Army Apache Helicopter Pilot Ryan Fugit Part One | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 169

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Mike Ritland

Society & Culture, Documentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Ryan Fugit is pretty good at seeing the bigger picture. Nowadays, he's a podcast host - hosting 'Combat Stories,' a weekly interview series dedicated to sharing war stories from some truly incredible veteran warriors - but before podcasting, he was a veteran himself, having served over seven years as an Army AH-64 Apache Helicopter pilot in Afghanistan in the post-9/11 era. After that, he spent eight years at the CIA (or 'The Agency', as it's known internally), supporting warfighters indirectly from a different kind of foxhole. When it comes to providing additional support, whether it's in the air above a battlefield or inside the very technology that keeps us safe, it's safe to say that Ryan knows just how valuable those moment-to-moment decisions can be. The smallest move, the slightest tilt, and suddenly, everything could come tumbling down. After all - whoever said piloting a helicopter was easy? ---------- Subscribe to Combat Story (Podcast) on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1HfaevfdgCfgc5Zjpcq99a?si=827659e3ddc04619 Support Ryan Fugit - Website: https://www.combatstory.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/combatstory YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCyApoJr-mNmdMNwdk22xEQ ---------- Sponsors: Beam Take advantage of Beam's biggest sale of the year and get up to 40% off for a limited time when you go to https://www.shopbeam.com/MIKEDROP and use promo code MIKEDROP at checkout! ---------- Black Buffalo Go to blackbuffalo.com/discount/MIKEDROP and use promo code Mike Drop at checkout for 20% off your first order! Black Buffalo products are intended for adults aged 21 and older who are consumers of nicotine or tobacco. ---------- Fueled by TeamDog | www.mikeritlandco.com | @Teamdog.pet ALL THINGS MIKE RITLAND: SHOP for Fueled By Team Dog Performance Dog Food, Treats, Apparel, Accessories, and Protection dogs - MikeRitlandCo.com - https://www.MikeRitlandCo.com Team Dog Online dog training - TeamDog.pet - https://www.TeamDog.pet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.4	work with any number of ground units at any given day and you will never see that ground unit again.
0:38.5	We would often fly with two Apaches at any given time. You would never ever go out solo aircraft.
0:45.2	And there's always two guys in an Apache.
0:46.9	There's least fire in 30 millimeter, putting rockets out.
0:50.2	Like you don't know what happened,
0:51.4	you don't know if the guys lived or died,
0:53.0	BDA is pretty hard to assess, and you're limited to two and half hours of station time with your fuel.
0:58.0	So you're just evaluated every day very directly.
1:02.0	The ability for a cross-border incident to spark some type of
1:05.5	international incident was high. So I think that was just always on my mind with our
1:09.7	guys flying when I wasn't there, like when I was in a command position.
1:12.8	As I looked back on it, there's no way I wouldn't have been disappointed either direction.
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