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- Service, Sacrifice, Patriotism: Alex Quade, gives you a unique, inside look at elite Army Special Operators as you've never seen. Go along on a once in lifetime experience with elite Army Rangers in Alex Quade's video special: 9/11 Generation Rangers. These battle-hardened, Tier 1 warriors, rarely seen on camera, talk candidly with Alex, before deploying back to Afghanistan. Alex Quade's video exclusive introduces you to young heroes who've deployed more than 10 times to Iraq and Afghanistan. These Special Operators share their stories and history with Alex at Pointe du Hoc, parachute into Normandy, and meet President Barack Obama. President Obama praised these 9/11 Generation warriors at the D-Day anniversary in Normandy, France, comparing their call to serve, to that of the "Greatest Generation" from World War Two. The President singled out young Army Rangers, whom he'd met during his previous D-Day visit. War reporter, Alex Quade, was exclusively embedded with these Rangers, and brings you behind the scenes for their adventures. Among them, Sgt. 1st Class Cory Remsburg who was nationally recognized in the President's State of The Union address, and Ranger Chaplain Jeff Struecker, of the Black Hawk Down mission in Somalia. Alex Quade embedded with many of these same Rangers, as well as 160th SOAR (Special Operations Aviation Regiment) at another location, where she witnessed them fast-roping from helicopters and calling in AC-130 Spectre Gunship support.
- War Reporter Alex Quade embedded with Special Forces Operational Detachment A-Teams in Diyala Province, Iraq, as they went after high value terrorist targets and called in airstrikes with A-10s and F-16s during combat missions. Quade tracked down those same aircraft, to bring the audience on ride-alongs to explain their close air support role with the Special Forces A-Teams on the ground. Ms.Quade also witnessed the elite Green Berets advising as many as 1400-Iraqis on these battle operations. Quade is able to release this exclusive film now, because special operations taking place and the process for calling in airstrikes for the current Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq have changed. Per Special Operations Command, in Quade's film: no full names, aircraft tail numbers or locations are released; nor full facial footage of Operators revealed. She received special permission from the Operators to show more of their faces, and share their stories with you.
- War Reporter and documentary filmmaker Alex Quade takes the audience along on a special mission: what it takes to become a Special Forces Soldier and earn the coveted Green Beret. Quade follows the Special Forces candidates through a grueling combat training operation where they must build rapport with Guerrilla Chiefs, or War Lords, combat-advise indigenous forces, plan a difficult night-time mission and execute the plan to rescue prisoners of war and capture a high value target. The Special Forces must execute operation flawlessly as they convoy in and helicopter out; what they don't know is that Opposition Forces lay in wait for them. Alex Quade was granted unique access to film this portion of "Robin Sage", as it's known, with the approval of U.S. Army Special Forces Command and their JFK Special Warfare Center & School.
- When the U.S. military officially departed Iraq due to the Status of Forces Agreement deadline, a little known part of the handover included leaving behind secret Special Forces' "Team houses" - or "safe houses" - hidden around the country. One was built by Green Beret Staff Sergeant Rob Pirelli and his Operational Detachment Alpha -072, or "A-Team." Pirelli, of the Army's 10th Special Forces Group, built the combat outpost in a remote part of Diyala Province, near the Iranian border, in 2007. As a lone reporter, Alex Quade was there at the combat outpost's beginning stages, then spent 2-years covering these same, secretive Special Forces "A-Teams" on multiple deployments. During one combat mission, Green Beret Staff Sgt. Pirelli was killed in action during an ambush. His heroism saved his 12-Special Forces teammates, and the Iraqis his unit was advising. As a reporter, I made the commitment to follow Pirelli's "A-Team" and his "Gold Star Family" for 5-years after he was killed; Alex Quade also went back to Combat Outpost Pirelli repeatedly over the years
- War Reporter Alex Quade takes the audience behind the stories of Special Operations Forces. She shares personal stories and challenges behind her Edward R. Murrow Award-winning work covering elite Spec Ops units she was embedded with in combat. Extreme storytelling and silent risk-taking are at the heart of what Alex Quade does. Learn the back story of Ms.Quade's breaking news exclusives: from her CNN interview on Anderson Cooper 360 about the former SEAL Team 6 member on the final Osama Bin Laden; to Spec Ops Combat Controllers and AC-130 Spectre Gunships; to Green Berets calling in air strikes with A10's and F16's;and discover Quade's commitment to coverage of Spec Ops Wounded Warriors overcoming extreme challenges, and her dedication to our nation's Medal of Honor recipients. Quade's documentary short shows secretive warriors America rarely gets to see.
- In her exclusive, war reporter Alex Quade, reveals the original story behind the Special Operations Forces' capture of one of the Taliban-5. Alex Quade persuaded the elite Operators to go on the record, assess the "high risk" detainee's exchange for POW, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl; and whether the released Taliban leader will attack U.S. interests again. One highly decorated Green Beret who originally helped capture him, is now a National Security Council counterterrorism head, who worked behind the scenes on the recent exchange. The senior Special Forces officer tells Alex of detainee Mullah Muhammad Fazl's release from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and assesses the government of Qatar's ability to hold Fazl under the one year travel ban. Former Special Operations "Horse Soldiers" share details with Alex, you've never heard before. In Alex Quade's exclusive, you'll discover Mullah Fazl's connection to: convicted "American Taliban" Johnny Walker Lindh; and CIA Agent Mike Spann, the first American killed in action in the war in Afghanistan. You'll also learn of the released Taliban leader's ties to former warlord, Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum - now the Vice President of Afghanistan.
- Award-winning War Reporter Alex Quade offers this documentary profile-in- courage and character of Medal of Honor recipient Col.Roger Donlon. The humble Green Beret received the first Medal of Honor of the Vietnam War, and the first Medal of Honor for Special Forces. Col.Donlon invites Alex Quade and the audience into his home for an intimate, one-of-a-kind discussion on character, values, leadership, patriotism, and faith. Ms.Quade shares with the audience Col.Donlon's private collection of historical photos, documents, and war mementos. This is a tribute to a character-driven and leadership-driven life with lessons that cross-over to the broader public, as well as to school children. Col.Donlon gently shares with Quade stories he's never told, of Presidents, Special Operations Legends, and the moral compass that drives him. Alex Quade Films is proud to present "Medal of Honor: Special Forces Col.Roger Donlon",a film of inspiration, impact, and leadership.
- Documentary Filmmaker Alex Quade discovers that one U.S. state is in danger of losing a memorial to its veterans killed in action. The city of Honolulu is considering demolishing its official memorial to the fallen of World War I and moving a portion of it across the street to the site of a separate remembrance plaque. 10,000 service members from the then-Hawaiian territories fought in the Great War; 101 were killed. War Reporter Alex Quade's film investigation reveals the fight to save the memorial. Quade takes the audience along as descendants of those killed fight the city over the fate of the Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium. First opened in 1927, the salt water swimming pool fell into disrepair after years of neglect and closed in 1979. "Our great-great grand-uncle fought and died in World War I. Memorials are built to remember those, and to keep the memories alive," said Frank Weight, descendant of WWI veteran, Sam Kainoa. "We don't want to be the first state to ever tear down and demolish a memorial." Despite listed as a "national treasure" by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and recognized by the World War I Centennial Commission as unique among our national war memorials, it is under threat by interests who want to tear it down to make way for a beach and who cite the high cost of repair. Alex Quade is a war reporter and documentary filmmaker who covers U.S. Special Operations Forces on combat missions. She embeds long-term with elite units downrange. She's received two Edward R. Murrow Awards, and the Medal of Honor Society's Excellence in Journalism Award. Her films include: "Horse Soldiers of 9/11", narrated by actor Gary Sinise, and "Chinook Down", investigating the fatal shoot-down of a helicopter in Afghanistan. Quade was supposed to be on that helicopter. She serves on the Board of Military Reporters & Editors. See her videos at: www.alexquade.com
- War Reporter Alex Quade embedded with Task Force Fury in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, as they called in airstrikes with B1-Bs and close combat attack with Apache helicopters in 2007. She tracked down the aircraft and takes you for ride-alongs to gain the crews' perspectives on dropping bombs and firing missiles - in support of elite 1/508th Parachute Infantrymen and ODAs from the 7th Special Forces Group. In Alex Quade's film, you'll see the decision-making process the JTAC, or air controller, and ground force commander go through to call in air strikes - as his soldiers encounter a car bomb, and come under fire during a massive air assault operation. Per embed guidelines, in Quade's documentary: no full names, aircraft tail numbers or locations released. Quade is able to release this film now, because operations taking place and the process for calling in airstrikes are different from what she witnessed firsthand, both in Afghanistan-with the drawdown of U.S. troops, and in Iraq, in the current situation with ISIL. But, the dangers in Afghanistan's Helmand Province continue to this day, as does the U.S. reliance on air strikes to fight terrorist groups.