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ResourceDelta Force Operation "Acid Gambit" Hostage Rescue of Kurt Muse*
Mike Ritland's guest recounts his role as the lead breacher during the 1989 Panama operation to extract Kurt Muse from Modelo …
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ResourceThe Biggest Fumble Of All Time!*
Ritland's guest recounts a deeply frustrating operational experience in Algeria involving a hostage situation at an oil refinery. …
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ResourceThe WORST Prisoner Trade Ever!*
Ritland recounts a mission he flew as a Night Stalker helicopter pilot to rescue U.S. soldier Beau Bergdahl from Taliban captivity. …
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ResourceJeff Nichols: The USS Alabama Operation SEAL Team 6 Doesn't Want You to Know About
Jeff Nichols, a former SEAL Team 6 operator, recounts his experience during the USS Alabama hostage rescue operation involving …
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ResourceThe Mission That Proved DEVGRU Could Deploy Anywhere in 24 Hours
A former DEVGRU operator recounts his 2007 Iraq deployment and the 2009 Captain Phillips rescue mission, where SEAL Team Six proved …
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ResourceTier One ROK Navy SEAL: Hostage Rescue Operations Gone Wrong
A former ROK Navy SEAL describes his deployments to Somalia conducting anti-piracy operations, his time with an SDV team doing …
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ResourceChasing Pirates at Sea… Until THIS Happened
The guest recounts a mission to rescue hostages taken by Somali pirates that was abruptly called off when they were about one …
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ResourceInside an FBI SWAT Team’s Lethal Race to Save Hostage Lives | Ep. 261
Former FBI agent Jeremy Redmond discusses his 21-year career with the FBI SWAT team and as a sniper. The episode opens with Redmond …
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ResourceThe REAL Story Behind the Captain Phillips Rescue
Ritland recounts his role in the 2009 Captain Phillips hostage rescue operation off the coast of Somalia. He describes arriving on …
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ResourceCartel Hostage Rescue Gone Wrong: Mark Sewell Tells All | Official Trailer
Mark Sewell recounts a cartel kidnapping case in Atlanta where his SWAT team rescued a hostage chained in a basement under time …
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ResourceThe Real Captain Phillips Rescue | Mike Drop CLIPS - Episode 65
Ritland recounts his direct involvement in the 2009 Captain Phillips rescue operation off the coast of Somalia. He describes his …
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