Mike Ritland

What comes next? Another rotation in the SIF. I mean, the SIF is a grind. I did three SIF rotations that I racked back to back.

going to war coming back going to war coming back going to war coming back i eventually moved up into reconnaissance in special operations and became a sniper went to sniper school went to free fall school and started specializing my efforts on long on the long gun so between unilateral operations which is working with task force the joint task force

going to war coming back going to war coming back going to war coming back i eventually moved up into reconnaissance in special operations and became a sniper went to sniper school went to free fall school and started specializing my efforts on long on the long gun so between unilateral operations which is working with task force the joint task force

going to war coming back going to war coming back going to war coming back i eventually moved up into reconnaissance in special operations and became a sniper went to sniper school went to free fall school and started specializing my efforts on long on the long gun so between unilateral operations which is working with task force the joint task force

I think at the time we were working with Tom DeTomaso, who's a famous Black Hawk down platoon leader, and he was a special missions unit commander.

I think at the time we were working with Tom DeTomaso, who's a famous Black Hawk down platoon leader, and he was a special missions unit commander.

I think at the time we were working with Tom DeTomaso, who's a famous Black Hawk down platoon leader, and he was a special missions unit commander.

we we operated under him and under task force 16 which is stanley mccrystal's big uh you know kill capture conglomerate of the best units in the world we were part of that effort when we went out and crushed bad guys for years i mean it was it was a good run of killing a whole bunch of bad guys yeah so i did that for three rotations in a row you've got a hell of a career man yeah thanks man

we we operated under him and under task force 16 which is stanley mccrystal's big uh you know kill capture conglomerate of the best units in the world we were part of that effort when we went out and crushed bad guys for years i mean it was it was a good run of killing a whole bunch of bad guys yeah so i did that for three rotations in a row you've got a hell of a career man yeah thanks man

we we operated under him and under task force 16 which is stanley mccrystal's big uh you know kill capture conglomerate of the best units in the world we were part of that effort when we went out and crushed bad guys for years i mean it was it was a good run of killing a whole bunch of bad guys yeah so i did that for three rotations in a row you've got a hell of a career man yeah thanks man

So you leave there and then... So I leave and start grinding to build up this unit, hire and fire a couple of guys.

So you leave there and then... So I leave and start grinding to build up this unit, hire and fire a couple of guys.

So you leave there and then... So I leave and start grinding to build up this unit, hire and fire a couple of guys.

Build up a skill set for special reconnaissance in the continent of Africa to be able to respond to crisis That potentially happened and there was no There was no at the time Organization that was covering down on Africa because it used to be third groups responsibility, but because of the war We had a change in hands and change in responsibility So we stood it up It was a grind.

Build up a skill set for special reconnaissance in the continent of Africa to be able to respond to crisis That potentially happened and there was no There was no at the time Organization that was covering down on Africa because it used to be third groups responsibility, but because of the war We had a change in hands and change in responsibility So we stood it up It was a grind.

Build up a skill set for special reconnaissance in the continent of Africa to be able to respond to crisis That potentially happened and there was no There was no at the time Organization that was covering down on Africa because it used to be third groups responsibility, but because of the war We had a change in hands and change in responsibility So we stood it up It was a grind.

We got validated by Special Operations Command. And that was, ironically enough, September 1st of 2012. We got validated. And a week later, or September 11th, Benghazi happens. Mm-hmm.

We got validated by Special Operations Command. And that was, ironically enough, September 1st of 2012. We got validated. And a week later, or September 11th, Benghazi happens. Mm-hmm.

We got validated by Special Operations Command. And that was, ironically enough, September 1st of 2012. We got validated. And a week later, or September 11th, Benghazi happens. Mm-hmm.

I had already been notified prior to Benghazi happening that my team and myself was going to be the first guys into Libya to run what's called a 12-weight program, which is a congressionally mandated counterterrorism program to counter al-Qaeda, which therein lies the Benny. Therein lies the point, which is before September 11th, 2012, I had already been identified.