Chris Fettes
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So he puts the phone down for a second, a couple minutes, comes back. He's like, yeah, you can go. I'm like, holy shit. all right, how long do I have to get there? You got all your shit ready? Yeah. You probably better get here in like 45 minutes. You know, if you're going to make this bird. So I'm like, oh shit.
So that's how much time I had to throw all my shit in the truck and tell my wife, hey, I'm going to go do this thing. Are you okay with it? She's like, holy shit, we got through all of this. Yeah, I'm not going to stop you from doing this one thing, but it's kind of that whole like Team America thing, like just don't die. You know, so I'm like, okay.
So that's how much time I had to throw all my shit in the truck and tell my wife, hey, I'm going to go do this thing. Are you okay with it? She's like, holy shit, we got through all of this. Yeah, I'm not going to stop you from doing this one thing, but it's kind of that whole like Team America thing, like just don't die. You know, so I'm like, okay.
So that's how much time I had to throw all my shit in the truck and tell my wife, hey, I'm going to go do this thing. Are you okay with it? She's like, holy shit, we got through all of this. Yeah, I'm not going to stop you from doing this one thing, but it's kind of that whole like Team America thing, like just don't die. You know, so I'm like, okay.
And well, you know, try my best and love you, you know, and squeeze the boys and go. And so now that's how I ended up on the mission. So we fly over there. And you can find this in the news and shit. There was a hiccup with the staff for Obama informing him that we were in the air ready to jump when we got there.
And well, you know, try my best and love you, you know, and squeeze the boys and go. And so now that's how I ended up on the mission. So we fly over there. And you can find this in the news and shit. There was a hiccup with the staff for Obama informing him that we were in the air ready to jump when we got there.
And well, you know, try my best and love you, you know, and squeeze the boys and go. And so now that's how I ended up on the mission. So we fly over there. And you can find this in the news and shit. There was a hiccup with the staff for Obama informing him that we were in the air ready to jump when we got there.
And so we got pushed 24 hours because he was asleep in Martha's Vineyard, from what I understand. I don't know the details of that. I know there's a bunch of shit that I probably have no fucking clue how it works, you know? And we come down, we push to the next night, and then we go. So I'm up there. I got a tandem medic on me. And I'm the point man for the op, you know.
And so we got pushed 24 hours because he was asleep in Martha's Vineyard, from what I understand. I don't know the details of that. I know there's a bunch of shit that I probably have no fucking clue how it works, you know? And we come down, we push to the next night, and then we go. So I'm up there. I got a tandem medic on me. And I'm the point man for the op, you know.
And so we got pushed 24 hours because he was asleep in Martha's Vineyard, from what I understand. I don't know the details of that. I know there's a bunch of shit that I probably have no fucking clue how it works, you know? And we come down, we push to the next night, and then we go. So I'm up there. I got a tandem medic on me. And I'm the point man for the op, you know.
And I've got three other guys too. I'm usually a team of four. And up in the point anyways. So everything goes well. We jump. Great landing. We get on this target, it's four. This is the news two. Two professors that were kidnapped from the University of Kabul days before. One was Australian, one was American. Kevin King and Timothy Weeks. And found out that they're here, right?
And I've got three other guys too. I'm usually a team of four. And up in the point anyways. So everything goes well. We jump. Great landing. We get on this target, it's four. This is the news two. Two professors that were kidnapped from the University of Kabul days before. One was Australian, one was American. Kevin King and Timothy Weeks. And found out that they're here, right?
And I've got three other guys too. I'm usually a team of four. And up in the point anyways. So everything goes well. We jump. Great landing. We get on this target, it's four. This is the news two. Two professors that were kidnapped from the University of Kabul days before. One was Australian, one was American. Kevin King and Timothy Weeks. And found out that they're here, right?
Probably being moved around different compounds on their way to cross the border in Pakistan and Afghanistan. You know, the network of dudes that do, you know, the most deviant shit with the Taliban, it's those guys, right? Suicide bombers, you know. You know, just all the worst shit you can think of that happened. You know, chopping off heads and whatever other kind of shit.
Probably being moved around different compounds on their way to cross the border in Pakistan and Afghanistan. You know, the network of dudes that do, you know, the most deviant shit with the Taliban, it's those guys, right? Suicide bombers, you know. You know, just all the worst shit you can think of that happened. You know, chopping off heads and whatever other kind of shit.
Probably being moved around different compounds on their way to cross the border in Pakistan and Afghanistan. You know, the network of dudes that do, you know, the most deviant shit with the Taliban, it's those guys, right? Suicide bombers, you know. You know, just all the worst shit you can think of that happened. You know, chopping off heads and whatever other kind of shit.
I think that honestly actually was more in Iraq, but I don't know. So it's those guys, right? And so we're expecting a hard fight. Maybe. And we all know, if you have any experience with these guys in Afghanistan, with all the suicide bombs, the house-borne IEDs, all the shit we go really deliberate with when we go to these compounds. We're looking for, I mean, it's slow, CQB.
I think that honestly actually was more in Iraq, but I don't know. So it's those guys, right? And so we're expecting a hard fight. Maybe. And we all know, if you have any experience with these guys in Afghanistan, with all the suicide bombs, the house-borne IEDs, all the shit we go really deliberate with when we go to these compounds. We're looking for, I mean, it's slow, CQB.
I think that honestly actually was more in Iraq, but I don't know. So it's those guys, right? And so we're expecting a hard fight. Maybe. And we all know, if you have any experience with these guys in Afghanistan, with all the suicide bombs, the house-borne IEDs, all the shit we go really deliberate with when we go to these compounds. We're looking for, I mean, it's slow, CQB.
We're looking at every threshold for wires, for different... You know, they even started using, you know, motion sensors and, you know, light sensors like photosensitive bulbs, you know, and pillows and shit like that to just blow, right? And there's so many ops where that happens, right? So it's high tension and we're expecting this shit and we get down and they're at a compound, right?