Turret Gunner in The Battle Of Mogadishu

Turret Gunner in The Battle Of Mogadishu | Higher Line Podcast

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US Army Ranger Brad Paulsen earned a Silver Star for valor as a Humvee turret gunner manning a 50 cal. machine gun during the infamous Battle of Mogadishu in October 1993. The struggle to recover injured and fallen US soldiers after a daring assault was popularized by the movie Black Hawk Down.
Brad Paulsen is a decorated veteran and retired carpenter from northern Illinois. During the podcast he talks in detail about the his part in the Battle of Mogadishu, becoming an Army Ranger and many other life experiences.
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@deadheart556 2 жыл бұрын

You can see the humility in this man.

@bradpaulsen Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words.

@jbigha1 2 жыл бұрын

Mickey, You lift people. You helped this hero be comfortable enough to tell his story and what one hell of a story he told. He is the man! Thank you for always trying to bring people together:j

@jdbca5 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you is not enough but thank you for all you and every person that has served.

@Rs6Quik 2 жыл бұрын

Omg thumbs up @5:30 forever my family, all our families are greatful, and humbled by your service..GBY 🙏

@scarybarry224 2 жыл бұрын

This might be the best and most enlightening interview I have seen in my 50 years on this rock. Great stuff!

@bradpaulsen Жыл бұрын

Thank you for those lofty praises! Honesty is only easy when we have almost nothing to hide. And I try to be honest

@SuperBadbri 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service man..and Mickey thanks for having him on your show and sharing this info.

@slangvandieveld2192 2 жыл бұрын

What an awesome human being...Thanks for sharing your story Brad!

@bradpaulsen Жыл бұрын

You are most welcome!

@bradpaulsen Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@starxlord9856 2 жыл бұрын

What a great man! Thank you for your the service of your fellow men and woman of service and the fallen soldiers who didn’t make it home. They will never be forgotten and I wish you a happy and fulfilled life!

@bradpaulsen Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I wish you the same!

@okiecustompew 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome episode! Thanks you guys for everything!

@allimoore3914 2 жыл бұрын

I think this was the most powerful podcast you’ve done yet. Thanks for sharing this.

@joecamel328 2 жыл бұрын

The Army certainly learned a lot of lessons that day that likely saved some lives in the wars that followed. I'm sure Mr. Paulsen would have loved to have had one of the gun shields they have in turrets today. Glad he came on and told some of his story.

@brittanycompton9150 2 жыл бұрын

Did they? Cause in the invasion of iraq there still wasnt armor on hummvs....

@bradpaulsen Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’ve some friends who have told me of some of the impacts our endeavors have had on the military. Everything from equipment to SOP’s changed. Normal progression regardless but good point!

@phillipternullo4934 2 жыл бұрын

A big thanks for you’re service sir . You were a brave man then . And a brave man now .

@Penguino_themovie 7 ай бұрын

My dad would have said thank you so I'm here to say it for him : )

@bigz1887 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service brother!

@Penguino_themovie 7 ай бұрын

I think my dad would say., No actually let me re-phraise that Would have said your welcome : )

@jayblemsin4226 Жыл бұрын

What a find. This is the only interview Paulsen I can find.

@gordielachance2659 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Make the world a better place. Lift people up it’s not that hard. Don’t be a jerk! Respect.

@bradpaulsen Жыл бұрын

Get it to catch on, please!

@frank4fun64 2 жыл бұрын

Much Respect, Sgt Paulsen. Thank You for your sacrifice. Hand Salute

@bradpaulsen Жыл бұрын

Hand Salute rendered in reply!

@thejulesfather 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your service and the story

@tmbntlee 2 жыл бұрын

Hero in my eyes.

@texasbeast239 2 жыл бұрын

This guy's experience reminds me of those tail and belly gunners in WWII bombers. Stuck out there with their asses in the open, feeling so disconnected and far from the rest of their crews, but still doing what they had to do.

@bluesbondsman 2 жыл бұрын

What more can we say... Thank you for your service ! People teach your kids to be real deal Americans !!!

@meh11235 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service

@jessepeloski2630 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite episode yet… i love this dude.

@Penguino_themovie 7 ай бұрын

Yeah I know my dad is the coolest guy in the world!

@jeffpietka8569 2 жыл бұрын

Even though that day was tragic and mistakes were made, there were lessons learned. My son, who is a combat veteran and Ranger, surely benefited from those lessons.

@Penguino_themovie 7 ай бұрын

Thank your son for his service for me and my da will ya?

@weimingjunki3549 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jayblemsin4226 Жыл бұрын

What a man among boys this guy is in today's society. It's important for these guys to do interviews for the next generation. Thank you.

@akiheavenly6 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for getting Brad the show. I've heard Struecker talk about him so much, it's great to finally hear the story from the man himself. And what a story!! But the one more thing I wanted to know which wasn't asked: Brad, how did you find the courage to drive out there the second time? What motivated you to move past your fear?

@johnqpublic2718 2 жыл бұрын

This sounds just about perfect for listening while I work. Thanks Mick!

@JamesJones-yt8df 2 жыл бұрын

Love you guy’s and all of our great people that served and there families that support them!!!!!!! Keep teaching people to kid ass!!!!!!!! And not to forget who blazed the trail for freedom to ring through our American lives!!!!!!

@Penguino_themovie 7 ай бұрын

You are a true one man!

@bretgross3379 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, men.

@Macarelo70 2 жыл бұрын

excellent interview !!

@CFairNH 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent podcast!! Thanks for sharing the story!!

@bradpaulsen Жыл бұрын

Most welcome!

@danielarrington6387 2 жыл бұрын

God bless this man

@LittyGangGooch 2 жыл бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyed this podcast…..thank you both and RIP to Dominick pilla, thank you for making the ultimate sacrifice 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@bradpaulsen Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Penguino_themovie 7 ай бұрын

Yes, Dominick is the reason myself and my dad are alive! Fly high Pilla!

@billkampouris2286 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your story Brad. Another excellent podcast.

@bradpaulsen Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

@nrworang 5 ай бұрын

Great interview!

@theamazingkenny 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. I started this thinking I would only watch a few minutes but I couldn’t turn it off. Here’s to not being a jerk.

@bradpaulsen Жыл бұрын

Jerks are suckas

@shanewaldrop1625 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brad!

@thomasstork3585 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir

@brianjohnson3662 2 жыл бұрын

This was a interesting guest im sure all the boots on the ground have they're stories life's good when you rotate home

@Penguino_themovie 7 ай бұрын

This is my da if you didn't know. I don't know if he tells us this but, in order to tribute Dominick Pilla my middle name is Dominick! He still is the most courageous, funny, and brave person I know. Jeff really wasn't lying!

@Penguino_themovie 7 ай бұрын

My da just told me something brutal about Dominicks death. He saideverything Above his head was missing and his skull wa blown out in half. He said he wa trying not to look back but he looked back and saw his helmet hanging behind, prices of skull and flesh., and blood. Dominicks eyes were looking at him while he was getting draggedboff the Humvee.

@abdullahozek8016 10 ай бұрын

Plead To God ! Yes , right thing to do

@meh11235 2 жыл бұрын

Say Hello to Jerry if you remember him... Big giant...ran his ass off out there....

@dmitrykarkov4747 Ай бұрын

I’d rather fight in a war for 16 hours than push a damn shovel

@BellaBella-dy5gn 2 жыл бұрын

I don't give a fuck about it I'm broke long time ago my taxes are too fucking high

@joemoment-o1275 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing how completely untrained, high, and mostly uncoordinated 'skinnies' beat the brakes off the worlds best trained soldiers... Just thinking though

@bradpaulsen Жыл бұрын

Not all we’re untrained. Many had been through Terrorist training camps. Not to mention the years of civil wars. You don’t know anything so not sure why I’m replying. Look up who wins. Numbers? Please.

@dukecraig2402 Жыл бұрын

That's got to be one of the dumbest most uneducated comments I've ever read on KZfaq. Considering how the kill to loss ratio was literally around 100 to 1 in favor of the Rangers where exactly do you get they had "the brakes beat off of them"? Considering that they spent the night literally in the middle of an entire city of people who wanted nothing more than to kill them and chop up their remains in front of the world yet they were never overrun and wiped out how do you get they had "the brakes beaten off of them"? Considering that the "skinnies" probably expended somewhere in the neighborhood of 100,000 rounds of small arms ammo and approximately 100 RPG rounds resulting in only 19 US servicemen killed where exactly did you come up with them "getting the brakes beat off of them"? What those guy's went through and survived is epic and in the eyes of military forces around the world is looked at with awe and respect and is used as an example to those militaries as proof of what proper training can do for a fighting force's effectiveness. Typically when someone regurgitates a comment that stupid about those guy's who fought that hard and survived odds that seemingly impossible that certainly don't deserve to have applied to them it creates anger in me, but in your case I feel pity for you, because it must be a real struggle trying to survive the world with an IQ that low. Fortunately for you there's plenty of organizations and charities that help the needy. P.S., sorry about some of the bigger words I used that have undoubtedly confused you, I tried to keep them to a minimum but unfortunately I can't think on that low of a level.