Guy Talk Episode 16: Dan Laguna, Retired Chief Warrant Officer 4, 160th SOAR Special Operations Aviator

Dan Laguna is one of the most experienced combat aviators in the world. He retired from the Army as a CW4 and a B Company Flight Lead and Instructor Pilot in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Previously he was a Special Forces Green Beret assigned to an A Team in the 7th Special Forces Group in Panama. He was later assigned to a new unit called Charlie 3/7 (precursor unit to today's Delta Force) in Panama that performed special missions in Central and South America. Later he was assigned to the Special Operations Warfare School at Ft. Bragg, NC as a Survival Instructor at Camp McCall.Dan's medals include the Air Medal in Desert Storm, Legion of Merit, Silver Star awarded by Poland, Master Parachutist, Combat Diver, Special Forces Tab, Drill Instructor Badge, Expert Infantry Badge, Master Aviator Wings, and numerous other awards. Upon retiring from the United States Army he was awarded the Saint Michaels Bronze Award for Courage, Justice, Gallantry and Excellence in Aviation. While serving as Blackwater's Program Manager in Iraq, Dan is the only American to be awarded the Polish Silver Star - for bravery in action while saving the Polish Ambassador.Dan has also served as the advisor to Jordan's King Abdullah as well as the primary advisor to Afghanistan's Special Special Mission Wing (SMW)--Afghanistan's Special Operations Aviation unit. He was also the military advisor to the television series VALOR.Dan is an author and has written a book about his experiences. Read his book "You Have to Live Hard to Be Hard."PodfinityNation.net#veterans #military #160thSOAR #specialforces #podcast*This episode contains intermittent audio glitches