Lt Col (retired) Perry Blackburn served in multiple roles throughout his time in the US Army. He spent a significant portion of his time with 5th SFG(A), deploying to multiple theatres including the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. Perry was an ODA team commander during Operation Anaconda which this episode focuses on. The movie '12 Strong' is the feature film that depicts the events of that operation and we discuss if the really assaulted tanks on horseback. 

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