caught that one too -- I saw guys leave my boot camp group to go to try and make it as a PJ .... all were back with our humble like enlisted guy boot camp within two weeks.
VERY impressive. PJ's are special ops who specialize as medics, dropping into firefights, from helos, to save wounded American soldiers - THAT is impressive!
back in the wild 80's after my time in the corps , i worked with the nica contras by way of bob poo's CMAG's and prado was 1' of the few spooks who not only spoke Spanish he had the experience and the same kind of passionate hate that the contra's felt
@@Boxing.HistorianI’ll answer it. It wasn’t wrong. Soviet expansionism was in full force during the 60’s. Was the actual mission wrong or the tactics? It was the tactics. This was a proxy war with the Soviets. Just as it initially was with missiles in Cuba. Same difference…..different locations.
My father Tomas Puig Garcia was also a Cuban working for the CIA... but he was doing it inside the monster, inside Cuba itself from 1959 to 1965... He was one of the CIA agents who sounded the alarm, and monitored the Soviet nuclear missiles coming into the island in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He spied for many years giving the United States crucial intelligence about what the Soviets and Cubans were doing during those early years of the Cold War. Later in 1965, he and four other members of his CIA spy cell would be double crossed by his point of contact on the island, the Italian ambassador to Cuba, apprehended by the Cuban Intelligence services (the G2), and serve 12 years in prison, from 1965 to 1978, out of a sentence of 21 years in case number 161 of 1965 of the Cabaña Tribunal. He was beaten and tortured on a daily basis. In 1978 he was paroled after US President Carter made a deal with castro, and two years later my entire family and I escaped Cuba in 1980 during the Mariel Boatlift. My father died in 2012 at age 85 in West New York, NJ. Many stories of great men who put their lives at risk in the shadows of history, and who did amazing things in defense of Freedom and Liberty throughout history... my father was one of them. Miss you dad. His story is in my book "Born Again, from communism to American Submariner" at Amazon Kindle, Paperback, and Audible, narrated by the great voice of Harry Minot from WPKN Bridgeport CT.
I'm form Brazil, I'm the scheduled at the Ukrainian consulate to get permission to fight in Ukraine, I'm looking for a ticket to Poland, can you send it?
Nicaragua is not Cuba. The Contras never had popular support in Nicaragua. I'm a writer & was fact finding in Nicaragua during part of the "Contra War." I interviewed many of the campesinos that were attacked by the Contras. These farmers at the time were (still are) religious (Catholic & Christian), hardworking in their coffee & tobacco fields & supported the Sandinistas. The bad guys who committed many atrocities, injured innocent people & stole from them were the Contras. This CIA "warrior" was on the wrong side of this conflict & supported many evil deeds.
Indeed. Indeed. There may be a couple things we don't like about our country, but we are still the greatest on earth...and this gentleman represents that greatness.
I don't know about CIA using this term, but 3rd Bttn 9th Marines has been called the Shadow Warriors since early Vietnam. Our motto was "Death in the Dark."
I need to read his book, it's been on my kindle wish list for a while now just trying to get through other books, I think I'm going to go ahead and get it. thanks for telling part of his story here CBS.
Somehow, we need to get Billy Waugh on the JRE podcast. Somebody, anybody, get that petition going! The world needs to hear his story, in long-form. There's not much time left...
Just for the record, he/the US failed in Nicaragua. The government there still isn't friendly with ours. I lived in Central America for 9 years. I've seen the results of our dirty little wars there. Thank goodness Costa Rica and Panama are awesome and Belize is amazing in a different way.
You and him as an operator are proof enough of what I've looked into.....Vietnam was the cluster of all clusters.....all I can really say about that...
LOL. You didn't do that for Vietnam and the result was Iraq. It's both disturbing & hilarious how easily controlled you are by feel good propaganda. There are the people who cheered & lost Iraq. Keep it up! The next mistake is in you too?
As a Nicaraguan I salute this man. My family had many contra members. Man like him trained many of my uncles & other relatives to fight against communism. we hated the Sandinistas back then and we still do to this day something that has drawn 90% of my family out of Nicaragua seeking asylum from Costa Rica to Spain & the US. One day our Nicaragua will be free of communism and socialist ideologies with true democracy & only the blue & white flag proudly swaying across the sky not that nasty red & black communist flag. FREEDOM for 🇳🇮🇨🇺
so back to where they came from then? so what you're saying is the native indigenous took their country back from you white colonizers? You gonna cry about it, terrorist lover? Unlimited backing from the US and you losers still lost. that goes to show how little the country cared for your kind.
( 2:50 ) just fyi : the money that bought weapons for the Contras, in circumvention of Congress's orders as part of the "Iran - Contra Affair" came from selling missiles to Iran (also against sanctions authorized against Iran). Those missiles and F 14 parts were sold to Iran as "payback" for Iran holding Americans hostage longer, so Reagan could "win" the 1980 election. ( 4:08 ) The Reagan administration's "anti communist insurgency" plan in Peru also entailed overthrowing the elected government, in favor of dictator Pinochet.
This man is the epitome of what makes America great. Coming to the US at 12 years old totally alone, and making it to the top of the greatest intelligence agency in the world. Think about that? Going from the slums of Cuba, to briefing the President in the Oval. Only in America 🇺🇸
4:22 fantastic and very wise words,Mr... Great respect for Mr mission,service and passion BOWS for Elite ⭐ I wish all the best from 🇵🇱🕊️🤝 #International protect for education, culture, tradition, history #International protect for #Veterans Leaders #Veterans training and education #Young Soldiers
The intro starts with calling these guys "CIA AGENTS"...they're CIA Officers. There's a huge difference and news organizations constantly make this mistake.
I am one of those who believes Ric Prado is a great American. Unfortunately, America’s political and military leadership lacks the fortitude required to WIN!
'Fear the old man in a profession where men die young' or something along those lines.
💯🤔
There is always more to a story than meets the eye.
Transformers.
Like all the cocaine that was flying into the US from Honduras?
Three sides yours theirs and the truth.
Yup... somebody was part of the CIA, tall and dark. Taking US dollars to start a proxy war.
Chinese Intelligence Agency 🇨🇳
Hi Ric, I was an U.S. Army Huey crew chief in Honduras, Central America 1985-86. This brought back me back to the jungles.
Trabajo con ric en el 85
...and he was a PJ. That's impressive all by itself.
and even more than a PJ, but it really wouldn't do justice to bring it up.
caught that one too -- I saw guys leave my boot camp group to go to try and make it as a PJ .... all were back with our humble like enlisted guy boot camp within two weeks.
VERY impressive. PJ's are special ops who specialize as medics, dropping into firefights, from helos, to save wounded American soldiers - THAT is impressive!
@@usernamemykel Yeah and their pipeline is known as Superman School 😂
@@austinmillbarge8731Wouldn’t do justice… to bring up more achievements?
Thank you Mr. Prado. Free societies do not survive without men like you.
Right you find those wmds? Million plus dead.
the US has the highest incarceration rate in the world. by far. it's nearly 6x higher than Chinas. You are brainwashed.
hahahaha.
Free??? Where??
😂... CIA brought drugs to USA, that's freedom
I love older experienced instructors. He seems like he lived a good productive life, great stuff and awesome. Much appreciated
back in the wild 80's after my time in the corps , i worked with the nica contras by way of bob poo's CMAG's and prado was 1' of the few spooks who not only spoke Spanish he had the experience and the same kind of passionate hate that the contra's felt
Absolute Patriot.
We need people like this guy even if many don’t wanna believe it.
100%. It seems like there are fewer and fewer people like this every generation sadly.
@@FreshlySnipes yep, I worry about the future for sure when I see kids today.
“You’re a dangerous man.” “Not to my allies” - that’s pure spook 😂
That's War Worship propaganda from people who cheered on Iraq & Vietnam.
@@David-wc5zlWhat was wrong about the U.S. going to Vietnam?
@@deltastorm2107you answered yourself
@@Boxing.HistorianI’ll answer it. It wasn’t wrong. Soviet expansionism was in full force during the 60’s. Was the actual mission wrong or the tactics? It was the tactics. This was a proxy war with the Soviets. Just as it initially was with missiles in Cuba. Same difference…..different locations.
@@Boxing.HistorianApparently you don’t know what “answering your own question” means lmao try again
Billy Waugh. Man oh man.
#MHSRIP.
My father Tomas Puig Garcia was also a Cuban working for the CIA... but he was doing it inside the monster, inside Cuba itself from 1959 to 1965... He was one of the CIA agents who sounded the alarm, and monitored the Soviet nuclear missiles coming into the island in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He spied for many years giving the United States crucial intelligence about what the Soviets and Cubans were doing during those early years of the Cold War.
Later in 1965, he and four other members of his CIA spy cell would be double crossed by his point of contact on the island, the Italian ambassador to Cuba, apprehended by the Cuban Intelligence services (the G2), and serve 12 years in prison, from 1965 to 1978, out of a sentence of 21 years in case number 161 of 1965 of the Cabaña Tribunal. He was beaten and tortured on a daily basis.
In 1978 he was paroled after US President Carter made a deal with castro, and two years later my entire family and I escaped Cuba in 1980 during the Mariel Boatlift. My father died in 2012 at age 85 in West New York, NJ.
Many stories of great men who put their lives at risk in the shadows of history, and who did amazing things in defense of Freedom and Liberty throughout history... my father was one of them. Miss you dad.
His story is in my book "Born Again, from communism to American Submariner" at Amazon Kindle, Paperback, and Audible, narrated by the great voice of Harry Minot from WPKN Bridgeport CT.
Wow, insane
Dam
RIP to your father. He is an American hero brother!
So your father was a traitor of motherland.
I'm form Brazil, I'm the scheduled at the Ukrainian consulate to get permission to fight in Ukraine, I'm looking for a ticket to Poland, can you send it?
What an impressive guy! He must have lived an interesting life, and I'm proud to be his countryman.
Now Cubans are a bunch of traitors cowards and crazies.
Nicaragua is not Cuba. The Contras never had popular support in Nicaragua. I'm a writer & was fact finding in Nicaragua during part of the "Contra War." I interviewed many of the campesinos that were attacked by the Contras. These farmers at the time were (still are) religious (Catholic & Christian), hardworking in their coffee & tobacco fields & supported the Sandinistas. The bad guys who committed many atrocities, injured innocent people & stole from them were the Contras. This CIA "warrior" was on the wrong side of this conflict & supported many evil deeds.
Loved the book the man is a true Patriot.
There was less “meat eating” in the book than I expected.
Ditto - the book was a page-turner. Thank goodness for men this this one. Liberals will never produce a person of such strength and quality.
Warrior and patriot. Salute brother !
Indeed. Indeed. There may be a couple things we don't like about our country, but we are still the greatest on earth...and this gentleman represents that greatness.
@@marioc63LOL. "What makes America great are secret military troops". No wonder Republicans only lose wars.
Badass Billy Waugh. Never going to be another like him
5:18 love this part "everyday of the week!"
Thank you for your service,we need more hero’s like him
My family also escape from Cuba 🇨🇺 and the communist ! I am grateful for the country of Panamá 🇵🇦 and usa 🇺🇸 that open our arms to us !
I’m an American and we love Cuban milfs
Billy Waugh just passed at 93
I don't know about CIA using this term, but 3rd Bttn 9th Marines has been called the Shadow Warriors since early Vietnam. Our motto was "Death in the Dark."
Ric Prado, Billy Waugh, legends of the CIA and patriots of the highest order.
Indeed sadly Billy Waugh passed away a few days ago
Billy’s autobiography is great 😮
He’s a legendary 🎉
Rico’s story is amazing. Amazing shape for his age too
OMG.I just finished reading his book last week!!!! Great read. An American Hero!!!!
Prado’s very black pitch eyes speak for itself . The guy is the real deal
I need to read his book, it's been on my kindle wish list for a while now just trying to get through other books, I think I'm going to go ahead and get it. thanks for telling part of his story here CBS.
Ric's story is like...no IS the story you read about and say " yeah right, maybe in a movie" and yet...
Defund the Chinese Intelligence Agency 🇨🇳
An American Hero! Honored to have Ric in my circle of friends. God Bless you, Brother!
He is a true American hero.
The Freedom we have I feel is under appreciated, what an incredible country we have. It’s hard to be American but we still are Americans
LMAO
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_involvement_in_Contra_cocaine_trafficking
Ooof
What?
Comments like this make me want to see the commenter and ask them civics questions.
Thank You for service brother
Legend. We need more people like him. ❤
LOL. This military worship is so insane. Holy moly God is going to have some words for your sins.
Ok buddy@@David-wc5zl
@@David-wc5zlit’s mind boggling lolol
Thats a deeply disturbed man right there.
Somehow, we need to get Billy Waugh on the JRE podcast. Somebody, anybody, get that petition going! The world needs to hear his story, in long-form. There's not much time left...
Three words describe describe this man Retired EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!!!!!
RED
Just for the record, he/the US failed in Nicaragua. The government there still isn't friendly with ours.
I lived in Central America for 9 years. I've seen the results of our dirty little wars there. Thank goodness Costa Rica and Panama are awesome and Belize is amazing in a different way.
www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-nicaragua/
I respect the soldiers but condemn our Intelligence interferences. We are reaping what we've sown.
1:45 I was thinking David Martin was having a Pee Wee moment “if you loved it so much, why didn’t you marry it?” 😆
The worst part for these warriors is getting old and men no longer fearing you.
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There is only one Billy Waugh. Respect to both him and Mr. Prado.
It's always easy to look back and say what we should have done. That way you're always 100 percent right.
You and him as an operator are proof enough of what I've looked into.....Vietnam was the cluster of all clusters.....all I can really say about that...
LOL. You didn't do that for Vietnam and the result was Iraq. It's both disturbing & hilarious how easily controlled you are by feel good propaganda. There are the people who cheered & lost Iraq. Keep it up! The next mistake is in you too?
As a Nicaraguan I salute this man. My family had many contra members. Man like him trained many of my uncles & other relatives to fight against communism. we hated the Sandinistas back then and we still do to this day something that has drawn 90% of my family out of Nicaragua seeking asylum from Costa Rica to Spain & the US. One day our Nicaragua will be free of communism and socialist ideologies with true democracy & only the blue & white flag proudly swaying across the sky not that nasty red & black communist flag. FREEDOM for 🇳🇮🇨🇺
so back to where they came from then? so what you're saying is the native indigenous took their country back from you white colonizers? You gonna cry about it, terrorist lover? Unlimited backing from the US and you losers still lost. that goes to show how little the country cared for your kind.
I read his book.I'd recommend it.
Thank you Sir for your service
this is the guy that jon roberts talked about in cocaine cowboys. evan wright also wrote a book about him and his role in a homicide 🔗👇
He's no freedom fighter... his family represents the 1% of the 1% from his country, and the Contras were not liberators... get your history right.
exactly. the sandinistas were liberators and took out Somoza dictator, but then 40 years later, Ortega is now dictator.
Thanks for your service Enrique “ Ric “ Prado!
Loved your book black ops your parents and family ties was great loved what your mom and dad did.thank you for your service and more.
You give a immigrant/refugee a life line. He/She will remember your kindness, and won't hesitate to defend you with every fiber of their body.
Thank you Mr. Prado for your service to our country. You are a true American hero🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
( 2:50 ) just fyi : the money that bought weapons for the Contras, in circumvention of Congress's orders as part of the "Iran - Contra Affair" came from selling missiles to Iran (also against sanctions authorized against Iran). Those missiles and F 14 parts were sold to Iran as "payback" for Iran holding Americans hostage longer, so Reagan could "win" the 1980 election.
( 4:08 ) The Reagan administration's "anti communist insurgency" plan in Peru also entailed overthrowing the elected government, in favor of dictator Pinochet.
This man has been there....done that...and did that....my hats off to him.
Carry on soldier. 😀👍
Airman
This man is the epitome of what makes America great. Coming to the US at 12 years old totally alone, and making it to the top of the greatest intelligence agency in the world. Think about that? Going from the slums of Cuba, to briefing the President in the Oval. Only in America 🇺🇸
Slums of Cuba? His family was upper middle class minimally. They owned a coffee roasting business.
Now amerika is a slum. What a waste.
10 not 12
7:45 A look back at Dr. Paul Farmer next on Sunday Morning
4:22 fantastic and very wise words,Mr...
Great respect for Mr mission,service and passion
BOWS for Elite ⭐
I wish all the best from 🇵🇱🕊️🤝
#International protect for education, culture, tradition, history
#International protect for #Veterans Leaders #Veterans training and education #Young Soldiers
Thank you for your service 🇺🇸
The intro starts with calling these guys "CIA AGENTS"...they're CIA Officers. There's a huge difference and news organizations constantly make this mistake.
Who cares what title these psychopaths carry?
These psychopaths make it possible for us to sleep safely at night, Snowflake!!!
@@tdirtyatl These psychopaths defend the country from way worse psychopaths from all over the world...Harsh but god damn true.
Interesting that you fail to explain the difference to folk who have not been to The Farm.
Highly recommend his book
Billy Waugh is a LEGEND
i feel its terrible if its either surprise visits or nothing.....this is such a terrible way to interact....terrible...😑
*_Knives never run out of ammo..._*
BEYOND THE STAR ⭐️
I am one of those who believes Ric Prado is a great American. Unfortunately, America’s political and military leadership lacks the fortitude required to WIN!
Brandon doesn’t even know the definition of fortitude.
Thank you for your service Sir. 🎉
Thank you
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE AMERICAN. THANK GOD THAT THIS COUNTRY POSESSES REAL MEN LIKE HIM. I THANK GOD FOR BRINGING HIM HEAR.
Here*. And you mean an illegal immigrant from Cuba?
@@AznAnarchy99 what are YOU little girl? Go to your room and play with your Barbie dolls.
@@AznAnarchy99 actions define a man, and he defined himself better than almost any American could ever hope to serving our nation
The pinnacle of military achievement is getting a whole bunch of other dudes to do your fighting for you
Well written you. Programming that i relate with. Thank you
When he said”could’ve killed him any day of the week” nah chills bro chills 😳
Psychos😂
@@mrmr-qx4jqneeded psychos
I believe the word you are looking for is "Assassin"😂😂😂
Some of the best that america can offer you can tell hes a good dude
What a man!! Aint many men like this in the world 💪🙏 go strong
He talked about "the octopus". I know what hes talking about and if youre not in the know you wont know
i had a DREAM about a giant octopus in the computer room controlling things behind the scenes
billy could’ve single handedly saved us trillions on the war on terror
The CIA helped create the Taliban and al-Qaeda to fight the soviets in Afghanistan. His colleagues directly caused the war on terror
That's a good point!
He makes me proud to be Cuban.
Never thought ide ever call some guy named “Meat Eater” a complete badass
I heard similar before. This is crazy! Who is allowing terrorists to continue whilst good citizens are tracked and tortured mercilessly?
That is a great American hero!
Billy Waugh. RIP Legend.
I salute you, Sicario
That SMG is $20,000+
"The bullets are real." I wouldn't have it any other way.
The best of the best
6:52mins. Cool Spartan figure!
"You're a dangerous man", then answered "Not in my allies"..........
The land area opposite the store is ten square meters according to the notary document Thank you very much
No 6:46
All Respect Thanks guys TJ
The man, is a patriot. 👍🇺🇲
its still happening,, just look around😏
Bro took his job personally and seriously
Wow! Amazing story!
I"m just glad Dan Rather was shamed out of his position. That's a win.
The cocaine contras 🤔
A real Patriot! Godspeed.
Childhood trauma created a monster
No matter how old you get we love playing army 😁
No one truly retires....
Great American! Period!
Awesome video
Ola Rick,,, You've been played like congas by Tata Guines,,, or have you?
Read a book about Billy, that dude had quite a career