Episodes / The Britt Slabinski Conference Incident — What Do We Owe the Dead?
Trident for Truth Podcast · Sep 29, 2026

The Britt Slabinski Conference Incident — What Do We Owe the Dead? - Trident For Truth, Episode 3

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At Britt Slabinski’s speech “What We Owe the Dead,” he was asked to name the seven men who died on that mountain. He couldn’t. Then it got ugly. My wife and I were removed from the conference. This is what really happened. I’m Eric Deming — 27-year Navy veteran, 20 years in the SEAL Teams — and this episode of Trident for Truth is not two sides of a story. It’s the record. Medal of Honor recipient and retired Navy SEAL Command Master Chief Britt Slabinski gave a talk on “what we owe the dead.” When he was challenged to recite the names of the seven teammates from March 2002 on Takur Ghar — Roberts Ridge — he went blank. He later posted on LinkedIn that he owns it. What he did not own is what happened next: the spin, the pressure, and my wife and I being thrown out of that military influencer conference. Since the last episode, The Original Sin Part 2, the fight over John Chapman’s Medal of Honor has only gotten louder. Mitch Hall went on Cleared Hot with Andy Stumpf and made accusations against the Air Force and the Chapman family. Britt tried to recast himself as the victim. Jason Redman put his hands on my wife. I said the tape would stay private — until they made it public by lying and by putting hands on my family. This episode covers: - What was actually said at Slabinski’s speech - Why the seven names matter, and why forgetting them is not a small thing - The conference, the removal, and what they hoped nobody would see - The Chapman Medal of Honor fight, Roberts Ridge, and why Gold Star families are owed the truth — not a cleaned-up narrative - Why I will release the video I have We owe the dead the truth. We owe their families the truth. Stand by. Retired Navy SEAL Eric Deming | Trident for Truth #NavySEAL #RobertsRidge #JohnChapman #MedalOfHonor #BrittSlabinski #JasonRedman #TridentForTruth #GoldStarFamilies Watch the previous two episodes: The Original Sin — John Chapman, Roberts Ridge, and the SEAL Cover-Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlalBcmBHOA The Original Sin, Part 2: Stealing John Chapman’s Valor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnUmCmKh0Ic

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