Don Bentley and Alan Mack: Forgotten War
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Jack Carr
4.9 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2023
⏱️ 165 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode, Jack is joined by U.S. Army veterans and authors Don Bentley and Alan Mack.
Don spent 10 years as an Apache Helicopter Pilot for the U.S. Army. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Air Medal with valor for actions in Afghanistan.
He is the creator of the Matt Drake thriller series, which includes Hostile Intent, The Outside Man, and Without Sanction. He is also the author of the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan Jr. novels Zero Hour, Target Acquired, and Flash Point.
The newest addition to the Matt Drake series, Forgotten War, is out now.
CW5 Alan Mack is a Master Aviator who has logged more than 6,700 hours of flight; over 3,200 of those hours were flown with night vision goggles. For his actions in Desert Storm, Afghanistan, and Iraq he was awarded the Legion of Merit, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, three Bronze Star Medals, 10 Air Medals; one with Valor device, Combat Action Badge, and the Army Broken Wing award
Alan is the author of the book Razor 03: A Night Stalker’s Wars. The book chronicles Alan’s experiences in Army Aviation and as a team lead in the opening months of the war in Afghanistan.
You can learn more about Don at donbentleybooks.com. To learn more about Alan, you can visit alancmack.com.
Be sure to follow both of them on Twitter @bentleydonb and @alancmack2015
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Danger Close Podcast, an Iron Cloud original presented by Navy Federal |
| 0:21.5 | Credit Union. |
| 0:22.5 | My upcoming novel Only the Dead hits shelves May 16th, an e-book, audiobook and hardcover |
| 0:28.5 | is available for pre-order right now. |
| 0:31.5 | My guest today, Don Bentley and Alan Mack. |
| 0:35.5 | Don spent 10 years in the US Army as an Apache helicopter pilot, then moved over to the FBI. |
| 0:41.2 | He is the author of the Matt Drake Thriller series, the latest of which Forgotten War comes |
| 0:46.7 | out on April 25th. |
| 0:48.8 | He is also the author of a series of Tom Clancy novels and has taken the reins to write the |
| 0:55.1 | next Vince Flynn Thriller following Kyle Mills last Vince Flynn novel that will come out |
| 1:01.5 | here in September. |
| 1:04.0 | Alan Mack spent 35 years in the US Army, CW05 was involved in the initial invasion of Afghanistan, |
| 1:14.2 | Red Wings, the search for Boboogdall has a so much experience in Iraq and Afghanistan |
| 1:21.6 | in Army Special Operations Aviation. |
| 1:23.8 | Incredible guy, he is also the author of Razor03 so be sure to pick that up. |
| 1:29.5 | And now without further ado, Don Bentley and Alan Mack. |
| 1:37.5 | Man, thank you guys for taking the time. |
| 1:40.4 | I really appreciate it. |
| 1:42.3 | No, thank you for having us. |
| 1:44.5 | Of course. |
| 1:45.5 | Of course, here we go. |
| 1:46.9 | And got the book right here, got Razor03. |
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