Old Ranger New Dad
Most young men are Not Incapable.
They’re drifting.
Old Ranger New Dad is for the young man who knows he is capable of more but feels stuck, distracted, undisciplined, or without direction.
Hosted by former Army Ranger Seth Ryan, this podcast is built to help young men take control of their time, strengthen their discipline, build real purpose, and become the man their future family is counting on!
This is not feel-good motivation.
This is not empty self-help.
This is Personal Standard Development.
Through hard-earned lessons from combat, fatherhood, law enforcement, leadership, faith, discipline, and life experience, Seth speaks directly to the young man who is ready to stop drifting and start building a life that actually means something.
Most men won’t choose this path.
But the ones who do will build something different.
Your future is being shaped by how you use your time.
Use it wisely!
In this episode of Old Ranger New Dad, Seth Ryan sits down with former United States Marine Corps veteran Rich Brown — founder of: The Guido Foundation, co-owner of 'Honor Bound Fit,' and leader of an executive protection team serving high-level corporate clients.
But this conversation goes far deeper than resumes and titles.
Rich shares his mission to confront the growing crisis facing veterans, first responders, and young men who feel disconnected, directionless, or spiritually empty. Together, Seth and Rich dive into leadership, responsibility, service, brotherhood, masculinity, faith, discipline, and the dangerous cultural drift pulling many young men away from purpose.
This is not a surface-level “motivation” podcast. It is a direct conversation about becoming dependable when pressure hits, leading your family well, serving your community, and refusing to check out of life when things get hard.
The episode also explores:
– The Guidon Foundation’s mission to combat veteran and first responder suicide by connecting men with their purpose and their tribe.
-Why many men feel lost after leaving military service
-The importance of brotherhood and accountability
-Building dangerous men with strong moral foundations
-Leadership outside the military
-Faith, service, and responsibility in modern America
-Helping young men develop purpose before crisis hits
**If you are a young man searching for direction… a father trying to lead your family well… or a veteran struggling to find meaning after service… this conversation was made for you.
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Most young men are not incapable.
They're drifting.
They know they are capable of more, but they lack direction. They're distracted, discouraged, and unsure of what steps to take next. They want discipline, purpose, confidence, a strong marriage someday, and a family worth leading—but nobody is showing them how to build the foundation required to get there.
Old Ranger New Dad was created for those young men.
Hosted by former Army Ranger, Marine, law enforcement officer, recruiter, and father Seth Ryan, this podcast delivers hard-earned lessons from a lifetime spent in demanding environments where excuses carried consequences and standards mattered.
Each episode is designed to help you take control of your time, develop discipline, strengthen your faith, improve your decision-making, and build the habits that shape strong husbands, fathers, and leaders.
You'll hear conversations with military veterans, first responders, physicians, entrepreneurs, authors, faith leaders, and high performers who have learned difficult lessons through experience—not theory.
This isn't a podcast built on empty motivation, feel-good advice, or quick fixes.
It's built on responsibility, accountability, and the understanding that your future is being shaped by the choices you make today.
Whether we're discussing manhood, marriage, fatherhood, leadership, mental health, discipline, faith, fitness, overcoming adversity, or navigating life's hardest seasons, every episode is designed to help you stop drifting and start building.
Most people won't choose this path.
But the ones who do will build something different.
Your future family is counting on the man you become today.
Let's get to work.
E-mail: OldRangerNewDad@Gmail.com
About the host
Seth Ryan
My name is Seth Ryan, and my life has taken me through some unusual paths that
have shaped who I am today. And that hasn’t changed at all.
I first enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve as an infantryman heavy
weapons specialist in 1999. After 9/11/2001, I re-enlisted to go active-duty service in the
U.S. Army and served in the 75th Ranger Regiment, completing 4 combat tours (OEF & OIF)
before leaving the military as a Ranger Non-Commissioned Officer and Team Leader.
After my military service, I spent more than five years working in law enforcement (as a
Patrolman) and then in corrections (with the Federal Bureau of Prisons) before entering the oil
fields. I worked in Oklahoma and Texas supervising drilling and measurement
operations for Schlumberger. After the huge oil field crash (at the end of 2014) I was
eventually laid-off, where I went back to school to focus on my master’s degree. During
that period I worked in executive protection for the billionaire oil-field tycoons at their
headquarters office in Oklahoma City. I completed my master’s degree in business
management, and moved to Tampa, Florida, where I live today.
My wife & I learned that IVF would be the only option for us to have children, so I applied
to Triple Canopy and was offered a position as a PSS at the Baghdad Embassy. Due to
my location and current position in recruiting, I was then hired to be Triple Canopy’s
Southeast United States Regional Recruiter. My task was to recruit teammates to go to
Iraq with me. I was very successful as a fully-remote HTP (high threat protection) recruiter. In
August of 2019, I transitioned over to go through TC’s Bodyguard School for
Department of State. I deployed to Baghdad and was primarily assigned to the Ambassador’s
Personal Protection Detail through 2021 when mass lay-offs swept up anyone who had options.
I worked at Quiet Professionals LLC for Andy Wilson as a recruiter for special SOCOM contracts
until being promoted to head the marketing department for QP’s 3 different companies. Mass lay-offs
came with a huge contract loss (half of the company’s annual revenue) just after the birth of our son,
and our first attempt with IVF.
I’m now a 1099 contractor / ‘CPTED practitioner’ (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design)
and have been doing that for a couple of years while podcasting full-time.
My original podcast, School to Embassy Project, was focused on finding solutions to in-school shootings.
But after all social media platforms buried me deep, deep underneath all the algorithms,
I was forced to rebrand. My current/ongoing podcast is “Old Ranger New Dad” and does not have a niche.
I speak about many issues regarding the future generation of the young men in our nation and seek to provide
them with a road map to navigate around life’s pitfalls. I share hard-earned lessons from military service,
fatherhood, faith, leadership, and life experience.
My mission is simple:
Help young men stop drifting, take control of their time, and build themselves into the
husbands, fathers, and leaders, their future families, and our nation, are counting on.
