What James Lechner has said about Task Force Ranger
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 8, 2026
James Lechner, Retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and former Army Ranger, Battle of Mogadishu veteran, and author of With My Shield, has been quoted on Task Force Ranger once in 1 episode of The Shawn Ryan Show, most recently on October 8, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Lechner argues that a key mistake was the lack of a single ground commander, and that the Delta squadron commander should have been on the ground.
“In my opinion, the commander of the operation was the squadron commander from Delta. And I think he should have been on the ground commanding that”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #346 James Lechner - Army Ranger Recounts the Battle of Mogadishu: Black Hawk Down (Oct 8, 2026) · Listen from 1:27:06
Episodes
#346 James Lechner - Army Ranger Recounts the Battle of Mogadishu: Black Hawk DownThe Shawn Ryan Show · Oct 8, 2026 · 3 h 20 min
Retired Army Ranger James Lechner tells Shawn Ryan about fighting and being wounded in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, turning around Ramadi, Afghanistan policy failures, and the war in Ukraine.
James Lechner on other topics
- Battle of Mogadishu (1993) · 5 quotes
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- Drone warfare · 1 quote
- United States war with Iran · 1 quote
- Isolationism · 1 quote