A Green Beret's First-Hand Account of Operation Viking Hammer
October 4, 2026
Green Beret Mark Giaconia, a 20-year Army veteran, sits down with Mike Ritland for a long conversation about his path into Special Forces, intelligence work in late-1990s Bosnia and combat operations in Iraq, including Operation Viking Hammer. This is the full episode 254 of the Mike Drop podcast, about four hours long.
Video by Mike Ritland on YouTube. Watch on YouTube.