Delta Forces: Found Out We Were Invading Panama on CNN

About this video

A Delta Force guest recounts his experience during the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama. He describes how his unit had unknowingly been preparing through repeated jungle training in Panama, only learning the actual invasion was happening when CNN reported it on television. The guest details the chaotic deployment process, the low-altitude combat jump at around 500 feet, and the disorienting moments after landing under fire as he worked to reach the assembly area and secure his team’s first objective.

Key takeaways

• The guest explains that his unit discovered they were invading Panama by watching CNN report on the 82nd Airborne and Ranger Regiment preparing to invade, despite already being mobilized themselves.
• The guest describes jumping from approximately 500 feet altitude in the early hours of the invasion, experiencing only 15-20 seconds in the air before landing.
• The guest recounts the disorienting experience of landing under fire and having to navigate to the assembly area while sporadic gunfights erupted around him, then encountering armed resistance at a guard shack while moving to secure his team’s foothold.

Episode details: published April 17, 2025 · 6.4K views · 9:36 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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