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 4
Season 1 - Episode 4 - 1h 0m
Air Date
February 06, 2002
Overview
The four squads assemble on the grounds of Camp Windstorm for briefing. Commander Rudy Boesch addresses the men, and announces the next competition will be between Alpha and Charlie. Alpha and Charlie face off in The Grid Training Exercise. Each team member is issued a helmet and a pugil stick. The two squads proceed on to an open grid in a dock with 52° water. Each team tries to knock all of the members of the other team off the grid and into the water. The team with the last man standing wins 75 extra points towards mission. Alpha Squad wins this Training Exercise. After getting a blow on his nose during the training exercise, Charlie Squad's Young proceeds to the medical tent. Camp's Medic Heather Cunningham treated Young's injured nose. Later, Cunningham discovers her duties as Camp Medic also include being the camp's barber, as Commander Boesch stops by for a haircut. Like Bravo and Delta Squads in Evolution Three, Alpha and Chalie Squads will take on the Prisoner Rescue mission.