The Team House Special Forces officer and United Nations Security Chief Robert Adolph, Ep. 37
Apr 11, 2020
Special Forces officer and United Nations Security Chief Robert Adolph shares his experiences in combat diving, deployments worldwide, and his second career as a UN security chief. Topics discussed include hairy assignments in Sierra Leone, Yemen, and Iraq, coping with the current crisis, HIV prevention, child soldiers, corruption in Iraq, and personal confrontations and vindication within the UN.
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Prostitutes as Intel Sources
- Robert Adolph relied on prostitutes for intel in Sierra Leone.
- They provided valuable information about the RUF, due to their connections.
Brothel Extraction
- During the RUF invasion of Freetown, some Russian helicopter pilots refused to fly.
- Adolph had to extract them from a brothel before the evacuation could continue.
Evacuation Dispute
- A UN employee wanted Adolph to evacuate a prostitute.
- Adolph refused, as it was a non-family duty station, and she wasn't on the manifest.