Ep. 195 | Ed Darack | Victory Point Author | Embedded Journalist
from Former Action Guys Podcast Hosted by Justin Cramer
Ed Darack is an American author of multiple books including the controversial Victory Point that provides more detail to the Navy Seal Lone Survivor story. Ed was embedded with 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines and interviewed multiple participants of Operation Red Wings. Ed has also written about the shoot down of Extortion 17 and has another book in the works. Support the show https://patreon.com/formeractionguys https://jcramergraphics.com https://ANGLICOshop.com Ed's site http://darack.com 00:00:00 Intro | UAVs 00:09:00 Multi-Domain Combined Arms 00:18:48 Becoming a War Reporter 00:21:06 Meeting 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines 00:27:09 Getting the Marines Ambushed 00:29:39 Situation on the Ground 00:46:07 Operation Red Wings aka Lone Survivor 00:55:10 Communications Gear 00:59:03 Breakdown of Command and Control 01:06:17 Visiting the Attack Site 01:11:00 Debate Over the Accuracy of Lone Survivor 01:14:34 Threats for Telling the Story 01:18:38 Extortion 17 01:23:21 Joint Service Operations 01:37:46 Operaation Whalers 01:47:23 Why Write Victory Point?
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