GRP 170-Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change: The Story of Army Special Missions Sergeant Major Erick Miyares
Global Recon
John Hendricks
4.8 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2023
⏱️ 136 minutes
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Summary
Retired Army Special Missions Sergeant Major Erick Miyares is joining me for this week's podcast. SGM Miyares's family immigrated from Cuba to Florida, where he lived until joining the Marine Corps and served for six years. He transitioned into the Army, serving as a Signals expert in the 7th Special Forces Group. He was shot during a deployment to Ecuador in the late 90s. After recovering, Sergeant Major Miyares tried for and got selected to serve in the Army's Special Missions Unit, where he stayed for 20 years. We discussed working with the SEALs, counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, and veterans' mental health. Tune in
Main Takeaways
- Joining the Marine Corps
- Entering the 7th Special Forces Group in the Army to work as a Signals Electronic Warfare Specialist
- Getting shot in Ecuador supporting a Special Forces team
- Joining the Army's Special Missions Unit
- Working with the SEAL Special Mission Unit
- Working Hostage Rescue Operations
- SIGINT and HUMINT Intelligence
- Veterans mental health
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening, Leeland. |
| 0:02.0 | Evening, Shannon, to you. |
| 0:04.0 | And we're learning a lot more about that operation from the beginning to the end. |
| 0:08.0 | It resulted in the death of Qasem Soleimani. |
| 0:10.0 | It went far beyond a drone strike and included U.S. Army Special Operation soldiers on the ground that actually followed his convoy. |
| 0:18.0 | Half a mile behind when the missile from the Reaper drone hit, they were on the scene |
| 0:23.6 | within a minute or two. |
| 0:25.3 | Immediately following the drone strike, they did what in the business is called a bomb |
| 0:29.6 | damage assessment and took pictures of the scene, along with confirming that the drone got the |
| 0:34.7 | right car, and Soleimani was dead. |
| 0:37.9 | Many of the pictures we have obtained include graphic and close-up pictures of the Iranian general's body. |
| 0:44.0 | We're not going to show you those tonight. |
| 0:45.8 | They're simply too gruesome. |
| 0:46.9 | He is missing limbs and is grossly disfigured. |
| 0:49.7 | A source who both served in Iraq and saw the pictures noted that Soleimani died in much the same way the Americans he killed died. |
| 0:59.0 | Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi, the world's most wanted and brutal terrorist, dead after a daring raid by the elite U.S. to force. |
| 1:09.0 | He was the founder and leader of ISIS, the most ruthless and violent terror organization |
| 1:14.7 | anywhere in the world. |
| 1:16.5 | 5 p.m. Saturday night, President Trump flanked by Vice President Pence, National Security |
| 1:22.6 | Advisor O'Brien, and Defense Secretary Esper, gathering in the situation room with military brass, |
| 1:29.3 | including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, all watching a live step-by-step feed of the mission. |
| 1:37.3 | Eight Chinook helicopters took off on the secret mission from a Kurdish-controlled area in Iraq, |
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