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They are
'Mission Impossible'.
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An elite soldier
cloaked in secrecy.
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They're deployed
everywhere.
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There's places that
they're at right now
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that nobody knows about.
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Built to strike with
deadly precision
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and overpowering force.
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Delta Force is
called into action
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when American's lives
are at stake.
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A lifetime of training
for a moment of action.
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It's muscle memory.
If I see a threat, I kill it.
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Warriors aren't born...
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they're built.
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Understanding how
reveals the true nature
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of their greatness.
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From the cradle
to the grave,
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these are the steps
to creating...
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History's Greatest Warriors.
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For a Delta Force operator,
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no mission is too difficult.
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The Delta Force operator is
probably the highest trained,
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most professional
soldier in the world.
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His training and
expertise make him
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an elite warrior
unlike any other.
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I was fortunate
in my career...
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to walk amongst giants,
to walk amongst people that
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I do think are some of the
greatest warriors in history.
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The men of the Delta Force
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are built to take out
any enemy.
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They go after America's
most sought after targets.
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The snakes in the grass,
terrorist networks...
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drug networks, or narco
terrorist networks...
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war criminals.
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You can think of them as
the tier one unit of
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Special Forces operators
in the US military.
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It's really the best of
the best, the most elite,
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in terms of precision,
marksmanship, skill.
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Delta Force is under
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Joint Special
Operations Command.
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This is the president's
go-to command,
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the army's premier
counterterrorism unit.
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If there's an emergency,
he's gonna
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pick up the phone and
call Delta Force.
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Its structure is always
built on teams,
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typically teams
of four men.
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Some may have
different skills.
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A team is a
part of a larger troop,
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which is part of a squadron.
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As far as we know,
there are seven squadrons
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in Delta Force
at the moment.
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They work on the Delta Force
compound at Fort Liberty,
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formerly known
as Fort Bragg.
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Delta Force has a number of
different names and acronyms.
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The classified name is
1st Special Forces
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Operational
Detachment Delta.
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Delta Force members
will refer to it,
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oftentimes in public,
simply as 'The Unit'.
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The journey to becoming a
Delta Force operative
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will require
extreme sacrifice.
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He must endure
years of training...
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become expert with all
the modern weapons of war,
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and use precision tactics-
and violence-
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to take out the enemy.
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It is a path first charted
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by one fiercely
determined man.
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Charlie Beckwith
is a captain in
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the US army.
He's a Green Beret.
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In the early 60s, he sees
how the British SAS
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do their training, he actually
embeds with them
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when they go into
modern day Malaysia,
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and he is totally
impressed.
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Beckwith's exchange
with this
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British Special Air Service
really affects him.
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What he is seeing is
people who are
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not just trainers,
but are doers.
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They can operate
independently.
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They can go undercover.
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Beckwith sees that
the US doesn't really
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have this type of
commando force.
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And he wants to bring some
sort of force like this
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to the US military.
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The upper brass,
they don't see the need for
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some sort of specialized
unit like this.
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In 1970, the jungles
of Vietnam become
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a proving ground for
America's elite warriors.
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But it's a test
they're not ready for.
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A lot of this idea
germinated in the aftermath
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of the Son Tay raid,
a POW rescue mission.
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The rescue force is recruited
from the Green Berets.
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At the time, they are
the premier
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special operations force
in America.
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But as good as the
Green Berets are,
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it just takes them too long
to train for this mission.
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The POWs are long gone by the
time the team finally arrives.
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The military sees the
need for something like
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what will become
the Delta Force.
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Charlie's real insight was
that you cannot create
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a unit like this in response
to an emergency.
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You need to have a force
that is already trained and
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selected and ready to go.
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Then, a wave of terror
sweeps the globe
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in the 1970s.
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This is a new world,
and warfare is changing.
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You have, for example,
a Swiss Air jet that
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is blown up,
killing many Americans.
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The US ambassador
to Sudan is assassinated.
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Generals turn to Charlie
to put together this force,
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to put together the training,
to figure out
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how this thing
would be created.
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Built to fight terror
and rescue hostages,
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Delta Force is deployed
for situations that
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seem like
'Mission Impossible'.
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In 1989, Kurt Muse
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is working in Panama.
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It's been alleged that he
was an employee of the CIA.
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And he was taken hostage
by Noriega's forces
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and held in a prison.
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Several Little Bird
helicopters
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land operators on the
roof of the prison.
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They breach it.
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Operators flow to
to this jail cell
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where Kurt Muse is held.
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They blow the jail cell open.
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They give him a vest,
they give him a helmet.
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And then they make
their way onto the Bird,
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which then
takes them out.
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They rescue him
in 6 minutes.
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This was really exactly
the type of mission that
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Delta Force was
designed for.
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They planned and executed
the first successful army,
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American-led hostage rescue
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in history.
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To execute these
high-risk missions,
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the Delta Force demands a
special class of warrior.
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Unlike other
warriors in history
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who are molded from birth,
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the selection process
for a Delta operator
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begins with those already
considered to be
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"the best of the best".
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They take applicants
from all across the army,
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even other services.
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You could be
a Green Beret.
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You could be a Ranger.
But now, with Delta,
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things are raised
up a notch.
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They're looking for the
person that has that
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individual initiative.
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Somebody who can make
quick decisions...
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under stress,
when they're tired-
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in combat conditions.
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I was in
Third Ranger Battalion.
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Once I learned
about The Unit,
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I was very motivated
and very excited
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to try and work
my way there.
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I spent two years
going through
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Special Forces
jump school.
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I always wanted to climb up,
and when I heard about
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The Unit the first time,
it sounded intriguing.
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They were
superheroes to us.
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They were exactly what we
wanted to grow up to be.
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Recruiters came and
found me, actually,
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and said, "We think you
have what it takes.
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You should try out
for Selection."
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Recruits face a
battery of brutal tests.
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Most will fail.
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It's designed to show you
who might quit
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during a combat situation.
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The 'Stress Phase' is a
physical and mental trial
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designed to push Delta Force
candidates to the edge.
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The rules and
requirements are
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deliberately shrouded in darkness.
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You start in the
middle of the night.
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You're given your first
rendezvous point and,
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off you go
into the woods.
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Here, alone in the
Uwharrie Mountains,
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comes a battle
within oneself.
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You are asked to move
from point A to point B.
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You're not given a
time standard.
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You just have to move
as quick as you can.
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I'm broken,
I'm destroyed, I'm sick.
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My boots are wet.
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I have blisters
all over my feet.
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My rucksack is getting
heavier and heavier
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as the constant rain
weighs it down.
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They don't know when
they're gonna stop.
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It's to see how far
you can push yourself.
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If you can endure,
if you can go beyond
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what normal
human limits are.
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The mastery of land
navigation on hostile terrain
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is essential to building
an elite warrior.
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Behind enemy lines,
these skills will
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determine who lives
and who dies.
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When one goal
is achieved,
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another is
immediately assigned.
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The whole process
is about you
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battling your own will.
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It was just one foot
in front of the other.
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I kept going...
I didn't stop.
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I moved as quick as
I thought I could.
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For the few
who make the cut,
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another phase awaits.
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Here, it's not the body,
but the mind,
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that's pushed
to the limit.
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At the end of the
Stress Phase is nearly
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a week of psychological
evaluations.
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I enter the room.
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It is full of people I've
never seen in my life.
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And they start
asking questions.
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There is no way to
prepare for such a test.
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Only those who can function
at an elite level,
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under intense pressure,
will continue.
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I wanted to
pull my hair out.
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Then I would get another test.
Thousands of questions.
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My mind is thinking
at the time,
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"These are trick questions."
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It has to do with your
personal psychology
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and your emotions.
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They're tired,
under duress, hungry,
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been really pushed
to their limits.
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That's what they're
assessing for-
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how they make decisions
under pressure.
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Are they able to do
that when exhausted?
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So, you've got this
huge attrition rate,
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where it's only gonna be-
not just the
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physically strongest, but
the most mentally strong.
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Only 5% of personnel
in the military
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qualify to even try out.
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Out of that,
90% will not make it
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through the actual
selection process.
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That leaves only half of
a percent of the entire
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military making it
through selection.
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After a gauntlet of
conflict and chaos,
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the candidate faces
his defining moment.
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And they looked at me,
and they said, "Okay.
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You're young."
My shoulders drop.
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"But you're very young."
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I immediately wanted
to start crying and
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run out of the room.
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And then it comes up,
the last sentence:
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"But we think you have
what it takes.
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Welcome to The Unit."
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But the selection process
is only the beginning.
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What comes next is
even more arduous.
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After demonstrating
perseverance, stamina,
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and mental toughness,
the recruit has been
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selected to join
Delta Force.
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Now, he must learn
new ways of tracking,
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of fighting, of killing.
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If you make it
through selection and
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you get asked to attend the
Operator Training Course,
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you go back to zero, and
it builds on the basics.
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It is approximately a
six-month course
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designed to teach an
individual everything
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they need to know to be
an operator in The Unit.
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I entered OTC thinking I
knew everything in the world,
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and I was ready to roll.
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And then I realized
I didn't know anything.
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A core set of skills
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are the building blocks of a
Delta Force warrior.
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Hostage rescue operations
are going to involve
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breaking and entering,
breaching,
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different types
of artillery.
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You need to have people
with these different
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sets of skills,
and combine them so that
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you can deploy and be
more flexible and agile.
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For six months,
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the recruit's mind is
methodically shaped.
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He learns,
he grows...
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He evolves.
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He is built to become
a superior warrior.
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They teach you
everything that you're gonna
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see possibly in combat.
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We learned how to drive
every type of vehicle,
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off road, on road.
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Suburbans,
military vehicles.
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We learn how to protect
VIPs around the world,
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whether they be
ambassadors or generals.
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You end up learning how
to skydive, free fall.
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We focused on
different means of
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infiltration and
exfiltration.
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Whether it's getting to
the target on foot,
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in a vehicle,
in a helicopter.
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Explosive breaching,
I spent a lot of time doing it.
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You want to use the absolute
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minimal amount of explosive.
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You don't want to hurt
or damage anything
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behind that door,
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particularly in a hostage
rescue scenario,
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it becomes
absolutely critical.
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The Delta Force operator
trains to fight the enemy,
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and to protect the innocent.
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He'll be called to
carry out missions
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in an unforgiving landscape.
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The idea behind the
arduous training that
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these guys go
through is that
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when they see it in
real world scenarios,
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it's not something new,
it's not something
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they've never
experienced before.
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I think that paid
a lot of dividends
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for these guys
in Afghanistan.
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The Battle of
Tora Bora is a
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US military operation to
try to go after
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the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
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Bin Laden at this time,
he's hiding in the caves
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of the Tora Bora
mountain range.
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In the aftermath of
the 9/11 attacks,
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Delta Force is deployed
to Afghanistan.
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The mission is to hunt down
and kill Osama bin Laden,
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America's public enemy
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Delta goes out and begins
conducting reconnaissance.
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This is where you see the
training that Delta
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goes through- carrying
a lot of equipment,
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carrying heavy
rucksacks-
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you see it pay off
in Afghanistan.
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Every training we do is
exactly as we would do it
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as in war, because
when you're in stress
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you revert back to what
you know the most.
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It's treacherous terrain.
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The mountains
are so high that
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you can start suffering
from altitude sickness,
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or hypoxia, when your body
is deprived of oxygen.
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This was about as
tough as it gets.
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Bin Laden and his
fanatically loyal followers
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hide among towering
mountain peaks.
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They're dug in, ready to
face off against
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a highly skilled adversary-
The Delta Force.
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They're climbing through
the terrain in winter.
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in the snow,
to find out exactly
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what is happening
to the enemy.
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And a short-wave radio
captured from an
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al-Qaeda fighter lets Delta
teams listen in on
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bin Laden's radio comms.
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They use that intel to get
closer and closer
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to bin Laden's
hideout in the caves.
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Delta snipers pinpoint
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Osama bin Laden's
cave hideout.
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With their target surrounded,
they call in bigger guns.
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The intelligence that is
gathered at that time is that
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bin Laden was indeed up in
the Tora Bora mountain range.
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They call in airstrikes,
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using lasers to
designate targets.
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The mountain fortress of a
determined enemy is
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pounded by the
US Air Force's
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most destructive bombers.
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Delta Force operators
scour through the rubble.
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Delta Force operators
are really
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the tip of the spear there.
Al-Qaeda retreats,
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and Delta operators
enter the caves.
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They find basically
empty camp sites.
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There's spent ammo
on the ground,
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there's documents in Arabic.
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But they don't
find bin Laden.
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The battle of Tora Bora
reveals the terrifying power
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unleashed by Delta Force.
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But their target
escapes their grasp.
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It appears that during
that bombing raid,
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Osama bin Laden was
actually injured.
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They came very close to
nabbing him before
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bin Laden slipped across the
border into Pakistan.
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Delta Force training
builds warriors
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who can endure
fierce elements,
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battle through
extreme discomfort,
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and through it all make
clear strategic decisions.
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At the end of the day,
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the human brain is the
ultimate weapon.
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These guys have to master
a whole slew of different
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skills that range from
combat medicine...
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explosive breaching,
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using advanced pieces
of technology.
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We are trained for
multiple scenarios, in case,
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you know,
anything goes wrong.
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We always train for the
worst possible scenario.
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♪ SFX: [Helicopter blades
flapping] ♪
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♪ SFX: [Helicopter blades
flapping] ♪
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Every mission reveals new
lessons for the warrior,
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even encounters
that end in tragedy.
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It's the early 1990s,
and Somalia is
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in the midst of a real
terrible famine.
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Warlords start going after
the UN peacekeepers,
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and really stopping the aid
that's coming in.
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The US sends in
the Delta Force
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to go after these warlords.
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A Black Hawk helicopter
is shot down.
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Rangers and the Delta
operators are both stranded
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in the city of
Mogadishu overnight,
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with practically the whole
city coming down on them.
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I was in Somalia, 1993.
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Black Hawk Down. And we
were getting hammered.
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We were trapped
in a house.
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We wouldn't leave the house
because the crash site
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is outside the door,
and there's...
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bodies of pilots
trapped underneath.
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We couldn't get the
helicopter off of them,
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so we had to wait.
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It really does
become kind of a...
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00:17:50,042 --> 00:17:52,375
just all out drag that night
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as these two forces are
fighting each other,
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as one Delta operator
described it to me,
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they're turning the
handle on the meat grinder.
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Disaster strikes.
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Besieged Delta operators are
forced to improvise
401
00:18:06,042 --> 00:18:08,125
in an all-out fight
for survival.
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The most elite
modern fighters in the world
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have their backs
against the wall.
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00:18:15,333 --> 00:18:16,750
The Black Hawk Down
incident,
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00:18:16,875 --> 00:18:19,625
it is a watershed moment for
special operations.
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Six Delta operators are
killed in the ambush,
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00:18:22,333 --> 00:18:24,083
two others are
gravely injured.
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00:18:24,208 --> 00:18:26,208
Two American helicopters
shot out of the sky
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in Sunday's fighting
in Somalia...
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It's a haunting operation
that provokes change...
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from, you know, how we use
night vision goggles to
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how we plan different
contingencies.
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Delta Force rehearsed and
trained that mission over and
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00:18:41,833 --> 00:18:45,375
over and over again for years
after the incident because
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what had happened out there
bothered them so much.
416
00:18:51,375 --> 00:18:53,625
The tragedy
spawns hard lessons.
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00:18:53,792 --> 00:18:56,167
The Unit never stops training.
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00:18:56,333 --> 00:19:00,083
The ever-changing battlefield
always demands more.
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They're constantly
striving to be
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a little bit better and
a little bit better.
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00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:06,667
And I think that qualifies
Delta Force
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as today's most
elite warriors.
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Six months of
grueling training transforms
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already skilled soldiers into
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the most elite fighters
in history.
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At the end of it,
I'm a million times better than
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the soldier that I was
before I started.
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00:19:20,833 --> 00:19:23,500
Confident that if I have
to go to war tomorrow,
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you know beyond a shadow of
a doubt that that you are
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one of the best trained people
on the planet at what you do.
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Built to rescue
hostages and destroy targets,
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the Delta Force operator
is now
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mentally and
physically trained.
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00:19:37,708 --> 00:19:40,250
Next, he must be equipped
with the weapons
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he will use to fight a
determined enemy.
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His body has
been strengthened,
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00:19:49,208 --> 00:19:50,542
and his mind has
been sharpened.
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It is now time to
arm the warrior.
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When people ask you...
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how you do it: "How can
you shoot a human?"
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I look at them, I say,
"It's the training."
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00:20:07,042 --> 00:20:09,417
It's literally the training
where it's beat out of you.
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It's muscle memory.
If I see a threat, I kill it.
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00:20:12,875 --> 00:20:15,375
Your core level of
proficiency is on your issued
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primary and secondary
weapon system.
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Your primary being your rifle.
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Your secondary being your
pistol or your sidearm.
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00:20:24,125 --> 00:20:25,833
Different guys on
different teams
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carry different
lengths of rifles.
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Snipers and your
reconnaissance guys
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carry much longer-barreled
rifles for taking longer,
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more precision shots.
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The 416 was shorter.
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I think it was a
14-inch barrel.
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Just a little easier to
handle in confined spaces.
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The Delta Force
operator is trained to engage
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with his primary weapon...
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but he will carry a backup
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for life and death
emergencies.
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The quickest thing to do
if you have a malfunction
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with your rifle is to
transition to your pistol.
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I started carrying a
9-millimeter Glock.
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You know, whether it
was dirty or it was wet,
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or it was muddy or whatever,
I knew that thing was gonna
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go bang when I
pulled the trigger.
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A member of
The Unit must be outfitted
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for any combat scenario.
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When a conflict escalates,
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he will need a weapon
to match it.
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Probably the scenario in
which an operator would use
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00:21:16,542 --> 00:21:18,833
a grenade launcher is if you
started receiving effective
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00:21:19,042 --> 00:21:22,000
enemy fire, and now you're
gonna put away the little
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00:21:22,167 --> 00:21:24,250
peashooter pistol,
you're gonna go to
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something a little
more heavy duty.
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One particular instance,
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we were on a target
on a rooftop.
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00:21:30,042 --> 00:21:32,000
We had nothing but hostiles
inside the building
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00:21:32,208 --> 00:21:34,667
across the street,
and we were able to use
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00:21:34,875 --> 00:21:37,458
grenade launchers to
suppress that building,
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00:21:37,625 --> 00:21:41,167
to hit 'em hard with
high explosive.
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The weapons needed to
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confront any threat
are in hand,
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00:21:45,542 --> 00:21:48,250
but to become an elite
Delta Force warrior,
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00:21:48,417 --> 00:21:52,708
a trainee must go from
excellent to expert.
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00:21:52,875 --> 00:21:54,750
It doesn't matter if
you're a Green Beret,
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an Army Ranger, or a
mechanic in the army.
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00:21:58,125 --> 00:21:59,750
It starts at square one.
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00:21:59,875 --> 00:22:02,042
You're shooting at 50 meters,
you're shooting at 100 meters,
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00:22:02,208 --> 00:22:03,542
you're shooting
at 200 meters, and then,
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00:22:03,708 --> 00:22:05,542
you're looking at
your bullet strikes,
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00:22:05,708 --> 00:22:08,083
and then you're continuing
to practice the fundamentals
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00:22:08,250 --> 00:22:10,583
to decrease the diameter
of your shot group.
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00:22:10,708 --> 00:22:12,333
So, what I want to
develop is muscle memory.
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00:22:12,542 --> 00:22:13,708
How's my trigger
finger gonna work?
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00:22:13,875 --> 00:22:15,667
How's my grip?
How's my breathing?
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00:22:15,875 --> 00:22:17,083
When do I pause?
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00:22:17,542 --> 00:22:19,250
Am I looking at my front sight
and looking at my rear sight?
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00:22:19,417 --> 00:22:21,667
You continue to build-
shooting on the move,
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00:22:21,875 --> 00:22:23,667
whether you're in the prone,
or you're on a knee,
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00:22:23,833 --> 00:22:24,667
or you're standing.
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00:22:25,042 --> 00:22:27,000
Over and over again-
did I jerk the trigger?
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00:22:27,167 --> 00:22:28,875
Is my finger on that
trigger properly?
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00:22:29,042 --> 00:22:33,083
But can he hit the target,
and only the target?
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00:22:33,250 --> 00:22:35,583
There is no margin for error.
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00:22:35,750 --> 00:22:37,458
You're gonna
have civilians,
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00:22:37,625 --> 00:22:39,667
hostages intermingled
with terrorists,
507
00:22:39,875 --> 00:22:43,333
so they have to be very
precise in how they fire.
508
00:22:43,542 --> 00:22:45,375
He has to strike fast,
be aggressive,
509
00:22:45,542 --> 00:22:47,500
go after the target,
go after the terrorist,
510
00:22:47,708 --> 00:22:50,667
but also be sensitive to
the lives that are at stake.
511
00:22:52,958 --> 00:22:56,333
As much as the warrior
trains how to use his weapon,
512
00:22:56,500 --> 00:23:00,417
what makes him great is
knowing when to fire.
513
00:23:00,542 --> 00:23:02,667
We started our training
in the shooting house.
514
00:23:02,875 --> 00:23:04,500
I look around at all the
targets in the room-
515
00:23:04,708 --> 00:23:05,917
everyone has a
gun in their hand.
516
00:23:06,208 --> 00:23:08,875
I'm like, "This is so easy."
We're lining back up outside,
517
00:23:09,042 --> 00:23:10,667
I'm looking at the instructor.
He's like, "You ready?"
518
00:23:10,833 --> 00:23:12,667
Like, "We're ready."
He's like, "Go."
519
00:23:12,833 --> 00:23:15,167
I enter, turn, live rounds,
right. Shoot, shoot, shoot.
520
00:23:15,333 --> 00:23:16,333
We're shooting
everything in the room.
521
00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:17,208
Two in the head,
two in the head.
522
00:23:17,417 --> 00:23:19,125
I'm good to go.
523
00:23:19,292 --> 00:23:20,167
The instructor
walks in, he goes,
524
00:23:20,583 --> 00:23:22,292
"Why did you shoot 'em?"
I start looking at him,
525
00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:25,375
and then my, my face
makes it down to the hands.
526
00:23:25,542 --> 00:23:28,167
And none of them
had a weapon.
527
00:23:28,375 --> 00:23:30,083
Not one target in that room
had a weapon.
528
00:23:30,292 --> 00:23:32,500
He said, "That's one."
529
00:23:32,708 --> 00:23:35,541
"Another one and you're out."
530
00:23:35,542 --> 00:23:37,458
When you train for
hostage rescue,
531
00:23:37,625 --> 00:23:40,375
the most nerve wracking is
knowing that a shot that's,
532
00:23:40,542 --> 00:23:43,333
that's even an inch off of
where your intended
533
00:23:43,458 --> 00:23:45,833
aimpoint was could
be catastrophic.
534
00:23:46,042 --> 00:23:47,833
They'll remove some
targets out of the rooms,
535
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,000
and they'll put students
in there to sit and watch.
536
00:23:51,125 --> 00:23:54,500
Now I'm shooting in a room
with paper and humans.
537
00:23:54,708 --> 00:23:57,250
Perfection is
the only standard.
538
00:23:57,417 --> 00:23:59,667
There are no shortcuts.
539
00:23:59,792 --> 00:24:03,667
I learned quickly that
you don't look at faces.
540
00:24:03,833 --> 00:24:06,583
To know what a threat is,
you have to look at the hands.
541
00:24:08,833 --> 00:24:10,833
Reliable weapons
and elite training
542
00:24:11,042 --> 00:24:13,500
are critical when building
a warrior who must
543
00:24:13,667 --> 00:24:17,625
respond to the most extreme
of surprise attacks.
544
00:24:17,792 --> 00:24:19,583
It's 2015,
in the capital of Mali,
545
00:24:19,708 --> 00:24:22,167
when terrorists take over
the Radisson Blu Hotel.
546
00:24:22,375 --> 00:24:24,375
Delta Force operator,
Kyle Morgan,
547
00:24:24,542 --> 00:24:27,833
is serving as a special
adviser to the ambassador.
548
00:24:27,958 --> 00:24:30,833
He is woken up with
a phone call that
549
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,417
there's gunfire at the
Radisson Hotel.
550
00:24:33,625 --> 00:24:35,375
He gets into action.
551
00:24:35,542 --> 00:24:37,333
"We got to respond.
Let's, let's do something."
552
00:24:37,500 --> 00:24:39,375
Gunmen start
assassinating people.
553
00:24:39,583 --> 00:24:40,917
That's what they do.
554
00:24:41,042 --> 00:24:44,292
Kyle Morgan, when he enters
the foyer of the hotel,
555
00:24:44,500 --> 00:24:46,792
he sees dead bodies.
556
00:24:46,958 --> 00:24:49,333
Kyle responds
unilaterally and
557
00:24:49,542 --> 00:24:51,417
took the initiative and went
out there to try to save
558
00:24:51,542 --> 00:24:53,458
as many people as
he possibly could.
559
00:24:53,583 --> 00:24:54,875
He's not there
deployed for combat.
560
00:24:55,042 --> 00:24:56,833
But of course,
as a Delta operator,
561
00:24:57,042 --> 00:24:59,250
he has his combat gear.
562
00:24:59,375 --> 00:25:01,542
Kyle Morgan is
wearing a bodycam,
563
00:25:01,708 --> 00:25:05,750
his recording gives us an
inside POV of what he faces.
564
00:25:05,958 --> 00:25:08,625
He doesn't know how
many enemy are there.
565
00:25:08,750 --> 00:25:11,708
He doesn't know
exactly where they are.
566
00:25:11,917 --> 00:25:15,000
Kyle Morgan relies on the
grueling weapons training
567
00:25:15,167 --> 00:25:18,500
that has equipped him
with focus and stamina.
568
00:25:18,708 --> 00:25:23,500
He's in there for
six hours, saving people.
569
00:25:23,708 --> 00:25:25,333
He makes his way
through the hotel.
570
00:25:25,542 --> 00:25:26,958
He's clearing rooms.
571
00:25:27,125 --> 00:25:29,917
This is where that training
around uncertainty is key.
572
00:25:30,083 --> 00:25:32,500
You have to look and
focus on so many things
573
00:25:32,708 --> 00:25:34,707
at a time-
behind every obstacle,
574
00:25:34,708 --> 00:25:37,000
every door, every window,
every rooftop.
575
00:25:41,375 --> 00:25:42,583
Grenades are
tossed in his way.
576
00:25:42,750 --> 00:25:45,582
He actually ends up in a
stairwell face-to-face with
577
00:25:45,583 --> 00:25:48,083
the enemy, gets shot at,
shoots back.
578
00:25:57,875 --> 00:26:01,000
Militants take
170 hostages,
579
00:26:01,167 --> 00:26:04,500
and they end up
killing 20 of them.
580
00:26:04,708 --> 00:26:07,042
Without Kyle being there,
581
00:26:07,208 --> 00:26:09,500
it likely would have
been a disaster for
582
00:26:09,667 --> 00:26:11,417
many more people.
583
00:26:11,583 --> 00:26:13,625
He's really a hero.
584
00:26:16,292 --> 00:26:19,708
Selected,
trained, and now armed,
585
00:26:19,875 --> 00:26:23,167
a warrior's true mettle
will be tested next...
586
00:26:23,375 --> 00:26:24,917
on the battlefield.
587
00:26:30,458 --> 00:26:32,292
After 7 months,
the Delta Force operator
588
00:26:32,458 --> 00:26:35,167
is honed and
ready for combat.
589
00:26:35,333 --> 00:26:37,333
Built to execute missions-
590
00:26:37,500 --> 00:26:40,333
dangerous, deadly,
and extreme.
591
00:26:50,542 --> 00:26:53,667
When it comes to actual
man-to-man combat,
592
00:26:53,833 --> 00:26:56,875
the Delta Force operator is
probably the highest trained,
593
00:26:57,042 --> 00:26:58,875
most professional
soldier in the world.
594
00:26:59,042 --> 00:27:01,833
Delta Force operators are,
in some ways,
595
00:27:02,042 --> 00:27:03,500
today's Samurai.
596
00:27:03,667 --> 00:27:06,042
It takes audacity,
it takes courage,
597
00:27:06,208 --> 00:27:09,792
and it takes a person who can
reach rage through training,
598
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,500
and keep it controlled and
still get the mission done.
599
00:27:12,708 --> 00:27:15,000
We were afforded the
opportunity to train on
600
00:27:15,125 --> 00:27:16,375
mixed martial arts,
601
00:27:16,542 --> 00:27:18,333
literally every day
if you wanted.
602
00:27:18,500 --> 00:27:22,207
The warrior has been trained
to fight with any weapon.
603
00:27:22,208 --> 00:27:23,833
And, if he is unarmed,
604
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,500
he must become
the weapon.
605
00:27:27,708 --> 00:27:30,500
Delta Force, they do not
want to engage hand-to-hand.
606
00:27:30,667 --> 00:27:32,500
But they know to be
ready for combat
607
00:27:32,667 --> 00:27:34,667
without any weapons at all.
608
00:27:40,917 --> 00:27:43,875
Abu Sayyaf is the
ISIS commander
609
00:27:44,042 --> 00:27:46,667
who controls the oil
and gas operations.
610
00:27:46,875 --> 00:27:49,250
So, the US military
goes after him,
611
00:27:49,417 --> 00:27:52,208
and Delta is
leading the charge.
612
00:27:52,375 --> 00:27:56,416
And it's actually Kyle Morgan
who's a part of that team.
613
00:27:56,417 --> 00:27:57,958
They get involved
in a firefight,
614
00:27:58,125 --> 00:28:00,333
there's even hand-to-hand
combat with some of the
615
00:28:00,542 --> 00:28:03,042
ISIS fighters and the
Delta operators.
616
00:28:05,125 --> 00:28:08,250
They're able to
get to Abu Sayyaf.
617
00:28:08,417 --> 00:28:10,583
He resists, fires,
they kill him.
618
00:28:12,417 --> 00:28:14,250
Although trained
to defeat the enemy
619
00:28:14,417 --> 00:28:16,333
with devastating violence,
620
00:28:16,542 --> 00:28:20,250
lethal force is often
a last resort.
621
00:28:20,417 --> 00:28:22,749
The tenets of close
quarters battle is surprise,
622
00:28:22,750 --> 00:28:24,458
speed, and
violence of action.
623
00:28:24,583 --> 00:28:26,542
I would love to find you in
your bed asleep at night,
624
00:28:26,708 --> 00:28:28,250
handcuff you,
and take you away.
625
00:28:28,375 --> 00:28:30,542
You know, I don't want to
shoot people unless I have to.
626
00:28:30,667 --> 00:28:34,417
So, if I can surprise you,
that's number one.
627
00:28:34,583 --> 00:28:37,000
It's not always possible
to have the element of surprise.
628
00:28:37,167 --> 00:28:38,833
Once the fight is
out in the open,
629
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,792
they need to neutralize that
other opponent very quickly.
630
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,542
So there's no playing around
about let's block and punch.
631
00:28:44,750 --> 00:28:47,000
This is a life and
death situation.
632
00:28:47,167 --> 00:28:51,041
The elite warrior
reads his enemy.
633
00:28:51,042 --> 00:28:53,041
You're assessing
the entire body.
634
00:28:53,042 --> 00:28:55,083
The way he walks,
the way his stance is.
635
00:28:55,250 --> 00:28:57,000
There's a million things
going through your mind
636
00:28:57,167 --> 00:28:58,875
in milliseconds.
637
00:29:01,083 --> 00:29:03,833
Some weapons
pose unique threats.
638
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,250
Bladed knives
takes me back to...
639
00:29:06,375 --> 00:29:09,667
the Medieval days of,
"You're gonna slash me?"
640
00:29:09,833 --> 00:29:11,000
You want to make sure
that you're definitely
641
00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:12,208
not being sliced.
642
00:29:12,500 --> 00:29:14,375
We all have typically around
six liters of blood in
643
00:29:14,542 --> 00:29:17,667
our body, but it can move
out of us pretty quickly.
644
00:29:21,042 --> 00:29:23,667
Now, do I want to get
tied up in a knife fight?
645
00:29:23,875 --> 00:29:26,500
Absolutely not. It's never
a good thing to do.
646
00:29:26,667 --> 00:29:30,292
But, the mindset is
to win at any cost.
647
00:29:34,083 --> 00:29:35,458
The 21 foot rule is,
648
00:29:35,667 --> 00:29:37,125
any expert with
a bladed weapon,
649
00:29:37,292 --> 00:29:40,417
can probably close a gap of
21 feet with someone
650
00:29:40,542 --> 00:29:42,833
with a handgun by the time
they can pull it out.
651
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,042
They're already on top of
them stabbing him to death.
652
00:29:45,250 --> 00:29:47,833
It's pretty brutal, and
it's been proven many times.
653
00:29:48,042 --> 00:29:51,208
Combat is chaotic,
and requires the warrior
654
00:29:51,375 --> 00:29:55,208
to assess a violent
encounter in real time.
655
00:29:55,375 --> 00:29:57,750
The goal is to capture
the high value target.
656
00:29:57,875 --> 00:30:00,167
If the person picks up a
weapon and tries to fight,
657
00:30:00,333 --> 00:30:02,333
then they're taking their
life into their hands.
658
00:30:02,458 --> 00:30:03,833
That's that.
659
00:30:04,042 --> 00:30:06,500
In a one-on-one fight,
silence may be the
660
00:30:06,625 --> 00:30:09,208
Delta Force operator's
greatest ally.
661
00:30:09,375 --> 00:30:12,333
Enemy reinforcements
could mean death.
662
00:30:17,958 --> 00:30:19,417
A jab
right in the throat,
663
00:30:19,625 --> 00:30:22,042
the esophagus area
and the windpipe.
664
00:30:22,208 --> 00:30:23,333
If I nail you
really hard there,
665
00:30:23,542 --> 00:30:25,833
you're not gonna be talking
for a quite a while.
666
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,708
Training with the unit
prepares the warrior
667
00:30:28,875 --> 00:30:31,333
for a key principle
of combat.
668
00:30:34,167 --> 00:30:38,042
Most hand-to-hand encounters
end up on the ground.
669
00:30:38,208 --> 00:30:42,000
It's hard to detain someone
who doesn't want to be.
670
00:30:42,208 --> 00:30:44,000
When it's life or death,
you find that energy that
671
00:30:44,167 --> 00:30:46,125
you've never had before
and that strength.
672
00:31:07,333 --> 00:31:09,500
The Delta Force operator
has mastered
673
00:31:09,667 --> 00:31:11,667
close quarters combat,
674
00:31:11,792 --> 00:31:13,375
but his greatest
accomplishments
675
00:31:13,542 --> 00:31:17,041
will come with his unit,
on the battlefield.
676
00:31:21,917 --> 00:31:24,500
The warrior has been selected,
trained, and armed.
677
00:31:27,250 --> 00:31:30,292
Now,
he awaits orders.
678
00:31:30,458 --> 00:31:33,625
Delta is given exceedingly
difficult target sets.
679
00:31:33,833 --> 00:31:36,167
Quite frankly, they are
'Mission Impossible'.
680
00:31:36,333 --> 00:31:38,000
But, no matter how
difficult the mission is,
681
00:31:38,208 --> 00:31:40,167
if the president tells them
to go, they will.
682
00:31:43,208 --> 00:31:47,833
♪ SFX: [Helicopter
blades flapping] ♪
683
00:31:47,958 --> 00:31:50,167
There's a situation where
maybe Americans are
684
00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:52,792
taken hostage, where a
plane is hijacked.
685
00:31:52,917 --> 00:31:54,833
There are terrorists
in control.
686
00:31:55,042 --> 00:31:57,167
In order to stop them,
it's gonna take a
687
00:31:57,375 --> 00:31:59,875
precise action by a small
group of individuals,
688
00:32:00,083 --> 00:32:04,416
going quietly where
time is of the essence.
689
00:32:04,417 --> 00:32:08,083
Speed is a key factor
with every mission.
690
00:32:08,208 --> 00:32:11,208
But when the target is the
most wanted man in the world,
691
00:32:11,375 --> 00:32:13,792
the strike must be
carried out quickly
692
00:32:13,958 --> 00:32:16,167
and with precision.
693
00:32:25,208 --> 00:32:26,833
So, for
Operation Red Dawn,
694
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,875
I'm in charge of a troop
that's in Baghdad.
695
00:32:30,042 --> 00:32:32,625
The Pentagon issues
playing cards.
696
00:32:32,792 --> 00:32:34,833
And so, you have
a deck of 52,
697
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,792
and each card has a
different high value target.
698
00:32:37,958 --> 00:32:39,167
We'd hunting Saddam.
699
00:32:39,375 --> 00:32:41,583
He's the top,
he's the Ace of Spades.
700
00:32:41,708 --> 00:32:46,167
The Saddam Hussein
operation is the result of
701
00:32:46,333 --> 00:32:49,375
months and months of
intel work by Delta.
702
00:32:49,542 --> 00:32:51,750
That was a high,
high priority target,
703
00:32:51,958 --> 00:32:53,500
the highest in the
country at the time.
704
00:32:53,708 --> 00:32:56,083
Deploying with
high level intelligence,
705
00:32:56,208 --> 00:32:58,500
Delta Force teams hunt for
706
00:32:58,625 --> 00:33:01,750
Saddam Hussein's safe house.
707
00:33:01,917 --> 00:33:03,708
They're getting
reports that
708
00:33:03,875 --> 00:33:05,458
Saddam Hussein is here.
709
00:33:05,667 --> 00:33:07,000
He's at X, he's at Y.
710
00:33:07,167 --> 00:33:08,833
We were bouncing
all over the country.
711
00:33:08,958 --> 00:33:10,833
We've been hunting
Saddam the entire time.
712
00:33:11,042 --> 00:33:12,417
We've been hunting
his handlers.
713
00:33:12,583 --> 00:33:13,708
We're hunting his family,
714
00:33:13,875 --> 00:33:16,292
we're hunting anything
attached to him.
715
00:33:16,458 --> 00:33:18,167
You know, they'd pass
some information to us,
716
00:33:18,292 --> 00:33:19,625
and we would
launch on a target.
717
00:33:19,750 --> 00:33:20,875
A lot of those leads
718
00:33:21,042 --> 00:33:24,292
eventually turned up
being dead ends.
719
00:33:24,458 --> 00:33:27,333
The 'Ace of Spades'
can't be found,
720
00:33:27,458 --> 00:33:31,250
but every Delta operation
turns up more intelligence,
721
00:33:31,375 --> 00:33:33,458
and the pursuit
picks up speed.
722
00:33:33,625 --> 00:33:35,500
Within the Delta operator,
you don't just have someone
723
00:33:35,708 --> 00:33:38,208
who's carrying a rifle and who's
just going after a target.
724
00:33:38,375 --> 00:33:40,708
You actually have someone who
does intelligence analysis.
725
00:33:40,875 --> 00:33:43,875
Delta is uniquely suited
for going after somebody like
726
00:33:44,042 --> 00:33:46,833
Saddam Hussein, because
of specific man hunting
727
00:33:46,958 --> 00:33:48,500
capabilities that
they've developed.
728
00:33:48,625 --> 00:33:50,667
The US Special Forces
have been engaged in the
729
00:33:50,792 --> 00:33:54,167
secretive campaign to capture
or kill Saddam Hussein.
730
00:33:54,375 --> 00:33:55,292
We're gonna go out
and conduct
731
00:33:55,458 --> 00:33:57,125
high frequency
of operations.
732
00:33:57,333 --> 00:33:59,958
We're gonna hit a lot
of low-level targets and
733
00:34:00,083 --> 00:34:01,458
generate intelligence
that's gonna
734
00:34:01,625 --> 00:34:02,667
lead us to bigger targets.
735
00:34:02,833 --> 00:34:05,792
We'd been chasing Saddam
for nearly a year.
736
00:34:05,958 --> 00:34:08,208
We had a lead
on a, on a guy.
737
00:34:08,375 --> 00:34:09,375
We called him
'The Golden Ticket'.
738
00:34:09,542 --> 00:34:11,958
He was supposedly the
one individual that
739
00:34:12,125 --> 00:34:14,333
knew where Saddam was.
740
00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:16,875
That night I get an
intel hit that there's
741
00:34:17,042 --> 00:34:18,875
one of his handlers in town.
742
00:34:19,042 --> 00:34:21,292
And here's the
location we think.
743
00:34:21,458 --> 00:34:23,417
My mind's going,
"I've heard this before."
744
00:34:23,625 --> 00:34:25,833
You know, it's, it's gonna
be a no, but let's go.
745
00:34:28,542 --> 00:34:31,083
Tom had noticed-
as we had rolled up to target-
746
00:34:31,250 --> 00:34:33,167
a couple individuals
walking down the street.
747
00:34:33,333 --> 00:34:35,333
And just kind of on a hunch,
thought, "You know,
748
00:34:35,542 --> 00:34:36,833
maybe we should go
check that out."
749
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,042
We started taking fire,
750
00:34:38,250 --> 00:34:39,958
pretty far away,
from an open field.
751
00:34:40,125 --> 00:34:42,250
I'm talking to the troop,
I'm thinking, "Why?"
752
00:34:42,417 --> 00:34:43,958
I think they just were
trying to draw us away.
753
00:34:44,167 --> 00:34:45,250
So, that's when I
sent a team.
754
00:34:45,375 --> 00:34:46,500
I said, "Walk down
to that house.
755
00:34:46,833 --> 00:34:48,417
It's like three houses down,
you know, look for that-
756
00:34:48,542 --> 00:34:49,833
look for the guy that
went in there and
757
00:34:50,042 --> 00:34:51,083
take that house down."
758
00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:53,458
One team went to the
door upstairs on the left.
759
00:34:53,583 --> 00:34:56,167
My team went to the door
upstairs on the right.
760
00:34:56,375 --> 00:34:58,167
I was the team breacher.
761
00:34:58,375 --> 00:35:00,250
I slung my weapon
to the side,
762
00:35:00,417 --> 00:35:02,208
and pulled out an
explosive charge.
763
00:35:02,375 --> 00:35:04,417
This guy comes to the door
so quickly I pulled
764
00:35:04,583 --> 00:35:07,500
my pistol out and stuck it
up in his face, and I said,
765
00:35:07,667 --> 00:35:09,833
"Open the door." He just
looked at me and nodded.
766
00:35:15,042 --> 00:35:18,125
They saw a mattress
on the floor...
767
00:35:18,333 --> 00:35:19,542
And they flipped it up,
and there he was laying
768
00:35:19,708 --> 00:35:24,000
underneath there with
a toy AK 47, plastic.
769
00:35:24,208 --> 00:35:26,542
It's him, it's the
'Golden Ticket'.
770
00:35:26,667 --> 00:35:30,333
We brought him back to our
interrogation cell at Baghdad.
771
00:35:30,542 --> 00:35:32,042
And he is giving up the goods.
772
00:35:32,208 --> 00:35:34,333
He knows exactly
where Saddam is,
773
00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:38,333
he knows who's around him,
and he's gonna show us.
774
00:35:38,542 --> 00:35:41,917
Delta Force teams home in
on their target.
775
00:35:42,083 --> 00:35:45,000
They infiltrate the home town
of the fallen dictator.
776
00:35:45,167 --> 00:35:46,792
They identified
two targets.
777
00:35:46,958 --> 00:35:49,000
A house in a village,
778
00:35:49,125 --> 00:35:51,708
and a farmhouse
outside of that village.
779
00:35:56,292 --> 00:35:58,167
A year's worth of
intelligence gathering
780
00:35:58,375 --> 00:36:01,583
leads to this final mission.
781
00:36:01,708 --> 00:36:04,833
That evening, we went
to the house in town.
782
00:36:04,958 --> 00:36:07,750
Went up to the exterior gate,
placed a charge on
783
00:36:07,917 --> 00:36:10,583
the exterior gate,
blew the exterior gate open.
784
00:36:10,750 --> 00:36:13,000
We blow the door open,
we go inside...
785
00:36:14,708 --> 00:36:16,167
We find Saddam's cook.
786
00:36:16,375 --> 00:36:18,333
I'm on a radio going, "He knows
where Saddam's at!"
787
00:36:21,042 --> 00:36:23,125
Meanwhile, another team
is raiding the farmhouse
788
00:36:23,250 --> 00:36:25,333
outside the village.
They're very persistent,
789
00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:27,250
they don't just go to
that one location.
790
00:36:27,375 --> 00:36:29,125
They go to the
adjoining locations.
791
00:36:29,292 --> 00:36:32,042
At first, there's
no sign of Saddam.
792
00:36:32,208 --> 00:36:33,167
The troop that
hit the farmhouse,
793
00:36:33,333 --> 00:36:34,458
they were
looking around.
794
00:36:34,667 --> 00:36:37,083
You know, was there a
hidden room someplace?
795
00:36:37,250 --> 00:36:39,000
We knew he was hiding
out there somewhere.
796
00:36:39,208 --> 00:36:40,500
We just didn't know where.
797
00:36:42,667 --> 00:36:44,292
Sergeant Major was
kind of looking around,
798
00:36:44,417 --> 00:36:47,833
and he sees this rug
laying in the dirt,
799
00:36:47,958 --> 00:36:50,000
which didn't make
a lot of sense.
800
00:36:52,125 --> 00:36:53,750
They lift up the cover...
801
00:37:07,250 --> 00:37:10,125
♪ SFX: [Helicopter
blades flapping] ♪
802
00:37:10,250 --> 00:37:12,792
And they find
Saddam Hussein there.
803
00:37:12,917 --> 00:37:14,792
The call that came
over the radio was:
804
00:37:14,917 --> 00:37:17,042
"We have a possible
for
805
00:37:17,208 --> 00:37:21,583
which to all of us meant,
we got him.
806
00:37:21,750 --> 00:37:25,375
That's the result of good
intel work, persistence,
807
00:37:25,542 --> 00:37:28,292
and being able also
to deal with sources,
808
00:37:28,417 --> 00:37:30,208
talking to people
on the ground.
809
00:37:30,375 --> 00:37:32,375
And it was a
successful operation.
810
00:37:33,833 --> 00:37:36,000
I see him handcuffed
and looking, you know,
811
00:37:36,125 --> 00:37:37,917
with a leaf in his beard.
I said,
812
00:37:38,125 --> 00:37:39,374
"He looks like dirty
Uncle Fester,"
813
00:37:39,375 --> 00:37:41,083
and that's when
he spits at me.
814
00:37:41,250 --> 00:37:43,958
Witnessing him
walk out, for me,
815
00:37:44,125 --> 00:37:46,333
was a pretty, pretty
profound moment.
816
00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:48,833
You just removed
an evil dictator
817
00:37:49,042 --> 00:37:51,292
from being the
head of a country.
818
00:37:51,458 --> 00:37:54,542
Fighting terror in the
21st century means
819
00:37:54,708 --> 00:37:58,000
operating on a rapidly
- evolving battlefield.
820
00:37:58,167 --> 00:38:00,082
It poses a challenge
821
00:38:00,083 --> 00:38:02,250
for even the
greatest warriors.
822
00:38:08,417 --> 00:38:10,375
The Delta Force operators
are the tip of the spear-
823
00:38:10,542 --> 00:38:13,125
built, trained,
and counted on
824
00:38:13,333 --> 00:38:15,625
to protect Americans
and their allies
825
00:38:15,750 --> 00:38:19,958
from an aggressive
and merciless enemy.
826
00:38:26,833 --> 00:38:29,500
Delta force has been involved
in some of the more prominent
827
00:38:29,667 --> 00:38:32,708
military operations that
you've seen in headlines.
828
00:38:32,875 --> 00:38:35,667
This is the unit that
killed al-Baghdadi in Syria,
829
00:38:35,833 --> 00:38:37,625
the leader of ISIS.
830
00:38:37,792 --> 00:38:40,750
Delta Operators
successfully get to him,
831
00:38:40,917 --> 00:38:45,667
and he's killed when he blows
himself up in a suicide vest.
832
00:38:45,792 --> 00:38:47,875
To me, it's like being in
the NFL at the Super Bowl
833
00:38:48,042 --> 00:38:52,042
every day- crushing skulls
and winning the game.
834
00:38:52,250 --> 00:38:53,750
And it's painful.
835
00:38:53,917 --> 00:38:56,083
And as you get older,
you break down.
836
00:38:56,250 --> 00:38:57,833
It's a young man's game.
837
00:38:58,042 --> 00:38:59,542
It is.
838
00:38:59,708 --> 00:39:02,667
This job takes a lot of
wear and tear on
839
00:39:02,875 --> 00:39:04,458
the body and the mind,
840
00:39:04,625 --> 00:39:07,417
and, and on the
families of these guys.
841
00:39:07,583 --> 00:39:10,333
As an old warrior
leaves the battlefield,
842
00:39:10,542 --> 00:39:13,208
a new warrior takes his place.
843
00:39:13,333 --> 00:39:16,000
Here, the storied history of
the Delta Force
844
00:39:16,167 --> 00:39:18,292
precedes him.
845
00:39:18,458 --> 00:39:21,750
The new fighter, carefully
selected and trained,
846
00:39:21,917 --> 00:39:24,458
stands on the shoulders
of the elite few
847
00:39:24,625 --> 00:39:26,667
that came before him.
848
00:39:26,833 --> 00:39:29,833
There is a mindset that
comes with being a warrior.
849
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,707
The ones that are successful
are the hungry ones,
850
00:39:32,708 --> 00:39:35,083
the go getters, the ones
with drive that don't need
851
00:39:35,292 --> 00:39:37,250
somebody to tell them
to do it, to do it.
852
00:39:37,417 --> 00:39:38,625
It's that thing in your
character that
853
00:39:38,792 --> 00:39:40,792
makes you want to go
above and beyond.
854
00:39:40,958 --> 00:39:43,667
The ultimate warrior
doesn't want to lose anything.
855
00:39:43,875 --> 00:39:46,625
The ultimate warrior
wants to battle through
856
00:39:46,792 --> 00:39:48,250
anything possible,
and to do that,
857
00:39:48,375 --> 00:39:49,833
you have to be
always improving,
858
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,542
always growing.
859
00:39:52,708 --> 00:39:54,667
The need for Delta isn't
going away as we think about
860
00:39:54,875 --> 00:39:57,833
warfare further into
the 21st century.
861
00:39:57,958 --> 00:40:01,083
What worked a few years
ago no longer works.
862
00:40:01,250 --> 00:40:03,958
The enemy is adapting,
learning,
863
00:40:04,083 --> 00:40:06,167
changing,
getting better.
864
00:40:06,375 --> 00:40:09,458
They're using special
operations tactics.
865
00:40:09,625 --> 00:40:13,792
That's the type of warfare
that is ahead of us.
866
00:40:13,917 --> 00:40:16,917
So, there's gonna be
a bigger need for
867
00:40:17,083 --> 00:40:20,375
The Unit.
868
00:40:20,542 --> 00:40:22,708
Their mission set has
evolved greatly in the
869
00:40:22,917 --> 00:40:24,667
weapons of
mass destruction space,
870
00:40:24,833 --> 00:40:27,333
counter proliferation
operations.
871
00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:30,625
There are also, you know,
World War 3 type scenarios
872
00:40:30,792 --> 00:40:33,417
that The Unit has to be
prepared to respond to.
873
00:40:33,583 --> 00:40:35,625
Delta is
not waiting for
874
00:40:35,792 --> 00:40:37,917
terrorists
to do something.
875
00:40:38,083 --> 00:40:39,917
Delta is now...
876
00:40:40,083 --> 00:40:43,167
going to target terrorists
where they actually
877
00:40:43,333 --> 00:40:46,167
are operating,
where their command is,
878
00:40:46,292 --> 00:40:48,292
crushing their network,
seeking them,
879
00:40:48,500 --> 00:40:51,000
finding them,
killing, capturing.
880
00:40:51,125 --> 00:40:53,833
As the battlefield
evolves, as the enemy evolves,
881
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,417
your training and the
education you're giving to
882
00:40:57,542 --> 00:40:59,542
new operators coming up
through the course
883
00:40:59,708 --> 00:41:01,500
is evolving with that.
884
00:41:01,625 --> 00:41:03,708
I do think it's one of the
things that sets us apart.
885
00:41:03,875 --> 00:41:07,500
The future is kind of
transpiring right now,
886
00:41:07,667 --> 00:41:08,833
and it's starting to look
more and more
887
00:41:09,042 --> 00:41:11,625
like science fiction.
888
00:41:11,833 --> 00:41:14,250
Delta Force
operators continue to
889
00:41:14,417 --> 00:41:17,333
deploy around the world.
890
00:41:17,542 --> 00:41:18,833
They have capabilities
that the world
891
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:20,458
has never seen before.
892
00:41:20,667 --> 00:41:23,333
They train in some very
dynamic scenarios
893
00:41:23,500 --> 00:41:24,833
that have never
been revealed.
894
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,250
They've never needed to
be revealed, thankfully.
895
00:41:27,417 --> 00:41:28,875
They're always deployed.
896
00:41:29,042 --> 00:41:31,333
They're deployed now,
they're deployed everywhere.
897
00:41:31,542 --> 00:41:33,000
There's places that
they're at right now
898
00:41:33,167 --> 00:41:34,667
that nobody knows about.
899
00:41:34,833 --> 00:41:36,667
Let's just say that these
warriors are smart.
900
00:41:36,833 --> 00:41:38,458
They're not resting
on their laurels.
901
00:41:38,625 --> 00:41:40,667
They're noticing how
the enemy is adapting.
902
00:41:40,875 --> 00:41:42,417
They're noticing how
the threat is changing,
903
00:41:42,583 --> 00:41:46,625
and are adapting accordingly.
904
00:41:46,792 --> 00:41:50,249
His extraordinary effort
to become the best,
905
00:41:50,250 --> 00:41:54,208
his state of the art tactics
and covert training...
906
00:41:54,375 --> 00:41:56,667
and, his determination
to carry out the
907
00:41:56,833 --> 00:41:59,417
most difficult missions ever
908
00:41:59,542 --> 00:42:01,375
earn the
Delta Force operator
909
00:42:01,542 --> 00:42:04,333
his rightful place among
910
00:42:04,458 --> 00:42:06,667
History's Greatest Warriors.