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GRP 167-Black Ops: The Story Of A Cuban Refugees Journey Into The Upper Ranks of the Central Intelligence Agency
Manage episode 351587590 series 115278
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
This episode is sponsored by Ten Thousand a men’s training brand.
visit www.tenthousand.cc and enter code Global Recon for 15 % off
Follow Ric Prado: www.ricprado.com
Connect With John Hendricks
Music provided by Caspian:
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/globalrecon/support194 episodes
Manage episode 351587590 series 115278
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
This episode is sponsored by Ten Thousand a men’s training brand.
visit www.tenthousand.cc and enter code Global Recon for 15 % off
Follow Ric Prado: www.ricprado.com
Connect With John Hendricks
Music provided by Caspian:
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/globalrecon/support194 episodes
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