Mr. Ballen takes stories from reddit and then deletes comments that point it out. This is a recent example.
Which is the same story told here:
1,643 votes and 117 comments so far on Reddit
www.reddit.com
I wouldn't be surprised if the reddit post wasn't original either, but it predates Mr. Ballen's video by a year.
He also co-founded a talent agency called Elite Meet for former 'elite' soldiers. His channel always seemed engineered in way, like they had an algorithm or recipe to make a successful channel, which doesn't match the simple 'Seal turned storyteller' narrative but makes sense with his business background in talent agency world.
View attachment 2631607
See also:
https://elitemeetus.org/