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ResourceCovert Operations in Pakistan: The CIA Insider Who Says the U.S. Left Its Own People to Die
A former CIA officer recounts his experiences working in Pakistan and the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region. He describes suicide …
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ResourceThey Sent Her Back to Combat on Heavy Narcotics
A Canadian female soldier recounts her experience being attached to a British unit in Afghanistan's Panjwai district for …
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ResourceRudy Reyes and Mike Ritland Find Out They Were on the Same Operation Before 9/11
Navy SEAL Mike Ritland and Marine Recon veteran Rudy Reyes discover they served on the same deployment rotation in 2001, shortly …
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Resource22 Meters From a 500-Pound Bomb: Behind Enemy Lines in Afghanistan
A guest recounts a 2016 mission in Baghlan province, Afghanistan, where his team attempted to clear Taliban-controlled villages. The …
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ResourceAustralian Commando Operation in Afghanistan Gone WRONG
An Australian commando officer recounts a 2012 Afghanistan mission in Helmand Province where his unit, supported by U.S. Marine …
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ResourceSustained Contact for 3 Days: Surrounded w/ Low Ammo
A guest recounts a three-day sustained combat engagement in Afghanistan where his Canadian company, alongside American forces and …
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ResourceFlorent Groberg: The Split-Second Decision That Earned Him the Medal of Honor
Ritland's guest recounts his experience as a U.S. Army officer on the day he was promoted to captain in Afghanistan, detailing a …
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ResourceRASP vs RIP: What It Takes To Become an Army Ranger
Ritland's guest recounts his journey through military selection processes, including an injury that forced him to recycle from RASP, …
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ResourceBritish Sniper Explains the Kill That Haunted Him for Years
A British sniper recounts specific combat operations during his second Afghanistan deployment, describing how taking lives at long …
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Resource2,000lb Bomb Dropped Just 250 Meters From Us
A Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) discusses close air support operations, recounting having a 2,000-pound bomb dropped just …
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ResourceAttached to Canadian Special Ops in the Bloodiest Deployment in Afghanistan 2006
Ritland interviews a guest who recounts his military deployments, focusing on a 2006 Afghanistan deployment that he describes as his …
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Resource8 Missions a Day in Baghdad: Inside Blackwater’s Deadliest Years
Ritland interviews a guest who recounts his military journey from Marine Corps infantry through multiple deployments following 9/11, …
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ResourceThey Used Me as Bait — Operation Bullet Sponge
A guest recounts a military operation in Afghanistan where he was deliberately positioned as bait to draw enemy fire while British …
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Resource“‘We Are So F*ed’ — Cody Alford’s Closest Call Under Machine Gun Fire
Cody Alford, a guest on the Mike Drop Podcast, recounts his most intense combat mission in Afghanistan, where he and a UAE officer …
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ResourceThe Most Underrated Skill in the SEAL Teams
A former Special Forces warrant officer recounts his career progression through multiple deployments, focusing on his experience …
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ResourceDid the Taliban Just Shoot Down a US MQ-9 Spy Drone in Afghanistan?
Max analyzes reports of an MQ-9 Reaper drone that crashed in Afghanistan's Wardak province on January 1, 2026. He presents this as …
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ResourceI Survived 3 IED Blasts — But This Is What Still Haunts Me
A former Marine recounts his experiences during two deployments to Kajaki, Afghanistan, where he received two Purple Hearts from IED …
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ResourceThey Lied About Afghanistan — Here's What Actually Happened
In this episode, a guest interpreter recounts his experiences working with Americans in Afghanistan and the chaotic withdrawal. He …
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ResourceThe MARSOC Selection Test That Breaks 70% of Marines
Ritland's guest, a Marine Special Operations (MARSOC) Raider, recounts his journey through selection, the nine-month Individual …
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ResourceWhy I Left the Marine Corps to Become a Green Beret
Ritland's guest, a former Marine who served in Fallujah before joining Army Special Forces, recounts his transition from the Marine …
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ResourceAfghan Refugee Turned Marine & Green Beret | Ep. 266
Mike Ritland interviews Kaweah Ma'lay, the first Afghan-born Green Beret in U.S. Special Forces history. Ma'lay recounts his …
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ResourceHe Was Shot, Given the Wrong Blood, and Still Survived
A former special forces soldier recounts being shot multiple times during a complex ambush in Afghanistan in March 2013, suffering …
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ResourceInside the 24th Special Tactics Squadron — The Air Force’s Secret Tier One Unit
Mike Ritland interviews a former Air Force Pararescueman (PJ) who recounts his journey through the PJ pipeline, from boot camp …
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ResourceDakota Meyer: The Medal of Honor Story They Tried to Bury
Mike Ritland's guest recounts in harrowing detail a disastrous mission in Afghanistan where his team came under sustained ambush. …
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