Mike Glover on Iraq/Afghanistan Failures and Personal Vulnerability in Combat | Ep. 270 | Pt. 2

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Documentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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In Part 2 of Episode 270 of the Mike Drop Podcast, Mike Ritland continues his raw, in-depth conversation with Mike Glover. This no-holds-barred discussion picks up with intense reflections on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including hard truths about U.S. foreign policy failures, the military-industrial complex, and regional destabilization. Glover shares personal regrets (or lack thereof), lessons from combat mistakes, and evolving views on vulnerability in war. The episode shifts to practical preparedness in a collapsing society, Glover's departure from Fieldcraft Survival amid challenges, his new ventures in outdoor recreation and wellness, and finding purpose through faith. Expect candid insights from two elite operators on combat, resilience, criticism of endless wars, and building self-reliance today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.1	At one point, where I got scared was when mortar rounds started bracketing the building that we were
0:36.5	sitting on top of.
0:39.7	We had a communicator, an RTO that was with us.
0:42.2	He was RRTO that we brought,
0:44.6	who had main comms with the assault force,
0:46.6	and he also had comms with the aircraft.
0:49.7	And he heard over the radio,
0:51.8	the controller, de-conflict that near the blocking position, he saw guys on top of a rooftop
0:58.8	firing. And we immediately, the pucker factor immediately got tight. And we thought for sure,
1:08.5	we were about to be friendly casualties because the fast movers had identified us and they were trying to vector in to get situation awareness of who we are.
1:18.0	Talked to the combat control later.
1:19.4	There was no fear of us getting eviscerated.
1:22.4	But for sure, it was brought across traffic.
1:25.4	We could not communicate with anybody.
1:27.6	We were in the dark.
1:29.5	So this is kicking off the young sniper from Fourth ID
1:34.0	who had a Remington 700 long action,
1:37.3	essentially a sniper weapon system, SWS,
1:40.7	had already killed three guys.
1:43.2	I had already dumped a group of guys who went into a bus with my M4. I didn't
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