The Army's Got Your Goat

Campus Files

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Society & Culture, History, True Crime, Documentary

4.6 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In 1965 a group of 5 people broke into a secret Naval base to kidnap a key figure as part of a covert operation. That key figure? A goat named Bill. The kidnappers? West Point cadets. For a transcript of this episode: https://bit.ly/campusfiles-transcripts To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:24.8	The location is Severna Park Naval Security Station. The date is November 20th,
0:30.6	1965, 2300 hours. It's a frigid night and a high-stakes military operation is taking place on U.S. soil.
0:42.3	We got through the first gate with our cadet IDs.
0:46.3	They waved us through without even look at us.
0:50.3	A group of six men are attempting to gain unauthorized access to Severna Park Naval Security Station,
0:57.0	the communications hub for the Navy's Atlantic Fleet.
1:01.0	We approached the second gate and saw that there was a Marine Guard coming out, and we didn't have passes for that element.
1:07.0	So we saw a road coming in from the left, and we quickly turned last minute left.
1:13.6	We got maybe 200 yards, and we saw there's a construction area, and there's a pedestrian
1:20.0	gate on the right.
1:21.7	And we thought, well, we'll go break into that.
1:25.2	By breaking through this barrier, the group is entering restricted space.
1:29.1	They are risking their lives in undertaking this mission.
1:32.0	There's a guy over there with a gun looking for people breaking into this place.
1:37.4	We were taunting fate.
1:40.0	But the objective is close, so they press on.
1:44.0	We went through the gate, went up a hill over some trees,
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