Black Hawk Down - Setting the Record Straight | Silence and Light Musician - Brad Thomas Catchup

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We sit down with previous guest and former Ranger and Delta Force operator Brad Thomas as he sets the record straight about what happened back in Mogadishu and how his recollection of one event (as he shared back on Episode 58) was different than what another person remembered.
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In the former interview, Brad describes a "jackass lieutenant" running around during the battle collecting fastropes because they were an accountable item. The individual in question listened to the interview and contacted Brad to explain what was actually going on.
Being the standup guy that he is, Brad immediately wanted to acknowledge this new information and share that we often don't recall things as they were.
Many will recall Brad gave up a promising musical career to serve, first with Ranger Battalion and then finding his way into Delta Force. His first combat experience was in Mogadishu in what we know as Black Hawk Down as part of 3rd Ranger Battalion in a true baptism by fire.
Since leaving the military, Brad returned to his passion: music. He gathered a group of veterans who now make up the band “Silence and Light” and saw far more success than they expected on their debut album.
We sit down today to discuss misinterpretations on the battlefield and clarify a situation discussed in Brad's interview from two years ago (Ep58).
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@glennslatoniii4931 4 месяца назад

Integrity and accountability. This is one of the reasons why this man and others are the best on the planet.

@aarone1981 4 месяца назад

Brad Thomas-- fought in Mogadishu as a Ranger, and then joined Delta Force. What a bad-ass!

@WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot290 4 месяца назад

After he went to RRC....triple badass. That's crazy.

@WordToMomsYo 3 месяца назад

@@WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot290 A lot of people either don't know about that episode of his life (possibly because they've never heard of RRD/RRC!), or simply fail to recall that part of his resume, possibly because he rarely talks at length about it, or because his career was so long and filled with so many other truly impressive achievements and moments that his years at RRD occasionally get lost in the sauce. Also, his years in RRD coincided with the mid-to-late-90's, a period that was relatively quiet and didn't present the opportunity to really expose service persons and their units to combat, develop skills down range in real world conditions, and test their abilities from the individual all the way on up to brigades/divisions/etc..

@Somnationalist 2 месяца назад

We crushed the American troops, we got captured most of their guns and packages of ammunition and armored vehicles, In Mogadisho, so the US troops were Threatening us and had aggressive treatment to the society, they were involving covertly operations in mogadisho hunting senior tribal warlords, and was former general commanders of the Somalia military regime that collapsed in the civilwar, so Blackhawk down is history that Americans never forget, if you tried to act as aggressively and provoke us we can do worser than that history. Now things is much heinous and brutal act people become bloodsucking after they kill someone.

@kenkessner9594 4 месяца назад

Good talk. It’s always difficult to apologize or say “I made a mistake.” Good man.

@scrappydoo7887 4 месяца назад

Yup it proves integrity

@maxfausnight9664 4 месяца назад

I just re-listened to that episode maybe a week ago and remember that part of the talk. What good timing.

@ColKurtzknew 4 месяца назад

Can't go wrong amending one's understanding of anyone or thing when further information and context are provided. Part of how we gain wisdom.

@k9_rbron826 4 месяца назад

Very good Sir, for stepping up. They are so many angles and so many reasons some folks do what they do in the giving situations and what is their mind set at that given time. My hats off to both of you setting everyone straight on what happen.

@user-et4vd2kp1b 4 месяца назад

What a class act and very informative update on what happened on the ground in Mogadishu

@Somnationalist 2 месяца назад

We defeated you and humiliated your troops, nothing else happened in Mogadisho, Remember! Blackhawk down.

@scrappydoo7887 4 месяца назад

Context and motivation is always vital in the judgement of a situation

@jimsiggy 4 месяца назад

What a humble guy!

@vectorm4 2 месяца назад

He doesn't talk about any of his missions, but then again, I don't ask him, either.

@bradleysitsandsipstea33 4 месяца назад

Brad is so awesome. Gotta love this guy

@WordToMomsYo 4 месяца назад

I always had a feeling he was a good dude. Not surprised he's the type to take responsibility for his own actions, it's a quality of a leader. Kudos to Brad for doing the right thing.

@dogman490 4 месяца назад

Honest owning up to having misspoken based on conceptions is an honorable action. Salute.

@drmarkintexas-400 4 месяца назад

🎖️🤗🏆🙏💙 Thank you for your service and sharing

@dadomac3805 4 месяца назад

BT seems like a genuine good guy, carrying a big load!

@DeadRinger3036 4 месяца назад

Thank you for the reminder about the things we remember from the past are perhaps only our individual perception of the events. I recently reconnected with my CBTeam members from 1970/1 and our email exchanges revealed exactly the dichotomy of our perceived facts you described. Kinda humbling. Thanks for bringing these thoughts to the light of day.

@CaptainWillard830 4 месяца назад

Good man. Change your seat, to change your perspective. This is what leaders do.

@zeikerd 4 месяца назад

Brad is such a bad ass

@frozennorth3426 4 месяца назад

Ok this is a much better clarification than the last one, because it doesn’t just state the misperception, but also what actually happened: that the Lieutenant was accounting for the possibility that there might be more fastroping to do before returning to base for resupply. That makes complete sense and has Mission value instead of just admin CYA value. Thanks for enduring and following up on audience frustrations that the previous clarification attempt didn’t clarify. It’s not important because that day is Any of our business, but because 1. It’s an engaging element of the story told in the original episode, and became even more important with the first clarification attempt, premised on the notion that it Was something important to get right 2. the Battle of Mogadishu and surrounding events became an important part of American military history, both as learning that led to advancement in military practice, and as a key event in the public’s sense of American attempts to project power, and to do so at risk to American lives. It’s a story that’s continued to fascinate and inform so many, through numerous publicly available reports and interviews and panel discussions, and of course through the popular theatrical dramatization. Honestly, considering one of the big lessons from those events was to account for the fact that what seems like a quick errand may end up being a marathon effort, that Lieutenant’s mindset of maintaining equipped-ness while outside the wire (even if obliviously violating TTPs in that present moment and urgent priorities in hindsight) at least becomes that much more sensible. Sometimes you end up glad you have the stuff you didn’t expect to need. As a bonus, everything else covered here is really interesting too :) Thank you both :)

@afsoccommando 4 месяца назад

Class act!

@roberttaylor7451 4 месяца назад

You don’t look old enough to have been there. Not challenging you, just saying you look good for your age man. Thanks for your service.

@scr4370 4 месяца назад

Good man

@stephenbabine3325 4 месяца назад

Kudos to Brad!

@SpencerPhotography 4 месяца назад

1000% Brad is such a stand up guy.

@grinch45 4 месяца назад

Does not take away from the rope was in the movie so the story of the rope got told and at some point it was abandoned but would be SOP that its no longer worth anything. I only respect the officer having some back bone to complain he did not like it. I met a Ranger Captain from 2nd BN during a senior leader transition seminar and we did mock interviews on video and they all laid into me first as I only one with an interview but I got to question the Captain and he was impeccable which I respected and would of never got to talk to him they way we did as we trying to break the interviewee. I got my job and lasted another 23 years at it. My mentor at my new job was a former 160th radio operator who was on the command and control bird.

@flexmasterson4297 4 месяца назад

Eye witness testimony varies by individual witnesses.

@BRADLEY856 4 месяца назад

Good drills

@lordgunzerker6901 4 месяца назад

Get Pat Savidge next. One of the baddest Delta operators out there.

@internet_internet 4 месяца назад

That look he has in the thumbnail…

@user-rt8ik1ow4i 4 месяца назад

Respect

@chrisculley3756 4 месяца назад

Well if you're in ranger battalion and you Have been tasked to make sure something gets back or with some certain sensitive. It's like all common sense goes out the window. because you know when you get back from the mission, and you didn't bring back the s*** You were a tasked to bring back. Your screwed. As much as I love Ranger battalion and I loved serving with those amazing guys. Ranger battalion is very standard Drivin. Sometimes to a fault. RLTW 3/75

@dericspencer5728 4 месяца назад

Stand up guy.

@diquangibson5235 4 месяца назад

You should get former Navy Seal Howard Wasdin on your show

@nobodyspecial7185 12 дней назад

I believe he passed recently

@chetranderson 3 месяца назад

So what did he get wrong?

@WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot290 4 месяца назад

Good on that Lt.. for all we know they actually did re use those ropes... maybe he saved more lives and doesn't even know it. Stranger things have happened.

@jodi5719 4 месяца назад

WOW🩵💯❤️💯

@user-rt8ik1ow4i 4 месяца назад

Music is my favorite Drug. My song list is titled, as such

@AirborneAnt 4 месяца назад

Idk man that LT had 20+ years to come up with a good excuse for why he was doing that…what next? He wanted to pick up brass in the street??? LOL

@Jonesec1 Месяц назад

I think its wrong to call the Ground Units Kids. They are not kids, Soldier Marine sailor definetly not a kid.

@user-rt8ik1ow4i 4 месяца назад

New government with. Both of these amazing guys Shawn Ryan Dj Shipley Mike Ritalin, Jason Redman,think that's his last name,sorry if wrong Basically every Podcaster that's ex special forces,with Don Shipley sr,as president

@frozennorth3426 4 месяца назад

😂

@user-rt8ik1ow4i 4 месяца назад

New song idea. Write what you would say to enemy isis,etc,that where killed in action by delta force, then,write the same down with the isis that have yet to be eliminated, as a workout song in the gym for alpha males.

@SkepticalJoe 4 месяца назад

Bro why did it take so long to answer the question....? "Why did this CO pick up the fast ropes?". Like why is this podcast taking this long to asnwer the question doesn't make your podcast better, it doesn't make his answer better. It just pisses people off. Answer the f***ing question. I don't need to sit around for 30 minutes so you can dance around the answer. Ask the question, briefly explain the background, and ANSWER THE F***ING QUESTION!!!

@kevinmorthorst521 4 месяца назад

You have issues.

@natesmith2408 4 месяца назад

How old is this dude he looks 30 lol

@zeikerd 4 месяца назад

he looks like a skater yeah.

@erickiyoshiphillips2323 4 месяца назад

40s or 50 think he was in black hawk down...so even if he was 18 he would br 30 years later so 48 at the youngest

@xr29fb32 4 месяца назад

@erickiyoshiphillips2323 - I was either the youngest or 2nd to youngest member of TFR at 19. I honestly can’t remember if I was the youngest or 2nd youngest though lol. It’s been a long time. But Brad Thomas would have been at least a couple/few years older than me so he’s most likely somewhere in his early 50s now.

@vectorm4 2 месяца назад

He graduated high school in 1987.