Kyle Morgan Breaks Down The Requirements to Pass Delta Force Selection

About this video

Ritland’s guest Kyle Morgan, a former Special Forces soldier, recounts his path from infantry through Green Beret selection and training to operational deployments. Morgan describes his time on an ODA (Operational Detachment Alpha) dive team with 7th Special Forces Group, detailing deployments to Colombia for counter-narcotics training missions and Afghanistan for direct action operations. He shares his decision to later screen for Delta Force selection, influenced by mentorship from a former operator.

Key takeaways

• Morgan describes circumventing standard assignment by volunteering for dive school, which allowed him to join an ODA team directly rather than spending a year in a signal detachment
• Guest recounts multiple kinetic operations in Afghanistan including failed hostage rescue attempts for captured Afghan commandos and a green-on-blue incident where an Afghan partner shot his team medic
• Morgan explains that mentorship from a former Delta operator during deployment encouraged him to pursue selection sooner rather than wait, advising him to ’let them tell you no’ if it was something he wanted to try

Episode details: published June 24, 2026 · 180.4K views · 31:32 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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