Show Notes
original airdate 4/15/22
Erick Miyares recounts his path from the Marine Corps and 7th Special Forces Group into a highly secretive Army special mission unit, conducting intelligence and advanced force operations across Afghanistan, Iraq, and other sensitive environments. He also opens up about being shot in Colombia, hunting high-level targets in Ramadi, singleton missions, hostage rescue work, and the psychological toll of spending two decades operating in the shadows.
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– Start
– Erick’s Cuban-American Upbringing in Miami
– Joining the Marine Corps
– Airborne, Pathfinder & Becoming a Scout Sniper
– Leaving the Marines for Army Intelligence
– Becoming a SIGINT / Electronic Warfare Operator
– Getting Assigned to 7th Special Forces Group
– Life on a Special Operations Team Alpha
– Mission on the Ecuador-Colombia Border
– Ambushed by Guerrillas
– Getting Shot in His First Firefight
– Discovering the Secretive JSOC Intelligence World
– Getting Hog-Tied by Rangers During a JSOC Exercise
– Selection for a Special Mission Unit
– What Makes the Right Kind of Operator?
– Living With Ambiguity & Controlling Aggression
– The History & Mission of the Unit
– Straddling Special Operations and Intelligence
– 9/11 Changes Everything
– Early Global War on Terror Missions
– Afghanistan & Advanced Force Operations
– What AFO Operators Actually Do
– Hunting a High-Level Target in Ramadi
– Going Up Against State-Level Tradecraft
– Infiltrating a Cordon-and-Sweep Operation
– Finding the HVT and Leaving Him in Place
– RPG Attack & Hours of Fighting in Ramadi
– Building the Final Target Package
– Rangers Raid the Target & Seize Everything
– Sitting Face-to-Face With the Man He Hunted
– Espionage Inside a War Zone
– The American Hostage Rescue Mission
– The Psychological Toll of Constantly Switching Missions
– Compartmentalization, Secrets & Family Life
– Activating an Emergency Destruction Plan
– Destroy the Gear and Escape
– The Fear of Being Captured on a Singleton Mission
– When the Entire City Went Dark
– Treating PTSD With a Stellate Ganglion Block
– Helping Special Operations Veterans Get Treatment
– Leaving the Clandestine World Behind
– Opening Pandora’s Box After 20 Years
– Suicide, PTSD & Finally Asking for Help
– Becoming Erick Again After the Military
– What Special Operations Does to Families
– The Nightmare of Forgetting Who You Really Are
– Why Army “Spies” Struggle to Tell Their Stories
– Classified Trauma & Getting Help From the VA
– Why Secret Careers Are So Hard to Translate to Civilian Life
– Is This Line of Work Better for Single Men?
– Politics vs. Operating in a War Zone
– Cuban-Americans in Special Operations
– Why These Stories Need to Be Told
– Where to Find Erick & Closing Thoughts
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Erick Miyares recounts his path from the Marine Corps and 7th Special Forces Group into a highly secretive Army special mission unit, conducting intelligence and advanced force operations across Afghanistan, Iraq, and other sensitive environments. He also opens up about being shot in Colombia, hunting high-level targets in Ramadi, singleton missions, hostage rescue work, and the psychological toll of spending two decades operating in the shadows.
Support the show & get ad free episodes here:
https://www.patreon.com/c/TheTeamHouse
– Start
– Erick’s Cuban-American Upbringing in Miami
– Joining the Marine Corps
– Airborne, Pathfinder & Becoming a Scout Sniper
– Leaving the Marines for Army Intelligence
– Becoming a SIGINT / Electronic Warfare Operator
– Getting Assigned to 7th Special Forces Group
– Life on a Special Operations Team Alpha
– Mission on the Ecuador-Colombia Border
– Ambushed by Guerrillas
– Getting Shot in His First Firefight
– Discovering the Secretive JSOC Intelligence World
– Getting Hog-Tied by Rangers During a JSOC Exercise
– Selection for a Special Mission Unit
– What Makes the Right Kind of Operator?
– Living With Ambiguity & Controlling Aggression
– The History & Mission of the Unit
– Straddling Special Operations and Intelligence
– 9/11 Changes Everything
– Early Global War on Terror Missions
– Afghanistan & Advanced Force Operations
– What AFO Operators Actually Do
– Hunting a High-Level Target in Ramadi
– Going Up Against State-Level Tradecraft
– Infiltrating a Cordon-and-Sweep Operation
– Finding the HVT and Leaving Him in Place
– RPG Attack & Hours of Fighting in Ramadi
– Building the Final Target Package
– Rangers Raid the Target & Seize Everything
– Sitting Face-to-Face With the Man He Hunted
– Espionage Inside a War Zone
– The American Hostage Rescue Mission
– The Psychological Toll of Constantly Switching Missions
– Compartmentalization, Secrets & Family Life
– Activating an Emergency Destruction Plan
– Destroy the Gear and Escape
– The Fear of Being Captured on a Singleton Mission
– When the Entire City Went Dark
– Treating PTSD With a Stellate Ganglion Block
– Helping Special Operations Veterans Get Treatment
– Leaving the Clandestine World Behind
– Opening Pandora’s Box After 20 Years
– Suicide, PTSD & Finally Asking for Help
– Becoming Erick Again After the Military
– What Special Operations Does to Families
– The Nightmare of Forgetting Who You Really Are
– Why Army “Spies” Struggle to Tell Their Stories
– Classified Trauma & Getting Help From the VA
– Why Secret Careers Are So Hard to Translate to Civilian Life
– Is This Line of Work Better for Single Men?
– Politics vs. Operating in a War Zone
– Cuban-Americans in Special Operations
– Why These Stories Need to Be Told
– Where to Find Erick & Closing Thoughts
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support.
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