Two SEALs Talking Combat Operations
Combat Story
Ryan Fugit
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2024
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
This is our first JOINT Combat Story where we bring two combat veterans on the show to talk about combat operations they were part of together. This time we’re fortunate to have Sam Mackey and Joel McGuire, both former SEALs, who speak about some of the toughest moments they had deployed to Afghanistan.
I always wanted to have two guys who fought side by side to see what they remember, where they each have gaps and to watch the bond firsthand that was forged in those difficult moments downrange.
For those who listened to the individual interviews with both Sam and Joel, you’ll recall that Sam was somewhat of a free agent SEAL being shipped to various teams to support operations for weeks or months at a time given his unique sniper skill set. Joel was leading a team at a smaller FOB that needed all the help they could get and welcomed Sam with open arms.
Please enjoy two seasoned vets get down to what actually happened on particular ops when they were downrange together.
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👇 Show Notes:
00:00 - Introduction
00:42 - Guest Profile: Sam Mackey and Joel McGuire
01:40 - Start of Interview
02:13 - Joel and Sam post deployment relationship
05:50 - How Joel and Sam met
21:28 - Factor Meals Ad
22:45 - Deploying A Sniper in Battle
31:40 - Sam and Joel Reminiss Same Gun Fight
42:12 - Hairy Engagements
47:29 - Deployment During Bin Laden Raid
49:54 - Favorite MRE
51:59 - Favorite Part About Teams
01:02:44 - Joel Grazed In The Range
01:10:31 - Advice to A Future SEAL
01:12:34 - Outsider Mugs
01:13:08 - Listener Feedback
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | So I hopped off on this rock and it's kind of just watching observing. |
| 0:06.0 | All of a sudden I see a laser coming my way and I reached from my horn and three shots went off as I hit my horn. |
| 0:13.0 | Yeah, like ceasefire. |
| 0:14.2 | Yeah, one of the rounds is kind of bare to graze me. |
| 0:17.8 | So there was only this much room between my hand and my leg. |
| 0:21.5 | So he put three rounds foot in there somewhere. |
| 0:24.0 | Welcome to Combat Story. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm Ryan Puget and I serve War Zone Tours as an Army Attack helicopter pilot and CIA officer |
| 0:30.3 | over a 15 year career. |
| 0:32.1 | I'm fascinated by the experiences of the elite in combat. |
| 0:35.0 | On this show I interview some of the best to understand what combat felt like on |
| 0:39.6 | their front lines. This is combat story. This is our first joint combat story |
| 0:44.7 | where we bring two Combat Veterans on the show to talk about Combat Ops they were a |
| 0:49.2 | part of together. This time we're fortunate to have Sam Mackey and Joel McGuire, both former SEALs, who speak about some of the toughest moments they had deployed to Afghanistan as a team. |
| 0:58.5 | I always wanted to have two guys who fought side by side on the show to see what they remember where they each have gaps and to watch the |
| 1:04.8 | bond firsthand that was forged in those difficult moments downrange. |
| 1:08.1 | For those who listen to the individual interviews with both Sam and Joel, you'll recall that Sam was someone of a free-aged seal at the time, |
| 1:14.3 | being shipped to various teams to support operations for weeks or months at a time, given his unique |
| 1:19.7 | sniper skill set. Joel, on the other hand, was leading a team at a smaller and undermanned fob that a as a result of that time down range. Please enjoy two season vets getting down to what actually |
| 1:35.2 | happened on particular ops when they were down range together. |
| 1:40.4 | Well, welcome for the last round here. |
| 1:44.0 | So for those who haven't tuned in to the interviews we already did |
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