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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.