AC 130 Spectre Gunship Harvath and his team eagerly await the arrival of an AC -130 gunship in the closing scenes of THE APOSTLE. A converted cargo plane, the heavily armed aircraft houses mounted weapons and firing ports. Manned by a United States Air Force crew of 13, the gunships are most often used for close air support, reconnaissance, and...
1785: Muslim Pirates Attack American Ships In THE LAST PATRIOT, Anthony Nichols shares with Scot Harvath and Tracy Hastings little known history dating back to the 18th century, when Thomas Jefferson was America’s Minister to France and Muslim pirates terrorized the Mediterranean Sea. In July of 1785, Algerian pirates captured two American ships, Maria and Dauphin, off the Barbary Coast,...
BUD/S and SQT We learn in THE FIRST COMMANDMENT about Scot Harvath’s acceptance to the U.S. Navy’s Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL school (BUD/S) as well as SEAL Qualifying Training (SQT). The grueling BUD/S training takes place at the Naval Special Warfare Training Center in Coronado, California and includes: 8 weeks of physical conditioning, 8 weeks of diving, and 9 weeks of...
LDN Architects Eilean Aigas House, Scotland In TAKEDOWN, we learn that “The Troll” is the Lord of Eilean Aigas House on the northern end of a private island in the River Beauly set in the Scottish Highlands. The real-life estate is located on more than 500 wooded acres and spans 28,000 square feet. Scotland’s national newspaper reported the sale of...
CIA Counter Terrorism Center In SPYMASTER, one of Reed Carlton’s most highly regarded achievements is having helped to establish the CIA’s Counter Terrorism Center (CTC). In real life, the CTC was established in 1986, “to prevent and disrupt terrorist threats” around the world. NATO/ Article 5 Brad opens SPYMASTER with a passage from the 1949 North Atlantic Treaty. Later in...