16 Hour Gunfight with Special Forces 18C, Kamdesh Battle, No Plan B, 48KIA in One Day, Nearly Shot in the Head, Founder of Green Beret Chronicles | Jay Dorleus

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Today we have an in-depth Combat Story with 20 year veteran and Green Beret Jay Dorleus. Jay spent the initial portion of his career in the regular Army as a Combat Engineer, including two rotations to Iraq where he conducted route clearing and base patrol operations that included losing some of his best friends to IEDs in a very reactive environment.

Jay would eventually transition to the Special Forces where he was in a more proactive posture, taking the fight to the enemy this time around. He fought in some of the more challenging areas of Afghanistan with 3rd Special Forces Group and nearly died on multiple occasions, including a bullet narrowly missing his head.

His childhood is anything but ordinary as he moved to the US from Haiti with his family and maintained that New York immigrant mindset to help him succeed in the military. He created a YouTube channel now that he's retirement to teach aspiring special operators how to successfully pass selection and learn from his mistakes.

I hope you enjoy this very real and wide ranging interview with a long time Green Beret as much as I did.

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Show Notes:
0:00 - Intro
00:50 - Guest Introduction (Jay Dorleus)
01:55 - Interview begins
02:08 - Green Beret Chronicals
03:52 - Childhood
07:36 - Reaction to going into the Military
10:00 - American Oppurtunity
12:24 - Recruiter story
14:41 - 12 Bravo
15:21 - Reception at first Unit
17:40 - Initial missionset
22:00 - Memorable Ops.
26:56 - Dealing with death
32:46 - Nutrisense Ad
34:02 - Seeking help
39:58 - Enjoying the work
41:45 - Being a leader with experience
44:18 - The Special Forces path
45:44 - Preparation for Special Forces
47:05 - Weaknesses of new recruits
49:22 - Language selection
50:07 - Path to 3rd Group
51:50 - First Unit with 3rd Group
53:15 - Big Army vs. Special Ops.
56:34 - Race effecting enlistment
59:13 - DeleteMe Ad
01:00:42 - Tough missiion as Special Ops.
01:06:30 - Priority as Charlie on F.O.B.
01:08:26 - Team stability
01:09:28 - Firefights
01:10:55 - Close call engagements
01:12:15 - Joksters on the team
01:17:30 - A tougher mission
01:38:00 - Alive Day
01:46:38 - Green Beret Chronicals future
01:50:20 - Recommended literature
01:50:50 - Sentimental items
01:52:54 - Would you do it all again?
01:54:28 - Listener comments and shout outs