GRP 133-In honor I gained them and in honor I die with them: A British Royal Marine Commando

Global Recon

John Hendricks

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4.8 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Joining me for this week’s podcast is former British Royal Marine Commando James Glancy. James served for a number of years in the Royal Marine Commandos where he deployed into different areas around the world including Afghanistan. After a few combat deployments he went onto serve with one of Britain's elite units. During his operational service in he was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross. Since getting out of the military Glancy has hosted shows on the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week. He’s a director of conservation charity, Veterans 4 Wildlife, where he focuses on the preservation of endangered species and combating the global trade in shark fins. We discussed the history of Special Forces, the role of the Royal Marine Commandos, and many other topics. Enjoy. This episode is sponsored by War Dragons War Dragons is a 3D, Real Time, Strategy video game – right on your phone. For the month of July, War Dragons is partnering with Stack Up, an organization dedicated to bringing military personnel, veterans and civilian supporters together through a shared love of video gaming. War Dragons will match all donations made through the link in the game between July 4th through July 31st, up to a maximum of $10,000. Donors will also get an exclusive, in-game portrait. Can’t donate but want to support Stack Up’s work? Breeding your dragons in-game can also help contribute an additional $10,000 donation by War Dragons. Visit www.podcast.wardragons.com/recon  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 Music provided by Caspian: www.caspianmusic.net

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0:00.0	When you were the first man in to go into a Taliban camp, for example,
0:07.0	how did you prepare for that?
0:10.0	Everything is a numbers game.
0:13.0	When I was stacking up against the door, my initial thought was,
0:18.0	when I go through that door, I know that someone stood on the other side with a weapon,
0:21.9	when I go through that door, what are the chances of that person, that untrained person,
0:27.3	getting one or two bullets off on his weapon?
0:31.2	The chances are quite high.
0:32.5	What are the chances of one of those bullets hitting me in the head and killing me out,
0:38.3	right? That's very slim. You know, it might hit me in my body arm, it might hitting me in the head and killing me out by it. That's very slim.
0:39.3	You know, it might hit me in my body arm and might hit me in the leg.
0:42.3	So what are the chances of me actually dying?
0:44.3	It's slim because I'm the aggressor, I'm the trained soldier.
0:48.3	By the time I get in and finish the job, all my powers on my back, he will come in and finish the job.
0:53.3	So the likelihood of them getting a kill shot is very, very important. finish the job all my powers on my back he will come in and finish the job so the
0:54.4	likelihood of that them getting a kill shot is very very slim so the odds are with
1:01.2	me make before you you're repetition repetition I made these assessments after kicking
1:06.9	10 15 doors down just it just learn to use this emotion.
1:11.6	You learn to sort of do these calculations in your head very, very quickly.
1:16.6	But what about fear?
1:18.6	Doesn't that disturb in a way?
1:20.6	Fear is always there.
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