Cleared Hot Episode 235 - Fred Galvin

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 192 minutes

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Summary

Fred Galvin served for over 26 years as an enlisted and Marine Corps officer including assignments in the infantry, reconnaissance, force reconnaissance and Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC/Marine Raiders). He led hundreds of combat missions including raids, deep reconnaissance, ship seizures, and ambush operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and in the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Gulf of Aden.

The Marine Corps selected Galvin to command the first Marine Special Operations Task Force to deploy to combat. While conducting a combat mission in Afghanistan, Galvin and six other Marines were falsely accused of war crimes which led to the longest trial in Marine Corps history that led an acquittal.

His new book, A Few Bad Men is the story of an elite team of U.S. Marines set up to take the fall for Afghanistan war crimes they did not commit—and their leader who fought for the redemption of his men.

Following his retirement, he became a business entrepreneur, nonprofit executive director aiding families of service members killed in action, and a consultant to the Marine Corps, coordinating activities in the areas of cyberspace, electronic warfare, and psychological operations.

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0:00.0	Today's episode of the podcast brought to you by Black Rifle Coffee, the finest purveyors of
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0:14.4	got merchandise, coffee, equipment, t-shirts, hats, everything you could possibly need. My guest today
0:22.5	is Fred Galvin. I've never had a Marsauk marine on the podcast, so for one, that's a huge
0:29.9	bonus. And he spent 27 years in the marine special operations community. So he does a very good
0:35.0	job of explaining exactly what Marsauk is and how they fit into the Socom world. He's also an
0:41.7	author though of a book called A Few Bad Men because he happened to be the commanding officer of
0:47.7	the first Marsauk detachment deployment to Afghanistan and they were involved in an ambush.
0:53.8	And by the time they had gotten back to their base, the BBC was already reporting that they
0:57.6	had killed up to 60 civilians. Shortly after Marsauk was removed from Afghanistan and of course
1:03.6	this is the topic that he covers in his book. So I'm not going to get into it now. Let's just say
1:09.2	it's an interesting story. So episode number 235 with Fred Galvin. Enjoy.
1:33.1	We're already going. Thank you for making the travel up by the way. I started reading the book
1:38.0	that you sent me. A few bad men. Excellent choice. A few good men. Quality movie in my opinion.
1:44.4	Most can't handle the truth. But I stopped because I wanted to hear you unpack it in your own
1:50.8	voice as opposed to reading it. So where would you want to begin? Thank you by the way for making
1:56.4	the travel up here. Yeah. It's my pleasure. And this book, A Few Bad Men nonfiction. I wish it
2:04.6	was fiction. Yeah. And I hope there's not a sequel because this is not a one off. We get some
2:11.2	two marine gunnery surgeons and a Sark, Specialized M5Bs for Concentre's Cormin that are engaged
2:17.2	right now. They're called the Marsauk 3. But they've been going for three and a half years on a
2:21.5	self-defense case. Still tied from the same point. No. Okay. This was a there's was an airbill
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