GRP 129-From Africa to the French Special Forces-Qui ose gagne: The Story of a French SAS Operator

Global Recon

John Hendricks

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4.8 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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I have a very special guest on for this week’s podcast. Retired French SAS operator Raymond. Raymond was born in Africa and moved to France during his teenage years. He eventually joined the Army and became a member of the French Foreign Legion. It was on a deployment with the Foreign Legion where he met members of the French SAS, France’s premier counter terrorism unit. We discussed his early life, the racism he experienced in France and in the Army being African. We touched on what effects terrorism has had on France as a nation, and many other topics. Enjoy. 3:55- The origins of the French Special Forces 8:44-Joining the French Foreign Legion 17:55-Joining the French SAS I Want to give a quick thank you to our sponsor Blinkist- is the only app that takes the best key takeaways, the need-to-know information from thousands of nonfiction books and condenses them down into just 15 minutes so you can read -or- listen to. Go to www.Blinkist.com/Recon for a free 7 day trial. You can keep up with Jack Carr here: https://officialjackcarr.com Follow Global Recon below: 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: www.thevetsproject.com  www.instagram.com/theveteransproject

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0:00.0	For today's focus, we head to Iraq, where the military, supported by the US and French Air Forces,
0:06.0	there's gained control of two more areas in the east of Mosul.
0:10.0	Well, the army now has its sights that firmly set on the city's western neighbourhoods,
0:15.0	some of which remain firmly in the clutches of the Islamic State Group.
0:19.0	Well, the task isn't an easy one. The IS have become experts at booby-trapping everyday objects,
0:25.6	leaving behind explosive devices everywhere.
0:29.6	French Special Forces are side-by-side with elite Iraqi soldiers.
0:35.6	Their mission gather intelligence by finding and analyzing
0:39.3	explosives left behind by the Islamic State group.
0:42.3	They're never far from the front lines. The're going to six hundred centimeters. They're trying.
0:55.0	They're
0:56.0	helping to identify
0:57.0	targets.
0:58.0	It's complicated.
0:59.0	There are
1:00.0	areas where we know
1:01.0	there are very few
1:02.0	civilians, but we have to
1:03.0	be absolutely sure.
1:04.0	Their goal,
1:07.0	to see without being seen.
1:09.0	200 strong on the ground, they remain anonymous.
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