BONUS EPISODE: Operation Urgent Fury
Added 2023-06-01 10:30:12 +0000 UTCThe US invents a reason to invade the tiny island nation of Grenada based on plans made from some tourist maps.
Sources:
Jeff Clark. Operation Urgent Fury
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/reagan-grenada/
Reynold Burrowes. Revolution and rescue in Grenada : an account of the U.S.-Caribbean invasion
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/cold-war/urgent-fury-invasion-grenada.html?chrome=1
Comments
I once smoked weed in a Winnebago with a guy that was in the rangers at Grenada. I watched him jam a whole unground nug in his hand carved wood pipe. He lit the pipe with large puffs the way that you would light tobacco. After getting it going he passed it around the table. It was raining outside and Rush Limbaugh was on the radio.
Curtis Hog
2025-03-26 21:33:51 +0000 UTCWell the coordinating through an unencrypted phone didn’t age well
Alisha Downs
2025-03-26 18:32:01 +0000 UTCRIP Jimmy Carter
Alistair SM J
2025-01-10 19:34:17 +0000 UTCAs someone with an inordinate amount of Civ hours I appreciate the Civ refs so much 😂 😭
Valerie Christine
2024-03-09 07:33:01 +0000 UTCWhenever I hear Grenada I think of that one sketch with Bill Hader and the puppets
Brendan Bonner
2023-12-13 11:57:10 +0000 UTCFinally got a chance to listen to this. Overall a fun summary, but would really advise the crew to read some Grenadan sources on the invasion. It is regarded positively in grenada, a ton of people in grenada still love reagan for this invasion.
Samuel Myers
2023-08-04 14:21:03 +0000 UTCImperialism forever
Chili
2023-07-18 23:36:59 +0000 UTCYou joke about Jewel upsetting christian evangelists, but in 2003 she tried to go full Britney Spears pop with "0304" in ways that absolutely would have rubbed them the wrong way.
Breaker
2023-06-21 07:55:29 +0000 UTCMy dad was one of the rangers that got sent to Grenada. He said it was both a shit show that the military learned a lot of lessons from, but also one of the best moments of his life. He said the locals were generally very happy to see the troops, which is substantiated by the fact that Grenada to this day has a holiday called Thanksgiving day, marking the date of the invasion.
T WE
2023-06-18 19:15:15 +0000 UTC*3 helicopters crash into an empty barracks* The Codex Astartes names this maneuver STEEL RAIN https://youtu.be/LJMLfACod48?t=123
Anna
2023-06-13 13:19:08 +0000 UTCOne of those Rangers who got lost and subsequently got GOT grew up across the street from me in the 80's, YIKES
Patrick Lopez
2023-06-09 19:50:55 +0000 UTC10 thousand moving parts looking for a place to crash. I used to do tourist heli shit. Not religious but prayed everytime I had to go.
Rylan May
2023-06-06 21:15:44 +0000 UTCTurning me off wanting to ride in helicopters forever.
Robin
2023-06-06 11:11:07 +0000 UTCTo be fair, Gairy was accused of "rigging" Miss World, just because a black woman from Grenada won and another black woman placed second.
Snooder87
2023-06-05 19:41:19 +0000 UTCGreen Bay mentioned!
ConkedCrete
2023-06-05 12:24:16 +0000 UTCReagan is Slaanesh is CURSED AF. Thanks, Joe
nughh
2023-06-04 10:26:10 +0000 UTCA man of many voices.
Rylan May
2023-06-03 09:40:55 +0000 UTCis it just me or does nate’s voice sound slightly different on every podcast he’s on? there’s like 5 different possible nate voices and you never know which one you’re going to get
chrysanthemum
2023-06-03 00:53:03 +0000 UTCI caught the dancehall music reference. Is Tom aware that Reggaetón source material/inspiration came from Jamaica? Reggaetón started as Reggae dancehall music but in Spanish around the late 80s and early 90s. It was brought to and developed it's own identity in Panama. The 90s saw it get big in places, as underground music, like Puerto Rico.
Guy from PA
2023-06-02 00:33:17 +0000 UTCJoe we demand the return of Nick
Ansen Hultgren
2023-06-01 20:31:30 +0000 UTCThat was great! When you do the Panama series, I put together a Spotify playlist of all the songs that were played during the siege of the nuncio’s residence - Operation Nifty Package.
K. D. Campbell
2023-06-01 15:19:20 +0000 UTCPanama would be great at some point. My father was stationed there and was part of Operation Just Cause. I was born there too.
I_like_planes_and_cities
2023-06-01 13:22:19 +0000 UTCLol heartbreak ridge episode.
Joe Halloran
2023-06-01 12:44:57 +0000 UTCReally enjoying the thick and succulent 90 minute episodes
OgodaiHan
2023-06-01 12:20:51 +0000 UTCDude!! Bring back Liam! And Francis! Shocks!! 🤙🏼🤣👍🏼
Pat
2023-06-01 11:39:19 +0000 UTCFreaking me out Joe!! That’s 2 times I’ve been like “would love LLBD to do Submarine fuck ups ( USS Thresher) and Grenada 🇬🇩 or Panama 🇵🇦 … wtf Joe?! Hell ya! 🤙🏼
Pat
2023-06-01 11:35:55 +0000 UTC
