SEAL Team 7 Takes Wadi - Insurgent Combat Stories with SEAL OIC Sean Glass | Mike Drop Ep. 211

About this video

Sean Glass, a former Navy SEAL officer, recounts combat experiences from his deployment with SEAL Team 7 in Afghanistan. He describes his first firefight, which unfolded more slowly than training due to his chief’s aggressive tactical decisions. Glass then details two major engagements: a daytime attack on their base where his chief immediately counterattacked, and a large nighttime clearing operation supported by Afghan Commandos that resulted in significant enemy casualties.

Key takeaways

• Glass recalls that his first firefight felt slower than training because his chief made decisive, pre-planned aggressive calls that ended the engagement quickly
• Glass describes how his platoon counterattacked a base assault using B1 bomber strikes that dropped multiple 2,000 and 500-pound bombs, effectively ending the firefight
• Glass recounts a nighttime clearing operation where overhead air support (AC-130s and Apaches) and funneled terrain resulted in approximately 125 enemy killed in action

Episode details: published October 27, 2024 · 8.3K views · 8:37 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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