Combat Missions
tv show

15 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired January 16, 2002
Overview
Combat Missions is a one hour long reality TV show produced by Mark Burnett and hosted by former Survivor castaway, Rudy Boesch, that aired from January to April in 2002 on the USA Network. It pits four teams of highly-experienced military and police operatives against each other in physical challenges and "mission" scenarios. Each team has a call sign and corresponding color. The four teams are Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta. The team members were past and present members of SWAT, the United States Army Special Forces, the Navy SEALs, Marine Recon, the CIA Special Operations Group, the Delta Force, and the U.S. Army Rangers. The mission scenarios has each team face off against the opposing "Shadow force" using MILES gear in real-life combat situations. The show was not picked up for a second season. Scott Helvenston, one of the contestants from the Delta team went on to work for Blackwater USA in Iraq after the show and was killed in action on March 31, 2004.
Evolution 11
Season 1 - Episode 11 - 1h 0m
Air Date
March 27, 2002
Overview
All four squads assemble on the grounds of Camp Windstorm. Commander Boesch announces that Round Three has began. Losing squads will now be eliminated, with all of the losing squad members getting sent home. He then announces that the first elimination match-up will be between Bravo and Charlie. Bravo and Charlie face off in the Weapons Assembly Training Exercise. Each team is presented with a box containing disassembled parts from various weapons. Team members must approach the box one man at a time, assemble a weapon, and fire a round with it. The first team to successfully assemble and fire four weapons wins 25 points towards mission. Bravo's Kain and Claggett sit out to make teams even. Bravo Squad wins the exercise. Bravo and Charlie face off in another Training Exercise called The Grid. Each squad member is issued a helmet with a and a pugil stick. The men must first swim to an open grid floating on the water. Each team must knock all members of the other team off the grid and i