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Captain Alex Folchitto, a 16-year veteran of the Italian Army Special Forces and an airborne Ranger from the tier one unit known as the 9th Paratroopers Assault Regiment, Col Moschin, joins Mike Ritland as the first Italian veteran to appear on the podcast. Alex opens with a mission that nearly went terribly wrong: a midnight flight into a village, everybody shooting at them, and an aircraft that loses its front wheel. From there, he walks through the Italian selection (ten-day hell week, then three years of training), working alongside U.S. units in Afghanistan, rules of engagement, and his deployment to Libya around the time of the Benghazi attack. He also tells how he went from washing dishes at his sister’s restaurant to the movie business as a military advisor, stunt performer and actor.
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Cold Open
00:01:26 - Guest Intro
00:03:45 - Childhood & Basketball
00:09:09 - Italian Food & Culture
00:11:13 - Mafia Discussion
00:17:07 - Deciding to Join
00:22:32 - Selection Process
00:24:20 - Three-Year Training
00:31:02 - Sponsor: HELIX
00:34:14 - Vatican Swiss Guard
00:36:22 - First Deployment
00:41:25 - Delta Force Encounter
00:45:43 - Sponsor: GEVITI
00:47:23 - Chinook Crash Landing
00:50:51 - Enemy Fighters
01:00:15 - Sponsor: ETHOS
01:03:00 - Rules of Engagement
01:05:12 - Bosnia Deployment
01:11:25 - Benghazi Discussion
01:14:51 - Sponsor: COVERON
01:18:25 - Leaving Military
01:30:33 - Moving to America
01:36:10 - Washing Dishes
01:37:04 - Insurgent Audition
01:38:35 - Sponsor: BUBS Naturals
01:41:46 - Film Career
01:52:24 - European Migration
01:58:16 - Visiting Italy
02:04:13 - What’s Next
02:09:06 - Improvisation Mentality
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