GRP 114- Force has no place where there is need of Skill: A Special Missions Command Sergeant Major

Global Recon

John Hendricks

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🗓️ 19 April 2018

⏱️ 89 minutes

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GRP 114- Force has no place where there is need of Skill-Herodotus: A Special Missions Command Sergeant Major We have a very special guest on for this week’s podcast. Command Sergeant Major Thomas Satterly joins us. CSM Satterly served as a Special Missions operator in the U.S. Army for 20 years serving in various leadership roles. His first experience in combat was during the various operations working as apart of Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu in 1993. We talked about his role in capturing Osman Atto which was portrayed in the movie “Black Hawk Down”. CSM Satterly was on the ground for October 3rd when two Blackhawk helicopters were shot down. At the time it became the longest sustained firefight since the Vietnam war. Two snipers from Tom’s unit were awarded the congressional Medal of Honor sacrificing themselves to save one of the pilots of the downed helicopter. We talked about what it was like serving before and during the Global war on terror. Tom told stories from his time in selection and talked about some of the different leadership roles he worked in at the unit. Enjoy. 0:00-Intro 7:46- Interviews coming soon from The Veterans Project covering Lieutenant Sam Lombardo who fought during the Battle of the Bulge with the 99th Infantry Division. Tim covered a veteran of the French Resistance who served with Patton’s 3rd Army 12:49-Introduction to Command Sergeant Major Thomas Satterly. The Battle of Mogadishu. 17:08-Capturing Osman Atto 34:17-Hard lessons learned. An assessment of the enemy’s capabilities. 48:45-Leadership, mindset, and passing a special operations selection Follow my co-host and my pages on social media. Links below. CSM Tom Satterly: www.facebook.com/allsecurefoundation www.allsecurefoundation.org www.instagram.com/allsecurefoundation Global Recon: www.Globalrecon.net https://www.instagram.com/igrecon https://www.instagram.com/blackopsmatter www.twitter.com/igrecon https://www.facebook.com/GlobalReconPodcast/ Chantel Taylor: https://www.instagram.com/mission_critical https://www.instagram.com/altern8rv Tim Kolczak: Tim Kolczak: www.thevetsproject.com www.instagram.com/theveteransproject Music provided by Caspian: www.caspianmusic.net

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0:00.0	On the wall of the Special Forces Memorial Court at Fort Bragg, the words of the prophet Isaiah are etched in stone.
0:10.0	I heard the voice of the Lord saying,
0:13.0	Whom shall I send and who will go for us?
0:17.0	Master Sergeant Gary Gordon and Sergeant First Class Randall Sugar answered that call.
0:23.6	Today we inscribed their lives and their deeds in the distinguished and valorous history of this country's men and women in uniform.
0:34.6	We pray that God will embrace their souls and may their service and sacrifice
0:40.3	inspire generations to come. Master Sergeant Gary Gordon and Sergeant First Class Randall Schubert
0:48.1	were real American heroes. During the military operation in Mogadishu on October 3rd, two American
0:58.9	helicopters were down by hostile fire. Although United States Army Rangers established a defensive
1:05.3	perimeter around the first down helicopter, they could not reach the second one quickly by land. In the wreckage of this
1:13.4	helicopter lay four injured Army crewmen. Another helicopter with sergeants Gordon and
1:20.2	Schuagert on board was dispatched to provide cover from above. But they came under withering fire,
1:27.3	and the two sergeants
1:28.1	instinctively understood that if the down crew was to stand a chance of survival,
1:33.5	someone would have to get them on the ground. Immediately, sergeants Gordon and
1:39.6	Schubert volunteered to go. They were told, no, it's too dangerous. They volunteered again. Again, they were
1:48.0	told, no. They volunteered a third time. And permission finally was granted. Sargent's Gordon and
1:58.3	Schubert knew their own chances of survival were extremely bleak.
2:03.6	The pilot of their helicopter said that anyone in their right mind would never have gone in.
2:10.6	But they insisted on it because they were comrades in danger,
2:14.6	because they believed passionately in the creed that says, I will not fail those with whom I serve.
2:22.3	And so they asked their pilot to hover just above the ground, and they jump into the ferocious firefight.
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