How Professional Are Special Forces Soldiers? "They Were Wizards Man"

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  • @ShawnRyanClips
    @ShawnRyanClips  หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Thanks for watching everyone. You can watch the full episode with Tom Spooner here th-cam.com/video/NAxQC1NkCxU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-A1pf2rij3VTWNQR Additionally if you want to support the Shawn Ryan Show you can join the community. www.patreon.com/VigilanceElite

    • @ernestbekoe7491
      @ernestbekoe7491 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Please invite Nicholas Irving

    • @Patriot66699
      @Patriot66699 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      We are all still waiting on Instructor Terry Patstone….and his mustache….!!!

  • @C-24-Brandan
    @C-24-Brandan หลายเดือนก่อน +137

    Should get John Shrek McPhee on, the sheriff of Baghdad... his interviews on the combat story with Ryan are great. How you interview people It'd be a good one.

    • @rhymetimeuk
      @rhymetimeuk หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      totally agree!!

    • @jamesdawson1171
      @jamesdawson1171 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Spoiler alert ⚠!! He is coming on the show.

    • @bayramtounsi2982
      @bayramtounsi2982 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jamesdawson1171 FUUUCK YEAAAAAAAAAAAH

    • @Drop_off_on_the_right
      @Drop_off_on_the_right 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@jamesdawson1171that’s going to be epic

    • @Slightapex
      @Slightapex 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Fuck yea!! Shrek is amazing!

  • @flddoc2
    @flddoc2 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

    I went through Sage with Tom and ran into him frequently in 7th. I liked him from the minute I met him and it’s good to see him alive. He talks about being arrogant but he never displayed that at all.

  • @jamesmccaughey7754
    @jamesmccaughey7754 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    Spent the first half of the 90s doing a regular rotation at a drug surveillance radar site in Colombia as an Air Guard technician. Really remote area. Got to know the Special Forces team guys pretty well. There were 4 assigned to the site for a few months at a time. A few guys were solitary guys who were cool but wouldn’t really interact but most of the guys were really good guys who would spend nights on the veranda with us swapping stories. This guy reminds me of them. Humble when they could’ve been otherwise. They are unique among men. Held in
    esteem by other military guys. And I’m
    father and brother to combat
    decorated Airborne Rangers who I
    personally hold in high esteem.

    • @flddoc2
      @flddoc2 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I did that mission in Puerto Maldonado Peru covering along the Amazon River in 99. A couple years later a plane with missionaries was shot down by Peru. I don’t know if that station gave clearance but It put a real sense of seriousness on what, to that point, was more or less a fuck-off mission on a fun trip. That was my last mission to South America. I did SWSC after Peru and rotated Bragg to Afghanistan from 2003 to 2010.

    • @jamesmccaughey7754
      @jamesmccaughey7754 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@flddoc2
      Yeah those were many fun trips. I was way north in Araracuara on the Caqueta river. One of the sites reported that plane. CIA plane followed and gave a halfhearted ok to the Peruvians to shoot it down. That was the end of that. I got out in 97. My brother was a 2nd Battalion Ranger rotating in and out of Afghanistan and Iraq those years. My son led an infantry platoon with the 101st for most of 2015 in Afghanistan. Now I don’t recommend any kid join. Patients running the asylum.

    • @flddoc2
      @flddoc2 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jamesmccaughey7754 My son deployed with a Cav unit at Knox and then 173rd to Afghanistan. It was an interesting feeling rotating out as my son was entering country. He did his time and got out and very sadly, I agree. I would be very hesitant to recommend a young man joining right now unless they had incredible focus, discipline and dedication to follow a specific path to upper echelon of Special Ops or to become an aviator or getting Med school out of the deal. The 7th Group dentist and I became good friends. He came in enlisted as 11B, went to dental school and eventually got into maxillofacial surgery all paid by the army. Good man with a plan.

  • @Patriot66699
    @Patriot66699 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    We are all still waiting on Instructor Terry Patstone….and his mustache….!!!

    • @DAWGDigest
      @DAWGDigest หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That would be amazing

    • @treytheriot
      @treytheriot หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He’s got to come on here dude is hilarious

    • @Patriot66699
      @Patriot66699 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@treytheriot i’ve been commenting for three years already to Shawn to have him on one time he gave me a thumbs up a few years ago, but I still haven’t never seen him as a guest… I think it would be a awesome lighthearted interview, and then they can dive into mission stuff.

    • @vlun1215
      @vlun1215 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I would love to see patstone

  • @EliteBuildersOK
    @EliteBuildersOK 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Sounds like The Unit takes care of their own above and beyond any possible expectations. Brotherhood for real. Great stuff

  • @bryonseilerXauBry0716
    @bryonseilerXauBry0716 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    All that I can say is Wow!!! I'm so happy that we have you guys on our side

  • @frankmorris2603
    @frankmorris2603 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    That's real pressure and top level accountability getting reviewed week to week.
    The way to have the highest standard.
    Very rare.

  • @uuzoo
    @uuzoo 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I love watching these videos on your show Shawn. The guys are so humble and down to earth. What's weird is that they don't need to be like that. They could be cocky and arrogant, but they've been through so much in their lives it makes them humble and appreciate life. They are full of gratitude. They are nothing like for example watching social media star Jake Paul shoot off his mouth saying he's bad and tough he is. These guys are mature and have my respect.

  • @rhymetimeuk
    @rhymetimeuk หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Amazing guest, incredible people. Kevin Holland would be a great person to have on too, being Dev and the Unit, would be a great conversation I think!

  • @j.snyder4957
    @j.snyder4957 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    love these podcasts - amazing what these operators do

  • @brentclark5496
    @brentclark5496 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Please keep doing these phenomenal interviews, they are very informative and quite interesting

  • @MarcoPolo-zc6zo
    @MarcoPolo-zc6zo หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm loving this. Good stuff!

  • @mitchellbroaddus9120
    @mitchellbroaddus9120 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    We took care of each man. Not difficult to understand.

  • @SiriusDogStar369
    @SiriusDogStar369 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    They were wizards. Their superiors, the technology & systems who gave them their orders? Not so much

  • @CandC68
    @CandC68 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In the military, you can coast and go with the flow. But in the military things can get intense. So, the question is: "Who do you want next to you? Or covering your back?"
    If you push yourself to be better, or the best version, those who have gone through it, will be the ones next to you. And they believe the same of you.
    Surprisingly this works outside the military as well.

  • @getoffmylawn8986
    @getoffmylawn8986 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    This is why I'm so glad I was single during my time in SF.

    • @lulumoon6942
      @lulumoon6942 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Glad you made it out the other side, thanks. 🙏🕊️

    • @getoffmylawn8986
      @getoffmylawn8986 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@lulumoon6942 Thank you.

    • @lulumoon6942
      @lulumoon6942 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@getoffmylawn8986 Thank YOU buddy. 👍

  • @user-jw6sr7nc5g
    @user-jw6sr7nc5g หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Can’t imagine getting that high of training and then you leave in the middle when you’re all pumped up and get sent home then lose all that motivation and have tordemotivate yourself and basically start in a different group possibly.
    At that level of training which I have no idea what it’s like.
    Ugh.
    That’s way different than being trained completely with no breaks.
    Wonder if the break makes you better at your job having to shift your responsibilities and then get back at it with different people.
    It’s like most the stories from these elite soldiers always have an unplanned break in their training.
    Jist wondering if that break boosted them to a different level.

  • @broberts1505
    @broberts1505 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Still have that horrible jump cut from SF to Delta.

  • @darbyheavey406
    @darbyheavey406 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This is all small unit warfare. We are back to great power competition. We have very few senior commanders that can manage division sized units.

  • @jaybirdflhss
    @jaybirdflhss 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great interview! When he was told to throw chem lights and try to keep up, what was the meaning of throw chem lights?

  • @jirvine57
    @jirvine57 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Get the sheriff of Baghdad on

    • @rheppel
      @rheppel หลายเดือนก่อน

      I believe he's been on already

    • @MasonGoodwin-es4cp
      @MasonGoodwin-es4cp หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@rheppelhe hasn’t been on yet. I’m super ready for him to be on tho!

    • @brannonpardue1358
      @brannonpardue1358 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nah

    • @langestamper
      @langestamper 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      He's comming on soon, he gave spoiler alert on his insta 😁🥳

    • @Hayden53085
      @Hayden53085 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Shrek!!!!!

  • @succulentP
    @succulentP หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Has he talked to Pat Mac yet? He'd be another good one. Former Delta

    • @totenfurwotan4478
      @totenfurwotan4478 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Second this. Love to hear about pat Mac operating jn cold war Berlin

  • @thebatman1988
    @thebatman1988 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    spooner they knew you were a certified bad ass they had no plan of firing you.

  • @burtonic2641
    @burtonic2641 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    like it- - you should have on more Cold War vets - keeping us safe back in the day

    • @j.snyder4957
      @j.snyder4957 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      There's gotta be some awesome cold war soldiers still willing to be interviewed. My dad was one of them ... those guys are in their mid-80's now. Scariest thing he experienced in Germany was there was lots of political tension at the time ... and it was about to come to a head and everybody knew it. So one morning, while in the barracks before light he heard this loud CLICK CLACK CLICK CLACK CLICK CLACK ... it was the nuclear cannons being raised and put into position (they never ever did that before, not even as an exercise). Every man in there sat up in their bunks and whispered amongst themselves in the dark ... holy $hit, are we really f'n doing this ?!?!? Those men were scared absolutely shitless of what they thought was about to happen. Thank God, cooler heads prevailed. My dad was a hard man, but his voice used to quiver when he told that story ... they all thought it was the onset of WW3, and they had front row seats

  • @calexander230
    @calexander230 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your show is it

  • @lawrencemayer9557
    @lawrencemayer9557 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Man I can't wait for each episode that comes out. Thanks for your service go Army

  • @ModernTacticalShooting
    @ModernTacticalShooting 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    War wizards? Of course we were.

  • @rnyce4676
    @rnyce4676 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    PUT JAKE ZWEIG ON!!!!! HE’S A SAVAGE AND HILARIOUS!!!!💪💪💪🫡

    • @jbird4165
      @jbird4165 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Mmmkaaaaayyyyyyyy

    • @rnyce4676
      @rnyce4676 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jbird4165 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Drop_off_on_the_right
      @Drop_off_on_the_right 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jbird4165yuuup! 😂

  • @viking8889
    @viking8889 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It would seem these guys would know that families and special forces are not a good combination. There comes a time when a guy is too old to be in the teams, that’s the time to do the family thing, if that is what you want (confirmed batchelor here).

  • @DavidDiaz-zp4hu
    @DavidDiaz-zp4hu 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is so funny, he's askin him about team shit being the new guy and the old oda vets mustve been some hard men to please, and dude goes straight into describing his cadre time in the Q transitioning directly into HIS month 2 in the course & guys just like "uh huh, uh huh, wait what?" SO rare and funny to see both ends of a conversation equally misunderstanding each other lol"
    Anyway his class sounds like around the time the guy hopped outa the truck & drew down on the sheriff he thought was in on the whole phase3 shenanigans & found out the gut shot way that he wasnt when the sheriff gunned him down & they instituted the rule that anybody who gets shot during sage3 is automatically Tabbed .. .. .. LoL !!

  • @pizzaguy1898
    @pizzaguy1898 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the channel!

  • @kaetheholcombe7134
    @kaetheholcombe7134 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love your shows

  • @TheRealRomansThirteen
    @TheRealRomansThirteen 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It reminds me of Joe Teti's story of ground branch. Can you have him on?

  • @cpkfolief
    @cpkfolief 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    3:17 pause

  • @goldenrakelawncare6564
    @goldenrakelawncare6564 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Also, I'm sure the women of South America helped...

  • @CosmicShiftChange
    @CosmicShiftChange หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Imagine this...
    Set aside everything else...
    All things are possible because you can think it...
    You can move at the speed of light from your astral body.
    That body jumps into a new one, like the movie avatar... immersion.
    You move in this space-time with a body in three directions...
    You move in time in three directions...
    Jump...
    From your highest point moving towards the ground layers of you unfold, until by the time you straightened up, an entire plethora can of whoop ass is opened...
    Are you one of us?

  • @JohnRyan-gr8bs
    @JohnRyan-gr8bs 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Why did none of them step forward and say
    "We are never going to win in Afghanistan"

    • @klpittman1
      @klpittman1 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They know how it works. You can win every battle but you can't win the politics.

  • @Akwizard47
    @Akwizard47 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    yessir

  • @847global2
    @847global2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    They are first cousins
    Eugenics is a real things
    No taesaçes disease or Ashkenazism so who may be wrong in the flower of life

  • @jla3772
    @jla3772 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Of course they were.

  • @CMOCDL
    @CMOCDL 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Patstone

  • @mikehawkswollen5819
    @mikehawkswollen5819 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Get John "Shrek" McFee on.

  • @dannywallace1210
    @dannywallace1210 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Shawn, You're the Man. Wondering if Ukraine could use the Military age men coming into the US. THERE'S Million's

    • @l3joint
      @l3joint หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What would your guess be lol

    • @mikemiller551
      @mikemiller551 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They would not come back alive.

    • @SemperSalam
      @SemperSalam 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Operation human shield would be good for them.

    • @_kelley7640
      @_kelley7640 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Who needs numbers of men when we control water gas and airspace

  • @grahamfloyd3451
    @grahamfloyd3451 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Honest answer: not very. But the point is to declare something so special that people being to believe it.

  • @Calhayhee714
    @Calhayhee714 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🎉🎉

  • @heavensent777
    @heavensent777 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2:02

  • @OldZenMonk
    @OldZenMonk 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sweat, Personal Motivation, Respect, Admiration and Brotherhood …… few will ever Truly Experience it…. Being part of it up close will Forever Effect your Life and your outlook on Life….🪂 ❤️ 🇺🇸

  • @davidgrogan5449
    @davidgrogan5449 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ☝️🐸✨

  • @userdukenukemballzzofsteel
    @userdukenukemballzzofsteel หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yep most military bases are in the south😂 I believe the wizards thing generation kill

  • @BigWalt1722
    @BigWalt1722 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Why are all of these interviews so vague? A severe lack of detail in these stories.

    • @TheKristinals
      @TheKristinals 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      With guys like it’s Vague due to the nature of where they worked at.

    • @Hiberno_sperg
      @Hiberno_sperg 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I did 4 years in the Royal Irish Regiment (Rangers) and 5 years in the French Foreign legion. Deployed to Afghanistan, Mali and the CAR. You come across like an awful person when you describe killing in detail and once you start you get a case of the verbal diarrhea and say things you would rather not share.

    • @StoicJason
      @StoicJason 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You do know that Delta doesn’t officially exist right?

  • @tonydisibio4236
    @tonydisibio4236 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Dumb Question, Special Forces go in and do the Job, Whatever is asked of them, and Leave. What the hell does Professional have to do with it ??????

  • @montanadad2223
    @montanadad2223 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Worked near SF in Afghanistan. I was not impressed. It was 2008, maybe the good ones were all in Iraq for the surge.....

    • @crazycdn8327
      @crazycdn8327 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Lol

    • @Invertmini1212
      @Invertmini1212 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Maybe explain why? Anyone can say anything nowadays..

    • @dalesimpson8083
      @dalesimpson8083 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Maybe it was you and not them SF guys don't suffer fools well at least from my 8 years on ODAs that was my experience.

  • @user-db2uk8iq9r
    @user-db2uk8iq9r 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    First clip I've seen. Is Shawn always this poor a host?

    • @adida7485
      @adida7485 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      He's an insanely good host, actually lets people talk instead of talking over them

    • @user-db2uk8iq9r
      @user-db2uk8iq9r 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Good to hear. The way he seemed to have a lot of trouble even forming a question to ask made me curious.

    • @Drop_off_on_the_right
      @Drop_off_on_the_right 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Dude just look at his numbers…but I caught him from like the very first guests and have been hooked ever since. He has grown a lot and spread into other areas but hey it is what it is…he does epic long interviews so lots of good material out there.

  • @magnusbrockman9623
    @magnusbrockman9623 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How do you have 1.75 million followers and 68 comments in 10 days ? Just pointing it out - do you even bot “seal” bro ? #wanker