16 Hour Gunfight with 18C, 48KIA in One Day, 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:
Jay Dorleus
Chapters
- 0:00Intro
- 00:50Guest Introduction (Jay Dorleus)
- 01:55Interview begins
- 02:08Green Beret Chronicles
- 03:52Childhood
- 07:36Reaction to going into the Military
- 10:00American Opportunity
- 12:24Recruiter story
- 14:4112 Bravo
- 15:21Reception at first Unit
- 17:40Initial mission set
- 22:00Memorable Ops.
- 26:56Dealing with death
- 32:46Nutrisense Ad
- 34:02Seeking help
- 39:58Enjoying the work
- 41:45Being a leader with experience
- 44:18The Special Forces path
- 45:44Preparation for Special Forces
- 47:05Weaknesses of new recruits
- 49:22Language selection
- 50:07Path to 3rd Group
- 51:50First Unit with 3rd Group
- 53:15Big Army vs. Special Ops.
- 56:34Race effecting enlistment
- 59:13DeleteMe Ad
- 01:00:42Tough mission as Special Ops.
- 01:06:30Priority as Charlie on F.O.B.
- 01:08:26Team stability
- 01:09:28Firefights
- 01:10:55Close call engagements
- 01:12:15Jokesters on the team
- 01:17:30A tougher mission
- 01:38:00Alive Day
- 01:46:38Green Beret Chronicles future
- 01:50:20Recommended literature
- 01:50:50Sentimental items
- 01:52:54Would you do it all again?
- 01:54:28Listener comments and shout outs
