon every night and I’d go right to sleep..❤
Mr. Ballen is the goat. One of the best JRE
This story reminds me of One by Metallica
5:00 they don't have rules of engagement because you invaded their land and killed millions. They want to get this demon outside their land with any means possible.
Nothing is more disgusting than a soldier trying to justify their actions and claim the moral high ground. Trying their best to paint this war mongering caricature of their enemies It's spineless and disgusting.
12:18
It's insane how ridiculous you sound. They already know they're gonna die, and they saw your savagery IN THEIR HOME LAND. Perhaps that's why they wanted to make sure " to process the offence" as you worded it.
12:30
Did you ever think that those people are complete armatures who abandoned their lives and dreams to protect their home and people? They are not soldiers who decided to fly overseas and ruin an entire country.
My heart goes out to all our soldiers and what they do 🙏
The Orange Truth. Good book on amazon
Thanks to Navy Seal Kyle and to all the medics we have a Mr. Ballen story teller. 😊
He’s a badass! Wow
His story about the headless valley is something to check out!!
Thank you for sharing such a positive tangible way to face the reaper
Barack Obama rules of engagement don't fire back unless you're already dead what a great president he was.
Team 6 guy must go on the JRE. Like ASAP
Only the dog and two afghan guys got hit in the first volley…the best sheilds are human and apparently dogs.
A question?
After all the extensive and brutal training for over 2yrs. Which very few men successfully achieve.
Then on your first deployment to be medically retired.
Would you like to have used all your training to have done more deployments?
This is not a near death experience 🤷♀️
The only dude in the military that isn’t full of shit
And this is changing rules of engagement. Sending locals to pick the fight. Then flatten the place.
Helicopter takes 2 guys but , " Y'all got to go back, there's room but no you can't can't ride with us!". I would have scrambled on it and handcuffed myself to something. Lol
Beyond amazing
This is a badass event these guys went thru thank you for your service
And was that Chris Kyle he was talking about the legend?
Amazing
What a guy 🫡
Joe, why don't you interview major Mark Zippo Smith, vietnam veteran pow, and leader of the best line company in Vietnam, Zippos Zombies.
Was he talking about Kris Kyle!? American sniper!?
so what were they fighting for? REALLY??
Rules of engagement are what may get your side killed. The only rule of war is win, all else is strategy and tactics.
Where is the ballen video
Straight said”smiling” was hilarious. Kyle was made for war lol
That’s true brotherhood.
Wow.. respect and thank you for your service sir!
Team death match on loop
Thank you for your service with the Ballen
SHOCK..so grateful you survived!! Totally brave
The folks that keep us safe!! Thank you!
Unbelievable story. Fair play to this man
The story was amazing however, the part of the SEALs showing up at the hospital really got me
Tim Kennedy
Wow, thats crazy !! Im glad u r ok dude !! Our military rocks !! Ida shit my pants if i was there !! Dont think seals do that but i woulda !!
99% of the stories he puts on his channel are such complete and utter garbage ,most laughable reptilian multi dimensional upside down chocolate icercream shark scooter planet poolside flip snake;it hurts his credability and I can't respect someone who knows damn well his stories are bizzare childish fairytales targeted at the less astute members of Youtube.Not calling bs on this story at all.Brave guy.But his channel is redhot garbage.I hear a bigfoot story,a time travel story a haunted ghost ship demonic cat exorcism and I'm out..
Frickin Kyle is what movies are made of! 🫡
When I was a Boatswain's Mate I used to ferry guys like him into hell and get them out, too. Though usually in was infil. I've always been agnostic, but I'd pray for them in my own way.