GRP 161-Don't Rush To Your Death: A Conversation with An American Tier 1 Operator
Global Recon
John Hendricks
4.8 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2022
⏱️ 117 minutes
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GRP 161-Don't Rush To Your Death: A Conversation with An American Tier 1 Operator
Joining me for this week's podcast is retired Special Missions Operator Fred Fusco. I did a podcast with Fred five years ago. Fred spent most of his career in Special Operations, serving as a Green Beret Medic before joining the Army Special Missions Unit, where he served as an Assaulter and a Sniper. We talked about some of Fred's experiences in combat, including dealing with suicide bombers on target, conducting hostage rescue operations, and working with allied Special Operators, including the British SAS, Australian SASR, and Polish GROM. Tune in!
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- 18 Delta Special Forces Medic
- Poor leadership in combat
- Joining the Army's Special Missions Unit
- Dealing with suicide bombers while assaulting targets
- Hostage Rescue
- Dealing with Traumatic Brain Injury
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| 0:00.0 | And next to another developing story, U.S. Commando's deep inside Syria taking out a senior ISIS leader. |
| 0:06.2 | Tonight, ABC's Terry Moran with details on that raid and what American forces found that could unlock secrets about this terrorist group. |
| 0:15.6 | The daring raid happened overnight. Elite Delta Force troops taking off from Iraq aboard Black Hawk helicopters |
| 0:22.0 | and V-22 Ospreys headed deep into Syria. |
| 0:25.9 | Their mission, capture and interrogate Abu Sayyaf, a key ISIS leader, according to U.S. |
| 0:30.9 | intelligence, the top money man, in charge of ISIS's multi-million dollar black market oil |
| 0:36.3 | and gas sales. |
| 0:38.0 | This is not just another person. |
| 0:39.5 | Their revenue streams are extremely important for their survival. |
| 0:42.8 | A counterterrorism official tells ABC News, |
| 0:45.1 | Sayef is also suspected to be the ISIS leader |
| 0:48.2 | who had been given American hostage, Kayla Mueller, |
| 0:50.6 | killed in Syria in February as a forced bride or slave. |
| 0:55.3 | On the ground at Siaf's house, a fierce firefight. |
| 0:58.4 | ISIS fighters defending the building using women and children as human shields, the Pentagon |
| 1:03.0 | says. |
| 1:04.0 | Delta Force commandos pushing forward. |
| 1:06.1 | At times the combat was so close it was hand-to-hand fighting. |
| 1:10.3 | Abu Sayyaf killed in the firefight, along with a |
| 1:12.9 | dozen ISIS fighters. Syaf's wife captured and held for questioning. All American personnel |
| 1:19.5 | returned safely after scooping up laptop computers that could prove to be an intelligence windfall. |
| 1:25.0 | All in all, a significant success. We should have a large psychological impact on us that we can go ahead and do raids |
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