# MDS Episode #0136 | The Beginning of the Untold

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Podcast: [Modern Day Sniper Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-day-sniper-podcast-109275)
Published: 2026-04-24T17:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail This episode is a true fireside conversation—recorded in the field during a multi-day training evolution while the MDS Team is in Arizona. Caylen is joined by Juan Ospina, Chris Lajczok, and Rafael De Hoya—three Marines from the Modern Day Sniper mentorship team—for an unfiltered discussion on identity, hardship, and what it actually means to do hard things. The conversation moves beyond rifles and ballistics and into the deeper layers of performance—land navigation as a met...

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