One Step Forward: Mike Durant on Black Hawk Down, Survival & Leadership | Shawn Ryan Show
Update: 2025-12-04
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When survival boiled down to a single sentence — “I just need to take one step forward” — everything else followed. In this condensed 9-minute version of a 5-hour Shawn Ryan Show interview, host Shawn Ryan and guest Mike Durant (retired CWO4, 160th SOAR) walk through the Mogadishu crash, 11 days as a POW, and the leadership decisions before and after Black Hawk Down. You’ll get key lessons on military innovation, combat leadership, geopolitics, misinformation, and resilience — plus firsthand reflections on training, policy failures, and survivor guilt. Learn why austere force protection, air support, and political choices mattered on the ground, how SERE and faith shaped Durant’s captivity, and how he channels service into veteran support and public life. Topics: war, national security, leadership, media literacy, current events. Listen now to get the key ideas in minutes.
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