Wrong Place Wrong Time!* 🤣

About this video

Ritland’s guest recounts a deployment story in which his team set up an ambush for Taliban fighters who were expected to reinforce after a fake IED detonation. The guest describes suffering from dysentery and taking Provigil to stay awake after days without sleep, then experiencing an embarrassing medical emergency in the middle of the ambush position.

Key takeaways

• The guest’s unit coordinated with grunts to set up an L-shaped ambush in a former Russian minefield area
• The guest took Provigil (a stimulant medication) to stay awake after being up for days on deployment
• The guest experienced multiple episodes of dysentery while in position, creating a difficult and embarrassing situation during the operation

Episode details: published May 30, 2026 · 394.4K views · 1:13 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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