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August 29, 2023 112 mins
Ed Darack is an American author of multiple books including the controversial Victory Point that provides more detail to the Navy Seal Lone Survivor story. Ed was embedded with 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines and interviewed multiple participants of Operation Red Wings. Ed has also written about the shoot down of Extortion 17 and has another book in the works.

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00:00:00 Intro | UAVs
00:09:00 Multi-Domain Combined Arms
00:18:48 Becoming a War Reporter
00:21:06 Meeting 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines
00:27:09 Getting the Marines Ambushed
00:29:39 Situation on the Ground
00:46:07 Operation Red Wings aka Lone Survivor
00:55:10 Communications Gear
00:59:03 Breakdown of Command and Control
01:06:17 Visiting the Attack Site
01:11:00 Debate Over the Accuracy of Lone Survivor
01:14:34 Threats for Telling the Story
01:18:38 Extortion 17
01:23:21 Joint Service Operations
01:37:46 Operaation Whalers
01:47:23 Why Write Victory Point?
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