Navy SEAL Reveals His Secret Role Embedded With Green Berets in Iraq

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A former Navy SEAL describes his role as a level three communicator embedded with a Green Beret ODA team in Baghdad, then recounts his deployment as a platoon chief at SEAL Team 4 during 2006-2007. He describes conducting 140 direct assaults over six months in Iraq, capturing high-value targets including a “number four” on a deck of cards. The episode sets up a turnover operation at the end of deployment targeting an al-Qaeda cell that had shot down four U.S. medevac helicopters, though details of that mission are reserved for later discussion.

Key takeaways

• The guest recounts working as a level three communicator embedded with Green Berets in Baghdad, where he was responsible for approving collection operations from a former Iraqi colonel’s house
• The guest describes his 2006-2007 deployment as a platoon chief involved 100-140 direct assaults per person, with the guest observing that four months at that operational tempo was about all personnel could withstand before morale declined
• The guest explains capturing a high-value target (“number four” in Anbar) by simultaneously subduing seven armed individuals asleep in a room, then having them lead the team to the actual target

Episode details: published September 20, 2026 · 28.4K views · 20:38 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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