The intelligence stated the touchdown zone was clear.
It wasn’t.
Retired Army Colonel Frank Hancock shares the second his staff found a whole lot of Iraqi troopers hidden inside a hill—simply earlier than helicopters had been scheduled to land on high of them.
A split-second discovery that would have modified the course of the mission.
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Visitor: Frank Hancock
Retired U.S. Army intelligence officer, Desert Storm veteran, and creator of Operation Desert Storm: How Two Younger Intelligence Analysts and an Infantry Battalion Modified the Conflict in Iraq. Frank brings firsthand expertise from one of the vital profitable army campaigns in fashionable historical past, providing a uncommon insider perspective on intelligence, management, and warfare.
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Host — AJ Pasciuti
Retired Marine Power Recon Scout Sniper and Marine Gunner, creator of Darkhorse: Harnessing Hidden Potential in Conflict and Life, and host of Fight Story.
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