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From BUD/S to the Boardroom: The Fight to Revolutionize Munitions Factories

August 13, 2025
From BUD/S to the Boardroom: The Fight to Revolutionize Munitions Factories
Cogs of War

Cogs of War

From BUD/S to the Boardroom: The Fight to Revolutionize Munitions Factories

From BUD/S to the Boardroom: The Fight to Revolutionize Munitions Factories

Ryan Evans and Joe Musselman
August 13, 2025
A career-ending spinal injury during Navy SEAL training could have closed Joe Musselman’s chapter of service. Instead, it became the catalyst for a new one. He first founded The Honor Foundation to help special operators bring their elite standards to civilian leadership, then launched BVVC, a venture fund backing relentlessly focused founders. He most recently assembled the founding team at Union, a munitions company designed to re-imagine munitions production. In this conversation, Musselman shares the through line in all of his work and how elite standards, trust, and execution can reshape people, networks, and organizations.

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