Kicked Off a Military Airfield…At Night

About this video

The speaker recounts arriving at a military airfield in Grenada during daytime with equipment, expecting his platoon to pick him up. As time passed and night fell, the airfield commanding officer told him operations were shutting down and he could not stay. The speaker was kicked off the airfield at night by himself in pitch darkness, though he was given ammunition before leaving.

Key takeaways

• The speaker describes being left stranded when his platoon failed to pick him up from the airfield as planned
• The airfield commanding officer enforced closure procedures and required the speaker to leave despite the situation
• The speaker recounts being expelled from the airfield alone at night in Grenada with only ammunition provided

Episode details: published December 13, 2025 · 12.9K views · 1:04 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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