The Cold Hard Truth of War with Chris Ryan

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🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Chris Ryan is a former Special Air Service operator. The only member of his eight-man team to not be captured or killed, Chris evaded enemy patrols and survived a 300-kilometer journey to the Syrian border during the First Gulf War. It was the longest Escape and Evasion in the history of the SAS. In this episode, Jack and Chris discuss how Chris survived his 1991 experience in Iraq. He is the bestselling author of seventy fiction and non-fiction books including the Geordie Sharp series, Alpha Force, the Danny Black series and The One That Got Away, which details his experience on E&E (Escape & Evasion) during the 1991 Gulf War. His book Strike Back was adapted into a TV series for the UK’s Sky 1 and he helped create the action-drama TV series Ultimate Force. He’s also hosted popular TV shows including Hunting Chris Ryan, Terror Alert: Could You Survive, How Not to Die, and Armed and Dangerous. For more information about Chris Ryan, visit https://www.chrisryanauthor.co.uk/. NOTE: This segment has been extracted from the full-length episode, which originally aired on June 2, 2021. SPONSORS: Red Sky Mourning – The 7th novel in the James Reece Terminal List series. Pre-order today! http://jackcarr.co/rsm Bravo Company Manufacturing: Visit us on the web at http://jackcarr.co/bcm and on Instagram @BravoCompanyUSA.com SIG: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the legendary SIG SAUER P226. Learn more here - https://jackcarr.co/SIG40thP226 Jack Carr Gear: Explore the gear here - https://jackcarr.co/gear

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0:00.0	I looked at my sergeant major and I said this is a one-way mission if it goes wrong it's going to go really badly wrong and that's it I said I'm still getting on that helicopter
0:08.0	but this is not right your body in that state it basically starts pooling all of the warm blood in your core and that's why you lose the you see your fingers your arms your legs by moving quickly and trying to warm up all of that warm blood starts going to
0:26.4	your fingers hands and then that's making you even more current. We were breaking every SOP in our book.
0:34.7	Welcome to the Danger Close Podcast presented by Sig Sour.
0:38.0	My guest today is Chris Ryan.
0:40.3	Chris is the author of One that Got Away.
0:45.0	It's an incredible story of human resiliency, of survival,
0:49.0	and the power of the human spirit.
0:51.0	Without further ado, Chris Ryan.
0:56.0	It basically came that there'd been a deal brokered that they would send three patrols
1:02.0	deep into Iraq in the Ambar region and they would establish observation posts and we were to locate Scud missiles.
1:13.1	When we were tasked for this,
1:14.2	I can remember going to the sergeant major and saying,
1:17.4	okay, we need night vision,
1:20.3	and there was, there's none, there's none left for you.
1:23.0	We need suppressed weapons.
1:25.0	This guy came and said,
1:26.0	Jord, who the hell do you think you are?
1:28.0	James Bond.
1:29.0	And I'm like, no.
1:30.0	And not mind you, that was the thinking at the time.
1:32.0	It was suppressed weapons, who uses them type of thing
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