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ResourceTrain Before the Crisis
A self-growth lesson on why military, rescue, intelligence, emergency, and high-stakes careers all point to the same civilian …
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ResourceMission GONE WRONG*
Ritland recounts a close call during a mission in Afghanistan where he believed his team had been compromised while transporting …
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ResourceFAFO: Blowing Up a Building Full of Terrorists
The guest recounts a military operation where his team conducted an offset infiltration to a compound and came under small arms fire …
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ResourceThey Never Knew His Name — The Ghost Operator Who Sent Tier One Teams on 100 Raids
Ritland's guest recounts his four-year deployment (2003-2007) working in an AFO-type program, conducting eight consecutive rotations …
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ResourceU.S. Delta Force Raid To Retrieve Uranium In Iran Is Legitimately INSANE
Max describes a hypothetical 2026 scenario in which Iran has hidden highly enriched uranium (enough for 11 nuclear weapons, …
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ResourceU.S. Delta Force Raid To Retrieve Uranium In Iran Is Legitimately INSANE
Max presents a hypothetical 2026 scenario in which the U.S. considers a special operations mission to physically retrieve nuclear …
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ResourceInside British Tier One: The SAS Veteran Who Survived P Company, SAS Selection | Ep. 292
Ritland interviews Phil Singleton, a former UK SAS operator and participant in the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege (Operation Nimrod). …
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Resource@TheStoicViking Breaks Down the Origins of the 5 Tier One Units in the US Military
Ritland's guest, a former member of an Army intelligence unit, discusses the existence and structure of five tier-one units within …
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ResourceSEALs vs Force Recon: What REALLY Are The Biggest Differences?
Mike Ritland and a Force Recon Marine guest discuss the differences between Navy SEALs and Marine Force Recon. The guest explains …
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ResourceU.S. Military Just UNLEASHED HELL In Nigeria
Max analyzes a U.S. military counterterrorism operation he describes as having occurred in northeastern Nigeria, targeting what he …
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The books behind the heroes. First-person accounts, investigative journalism, and family memoirs that tell the real stories of men …
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ResourceJohn Chapman — The Man They Left for Dead
Tech Sgt. John Chapman fought alone on a 10,000-ft Afghan mountain after being left for dead. The drone footage that changed …
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The films worth watching. From Black Hawk Down to Lone Survivor to the upcoming Alone at Dawn — the movies that tried to put real …
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TeacherMarcus Luttrell
Navy Cross recipient and sole survivor of Operation Redwing. Author of Lone Survivor — the true story of the deadliest day in Navy …
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ResourceRanking British & US Tier One Units
Mike Ritland interviews a former Marine Force Recon officer who shares his experiences across 27 years of service. The guest …
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TeacherShawn Ryan
Former Navy SEAL and CIA contractor. Host of The Shawn Ryan Show — one of the top 10 podcasts on Spotify. Unfiltered interviews with …
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ResourceForce Recon After SOCOM: The Marines They Left Out of Special Operations
Ritland's guest recounts his journey from a Marine Corps infantry sniper to Force Recon, spanning 1987 to post-9/11 Afghanistan. The …
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ResourceMike Glover: Why BUD/S and Q Course Are Selecting for Two Completely Different Men
Ritland's guest, a former Special Forces operator, discusses the differences between deploying with Joint Special Operations Command …
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ResourceFAKE Navy SEALs Get Caught Training Ukrainian Soldiers
Ritland's guest Ephraim recounts his humanitarian work in Burma and Ukraine, describing encounters with impostor operators in …
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ResourceMACV-SOG vs SEAL Team 6 — Which Unit Was More Dangerous?
A former MACV-SOG officer recounts his service with the secretive Vietnam-era unit, explaining that SOG was a joint unconventional …
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ResourceWhen Delta Force Missions GO SOUTH*
Mike Ritland's guest, identified as Tom, recounts his experiences working in Iraq. Tom describes that his missions generally went …
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TeacherAndy Stumpf — Navy SEAL, Cleared Hot Host, NYT Bestseller
Andy Stumpf — 17-year Navy SEAL veteran, SEAL Team 6 operator, Cleared Hot podcast host, and instant New York Times bestselling …
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ResourceWhy SOG Was More Powerful Than Any Official Military Command in Vietnam
A former Special Forces soldier describes the differences between conventional Special Forces operations and SOG (Studies and …
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ResourceAndy Stump Reveals What It Was Like to Screen For DEVGRU Right After 9/11
Andy Stumpf discusses his experience screening for DEVGRU (SEAL Team Six) in October 2001, shortly after 9/11. He describes the …
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