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Kyle Morgan on the Mali Hostage Rescue, Moral Injury, Sobriety & Serving Others | Ep. 296 | Pt. 3

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

Politics, Society & Culture, News, Personal Journals

4.96.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2026

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Kyle Morgan opens up with raw honesty about his decade with 1st SFOD-D (Delta Force). He details the legendary Radisson Blu Hotel hostage rescue in Mali that he led, the intense pre- and post-Radisson deployments, the personal toll of repeated blast injuries and combat trauma, his struggles with alcohol, opioids, ego, and moral injury, multiple DUIs, and the difficult path to redemption, sobriety, faith, and retirement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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What makes a Delta shooter the greatest shooter is getting selected and developed

0:38.3

to not take that shot.

0:41.3

If you think about what goes into that,

0:45.3

I gotta be able to take the shot,

0:48.3

but to not take the shot.

0:50.3

So how do I create the space in my subconscious skills,

0:55.0

the stuff running in the background,

0:57.5

it's just happening.

0:58.7

It's weapons manipulation.

1:00.3

It's shot placement.

1:02.1

Knowing all my holdovers at any moment, angles,

1:05.1

all the things, what's in front of that

1:07.0

and beyond my target, all those things

1:09.1

have to be running in the background in order for me

1:12.7

to really access my greatest tool which is my awareness because maybe that shot's not for me

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