Inside the FBI Hostage Rescue Team | Kyle Vowinkel

2026-09-26 · 142 min · 23 entities

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Inside the FBI Hostage Rescue Team | Kyle Vowinkel

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Kyle Vowinkel looks back on a 25-year FBI career that took him from counterintelligence and SWAT in Los Angeles to the Hostage Rescue Team, JSOC deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, and some of the Bureau’s most high-profile crisis operations. We also discuss HRT selection, the Boston Marathon bombing manhunt, the Alabama bunker hostage rescue, and the leadership lessons behind his new book, Shaping Chaos. Find Kyle here: https://www.kylevowinkel.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-vowinkel Grab Kyle's book here: https://www.kylevowinkel.com/book Today's Sponsors: GhostBed ⬇️ https://www.ghostbed.com/house FOR 10% off! Quince⬇️ go to: https://www.quince.com/house for free shipping and 365 day returns For ad free video and audio and access to live streams...JOIN OUR PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/c/TheTeamHouse To help support the show and for all bonus content including: -live shows and asking guest questions -ad free audio and video -early access to shows -Access to ALL bonus segments with our guests Subscribe to our Patreon! ⬇️ https://www.patreon.com/TheTeamHouse ___________________________________________________ GRAB JACK'S NEW BOOK "THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN" ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803651/the-most-dangerous-man-by-jack-murphy/paperback/ Subscribe to the new EYES ON podcast here:⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/@EyesOnGeopoliticsPod/featured Jack Murphy's book "We Defy: The Lost Chapters of Special Forces History" ⬇️ https://www.amazon.com/We-Defy-Chapters-Special-History-ebook/dp/B0DCGC1N1N/ Or make a one time donation at: ⬇️ https://ko-fi.com/theteamhouse Social Media: ⬇️ The Team House Instagram: https://instagram.com/the.team.house?utm_medium=copy_link The Team House Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheTeamHousePod Jack’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackmcmurph?utm_medium=copy_link Jack’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackmurphyrgr?s=21 Team House Discord: ⬇️ https://discord.gg/wHFHYM6 "Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio" 00:00 – Start 01:27 – Growing Up in San Diego & Wanting to Serve 05:38 – A Rebellious Kid Goes to West Point 07:55 – Discovering the FBI While at West Point 09:17 – Military Police, Korea & Guantanamo Bay 10:14 – Taking Back a Rioting Refugee Camp 13:17 – Learning to Lead While You’re Scared 14:35 – Leaving the Army & Applying to the FBI 18:41 – Counterintelligence & FBI SWAT in Los Angeles 21:38 – Manhunts for Cop Killers 23:31 – Working Security at the Golden Globes 26:07 – FBI SWAT Raids a Las Vegas Strip Club 28:34 – 9/11 & the FBI’s Immediate Response 30:18 – Training for FBI Hostage Rescue Team Selection 33:11 – Inside the Brutal HRT Selection Process 36:09 – Failing HRT Selection Because of His Ego 41:13 – Coming Back a Year Later & Making the Team 42:29 – The HRT New Operator Training Pipeline 45:34 – Marine Corps Scout Sniper School 47:20 – What Exactly Is the FBI Hostage Rescue Team? 50:20 – How HRT Began Working With JSOC 52:07 – The First Full FBI Embed With Task Force 275 56:17 – Going on Target in Mosul 59:03 – Capturing a Senior Al-Qaeda Leader in Tal Afar 1:05:23 – Operation Brass Balls in Ramadi 1:07:26 – HRT Operations in Afghanistan 1:09:21 – Raiding by Zodiac on the Euphrates 1:10:53 – A Deadly HRT Standoff in Puerto Rico 1:19:57 – Leaving HRT for the Crisis Negotiation Unit 1:25:56 – The Tension Between Negotiators & Tactical Teams 1:27:49 – Negotiating With Somali Pirates 1:32:56 – The Boston Marathon Bombing Manhunt 1:35:00 – Hundreds of Rounds Fired in Watertown 1:40:16 – Negotiating the Surrender of the Boston Bomber 1:47:58 – The Alabama “Bunker Boy” Hostage Crisis 1:55:07 – Discovering an IED Inside the Bunker’s Speaking Tube 2:00:40 – The Kidnapper Issues a Final Demand 2:03:42 – HRT Launches the Hostage Rescue 2:10:31 – Leaving Operations for FBI Leadership 2:14:28 – Shaping Chaos & Lessons From a 25-Year FBI Career Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support .