Delta Force Commander Calls Out Navy SEALs for Rewriting the Battle of Takur Ghar

Added: 2026-05-09

[00:00:00]He went back to Takur Ghar, got permission from the Taliban Mhm. and some unbelievable footage. They went back and filmed the battlefield geography again and the geometry, you know, what I was talking about the five stories, the areas that are in defilade and and those that aren't. So, you know, my thing, Shawn, I'm not I'm not getting involved in the the bickering and a lot of it's interservice cuz it started in 2015 when the secretaries of all the services put out a memo and it said, "All services are directed to re- re- review all Silver Stars and above to see if any of them qualify for Medal of Honor."

[00:00:46]So, all the services did that. The Air Force had not had a Medal of Honor yet in uh Afghanistan and they This is 2015 and so they put you know, that's where the that's where the John got put in for the Medal of Honor. The Navy countered it and put Slab in for a Medal of Honor and then it began this interservice bickering. I know nothing about that. I would No one called me.

[00:01:14]I remember hearing about it. I'm like, Now, if Pete was the ground force commander, which he was, why wouldn't you want to get his take? Why wouldn't you want to call him and speak with him about what you're trying to do? To me, that's just common sense, right? Let's take a listen. I wrote Slab's initial reward. I think there's a reg that says you can't change it unless you consult with, you know, the prior commander, but you know, the SEALs the SEALs >> SEALs have a history of this [ __ ] Yeah.

[00:01:44]The SEALs have a history of this [ __ ] >> Well, the it Both sides did it. Neither side, you know, called, so I would have just told them I don't have a parochial bone in my body.

[00:01:54]>> come out of the SEAL Teams.

[00:02:00]My man doesn't know what to say.

[00:02:01]>> [laughter] >> Yeah, but in this case, you know, I I think they were they were pretty accurate and they ended up being accurate.

[00:02:11]But, you know, the battle So, the battle to still today online and everything is these narratives and someone asked me to address, you know, the Air Force guys' criticism that I was supporting this other narrative and I'm like, it's I'm not supporting anybody.

[00:02:29]I'm the ground force commander.

[00:02:32]Chapman and Britt Slabinski were my guys. I still consider them my guys and my only responsibility once that battle ended was to make sure that the lessons that were learned from that battle are shared and passed on to current and future warriors, so the same thing never happens to them. And that's all I give a [ __ ] about. And that's how it should be. You go on an operation, you do a after-action review, everybody captures everything that went right, what went wrong, we figure out what we can get from all of that stuff, and then we pass it on, so warfighters don't repeat the same mistake. However, this turned into something a lot bigger.

[00:03:14]Let's keep listening. I give a [ __ ] about accuracy. I don't care about either side's parochialism.

[00:03:21]Uh I don't have a dog in a fight. I don't have a favorite and I'm not going to get involved in a debate with any of them about what they think. They got involved in this in 2015 off an edited video. I've been involved in it since 2002 off real-world experience and I'm the only guy who's seen every video from start to finish. So, uh you know, to me it's about learning and the fact it's turned into this narrative battle about, you know, what happened after John got shot is also letting off these people you very elegantly uh directed some, you know, emotional intelligence toward uh you know, they're the ones The lesson is the disconnected chain of command caused this entire thing. And again, the op was going great, then it went to [ __ ] and they kind of used that opportunity to create a new narrative. What do you guys' thought about what he said though as far as the edited video and that no one reached out to him to figure out what the heck was going on, right? Eager to hear what you guys think about this one. Guys, before I sit down here and make videos for you guys, I grab me a bag of Level Three Dead Drop to be exact is my favorite flavor, right? My favorite roast. Fascinated by the covert world of special operations, once I got out, I decided to travel to some of these places that I used to only read about in intelligence reports, right? I go there, I capture the journey, and I share you guys some of the unique stories that you'll probably never heard of as it relates to spycraft, right? And I package it all up on a QR code on the back of the coffee. When you grab it, you'll get to share that experience.

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