Posted that in the media side for non mil a while back. Be warned, Ryan is not joking with the warning at the beginning. Dude has a hard time staying on track. But it’s a great podcast.
did you watch the video? he dodged gunfire and a few grenades alone in a stairwell and when his backup finally got there, one shot another in the helmet. I've never done that sort of work, so i can't begin imagine the stress he was under, doing 4 or 5 hours of cqb gunfighting and then finishing out the rest of his 12hr day with room clearing to make sure it was over. meanwhile, he lost a bunch of teeth early on, and kept fighting, trying to command under-trained people who couldn't understand him.Yeah, almost like he had some PTSD, his mind was all over the place.
Interesting comments about the MARSOC team onsite. Not surprised, just... interesting.
This guy reminds me of that SAS guy who almost single-handed cleared that mall in Africa.
He was also quite humble about what worked and didn't, and how he was learning as he was going along.
did you watch the video? he dodged gunfire and a few grenades alone in a stairwell and when his backup finally got there, one shot another in the helmet. I've never done that sort of work, so i can't begin imagine the stress he was under, doing 4 or 5 hours of cqb gunfighting and then finishing out the rest of his 12hr day with room clearing to make sure it was over. meanwhile, he lost a bunch of teeth early on, and kept fighting, trying to command under-trained people who couldn't understand him.
I guess he got a distinguished service cross for what he did. Not sure how it didn't rank just a little higher, but i'm sure he wasn't even thinking of which medal he'd get for volunteering to stop the attack.
Yeah, almost like he had some PTSD, his mind was all over the place.
Interesting comments about the MARSOC team onsite. Not surprised, just... interesting.
This guy reminds me of that SAS guy who almost single-handed cleared that mall in Africa.
He was also quite humble about what worked and didn't, and how he was learning as he was going along.
Yeah, he was also 44 days out of retirement when they recorded. Guy was not even wound down and turned "off" yet. Like I said, amazing story and worth the listen. You just have to deal with it being a bit disjointed at times,
IIRC he never talked tactics but said that event changed some of their tactics. Gotta be flexible to put your training to work, realize it's not working like you thought, then go back and organizationally change the training to fix the tactic. The big green machine could learn a thing or three from that mindset.
The Marines, too. The way we did CQB changed drastically over the years, especially after Nasiriyah and Fallujah. It has to be evolutionary, and a unit like Delta can do that much faster than Big Green or the Corps.
Jocko talks about that with SEAL TRADET. The guys coming back that rotated in started changing the tactics pretty quick. Vietnam didn't work in Iraq. In some cases they would change tactics mid deployment or when they turned over in country. It's easier for a smaller organization. The growth in SEALs is probably the root of some of the problems too. A bloated organization changes slowly. Too many mid managers to convince. But the guys on the ground pay for that in blood unless they learn to bend some of the rules.