GRP 182-What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality: My Conversation with Delta Force Operator Dave Nielsen
Global Recon
John Hendricks
4.8 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2023
⏱️ 109 minutes
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Summary
My friend Dave Nielsen, a former Army Ranger and Delta Force Operator is back on the podcast. Dave co-hosts a brand new show called the Christology Podcast. After leaving the Army, he got a theology and biblical studies degree. We discussed the difficulty of Delta's selection and how his experience in dealing with adversity growing up in Detroit helped him make it through.
Dave talked about the culture of servant leadership at Delta Force which plays a crucial role in the unit's success. We touched on his time as a dog handler and his dog Pepper. There are many nuances of operating in a Special Mission Unit that, includes going after bomb makers and dealing with enemies who wear suicide vest. We touched on Hostage Rescue Operations, Faith, Israel, his time in the Ranger Regiment, and much more. Tune in.
Main Takeaways
- The Christology Podcast
- Dealing with Adversity
- The 75th Ranger Regiment
- Delta Force
- Polish Ambush
- Dog Handler
- Injured on a Jump
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| 0:00.0 | Breaking news. In a major escalation and tensions between the U.S. and Iran, the top Iranian |
| 0:07.0 | in general has been killed in an airstrike while leaving the Baghdad airport. |
| 0:11.0 | The Pentagon confirmed the U.S. military carried out the attack. |
| 0:14.0 | Qasem Soleimani was one of the most powerful figures in the Middle East, |
| 0:18.0 | and had been the top military man in Iran for more than 20 years. |
| 0:22.4 | This attack comes after Iranian-back groups breached the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad just two days ago. |
| 0:28.3 | We now turn to ABC's Kara Phillips, who's with President Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida. |
| 0:33.3 | Kara. |
| 0:34.1 | When reports of the airstrike at the Baghdad airport broke tonight, there was one question |
| 0:39.3 | on everyone's mind. |
| 0:41.3 | Was the United States responsible? |
| 0:43.3 | Well, the president was cryptic. |
| 0:45.3 | He responded with only a picture, tweeting out the image of the American flag. |
| 0:50.3 | Breaking news just minutes ago from Iran, what the military there is now admitting about that |
| 0:56.0 | downed Ukrainian plane. |
| 0:58.0 | Good evening, Leland. |
| 1:00.0 | Evening, Shannon, to you. |
| 1:02.0 | And we're learning a lot more about that operation from the beginning to the end. |
| 1:06.0 | It resulted in the death of Qasem Soleimani. |
| 1:08.0 | It went far beyond a drone strike and included U.S. Army Special |
| 1:11.7 | Operations soldiers on the ground that actually followed his convoy. Half a mile behind when |
| 1:18.6 | the missile from the Reaper drone hit, they were on the scene within a minute or two. Immediately |
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