#51 Chris VanSant - Delta Force Operator / Killing Off the "Deck of Cards" & Capturing Saddam Hussein | Part 2

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🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 189 minutes

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Delta Force Operator Chris VanSant is back in Part 2 of this two-part series. This episode dives deep into his role in the invasion of Iraq and the capture of Saddam Hussein. VanSant vividly recalls an engagement with over 300 enemy combatants after a goat herder revealed his team's location. We get a first hand account of the operational tempo it takes to hunt down each player of the infamous "Deck of Cards," and what happens when a handful of Delta Operators are outnumbered in the Horn of Africa with only the Navy Destroyer U.S.S. Chafee for cover. VanSant tells stories of loss and grappling with the survivor's guilt that would ultimately change the course of his life. Chris serves on the board of the All Secure Foundation and is on a multi-year effort to complete the seven summits to raise awareness for veteran mental health and support All Secure. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: https://mudwtr.com/shawn - USE CODE "SHAWN" https://meetfabric.com/shawn https://ziprecruiter.com/srs https://mypatriotsupply.com Chris VanSant Links: All Secure Foundation | Instagram | LinkedIn Please leave us a review on Apple & Spotify Podcasts. Vigilance Elite/Shawn Ryan Links: Website | Patreon | TikTok | Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody welcome back to the show. This is part two of the Chris Van Zand episode. Chris is a
0:07.2	former Delta operator with a phenomenal career. If you guys haven't checked out part one I'd highly
0:12.5	recommend it because it threw us back into the top 100 of all podcasts. That's out of over
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0:52.1	Lots of good stuff coming cheers. Previously on the Sean Ryan show.
0:58.8	So I went to the regiment as a young private and a year after being there I had an alcohol
1:05.1	related incident I had a DUI. So I left the regiment after about a year and change
1:11.2	for having this alcohol related incident. So even though I served there I trained there and I was
1:15.1	a part of that organization. I left. What's the culture like at the Ranger Regiment? I mean it was
1:20.4	the hardest training place in the army. Yeah it was some hard charging hard training dudes
1:25.6	which wasn't necessarily the case in the rest of the conventional army. My opportunity is hard
1:30.7	and if he ever hears one of these things I hope to God the man finds me on social media and reaches
1:36.0	out to me. This kid he reached down and grabbed an AK and I basically went from the high ready to
1:42.1	on him to off safe and he threw the AK on the ground. The cuffed his wrists you know so he's in the back
1:48.4	of the van with his wrist cuffs and he slid the window open and hopped out. I don't know how many
1:52.5	more people that you kill like how many more people his bombs killed how many more people you
1:56.5	taught him to make bombs. Let's say a quick break and when we come back we'll get into Iraq.
2:08.0	All right Chris we're back. You just did a pump in Afghanistan your first one at the unit
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