EP-226 | US Army Special Mission Unit Counterintelligence 

Good interview. Josh I was a 97B4P with the 82nd MID. I was a graduate of Holabird High in Baltimore, MD in 1967. I deployed with the 3rd Brigade to Vietnam in 1968 and returned to Fort Bragg to finish my career as an agent. Your interview stirred up some interesting memories.

Can't believe I'm just now finding this channel. Great group of individuals providing high quality content. Thank you for your service.

Very interesting interview and individual. What a career!

I really like this podcast . Great to listen to at work 👍

I too was stationed at Fort Bragg as well. In 18th ABC Special Troops Battalion, Headquarters Support Company.

I really can appreciate the whole harder place first is best! It's easier to start hard and go to easy but starting easy and going hard makes life rough!

great broadcast thanks

Sonny's!!!! Man, I loved that when I was a kid!

I really want this army career.

“Your windshield is bigger than your rearview mirror for a reason” Damn, that hits hard…

That Ft Huachuca near the booming metropolis of Sierra Vista has got to be the worst place to be stationed in the Army period!!! They sent my squad TDY to train Arizona National Guard and Reserves on the SAW when they came out. Mind you I was coming from FT. Polk and couldn't wait to get back there. Lol. That place is brutal

Understood this perfectly.

I can relate I went in as an 11B and then went to 35L.

How do we find his book? Or his social media pages?

Why does ACI have that weird square on the front of the badge, right above the seal of the Army? I never seen any other federal or military badge with that kind of addition.

Love some of these comments regarding the veracity of his career. I served with Josh at Fort Meade when he was a Master Sergeant and I was a senior warrant team leader. I can assure everyone that everything he discussed is 100% legit. You simply do not know the details of the clandestine/covert world unless you have been behind the curtain.

What A&S did he do at Bragg?

I had platoon sergeants who kicked me in the a$$ and kept me on track. Thank you all!

Josh was the first guy I met at my unit at Bragg.

Go Noles!!

Very good interview. CI can be horribly boring until you make rank and even then you need good non-tactical assignments to make it more interesting. The higher level MI schools at Huachuca like BNCOC, ANCOC, WOAC, etc. were nothing but a waste of time especially when they pushed their Hi-Tech boxes of garbage (ASAS, CHIMS) into the courses. But that was a long time ago--hopefully things have changed.

Its an hour NORTH of tucson. Near Sierra Vista.

What's the name of his book?

I don't see his name anywhere. Hard to support his company.

It's hilarious that this guy had a problem with authority and he was an E-8 and then Warrant. :)

I'm literally watching this because I'm trying to decide which branch to join after college however, the armies 35L and 35M have my heart at the moment but I'm considering joining the navy because of travel and I really am looking at their Expeditionary intelligence rating and i just want to compare if anyone has info on the second please drop some info i graduate college December 2020

Sounds like the National Guard and SOF have alot in common. Any of you active guys wanting out of that "prison", look up some Guard or Reserve fulltime slots! AGR is a great way to go!!

I remember Josh from Ft. Buchanan. I was on another “agency” and met him in a meeting.

In 1983, you needed an 89 to pass the DLAB. I scraped by with a 93. It says nowadays you need a 95 minimum. :/

97E/35M love working with 35L they got some creative imagination that's all I'll say

For people always wondering if CAG is the most secretive SMU this should ease that wondering.

I didn't learn anything but qol seems better for ci

Is this dude in ISA? That’s all I wanna kno? Because the title says ARMY “special military unit” and “Intelligence” so what does that make u think?

Way too many ads!

Task force orange?

How do I join the intelligence support activity?

Didn't really talk much about the actual job.

I thought you couldn’t go straight into counterintelligence, thought you had to have another specialty first

Like so many others here in comments, I too was a SEF (Special Educational Forces), Tier Negative-1, 180th Landborne, Umpteenth Division, Night Force Ninja Ranger Stalker Specialist, but of course I don’t like to talk about it. I have top secret RUMINT (Rumor + Menthol) info about this subject, which is why I’m arguing with GEARDO’s online… you see, I went to different high schools with Jocko Luttrell, therefore have firsthand intel from his mother’s second cousin. Lived next door to my grandpa, who was Delta force in Vietnam. Reminds me of a story from downrange. Well, there we were... I had garnered so much respect and admiration that I was named Col. Fobbit. “GI’s” (General Intestines) would gather round as I dispensed pearls of wisdom, their faces lit up with adoration and smiles, cleaning my H&J&K M&M15-47 Black Ops Special Edition Super Sniper with Scope (4 easy payments & extra magazine!)… sometimes they would cover their faces and have little choking fits… must have been the Moon Dust… but I digress… what was I saying? Ah yes, I definitely know all answers to all aspects of this subject, and can clearly say that REDACTED REDACTED

USAF BABY! Yeah!

Send me

Was he in “The Activity”?

This guy said nothing for over an hour. Impressive.

What are the security forces and navy girls here for…?

I was a 35-L in the Army. Liked it. Would not even consider enlisting now. I have no trust in the entire D.O.D. and even less in the Army Command Structure. They are not only absolutely incompetent but deeply corrupt and dishonest.

The feeling of going to a store because certain people own it only seems logical if the strip club gives me the golden dollar to sip and fuck at my table let alone slippery room. Thank you American and all other service members and family's who grow in principle a d pay it forward. May we never loose a life from war. Today is day 3 over in Ukraine, may it be the last.

I did 15 years in the infantry 11B3V, 187th Inf Rakkasan 101st Abn, and 74th Inf LRSD, 173rd Airborne Brigade, if your a motivated individual don't let anyone talk you out of going infantry. Get an airborne contract right away. The infantry will allow you any "cool school" I was able to get Ranger School, Pathfinder School, Sniper school, LRSLC, HALO, Jump master school. Ect....don't believe Army Careers convert to Civilian jobs. He asks "So they sent you to airborne school when" answer "right then" WTF? I will agree with him about the snow at Ft Huachuca I did a training in east range with snow on the ground part of Combat Image 1 "Black Tower" listening to this podcast I believe it was mislabeled? Unless this dude was Army ISA or 1st Special Forces Group Detachment Delta (Those are the only two designated Special Mission Units I know)...I don't think he was either. This was the most confusing conversation I ever heard about the military! Serious question was this Dude National Guard or Reserve? Or active duty? Thankfull for your service but I'm still at a loss for what your intial MOS was and what you did exactly as a Warrant Officer?

I'm about 30 years into my CI career and don't know any of these people...just sayn'...

This guy didnt graduate from Ci school as an E-2. You have to be at least E-4 to attend the CI agent course?????

HUMINT fucking sucks bro