Night Ops in Cameroon with SEAL Team Ten Chris Cappa | Mike Drop Clips - Ep. #173

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Chris Cappa recounts a night operation with SEAL Team Ten in Cameroon targeting an ISIS faction on the Nigeria-Cameroon border. Cappa describes the team’s extensive preparation, including building makeshift bridges to transport vehicles up steep mountains for a 7-hour approach. The mission executed flawlessly as a classic direct action raid, with the assault force eliminating six targets before they could react, and the team returning without needing contingency plans.

Key takeaways

• Cappa describes building bridges to transport Chevy Razors up terraced mountains during the 7-hour infiltration to the target
• The guest recounts the raid eliminated six ISIS fighters in a villa, with an additional five killed at an observation post 700 meters away, before the enemy could mount resistance
• Cappa explains the primary mission was training partner forces under ‘AAA’ (Advise, Assist, Accompany), with the third ‘A’ (Accompany) being crucial for enabling direct action operations
• The guest notes they found American-made M-16 parts and Chinese-origin weapons and ammunition at the target location

Episode details: published February 3, 2024 · 10.5K views · 8:25 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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