The Danish Delta Force (Jaeger Corps) | Thomas Rathsack | Ep. 355

The Team House

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History, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government

4.7 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Thomas Rathsack is a veteran of the Danish Jaeger Corps, where he served with deployments in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Beyond his combat roles, he contributed to humanitarian efforts in demining and provided VIP security. Rathsack is also an accomplished author, best known for his controversial, best-selling memoir, "Jaeger," and has since expanded his career into writing novels and television production.
Find Thomas here:
Books
https://www.amazon.com/Jaeger-Denmarks-Elite-Special-Forces-ebook/dp/B00UPKQGOY
IG
https://www.instagram.com/thomas_rathsack/?hl=en
Website
https://thomasrathsack.dk/
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00:00 Start & Origin Story
05:01 Jaeger Corps Selection & Training
11:10 Mine Clearing in Chechnya & Afghanistan (Pre-9/11)
14:54 9/11 in Afghanistan & Return to Service
20:51 Afghanistan Reconnaissance Missions & Lessons Learned
30:22 Iraq Security & Undercover Operations
51:11 Post-Military Life: Book, Controversy, and TV Projects

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0:00.0	Special Operations
0:04.0	Cobert Ops
0:08.0	Espionage
0:10.0	The Team House
0:12.0	with your hosts
0:14.0	Jack Murphy and David Park.
0:22.5	Hey, everyone.
0:25.2	Welcome to episode 355 of the Teamhouse.
0:26.4	I'm Jack here with Dave.
0:30.1	And our guest on tonight's show, I'm very excited to have here tonight, Thomas Rathsack.
0:31.3	Thomas is the author of Jagger at War with the Elite, a book that I helped have translated
0:37.2	and brought to the English language readers.
0:39.9	So it's out there for you guys if you want to read his memoir, which is super, I mean, obviously
0:44.4	I'm biased, but I think it's a great story and I hope you guys will check it out.
0:48.7	Thomas's background is that he served in the Danish Yager Corps, which is Danish Special Forces with deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq.
0:57.3	He also served with a Danish demining group before 9-11 even in Chechnya and Afghanistan.
1:03.8	And then afterwards, I mean, he wrote his book.
1:07.4	There was some controversy about it back home in Denmark.
1:10.7	And he's moved on to
1:12.5	writing some novels, some television projects, and some other things we'll get into here.
1:16.8	So, Thomas, thank you for joining us tonight.
1:19.9	Thank you for having me.
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