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   Number 1: Poland Just Ran the Drill Ukraine Invented the Hard Way

   late August, Green Berets put Polish special forces through a new U.S. exercise at Hohenfels: cross a simulated front, move about sixty miles, and hit a target with a drone while the “enemy” hunts them with more than a hundred aircraft. It is the first time a NATO ally has run the scenario. The story is not that drones exist. It is that NATO is finally training as if the sky is an opponent.

   September 06, 2026·3min
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   Number 2: Polar Dagger: Green Berets on an Island You Can See Russia From

   mid-August, 10th Special Forces Group inserted men and ATVs by Chinook onto St. Lawrence Island as part of Operation Polar Dagger 2026. The exercise was not a photo op. It was a rehearsal for putting a mobile special-operations presence into the Bering Strait with almost no infrastructure, within sight of Russian territory, and it tells you more about what U.S. special forces are being rebuilt to do than another raid anecdote ever will.

   September 03, 2026·3min
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   Number 3: Bob "The Ninja" Porras: Inside a Career in Delta Force's "The Unit"

   Carlos sits down with Bob "The Ninja" Porras for a wide-ranging look back at a career spent in the world of Delta Force and "The Unit." The conversation covers what it actually takes to make it through selection, the mindset required to operate at the highest level of special operations, and the lessons carried forward after the uniform comes off. It's a rare, candid window into the culture and psychology behind America's most elite units.

   August 30, 2026·1h 18min
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   Number 4: The Death of Imad Mughniyeh: How a Car Bomb in Damascus Ended a 25-Year Manhunt

   On February 12, 2008, Hezbollah’s chief of international operations, Imad Mughniyeh, was killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria, in an operation widely attributed to a joint effort between Israel’s Mossad and the CIA. This episode traces Mughniyeh’s decades-long career as one of the most wanted militants in the world, the years-long surveillance campaign that located him, and the technical details of the operation as later reported by journalists and former officials. We examine the intelligence tradecraft involved, the geopolitical fallout across the Middle East, and why this case remains one of the most consequential targeted killings in modern intelligence history.

   August 23, 2026·4min
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   Number 5: De Oppresso Liber: How a Beret Became a Legend”

   In 1953, a small group of Army officers started wearing an unauthorized piece of headgear in defiance of their own chain of command — and it eventually became one of the most recognized symbols in military history. This episode traces the Green Beret from its unlikely roots in WWII resistance fighting through JFK’s pivotal endorsement, and examines why elite units around the world have adopted the same emerald crown. It’s a story about identity, defiance, and what happens when a symbol outgrows the men who first wore it.

   August 11, 2026·6min
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