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GRP 170-Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change: The Story of Army Special Missions Sergeant Major Erick Miyares

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GRP 170-Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change: The Story of Army Special Missions Sergeant Major Erick Miyares

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GRP 170-Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change: The Story of Army Special Missions Sergeant Major Erick Miyares 

Retired Army Special Missions Sergeant Major Erick Miyares is joining me for this week's podcast. SGM Miyares's family immigrated from Cuba to Florida, where he lived until joining the Marine Corps and served for six years. He transitioned into the Army, serving as a Signals expert in the 7th Special Forces Group. He was shot during a deployment to Ecuador in the late 90s. After recovering, Sergeant Major Miyares tried for and got selected to serve in the Army's Special Missions Unit, where he stayed for 20 years. We discussed working with the SEALs, counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, and veterans' mental health. Tune in

Main Takeaways

  • Joining the Marine Corps

  • Entering the 7th Special Forces Group in the Army to work as a Signals Electronic Warfare Specialist

  • Getting shot in Ecuador supporting a Special Forces team

  • Joining the Army's Special Missions Unit

  • Working with the SEAL Special Mission Unit 

  • Working Hostage Rescue Operations 

  • SIGINT and HUMINT Intelligence

  • Veterans mental health 

This episode is sponsored by Ten Thousand, a men’s training brand. 

Visit www.tenthousand.cc and enter code Global Recon for 15 % off 

Connect with Erick Miyares

www.instagram.com/erick.miyares

Connect With John Hendricks

www.globalrecon.net

www.instagram.com/igrecon 

Music provided by Caspian:

www.caspian.band

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GRP 167-Black Ops: The Story Of A Cuban Refugees Journey Into The Upper Ranks of the Central Intelligence Agency

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GRP 167-Black Ops: The Story Of A Cuban Refugees Journey Into The Upper Ranks of the Central Intelligence Agency

You can access the full episode on Apple Podcast (Apple users), or Spotify, and Anchor (Android users). Be sure to like, share, subscribe, and download the episodes. Thank you. 

GRP 167-Black Ops: The Story Of A Cuban Refugees Journey Into The Upper Ranks of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Joining me for this week's podcast is Ric Prado. Ric witnessed a firefight at seven in Cuba during Fidel Castro's revolution. After his family fled, they relocated to Miami. Prado would go on to serve as an elite Pararescuemen in the Airforce and spent 24 years at the CIA, retiring at the rank of Senior Intel Service-2, the Major General equivalent at the Agency. 

He was the Deputy Chief of Station of the original Bin Laden Task Force and later served as the head of Korean Operations for the CIA. We discussed Castro and Che Guevara, his time in Nicaragua, countering terrorism in the Philippines, and tracking Bin Laden. Tune in.

Main Takeaways

  • Witnessing a firefight between government forces and Castros rebels as a young kid in Cuba

  • Fleeing Cuba under the Castro regime

  • Joining the Airforce as a Pararescuemen

  • Working as a paramilitary officer in Nicaragua with the Contra's

  • Working on the Bin Laden task force in the mid-'90s

Follow Ric Prado: www.ricprado.com

This episode is sponsored by Ten Thousand a men’s training brand.

visit www.tenthousand.cc and enter code Global Recon for 15 % off

Connect With John Hendricks

www.globalrecon.net

www.instagram.com/igrecon 

Music provided by Caspian:

www.caspian.band

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