My guest today is a man who existed in the shadows of one of the most classified units in American military history — a Vietnam-era Green Beret named Travis Mills who helped build the legendary MACV-SOG one-zero school, ran recon deep into Laos when we "weren't there," got shot multiple times during one of the deadliest single-night attacks ever to hit Army Special Forces, and lived to sit across from me and tell the whole story. This is the kind of conversation that reminds you what the word "operator" actually means before it became a hashtag.
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CHAPTERS
00:00:00 - Special Forces Mission
00:01:35 - Guest Introduction
00:03:00 - Growing Up Texas
00:06:16 - Father's WWII
00:12:47 - Bizarre WWII Coincidence
00:15:52 - Football & Athletics
00:18:56 - Father's Influence
00:22:03 - Vietnam Awareness
00:27:55 - Joining The Army
00:38:22 - JFK Assassination
00:44:25 - Enlisting Decision
00:48:24 - OCS Journey
00:55:37 - Truck Crash
01:09:41 - Green Beret Selection
01:15:13 - Vietnam Era Training
01:20:28 - Arriving In-Country
01:26:45 - Joining SOG
01:30:09 - SOG vs SF
01:38:52 - SOG Origins CIA
01:54:55 - First Missions
02:06:01 - Enemy Surrounds Us
02:33:18 - First Recon Mission
02:40:43 - FOB4 Attack
02:47:57 - Shot Four Times
02:58:59 - Ambulance Run
03:11:35 - Hospital Ship
03:21:35 - One Zero School
03:51:27 - Colonel Johnson
04:00:06 - Communism 101
04:09:15 - Was Vietnam Worth It
04:22:51 - Iran Red Line
04:33:42 - Post-Military Career
04:58:56 - Retirement Life
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