Little Bird pilot Greg Coker on being shot down in Iraq, Ep. 74

The Team House

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History, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government

4.7 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2020

⏱️ 140 minutes

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Summary

Greg Coker was a AH-6 Little Bird pilot with the Nightstalkers and saw action in Iraq and Afghanistan. This was one wild episode as Greg tells us about how he joined the Infantry and then become a helicopter pilot flying Cobras and Apaches before assessing for the 160th SOAR. After 9/11 he deployed to Afghanistan as a fire support officer and had some hair raising experiences. Then came the invasion of Iraq, where he saw serious action at Haditha dam conducting gun runs for nearly a week straight. Then Greg tells us about how he was shot down in 2004 by a surface to air missile. He recalls every microscopic detail of the 8 second crash. After a Delta operator pulled him out of the crash site, he helped them raid the compound where the missile came from and continued to engage the enemy. Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse NEW! Team House merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10474963 Team House Discord: https://discord.gg/wHFHYM6 SubReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTeamHouse/ Jack Murphy's memoir "Murphy's Law" can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Murphys-Law-Journey-Investigative-Journalist/dp/1501191241 The Team Room Reading Room (Amazon Affiliate links): https://jackmurphywrites.com/the-team-room-reading-room/

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0:45.0	Hey everyone, welcome to episode 74 of the team house. I'm Jack Murphy here with co-host Dave Park.
0:59.0	This is a little bit of a different episode. We normally live streamed.
1:03.4	This one is pre-recorded since it falls on Christmas Eve
1:05.9	and all three of us have other things
1:07.6	to be doing on that particular evening.
1:10.3	But we wanted to be committed to getting out an episode this Friday for you nonetheless so we approve recording this one with our with our guest here
1:20.1	Greg Koker the Dave you actually read Greg's book.
1:23.6	Yes, it was a phenomenal book.
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