Calls From The Road #58: Selection

This content features retired Green Beret Scott Mann discussing his extensive Special Forces career. Visuals showcase the M4 Carbine and Beretta M9, highlighting their technical specifications. Mann's expertise is evident through his 23-year career and leadership roles, offering insights into military operations and post-service endeavors.

This content features a legendary Delta Force operator nicknamed 'Ninja' discussing his extensive career in Special Forces and the CIA. He shares insights into his transition from military service to government contracting and his subsequent role at the CIA. The video also highlights his new venture into tactical training and his affiliation with Glock, showcasing tactical rifles and gear.

This content features Kyle Morgan, a decorated Delta Force operator with extensive combat experience. He discusses his distinguished military career, highlighting numerous awards including the Distinguished Service Cross and multiple Bronze Star Medals. Visuals showcase tactical gear and firearms, including an HK416 variant and a Glock handgun, underscoring the elite nature of his service.

This content features Green Beret Ryan Hendrickson discussing his extensive military career, including eight deployments to Afghanistan. Despite a severe leg injury from an IED blast early in his service, Hendrickson demonstrated remarkable resilience by returning for seven more deployments. The discussion touches upon his experiences and post-service achievements, including authoring a book and founding a nonprofit.

This episode of the Shawn Ryan Show features special operators recounting their first combat engagements. Stories range from night raids and vehicle interdictions to sniper kills and close air support. The operators share intense moments involving weapons like the PKM, AK-47, M4, and SR-25, highlighting the realities of high-stakes missions.

This content details the harrowing experience of a Delta Force operator during the Benghazi attack, focusing on the immediate aftermath and the retrieval of fallen comrades. It highlights a critical perspective on the official narrative, suggesting discrepancies in how the event and the actions of the operators were reported and recognized. The speaker expresses deep emotional distress and criticism regarding the handling of remains and the truthfulness of official accounts.

This video details a specific grip technique taught by John 'Shrek' McPhee, emphasizing the 'Two-Dot Alignment Method' for consistent hand positioning. The instructor uses markers to illustrate key contact points on the hands, crucial for recoil management and maintaining grip integrity during firing. Practical application is demonstrated through live fire, showing a tight shot group resulting from the technique.

This video offers a glimpse into the 2024 IBJJF World Championships, focusing on John 'Shrek' McPhee's purple belt division match. It highlights the intense grip fighting and takedown attempts characteristic of high-level Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition. The visual evidence confirms McPhee's participation and the event's professional setting, featuring FUJI mats and broadcast graphics.

John 'Shrek' McPhee demonstrates a critical rifle-to-pistol transition technique. Key steps include a controlled rifle release, pinning the stock to the body with the support hand to prevent movement, drawing the pistol, and then re-acquiring the rifle. This method ensures a stable platform for engaging targets with either weapon system.

John 'Shrek' McPhee details the use of thermite for destroying IED-rigged vehicles encountered during Special Forces operations in Iraq. He highlights thermite's extreme temperature (5000 degrees) and rapid effectiveness, noting it as a preferred method for efficient vehicle destruction. The video also touches on the grim reality of discovering suicide bombers chained within vehicles.