GRP 130- Great deeds are wrought at great risks: From the south Bronx to the SEAL teams Remi Adeleke

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GRP 130- Great deeds are wrought at great risks: From the south Bronx to the SEAL teams Remi Adeleke

 

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GRP 130-Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks: From the south Bronx to the US Navy SEAL Teams Remi Adelake

 

On for this episode is author and former U.S Navy SEAL Remi Adelake. Remi has a unique story growing up in Nigeria. Shortly after his father passed away his mother moved him and his brother back to the Bronx. Growing up poor and in a violent section of NYC he learned the ways of the streets at an early age. It wasn’t until years later where he was working undercover as a SEAL that he realized some of those tough lessons learned in the South Bronx helped him stay alive in combat.

 Since making his transition out of the Navy Remi has worked in Hollywood as an actor and has published his first novelTransformed: A Navy SEAL’s Unlikely Journey from the Throne of Africa, to the Streets of the Bronx, to Defying All Odds. We discussed many topics to include the unconventional warfare approach, how it’s been successful in combat, and how it can be applied to fixing broken communities within the United States. Enjoy

 

 0:00-Intro to Remi’s early life in Nigeria before moving to the Bronx

 

28:00-Becoming a HUMINT (Human Intelligence) Operator for the SEAL Teams 

 

48:55-The unconventional approach

 

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GRP 129-From Africa to the French Special Forces-Qui ose gagne: The Story of a French SAS Operator

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GRP 129-From Africa to the French Special Forces-Qui ose gagne: The Story of a French SAS Operator

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I have a very special guest on for this week’s podcast. Retired French SAS operator Raymond. Raymond was born in Africa and moved to France during his teenage years. He eventually joined the Army and became a member of the French Foreign Legion. It was on a deployment with the Foreign Legion where he met members of the French SAS, France’s premier counter terrorism unit. 

 

We discussed his early life, the racism he experienced in France and in the Army being from Africa. We touched on what effects terrorism has had on France as a nation, and many other topics. Enjoy. 

 

3:55- The origins of the French Special Forces

 

8:44-Joining the French Foreign Legion

 

17:55-Joining the French SAS

 

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GRP 128-The 20 Year Journey of a Navy SEAL Sniper: Jack Carr

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GRP 128-The 20 Year Journey of a Navy SEAL Sniper: Jack Carr

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GRP 128-The 20 Year Journey of a Navy SEAL Sniper: Jack Carr

 

On for this week’s podcast is former Navy SEAL Officer turned author Jack Carr. He led special operations teams as a Team Leader, Platoon Commander, Troop Commander and Task Unit Commander. Over his 20 years in Naval Special Warfare he transitioned from an enlisted SEAL sniper specializing in communications and intelligence, to a junior officer leading assault and sniper teams in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was on a pre 9/11 training deployment on Guam when the Twin Towers were hit. His team immediately deployed to the middle east to take over ship take down operations against Saddam Hussein from SEAL Team 3 who rotated into Afghanistan.

 

Jack has written a fictional novel called “The Terminal List” and has a second book on the way called “True Believer”. Enjoy.

 

0:00- My friend Kevin Lacz speaking on the incident in which Marc Lee was killed in action in Iraq. Marc was the first SEAL killed during the Iraq war. 

 

14:02-Naval Special Warfare Sniper, Employment of Snipers on the battlefield.

 

21:35-Sri Lanka, Global terrorism

 

40:15-Having a family at home while deploying into combat over a 20-year career 

 

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GRP 127-An American Spy Master: The former Director of Overseas Operations for the CIA Jack Devine.

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GRP 127-An American Spy Master: The former Director of Overseas Operations for the CIA Jack Devine.

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GRP 127-An American Spy Master: The former Director of Overseas Operations for the CIA Jack Devine.

 

We have a very special guest on for this episode. Former Director of overseas operations for the Central Intelligence Agency Jack Devine. Mr. Devine served with the agency for over 30 years while working some of the most impactful operations during that time. We discussed his interactions with KGB Spy Aldrich Ames from the beginning of his career until they met again when he was the station chief in Rome.

 

Jack ran the covert operation of arming the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan during the 1980s against the Soviet Union which eventually led to their defeat. We discussed the role of politics in the intelligence world and many other topics. Enjoy.

 

0:00-Intro discussing some of the damage done by Soviet Spy Aldrich Ames, and the results of the covert CIA program arming the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan against the Soviets

 

9:03-Jack Devine’s interactions with KGB spy Aldrich Ames during the beginning of his CIA career, as well as his interactions with him 20 years later when Devine was the CIA station chief of Rome.

 

31:14-The politicization of intelligence

 

40:13-The military coup of 1973 by Chilean General Pinochet

 

48:45-Charlie Wilsons War: Running covert operations in the 1980s against the Russians in Afghanistan

 

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GRP 126-In chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order: CIA Security Officer Tom Pecora

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GRP 126-In chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order: CIA Security Officer Tom Pecora

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GRP 126- For this weeks podcast I have a very special guest on career CIA Security Officer and author of "GUARDIAN - Life in the Crosshairs of the CIA's War on Terror" Thomas Pecora. “GUARDIAN” is a historical memoir chronicling Mr. Pecora’s 24 years in the CIA in protective operations, counter-terrorism and security, working in some of the worst terrorist hotbeds in the world. We discussed several events which you’ll find as I have that Tom’s perspective is valuable and unique. Enjoy.

0:00- Gary Schroen, and the CIA’s insertion into Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks

6:30-The amount of direct combat for the CIA in modern warfare

10:37-The 1993 attack on CIA headquarters

17:00-On the ground in Mogadishu in 1993, Osama Bin Laden’s role in the Battle of Mogadishu

31:00-The CIA’s tragedy in Khost, Afghanistan. Running Counter Surveillance for Robert Gates

50:54-Changes the Agency underwent after the 9/11 attacks, on the ground in Iraq.

1:09:24- How interconnected terrorist groups are and the effects they have on the world

1:28:36-Tracking Bin Laden

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