The Light Reaction Regiment: the Philippines answer to Delta Force w/ Francis Villanueva, Ep. 55

The Team House

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History, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government

4.7 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2020

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Summary

Francis Villanueva had amazing access to the Light Reaction Regiment (LRR) of the Philippines in writing his book about them called "Tiradores" which means shooters. The LRR is the Philippines version of Delta Force, trained by US Special Forces, they conduct some of the most dangerous and awe inspiring operations that few have ever heard about. The government deliberately attributes their operations to other units while the LRR remains in the shadows, until now. In our interview, Francis talks about how and why the LRR was created and their biggest challenges during full blown urban warfare in Zamboanga and Marawi. Tiradores can be found here and belongs on the shelf of any serious student of Special Ops: https://www.amazon.com/Tiradores-Missions-Philippines-Reaction-Regiment/dp/1727153502 Help Dave recover from being attacked on the subway: https://www.gofundme.com/f/david-parke039s-medical-bills Support the stream on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse

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0:45.0	Hi everyone, I'm Jack Murphy here with our guest tonight, Francis Villanueva.
0:53.0	Francis is the author of the new book,
0:57.0	Deardores, which is about the Filipino White Reaction Regiment.
1:01.0	I'm almost done with the book. I'm like right at the right at the
1:06.8	the climax of the book a very important sniper shot three snipers shoot at HVT number one while he's on the dock and take him out.
1:17.3	It's just an incredible story and I was able to meet with the LOR members when I was in the Philippines in 2017.
1:25.8	Francis and I, we know quite a few of the same people, so I was so happy to see that he wrote this book
1:32.3	because this unit is,
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