Retired Major Tony Mayne joins the podcast to walk through 12 years in U.S. Special Operations Command, including nine years in the 75th Ranger Regiment's 3rd Battalion, where he took part in the regiment's historic combat parachute assault into Afghanistan after 9/11 and later jumped into Iraq — completing eight combat deployments in support of the Global War on Terror and earning induction into the 2024 Ranger Hall of Fame. We go deep on the night of October 19, 2001, standing in the door of a C-17 as one of the first U.S. Rangers to parachute into Afghanistan, and the fight for Haditha Dam, where his vehicle broke down mid-assault and later got caught in an ambush on both sides of the road.
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:35 - Team Dog Ad
00:02:10 - Guest Introduction
00:02:44 - Afghanistan Jump Night
00:03:10 - NHTSA Ad
00:03:48 - Pre-Jump Emotions
00:05:19 - Nervous Rangers?
00:07:28 - Part Of History
00:09:36 - Combat Jump Honor
00:11:01 - Mustard Stain
00:11:12 - First Ranger Assault
00:16:04 - Staging Base Wait
00:19:02 - 160 Rangers Jump
00:21:02 - Door Opens
00:23:09 - Landing And Quiet
00:25:38 - Objective Rhino
00:30:07 - AG1 Ad
00:32:37 - Pakistan Brownout Deaths
00:36:01 - "This Is It?"
00:37:24 - Growing Up Poor
00:42:14 - Fear Of Unknown
00:46:25 - Two Rangers Lost
00:52:26 - Next Deployment Spring
00:54:12 - Early Afghanistan Ops
00:59:32 - Superpower Ad
01:01:22 - Iraq Kicks Off
01:04:46 - Haditha Dam Mission
01:10:03 - Driving Through Wadis
01:18:02 - Approaching The Dam
01:22:04 - Ambush Decision
01:29:52 - Stopbox Ad
01:32:02 - Delta Force Together
01:35:02 - Untold Haditha Story
01:37:33 - Endless War Doubt
01:41:00 - Was It Necessary
01:45:55 - Hearing Waiver Story
01:49:07 - Friend Killed (IED)
01:53:01 - Officer Return Model
01:57:11 - Rear Detachment Duty
02:00:13 - NHTSA Ad (2nd)
02:04:20 - Officer Selection Board
02:07:38 - Two-Vote Tiebreaker
02:15:07 - Ranger For Life
02:28:28 - Firefight With Marty
02:31:50 - Bub's Naturals Ad
02:34:37 - Closest To Dying
02:36:37 - Why Elite Struggle
02:37:03 - Losing Shaw
02:49:53 - Knowing It's Time
02:53:04 - Ranger Nonprofits
02:56:52 - Ranger Outreach Center
02:59:08 - What's Next
03:02:43 - Favorite Bible Verse
03:05:35 - Closing Thanks
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