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  George Ferkes - Air Force +12 Total Videos

  8th Special Operations Squadron

  There was some good intelligence available during the planning of the Iran hostage rescue attempt. For instance, pilot George Ferkes knew that an aircraft could easily avoid the radar at the border. That was not the problem, though, once the effort got underway.

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  Gilbert Howland - Army +16 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  After the Japanese surrendered, Gilbert Howland was transferred to an MP unit for a while, then discharged. He reenlisted after a year and left for a tour in Italy, guarding Trieste against Yugoslav incursion. (This interview made possible with the support of DAVID W. MARQUEZ.)

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  Jake Jacobson - Army +8 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  Retired Green Beret Jake Jacobson tells how he came to boycott San Francisco and then acknowledges a couple of inspiring leaders he had in the Army. He also encountered what he considered very bad leadership.

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  Ed Fulghum - Army +14 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  When he returned from his combat tour in Korea, Ed Fulghum began a long period of being sent all over the place by the Army. A series of short assignments culminated in Germany, where he served until his discharge. He got married and began an unsuccessful job hunt. Should he return to the Army?

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  Bob Nash - Army +2 Total Videos

  384th Military Police Battalion

  It was Bob Nash's job to provide security for supply trains running from postwar Germany to Austria and beyond. The main problem was Russian troops hijacking the trains and detaining GI's. They eventually put a stop to that. Another responsibility for the MP unit was guarding the Eagles Nest from possible damage.

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  Jake Jacobson - Army +8 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  After his Vietnam tours, Jake Jacobson served in Thailand and the Philippines, among other places, with different Special Forces teams. After almost thirty years of service, he retired, but was soon in Saudi Arabia training Bedouins. He didn't care for that job. (Caution: coarse language.)

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  Carter Tucker - Army +10 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  After two tours in Vietnam, Army chaplain Carter Tucker served in Germany and at Fort Benning. In Germany, he was also chaplain to a large civilian population of dependents, who could have it rough in a strange country. Even with all his time as a chaplain, and with his previous service in the Navy, he wonders if he'd done enough.

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  Stan Seaman - Navy +5 Total Videos

  USS Tarawa (CVS-40)

  After ten months in Pensacola, Stan Seaman was transferred to the USS Tarawa, a carrier that was slated for anti-submarine patrols, but first there was months in dry dock and then a training mission to Gitmo.

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  Max Della Pia - Air Force +11 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  Max Della Pia was sixteen years old and speaking at a Rotary luncheon about his desire to attend the Air Force Academy. A man came up to him afterward and ridiculed his speech. He never forgot that guy but he did go to the Academy and have a long career as a pilot and commander.

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  Brooks Tucker - Marines +11 Total Videos

  1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment

  Brooks Tucker nearly came into contact with Iraqi Army units while deployed near Khafji in Saudi Arabia. His infantry platoon was supposed to dig in deep if confronted by Iraqi tanks and then pull a surprise maneuver. Only thing, it depended on them not getting run over by the tanks.

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  Roland Guidry - Air Force +18 Total Videos

  8th Special Operations Squadron

  The rescue attempt failed but it was the genesis of an all out effort to reorganize and improve the special operations capability of the military. Roland Guidry helped manage the air operations as the team began Project Honey Badger, which aimed to mount a second try at freeing the hostages in Iran.

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  Max Della Pia - Air Force +11 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  While on a training mission in Greenland, Wing Commander Max Della Pia had to rush to respond when a popular crew member suffered a heart attack. The man was out on the ice for a training exercise. Could they get there in time? Part 1 of 2.

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  Gen Walter Boomer - Marines +3 Total Videos

  I Marine Expeditionary Force

  General Boomer got to work with plenty of hardworking individuals during his time serving with the Marines. General Keys was one of them. To Boomer, he proved not only was he a worthy ally, but quite literally a lifesaver.

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  LTG (Ret) Robert T. Clark - Army +15 Total Videos

  3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division

  When Bob Clark arrived to assume command of the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, Saddam Hussein had just moved into Kuwait and the unit was preparing to deploy. Soon, he was staring across the Saudi desert into Iraq.

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  Stanley McChrystal - Army +9 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  The Ranger Creed is more than a mindless mantra to General Stanley McChrystal. It is a solemn promise to every other Ranger.

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  LTG (Ret) Robert T. Clark - Army +15 Total Videos

  3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division

  It was a busy four days in Iraq for the 3rd Brigade Combat Team commanded by Bob Clark. Once the cease fire was declared, his mission became more humanitarian with swarms of displaced persons to take care of. Then there was that Elvis sighting.

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  Stanley McChrystal - Army +9 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  It's hard to say what Ranger School does to someone. It's definitely a journey of self-discovery. General Stanley McChrystal should know. He took a particular interest in the school when he commanded the Ranger Regiment.

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  CSM Michael Hall - Army +8 Total Videos

  75th Ranger Regiment

  Command Sergeant Major Michael Hall reviews the list of posts and commands from his 34 year career in the Army Rangers.

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  LTG (Ret) Quinn Becker - Army +9 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  Army surgeon Quinn Becker almost retired but he was selected to attend the War College. That usually meant they were grooming you for higher up. As he moved up to higher commands, he set out to modernize antiquated field medical equipment, a need he had first noticed years before.

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  Stanley McChrystal - Army +9 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  In a time when only thirty percent of young people qualify to enlist in the armed forces, General Stanley McChrystal has become part of the Service Year Alliance, a group which promotes a paid year of national service.

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  George Theis - Air Force +7 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  When George Theis returned from occupation duty, he got married and began seeking a career in civilian aviation. The tough job market drove him back into the newly renamed Air Force. He had a good run as a flight engineer and worked on the conversion to computerized controls.

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  Brooks Tucker - Marines +11 Total Videos

  1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment

  He was a newly minted rifle platoon leader in the Marine infantry. Brooks Tucker had no experience outside of training, so he worked hard to fit in and get respect in the historic unit, which counted Tarawa and Beirut in it's backstory.

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  LTG (Ret) Lawson W. Magruder III - Army +14 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  Family and faith helped LTG Lawson Magruder cope with the harder parts of a long career. That and a resilient state of mind. The new digital world may be making this kind of balance more difficult.

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  Stanley McChrystal - Army +9 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  According to General Stanley McChrystal, the establishment of the modern Army Rangers during the post-Vietnam period helped build a new Army from the center out. As they became a premier light infantry unit, the growing terror threat pulled them into the area of special operations, where they must balance those two responsibilities.

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  LTG Ken Keen - Army +7 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  After commanding the 75th Ranger Regiment, LTG Ken Keen's next assignment was with the US Southern Command. During an official visit to Haiti, he was caught up in the massive earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010. The value of his Ranger networking was proven in the relief effort that followed.

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  Walt Richardson - Air Force +11 Total Videos

  Tuskegee Airmen

  His aim was to help put his sister through college. Walt Richardson scored so well on the tests that he was inducted into the Air Force. Perhaps it was the schooling he received at the school run by the mother of Chappie James, who became the first black Air Force 4-star General.

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  Changiz Lahidji - Army +8 Total Videos

  Green Beret

  When Changiz Lahidji reported to Fort Bragg for Green Beret training, one of the team sergeants turned out to be someone he'd met in Iran during joint training with the Shah's Army. He was told he'd better make it through so he could join his team. He made it; the first Muslim to serve in US special forces.

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  Brooks Tucker - Marines +11 Total Videos

  1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment

  Brooks Tucker's Marine battalion did not continue north into Iraq. It was tasked with security in a Kuwait City suburb. As they took stock of their new surroundings, the air was heavy with smoke from oil well fires set by the fleeing Iraqis.

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  Ken Preston - Army +33 Total Videos

  11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

  His sister units had deployed from Germany into Kuwait. Ken Preston's group was held in Germany to set up a program to train tank and Bradley gunners heading to the conflict. Of course it was the middle of winter. After the quick resolution to the war, the training program ended and it was his turn to deploy to provide security for the pullout.

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  CSM Michael Hall - Army +8 Total Videos

  75th Ranger Regiment

  The Army Rangers were formed not only as an elite strike force but also as a crucible to spread field experience and knowledge throughout the military. In his long career, Michael Hall found many instances of this in many different organizations. The experiment had succeeded.