Inside the Industry: Episode 008 - Jon Park (Korean Navy SEAL, REDCELL, Fieldcraft Survival)
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- Welcome back to the channel and Inside the Industry episode 008 featuring Jon Park. Jon is a former Republic of Korea (ROK) SEAL, the owner of Redcell (a South Korean firearms-based CZcams channel), and the Media Director for Fieldcraft Survival.
We discuss Jon's upbringing as a Korean immigrant in America, his return to South Korea, his life as a ROK SEAL, his return to America, and his endeavors in the firearms world and firearms media industry.
I had a great time conversing with Jon, and found him to be super humble and wholesome. I hope that you will resonate with his incredible story. Check his socials below to follow along with his current journey in life and the industry.
Jon
IG: @kimchiseal - / kimchiseal
Redcell
IG: @redcellkorea - / redcellkorea
YT: @redcellkorea
Fieldcraft Survival
IG: @fieldcraftsurvival - / fieldcraftsurvival
YT: @fieldcraftsurvival
Website: fieldcraftsurvival.com/
Jon will be returning as the O.P.P. - Other People's Pews episode 002 guest, so stay tuned for that.
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
03:00 Upbringing & hurdles
11:15 Return to Korea & military journey
20:50 Redcell, Fieldcraft Survival, & firearms education
25:48 Issues in Korea & returning to America
28:52 Joining Fieldcraft Survival
32:40 Future events/products/goals
36:36 Civilian firearms, CCW
39:23 Advice for firearms newbies
41:44 Advice for firearms media folks
47:10 Final thoughts
49:18 Closing
Enjoy!
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Thanks for having me on again, brother. Appreciate the opportunity!
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Great interview Jon. You probably prefer life behind the camera but your unique experience definitely has viewers intrigued. Good luck with Fieldcraft and adjusting to life in the US! Hope you can restart REDCELL in the future.
Great interview. I come from a very similar background as him. Born a Korean citizen, moved to the US as a kindergartener, moved back to Korea for high level schooling and also to serve in the Korean military. Living and working in the US now. Fluent in both languages and cultures.
I really felt the parts when he said it was harder to transition from the US -> Korea. How not being fluent in Korean makes you a target in both school and the military. I was picked on constantly for being too "Americanized" and legit was told "Yankee go home" a few times. Some of the worst years of my life.
Also agree about how sheep-like Korean people can be. They are always doing whatever the government tells them to do, no second guessing. Going against the grain is very much considered being a "public nuisance" and frowned upon. There was another former Korean SEAL who decided to go help and fight in Ukraine. The Korean foreign ministry said he wasn't allowed to travel there because it's too dangerous. He went anyway and now they are trying to charge him with breaking the law, and it seems like a good chunk of the Korean public agree with the government that he shouldn't have gone. They were so upset that he dare disobey the government that they didn't even care that what he did was an act of integrity.
Anyhow, glad to hear Jon is doing well. Stoked to hear he is with Fieldcraft living is best life getting to shoot all the time. I followed pretty silently during his Redcell days and I can see why he wanted to be the man behind the camera. There were always people trying to start drama over there and some overly zealous/clingy people hanging around the channel. Korean internet users can be very weird and aggressive.
Thank you both for the insight.
I definitely appreciate your insightful response. I've spoken to a few of my Korean homies that went back to serve, and their stories are pretty similar at being outcasts. One of them was very fluent native Korean (he had a Korean accent when speaking English), yet he was still outcasted. It seemed as if the moment you leave Korea you become socially branded, and that's quite unfortunate.
I've been researching a bit on the corporations like Samsung that actually hold the power over there, and it's insane. Entertainment companies and pop stars getting special treatment from the government and such. It's getting eerily close to, dare I say, how the Chinese elite are treated in China. It's also worth noting that several of the popstars are "recruited" from China under contract. What that means politically, IDK, but it's also unusual that the human trafficking cases are high in that region yet buried by news outlets.
@@bunnyoperator Definitely watch Vice's "Open Secret" segment about Korea's Untouchable Families, it was pretty eye-opening the amount of power such families have in South Korean society.
@@lepoldbuttersstotch I might have watched that or another similar doc. It's wild over there and a lot more dark than what mainstream SK shows us.
@@bunnyoperator Definitely, the mainstream media there is likely funded and/or owned by said families so it's a bit of an echo chamber and all SKers buy in like sheep, that's definitely an Asian trait.
Great interview with Jon. Started watching when REDCELL came on my feed, early on. Nice to know he's doing well in the States working with Mike and the Fieldcraft team.
@@lepoldbuttersstotch For sure. Jon commented with his Redcell account and it's pinned, so feel free to go say, "Hi".
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Thank you for the great interview
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Awesome interview! Red Cell and the Netflix show the Kingdom inspired me to make those silly videos I make.
I totally see that now. 😂
Solid interview. I remember Redcell and was impressed by the quality of information that they put out.
Agreed. Redcell has a lot of HQ content. Jon's a legit dude and I wish him nothing but success in his journey.
As growing up in Australia and join korean army
I can understand his experiences back in millitary XD.
People used to force me to teach english every time back in millitary lmao,
That's consistent with others who I've spoken to. I can see how that can suck.
I was always curious if the REDCELL channel was in any way connected to the MUSAT CZcams channel, but that's just for curiosity's sake.
Both channels do very well at informing the viewer in a very direct, straight-to-the-point manner with very good videography and audio work. All these points stated I find extremely lacking in the "normal" GunTuber channels. Honestly, I don't need or want the humor, the skits, or the flashy product ads (even though I know why the last one is there), so that's why I gravitated toward the Korean "Operator" channels of CZcams - they show the tactics, how, and why they do things, and quick analyses without too much opinion-driven responses.
Props to Jon Park for everything he had going into the REDCELL Korea channel, I do hope to see him come back up in the future.
I'm sure that they know each other, and have been featured on each other's channels but Jon can address that.
I was in the same boat as you. I wasn't seeking entertainment but information, which is often lacking in the guntuber game or rather the information they provided wasn't what I needed or even wanted a lot of the times. Cool, you get to test XYZ pew that no one else can get or even cares about. That doesn't help us.
Super humble dudes keeping it real! Great vid and insight to Jon's background!
Feedback much appreciated. 🥰
Great interview! I need to work on my thumbnail.
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That would such not getting deployed because your country isn't at war. I'm sure that's the whole reason u go special operations if he was born in America he should have just joined here in America
He's a dual citizen, and you'd need to look into the dynamic of Korean culture and pride to understand. It's a different vibe for sure considering the history of SK.