Green Beret Scott Mann and Operation Pineapple Express: The Dramatic Rescue of Afghan Partners During the US Evacuation

Green Beret Scott Mann and Operation Pineapple Express: The Dramatic Rescue of Afghan Partners During the US Evacuation

Author: Jim Harshaw, Jr. December 26, 2022 Duration: 39:59

#384 Green Beret Scott Mann and Operation Pineapple Express: The Dramatic Rescue of Afghan Partners During the US Evacuation

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Scott Mann is a retired US Army Green Beret who has served on tours worldwide, including Columbia, Iraq, and multiple tours in Afghanistan. 

He is a warrior storyteller and the founder of Rooftop Leadership where he shares the rapport-building skills he learned in Special Forces to help today’s leaders make better human connections in high-stakes, low-trust engagements. 

Scott is also the international best-selling author of Game Changers: Going Local to Defeat Violent Extremists and Operation Pineapple Express.”

What you’ll hear in this interview is an incredible story— a success through failure story— of Operation Pineapple Express or the heroic rescue operation headlined by Scott and other retired Green Berets that saved their former comrade and 500 other Afghans targeted by the Taliban in the chaos of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021. Don’t miss it! Tune in now!

If you don’t have time to listen to the entire episode or if you hear something that you like but don’t have time to write it down, be sure to grab your free copy of the Action Plan from this episode— as well as get access to action plans from EVERY episode— at http://www.JimHarshawJr.com/Action.  


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