Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
In this episode, Evan Hafer returns to sit down with retired DEVGRU Master Chief Terry Houin – the legendary “Sensei of Things and Such” – sits down for a no-holds-barred conversation about his life before and after being deployed.If you’ve ever wanted to sit around a campfire with one of the most accomplished quiet professionals of his generation, crack a cold one, and just listen… this is it.
Grab your notebook, your coffee, and settle in. Class is in session with the Sensei himself.
TOPICS COVERED:
● Terry’s Guiding and Hunting with Field Ethos
● Transitioning from Deployments to Hunting
● Origins of Coffee (Ethiopia and Africa)
LISTEN: youtube.com/@BlackRifleCoffeePodcast/videos | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-rifle-coffee-podcast/id1501597193 | open.spotify.com/show/2ZUhk9HxrpjNVge0BELaf1
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Aoudad and Axis Deer Hunts
05:47 – Outsiders, Field Ethos, and Guiding Hunts
07:35 – Transition from the NAVY into Hunting, BUD/S Training, and the Young Man’s Game
15:13 – Hardest Part of Transitioning to Civilian Life: Incompetence & Accountability
19:16 – 8.6 Subsonic Blackout and Ethiopian & African Coffee
31:30 – Deployment in Africa, Simaliya, and Lion Cubs
36:59 – I Am the Captain Now - Fighting Pirates
44:14 – Suck it Up is a Skill - Correlations Between Deployment and Real Life
53:45 – Running, Lyme Disease, Stem Cells, and Sciatica
01:00:16 – Bowhunting, Lifting, and Nuclear Bomb Audiobooks
01:06:31 – Firearms Training, Jujitsu to Clear the Mind, and Raising Kids
01:10:18 – Traveling for Work & Buffalo and Brown Bear Hunting
01:15:16 – Warfare: Gritty & Raw Touchpoints
01:23:38 – Final Thoughts: Shot Show and Skydiving into a Thunderstorm
🥇Explore Black Rifle’s Award-Winning Coffee: blackriflecoffee.com
✅ Subscribe, like, and leave your comments below to join the conversation on everything from coffee roasting techniques to Evan's unfiltered thoughts on life, business, and creativity.
FIND US ON INSTAGRAM:
BRCC: @blackriflecoffee
BRCC Podcast: @blackriflecoffeepodcast
Evan Hafer: instagram.com/evanhafer
#BlackRifleCoffee #BlackRiflePodcast #Podcast #NAVY #Hunting
In this episode, Evan Hafer returns to sit down with retired DEVGRU Master Chief Terry Houin – the legendary “Sensei of Things and Such” – sits down for a no-holds-barred conversation about his life before and after being deployed.If you’ve ever wanted to sit around a campfire with one of the most accomplished quiet professionals of his generation, crack a cold one, and just listen… this is it.
Grab your notebook, your coffee, and settle in. Class is in session with the Sensei himself.
TOPICS COVERED:
● Terry’s Guiding and Hunting with Field Ethos
● Transitioning from Deployments to Hunting
● Origins of Coffee (Ethiopia and Africa)
LISTEN: youtube.com/@BlackRifleCoffeePodcast/videos | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-rifle-coffee-podcast/id1501597193 | open.spotify.com/show/2ZUhk9HxrpjNVge0BELaf1
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Aoudad and Axis Deer Hunts
05:47 – Outsiders, Field Ethos, and Guiding Hunts
07:35 – Transition from the NAVY into Hunting, BUD/S Training, and the Young Man’s Game
15:13 – Hardest Part of Transitioning to Civilian Life: Incompetence & Accountability
19:16 – 8.6 Subsonic Blackout and Ethiopian & African Coffee
31:30 – Deployment in Africa, Simaliya, and Lion Cubs
36:59 – I Am the Captain Now - Fighting Pirates
44:14 – Suck it Up is a Skill - Correlations Between Deployment and Real Life
53:45 – Running, Lyme Disease, Stem Cells, and Sciatica
01:00:16 – Bowhunting, Lifting, and Nuclear Bomb Audiobooks
01:06:31 – Firearms Training, Jujitsu to Clear the Mind, and Raising Kids
01:10:18 – Traveling for Work & Buffalo and Brown Bear Hunting
01:15:16 – Warfare: Gritty & Raw Touchpoints
01:23:38 – Final Thoughts: Shot Show and Skydiving into a Thunderstorm
🥇Explore Black Rifle’s Award-Winning Coffee: blackriflecoffee.com
✅ Subscribe, like, and leave your comments below to join the conversation on everything from coffee roasting techniques to Evan's unfiltered thoughts on life, business, and creativity.
FIND US ON INSTAGRAM:
BRCC: @blackriflecoffee
BRCC Podcast: @blackriflecoffeepodcast
Evan Hafer: instagram.com/evanhafer
#BlackRifleCoffee #BlackRiflePodcast #Podcast #NAVY #Hunting
