Turret Gunner in The Battle Of Mogadishu | Higher Line Podcast
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- US Army Ranger Brad Paulsen earned a Silver Star for valor as a Humvee turret gunner manning a 50 cal. machine gun during the infamous Battle of Mogadishu in October 1993. The struggle to recover injured and fallen US soldiers after a daring assault was popularized by the movie Black Hawk Down.
Brad Paulsen is a decorated veteran and retired carpenter from northern Illinois. During the podcast he talks in detail about the his part in the Battle of Mogadishu, becoming an Army Ranger and many other life experiences.
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Outro - "I Want More" by Silent Partner
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What a find. This is the only interview Paulsen I can find.
Mickey,
You lift people. You helped this hero be comfortable enough to tell his story and what one hell of a story he told. He is the man! Thank you for always trying to bring people together:j
You can see the humility in this man.
Thank you for your kind words.
Thanks for getting Brad the show. I've heard Struecker talk about him so much, it's great to finally hear the story from the man himself. And what a story!!
But the one more thing I wanted to know which wasn't asked:
Brad, how did you find the courage to drive out there the second time? What motivated you to move past your fear?
Thank you is not enough but thank you for all you and every person that has served.
What a great man! Thank you for your the service of your fellow men and woman of service and the fallen soldiers who didn’t make it home. They will never be forgotten and I wish you a happy and fulfilled life!
Thank you! I wish you the same!
Omg thumbs up @5:30 forever my family, all our families are greatful, and humbled by your service..GBY 🙏
This might be the best and most enlightening interview I have seen in my 50 years on this rock. Great stuff!
Thank you for those lofty praises! Honesty is only easy when we have almost nothing to hide. And I try to be honest
A big thanks for you’re service sir . You were a brave man then . And a brave man now .
Thank you for your service man..and Mickey thanks for having him on your show and sharing this info.
Awesome episode! Thanks you guys for everything!
I think this was the most powerful podcast you’ve done yet. Thanks for sharing this.
What a man among boys this guy is in today's society. It's important for these guys to do interviews for the next generation. Thank you.
The Army certainly learned a lot of lessons that day that likely saved some lives in the wars that followed. I'm sure Mr. Paulsen would have loved to have had one of the gun shields they have in turrets today. Glad he came on and told some of his story.
Did they? Cause in the invasion of iraq there still wasnt armor on hummvs....
Thank you! I’ve some friends who have told me of some of the impacts our endeavors have had on the military. Everything from equipment to SOP’s changed. Normal progression regardless but good point!
What an awesome human being...Thanks for sharing your story Brad!
You are most welcome!
Thank you!
Thank you for your service brother!
Thanks for your service and the story
Exactly! Make the world a better place. Lift people up it’s not that hard. Don’t be a jerk! Respect.
Get it to catch on, please!
Even though that day was tragic and mistakes were made, there were lessons learned. My son, who is a combat veteran and Ranger, surely benefited from those lessons.
Love you guy’s and all of our great people that served and there families that support them!!!!!!! Keep teaching people to kid ass!!!!!!!! And not to forget who blazed the trail for freedom to ring through our American lives!!!!!!
Much Respect, Sgt Paulsen. Thank You for your sacrifice. Hand Salute
Hand Salute rendered in reply!
Thank you for your service
What more can we say... Thank you for your service !
People teach your kids to be real deal Americans !!!
This sounds just about perfect for listening while I work. Thanks Mick!
Hero in my eyes.
Thanks, men.
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing. I started this thinking I would only watch a few minutes but I couldn’t turn it off. Here’s to not being a jerk.
Jerks are suckas
Thoroughly enjoyed this podcast…..thank you both and RIP to Dominick pilla, thank you for making the ultimate sacrifice 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you!
God bless this man
Excellent podcast!! Thanks for sharing the story!!
Most welcome!
excellent interview !!
Thanks for sharing your story Brad. Another excellent podcast.
You are welcome!
This guy's experience reminds me of those tail and belly gunners in WWII bombers. Stuck out there with their asses in the open, feeling so disconnected and far from the rest of their crews, but still doing what they had to do.
Great interview!
Thank you sir
Thanks Brad!
This was a interesting guest im sure all the boots on the ground have they're stories life's good when you rotate home
Plead
To God !
Yes , right thing to do
Say Hello to Jerry if you remember him... Big giant...ran his ass off out there....
I’d rather fight in a war for 16 hours than push a damn shovel
I don't give a fuck about it I'm broke long time ago my taxes are too fucking high
Amazing how completely untrained, high, and mostly uncoordinated 'skinnies' beat the brakes off the worlds best trained soldiers... Just thinking though
Not all we’re untrained. Many had been through Terrorist training camps. Not to mention the years of civil wars. You don’t know anything so not sure why I’m replying. Look up who wins. Numbers? Please.
That's got to be one of the dumbest most uneducated comments I've ever read on TH-cam.
Considering how the kill to loss ratio was literally around 100 to 1 in favor of the Rangers where exactly do you get they had "the brakes beat off of them"?
Considering that they spent the night literally in the middle of an entire city of people who wanted nothing more than to kill them and chop up their remains in front of the world yet they were never overrun and wiped out how do you get they had "the brakes beaten off of them"?
Considering that the "skinnies" probably expended somewhere in the neighborhood of 100,000 rounds of small arms ammo and approximately 100 RPG rounds resulting in only 19 US servicemen killed where exactly did you come up with them "getting the brakes beat off of them"?
What those guy's went through and survived is epic and in the eyes of military forces around the world is looked at with awe and respect and is used as an example to those militaries as proof of what proper training can do for a fighting force's effectiveness.
Typically when someone regurgitates a comment that stupid about those guy's who fought that hard and survived odds that seemingly impossible that certainly don't deserve to have applied to them it creates anger in me, but in your case I feel pity for you, because it must be a real struggle trying to survive the world with an IQ that low.
Fortunately for you there's plenty of organizations and charities that help the needy.
P.S., sorry about some of the bigger words I used that have undoubtedly confused you, I tried to keep them to a minimum but unfortunately I can't think on that low of a level.
This video is fake
Thanks for talking about this.. its understandable unease, right hand of guest speaker fingers. Love finding others stories.