Mike Glover Armed His Team With Sticks—And THIS Happened

About this video

Mike Glover recounts running a 12-week training program in Libya to help a host nation fight Al-Qaeda. When ordered to conduct a capability demonstration without any weapons available, he had his team break palm tree limbs to use as substitute weapons. Glover describes having his team conduct an entire mock raid using sticks and pine cones as stand-ins for guns and grenades.

Key takeaways

• Glover describes a 12-week program in Libya focused on training host nation forces to fight Al-Qaeda and providing combat advising
• Glover states that when directed to demonstrate tactical capabilities without equipment, he improvised by having his team use palm tree branches as weapons
• Glover reflects that conducting a mock raid with sticks and pine cones illustrated the state of counterterrorism operations at that time

Episode details: published November 28, 2025 · 24.9K views · 1:06 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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