Chad Robichaux's Interpreter Aziz | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 122
Who is Chad Robichaux's JSOC interpreter Aziz? During their eight deployments together in Afghanistan, Chad and Aziz saved each other's lives more times than either could count, providing invaluable intel and establishing connections all over the region. But when the Afghan government fell and interpreters began being hunted by the Taliban, suddenly Aziz and Chad had bigger problems. Because it wasn't just getting Aziz out that was the problem - it was getting his family out safely too. And of course, neither could have known at the time that they were building the foundation for Save Our Allies, an organization that's helped thousands of families escape since.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:20 - Merry Christmas from Mike Drop
05:00 - How Chad Met Aziz
08:00 - Bashir
14:00 - A Firefight Exit
16:00 - Buying Russian Weapons
20:00 - It's Not 'Corruption', it's 'Business Facilitation'
22:00 - Born in Kabul
24:30 - Escaping the Taliban
29:00 - Living under Mujahideen Rule
35:00 - They're Kind of Like Gangs, but Worse
41:00 - Nobody Really Thought about the U.S. until the War
44:00 - A Hairy HVT Story
49:00 - John Wick Academy
50:00 - A Shockingly Effemninate Talib
54:00 - An Administration Gone Quiet
1:00:00 - Learning to Culturally Blend In
1:09:00 - Encouraging Cooperation
1:11:00 - Close Calls at the Bank
1:16:00 - Hearing about the Withdrawal for the First Time
1:23:00 - Holding Leadership Accountable
1:26:30 - Crafting the Daily Caller Story
1:36:00 - Five Days in Hell
1:40:00 - Through the Taliban & Getting Shot at Along the Way
1:45:00 - Evaccing the Family
1:48:00 - One Backpack, One Pair of Clothes
1:53:00 - From Chad's Perspective
1:59:00 - 300,000 People Are Still Trying to Get Out
2:04:00 - Acclimating to America
2:06:00 - Chad, Meet Hatra
2:11:30 - 9 Months in Abu Dhabi
2:15:00 - Dennis' Perspective
2:19:00 - So There's a Man in a Ghillie Suit...
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For the amount of trauma Aziz has been through, he seems like such a gentle, kind person. Unbelievably brave man!
Aziz thank you for helping to save American soldiers lives by assisting us during the war. Mighty Oaks is an amazing organization that I’m proud to support. Thank you Mike for giving them the platform to share their story.
Didn't expect this Christmas present..Merry Christmas to you too Mike!
I'm speechless about this incredible story. I listened to all of your podcast episodes this year, and the bravery of all your guests and yourself is each time mindblowing. Blessings to America, from Germany.
I listen to a lot of military podcasts, and Mike never misses! Keep doing what you do my brother!
Thank you for this podcast.! What insight not only into Aziz's life/the real talk about Afghanistan & to hear them talk about there experience has made an indelible impression on me. Thank You again
No greater love than this ,a man lay down his life for his friend .
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The ultimate sacrifice
Bros for sure😃
Incredible
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Man I’ve never been so disgusted with our country’s leadership & poor decisions while simultaneously so incredibly proud of my fellow Americans like these men, Phenomenal interview bro TY 4 this unique perspective
They can only sway the sheep for a limited time.
What a great journey! This shows that the brotherhood formed in combat transcends borders and nationalities. More importantly, individuals are who make a difference in this world. Governments and institutions will cut you off with no second thought. But people will stick together and help a brother.
Thank you, Aziz, for your selfless service and dedication to you and your country and to the US and the men fighting to better Afghanistan and improving the safety of the world. Chad and Aziz are the definition of brotherhood. Incredible men, incredible interview.
It's insane this pod doesn't have a million subs! It's so damn good!
Great Job Men I believe I can speak for all the Veterans and Non Veterans by saying Thank you and Job Well Done.
Was hoping for one of those interpreters would be interviewed. Hell of a story for all of them
God Bless Chad and every Single person from the Mighty Oak Foundation
Thank you Aziz
What a cool interesting interview, kudos Mike. Thanks for sharing Aziz and Chad. Merry Christmas!
Chad, well done. Aziz, thank you, and welcome to America. Mike, good job...again.
Great show again Mike
Thank you for your service guys. Stay strong!
Mike, I'm learning a lot from how you speak and are so composed while speaking. And you are by far the best speaker and interviewer on podcasts that I listen to. Have a Happy New Years.
Welcome to America Aziz, may you and your family find success and happiness. Amazing interview, such a great insight and public service. This is better then 60 Minutes.
Merry Christmas Mike and, Mike Drop staff!
Thanks for sharing this 🙌 🙏
Great job Mike, thank you for having these guys
That was an excellent interview, Thank you for sharing. I would really love to hear more about Aziz and his family at some point.
much respect to Aziz. We need more Americans like him!
Unbelievably, honorable and Godly men and acts!
Much love Mike and thank you for bringing these amazing stories to us
Merry Christmas Mike and good tidings to your family and team. Happy new year
And another fantastic podcast!!!! Thank you all of you for your service. What an interview job well done!!! Been wondering if you would ever get an interpreter on here and you never cease to amaze me.
God bless Aziz. What a great, kind and humble man. I’m so glad he was able to escape with his family. It breaks my heart all the Afghan commandos and allies that have suffered or lost their lives because of the despicable way we left Afghanistan.
We need more interviews from the Afghan interpreters!
Another great episode!! We need more people like these 3 men and yourself Mike. I wish it was people like you running our country instead of the vermin we have now that are ruining it!!
Awesome episode. They should make a movie about this.
Jake Gilenhaul or however you spell his name stars in a movie built around saving his interperter.
Great Men, great interview!
What our government did to our loyal allies and friends in Afghanistan is disgraceful. All those years of service and they were left to die. Sickening. Thank God we had brave individuals that got some people out. Where’s the accountability? Excellent story, I wish everyone could hear it. Thank you.
Thank you, insightful and educational
Awesome interview. Aziz 🇺🇸🇺🇸welcome
Great episode, very interesting and informative
Merry Christmas & have an outstanding new years Mike!
thank you as always
Awesome episode 🙏🏼🇺🇲
Love you, Mike. Thanks for this. Merry Christmas from a liberal son of a bitch, that has really enjoyed your show for years. Keep up the good work, Sir!
Great Guest Mike!
“Don’t worry, my husband is taliban, I’ll talk to him after he gets off work” absolutely crazy lol
Christmas Blessings to You and Yours
These are the type of men we need speaking right now . This is one of the most important/incredible conversations I’ve seen . That’s all I’ll say , aside from …. “ never underestimate stupid people “
Merry Christmas to you and yours! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
I appreciate you guys.
Really incredible story. Powerful story.
Great show you really need to bring back Dennis seems like he would have a great story to tell
I'm pretty sure the Taliban / Paki relationship is blessed off on by the State Department. Back in 09'-10' we chased a bunch of Haqqani guys to the Khost/Paki border. A bunch of Paki border guards actually engaged US troops and caused an interference for Haqqani to try and escape. If you remember in 2010 they closed the border, set a bunch of trucks and supplies on fire etc etc. Long story short, the state department tried really fucking hard to fry our chain of command for causing a international shit show for killing a bunch of Pakistanis who were protecting Haqqani at that time. The video magically got "leaked" publicly and everyone kind of shut up about it. We ended up smoking like 20 Haqqani and like 10-15 Pakistani border guards. Fun times after that. We ended up eating grilled bread soaked in butter and sugar for a few weeks when food ran out...... Also, if anyone remembers when RC East lost all its cellphone coverage in 2010....That was also us. Blew up the towers to shut down Haqqani cellphone ability because we would intercept traffic on air hammer missions. We'd pass up the intel and we got told to let it go. Eventually a few bases were attacked after senior leadership sat up on Disney sipping tea. We "accidentally" blew up a few towers during engagements.
It's been going on for longer than that, Afghanistan sent boys to schools in Pakistan because it was safe, that's where the origin of the word Taliban comes from, it means scholar. They get radicalized at a boarding school then come back home.
Goodness! This is a heck of a story. Super brotherhood they both developed. Chad is a solid, stand up, funny and cool guy. Much respect Chad 💯. I apologize to the audience, I think I missed it, but is Chad a former SEAL? Thanks Mike, another solid one here. Much respect 👍🏾
Aziz is the MAN!! Lived an interesting and rich life. I hope one day he can return to his motherland under sensible leadership
Damn, side note, so not only did we leave the afghan people m4s 16s etc and gear we also paid them for fresh Russian aks that we as Americans can no longer get. Makes sense. Smh. Thank you Aziz and bros. I am cynical on this at this point but I still believe that it cannot all be for nothing. Never quit please. God bless.
Why would you care that you can’t get Russian aks??? Buy American dude. It’s not exactly like Russia has a monopoly on making aks….plenty of legit American options so who really cares about buying Russian surplus guns???? I buy American made guns. But you do you commie.
Came from a podcast app to show appreciation again here on youtube Mike. Thanks as always, my civilian ass is ever great full for you guys and gals.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 You have to get KEVIN HOLLAND on the show !!!. Seal team 6, re-enlisted to Delta Force…..and a good ol country boy.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Amazing story on Saadams capture. True American hero. !
Great content
Merry Christmas & Happy New Years! Hope you and your family had a great day 🎄🙏🦌🍻🎅 as always really fascinating guests! I can't wait to see what 2023 brings for MikeDrop! Would definitely love to see some dog content with some well known trainers for military, police & personal protection dogs. Then show some trainers & dogs doing personal protection, bite work, off leash & maybe run some situations showing their capabilities! Keep Killin' It, MikeDrops kickin' ass & taking names hope 2023 is ready for it! #MikeDropFurMissilesFerrariPorsche
Awesome story! Welcome to America Aziz! Hope you and your family the best!
God is good. Merry ChristMAS everybody!!
Hell ya super stoked this guy made it to the US 👍🏼👍🏼
great episode. major bummer you didn't ask the standard intro questions to Aziz.. Morning routine, last book etc.
much respect to Aziz. We need more Americans like him!
Dang! Their tale has given this Old Squid a serious case of "The Feels" :)
Thank you for your service and sacrifice to our beautiful country. May God Bless you and your family
Hell yea Mike
This should be made in to a movie, honestly.
There should be something done period. That Agency we all heard of.
Anyone know if the movie coming out The Covenant is based on their story? By the looks trailer they seem quite similar.
Professor Robichaux amazing guy! OSS!
Amazing To Put a Face To A True Hero and Amazing Humans! My family and I thank you. That was one of worst things I have witnessed for those who helped us for 20years!I’m sure there are countless other decisions that are inconceivable to us minions by our elected “leaders”. It still turns my stomach turning our back to those who had ours! I have not or will not vote for a single one who was a part of that complete disgrace of a “tactical” pull-out,More like an abandonment. Happy Holidays 🤘
Wow, what a sheltered life we lead in North America.
Without the help of the interpreter warriors, we might’ve had our ass handed to us!
No doubt about it. These guys should have had way more help.
Uh you know we lost, right?
@@badxradxandy you from the Coast Guard bro
@@Mark-pr2qy Couch Guard but yeah did we win are we winning
My dad yelled AZIZ! LIGHT!!
Hats off to all three of those guys! Shit made me remember some stuff.
14 years spent by Aziz with special forces, thats a commendable career for anyone here in the west ! Amazing man
Aziz is cool
“Whatever the United States military, government, private projects, or government projects that they were doing, Afghanistan was benefiting from it.”
BaddAss what a special dude
That barrel was bouncing around like me on a pogo ball from the 90s!!! Other than that it’s pretty cool but for 10x49 cents it’s a great deal for it!!
At 26:16. That's what we call 'quite a story.'
Tim Kennedy was on Drinkin Bros saying he admires Milley. He suggested that the general is doing what he can in a bad situation. Like Mike, I'm not sure it's the way to go.
I agree. Milley seems like a yes man kiss ass to me..
Kennedy is a clown if he said that.
He’s a traitor.
So glad him and his family were saved. I’m right with you Mike. Our government and senior military leaders are a complete embarrassment. I feel like we’re watching our country die right in front of us. I spent 22 years fighting and I %100 regret every second of it. It breaks my heart man.
Like the Mark Andrews Jersey I’m a RI born and raised. You should have Natk on the podcast
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I thought this was the guy that had his photo taken in that car wearing a garb with a helmet and quadnods lol
Brother no one takes responsibility because there is no more Honor or Integrity, in their mind they are getting paid regardless of what happens.
Stand up guy I’m glad he’s safe in America
“Safe”
I should have grabbed my 22 and went over there and straightened that mess up and just an afternoon
The three letter Agency are the ones that don’t care.
Chad sitting there looking like aziz’s son 😂
Brother I love this Interview with Chad and his Terp. It’s an Amazing Story but what’s more Amazing is the Amount of Money Beck Raised,The Planes that the King supplied, but more then all of the fore Mentioned is The Men Who Stepped Up to Go back to the World biggest Toilet to Bring The Ones that Absolutely should have brought by our Remedial So called Leaders. More like playing leader of the Blind. Great Podcast once again. Tell it like it is Brother.
Rumors and innuendo 😅
What a story. Thanks Mike for never disappointing. FJB and his whole administration. If you don’t know that Pakistan is our enemy, then you are just lost. Thank God, Aziz and his family got out. Welcome to Texas,Aziz and family.
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This Exactly why we are Called the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Period. Because We Can.
1:28:40 Sunken Cost Fallacy
I had to stop at that point. What in the actual fuck man. BAF is so valuable that we need to keep a wartime presence in a country in perpetuity? And comparing the number of troops in other countries to the number in Afghanistan? That is such a disingenuous, straw-man argument. Last time I checked there weren't thousands of terrorists who'd gladly kill any American they see off post in Germany, Japan or Korea. Fuck right off with that analogy. As much as I love SOF guys, the fucking hubris some of these fools have is amazing. "Just give us the support we need, and we'll win!" Bro, ya had two decades, and billions of dollars in support. Some things are just not possible...like creating a democracy in a country that was piecemealed together from bands of tribes.
This Series and how Disney did should of never happened!
Maybe far fetched… In this interview Aziz talks about people like his brother in law who is still in Afghanistan but the taliban didn’t touch him because he wasn’t involved with aziz, but in this aziz is telling us what his family members did…… Just wondering on the chances someone with taliban ties sees stuff like this and then the truth comes out and it’s used against him?
USA number 1!