You probably won’t recognize the name Gary Schroen.

But he’s a true American hero who passed away last week.

Schroen is a former CIA officer who was sent to hunt down Osama Bin Laden right after the September 11th attacks.

The following famous words were said to him in CIA Headquarters by his boss…

  “Capture Bin Laden, kill him, and bring his head back in a box on dry ice."

Schroen and a small team of CIA were the very first Americans who went into Afghanistan.

This team had zero backup.

They had some satellite phones.

Plus, they had about $6 million in cash to grease whatever palms they needed to.

Schroen was able to make contact with allies and to make it safe for the military to come in and start bombing the living daylights out of the terrorists.

The reason Schroen was so successful was because he was a former CIA station chief in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.

He was able to make all the right connections to get the US what they needed in the country.

The funny thing is…

When Schroen was called into his boss’s office at CIA headquarters he was 59-years-old and had just started the retirement transition program.

But he was a true patriot who wanted to serve his country, so he put off retirement and risked his life to go into Afghanistan to hunt Bin Laden.

The fact is, we need more Gary Schroen’s in this world – people who truly love America and love freedom and are willing to put their life on the line when called to do it.

However, in the very selfish world that we live in, there are fewer and fewer people who truly care about freedom and that weighs heavily on my mind.

Hopefully, you might pass this info on about Gary to other’s you know, so he can be remembered and it might spark more patriotism in this great nation of ours.

Stay safe,

Jason Hanson

Former CIA Officer

Editor, Spy & Survival Briefing

Editor, Black Bag Confidential