🚨↘️ Sign up for the VE Newsletter ↙️🚨 https://www.vigilanceelite.com/newsletter On this episode of the Shawn Ryan Show, Alan Cooper a longtime friend of Shawn's who is a Recon Marine, a Green Beret, and a CIA Contractor sits down with Shawn and discusses some of the highlights of his career. Alan Cooper was a Reconnaissance Marine in Operation Desert Storm who was on the mission that helped end the entire war. Shawn Ryan Clips YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ShawnRyanClips Please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shawn-ryan-show/id1492492083 Alan Cooper Links: Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/truegritwooddesigns/?ref=profile_header Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phalanx_concealment_llc/?utm_medium=copy_link https://www.instagram.com/truegritwooddesigns/?utm_medium=copy_link #VIGILANCEELITE #SHAWNRYANSHOW Vigilance Elite/Shawn Ryan Links: Website - https://www.vigilanceelite.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/shawnryan762 - https://www.instagram.com/vigilanceelite - https://www.instagram.com/shawnryanshow Twitter - https://twitter.com/shawnryan762 00:00 - Teaser Intro / Overrun Tonight 0:03:32 - Intro 0:07:04 - Episode Start 0:14:42 - Joining The Military 0:33:36 - History 0:36:23 - Going To War 0:51:19 - Khafji 1:25:19 - Significance of Operation 1:29:54 - Joining The Army 1:43:09 - SERE School 2:02:18 - Tamil Tigers 2:17:48 - Unexpected Phone Call