Some of Hawke's Major Media Projects

Winding down for the summer I'm gonna post Hawke's Ultimate Survival Flick List to follow up from my Fave Special Forces Flicks list.

Before I do, here are some of my major projects:

8 Series (5 Survival, 2 SOF, 1 Both) and 1 Film (Both)
I have also been blessed to do well over 50 film projects.
For those interested most are found on IMDB or YouTube.

Hawke IMDB

Hawke YouTube Channel

Survival Seuss Part 3

Would you, could you, cut it off...
When if you didn't, all'd be lost?

If you'd did, you'd be less...
But still alive and that is best!

Okay, that's my last bit of food for thought on the harshest of survival realities for folks to consider in their own survival studies. (And my last bit of Dr. Seuss torture, too, haha!)

So wrappin' up The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Survival, here's the last of the hard core aspects of survival to think about.

Something very extreme to consider in survival as we cover survival tactics in the extreme is amputations.

Animals do it, humans have done it. Post-battle or in battles of infection, sometimes amputation is the only solution.

So, first off, how does one do an amputation? And then, what do you do with the appendage...? My survival book and some wilderness medicine books covers how to do this. As for the severed appendage, I say, Chow time! For you or, use for bait for prey!

Here are 10 amazing stories of self amputation for survival:

https://listverse.com/2018/12/20/10-unbelievable-cases-of-self-amputation-for-survival/

Here's a good news video on a few examples:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/colorado-logger-pinned-trailer-amputates-toes/story?id=14425919

And here are some examples from nature of how animals use it as a survival tactic:

https://phys.org/news/2019-06-extreme-tactic-self-amputation-survival-animal.html

Survival Seuss Part 2

Survival Seuss...Would you, could you drink your Pee,
to prevent a death by misery?
Why yes you can; so here's the rules...

Please take note, like back in school!
1 pass, 2 pass, maybe 3, would be okay to drink your pee.
More than that and it's not great,
as your kidneys shut the gate.

Once they stop, that's not good
your body can't function like it should.

With no water, it's a fact,
your time will come, the deck is stacked.
If you're in a spot and with no kit,
Use what you've got, don't waste it.

Just remember it's mostly water,
But in survival do what you gotta'.

Drinking pee sure ain't fun
but it may buy time until rescue comes.

The Dirty Half Dozen Facts of Urophagia:
I hear it a lot from smart and dumb people: don't drink your urine to survive. Let me set the record straight. YES, 100%, YOU CAN DRINK URINE TO SURVIVE. Now, that outta the way, let me lay out the facts on when, how and why as most people who spew their opinion are not basing them on facts, I have a degree in Biology, was a Special Forces Medic (Jungle Doctor) and Medical Service Officer and Paramedic, so I have some science and study to back my facts and real world applications.

1) Many real world survivors drank their urine and lived. They likely got an extra day or two out of it and that was enough to get rescued.

2) Humans have been drinking urine (Urophagia) for thousands of years for both health (Urine Therapy) and fetishes (Urolagnia), even today, so no, it will not kill you.

3) It used to be thought urine was "sterile," but as science has improved, we've found trace bacteria, but if you're not sick with an urinary tract infection, it's safe enough to drink.

4) If you're in a survival situation and there is no other source of water or no way to make water safe, then drinking urine must be considered.

5) The main component of urine is around 90-95% water on the first pass. If you drink it then, you will be just fine.

6) If that is ALL you have to drink and you ONLY drink urine, over and over, that is where the issues can start, each time you drink another pass of urine through your body, the waste particles become more concentrated and eventually, they can block the filters in the kidneys and cause them to shut down. This is called renal failure and it can be fatal.

However, the human body has been known to endure far more than science says; the human heart, mind and will can never be fully measured. If it's all you got, and you believe it is helping, there is a good chance that it is.

If you can boil, distill or use some other way, great, but if not, just because folks quote the Army manual or others, do not confuse traditional opinion with scientific fact.

Finally, I present this as information for students of survival. Each person will make their own decision and live or die by it. I would hate for someone to die because they bought some generic blanket statement instead of using carefully considered and medically balanced info to make the best informed decision they can, when it matters most, for them and their loved ones. At the end of the day, you and you alone will live or die by your decisions. I hope this gives you one more tool in your bag of tricks to beat death at his own game.

Okay, that is all I have to say on that. I am not here to persuade anyone one way or the other, I am here to teach you HOW to think, not WHAT to think.

I wish you peace, prosperity, health and happiness.
Happy Survivalin'!
Hawke sends

https://www.primalsurvivor.net/drinking-urine-survival/

Survival Seuss

Survival Seuss...Would you, could you, eat a friend, if it was to prevent your end?
Of course, you'd wait until they passed but prior to, you could always ask!

Arguably, One of the worst things any survivor can face is CANNIBALISM.

Often, when folks are faced with this choice, they knew the people before they died, even if only temporarily. I have taught this in my classes and in my books, that it is enough of a regular reality in harsh survival, that folks should give it a moment of consideration in their own survival planning.

In my book I teach that killing another to eat them is wrong; of this, we can agree, there is no doubt. However, if someone has already died from an accident or from hunger, and there are few to no other choices, then it must be considered as an option. Death from disease requires an assessment of cause prior to consuming to avoid acquiring the same cause and effect. I always tell folks, if I am dying, I will give my permission to the survivors so they have no guilt, or if they are dying, consider asking them. I'd rather someone live to tell the tale than to have us all perish. But this is each person's own choice and can only be made in that moment. I pray none reading this need ever consider it, but I pray everyone reading this, please, consider it! I wish you Peace, Prosperity, Health & Happiness.
Happy Survivalin'! :-)

https://www.britannica.com/story/cannibalism-cultures-cures-cuisine-and-calories

The Ultimate SF Flick List

As we make ready for summer and wrap the birthday of Special Forces, here's a list of great Green Beret movies, older classics and newer blockbusters, for checkin' out over the holidays with fam & friends. Good times!

NOTE: Click the titles to see more about the films.

Billy Jack

A Personal Favorite, a Green Beret Half Breed helps out.

12 Strong

A good story of the Green Berets riding on horseback into the war.
(Sadly, the advisers were Seals and it shows).

Operation Dumbo Drop

A true story from a personal friend's A-Camp.

The Deer Hunter

A Green Beret rescues some friends from a POW Camp,
but not Viet Nam.

The Losers

A group of Special Forces go rogue after betrayal.

The Hunted

A story about a Green Beret gone bad.

Triple Frontier

Green Berets turn on the cartel.
(But their training reflects Rangers, not SF).

Apocalypse Now

A classic about a Green Beret Colonel gone rogue.

Farewell the King

A classic about the WW II mission to train Guerrilla Forces.

Walking Tall

A former Green Beret brings law and order with a bat.

For Whom The Bell Tolls

A film version of the classic book by Hemingway about linking up and fighting with partisans.

Rambo: First Blood

A Green Beret Viet Nam vet pushed too far.

Rambo IV

A Green Beret trying to lay low gets dragged into a fight.

Rambo V

A Green Beret trying to quietly retire, isn't allowed to do so.

The Man Who Would Be King

A classic about training guerrillas and raising an army based on Kipling's book.

The Green Berets

The absolute classic on the doctrine of S.F.

The Peacemaker

A Hollywood version of what SF did during the cold war.

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Based on true events during different times and current now.

The A-Team

A fun film remake of the series of renegade Green Berets.
(Altho' the movie went and made them Rangers, the TV series was SF).

Three Kings

A great film demonstrating a moral compass when it counts.

Commando

Green Berets are featured characters.

Predator

(The first one) My Company actually provided the medical support for this film. Everyone knows this film--if not, remedy it, ha!

Dear John

A soupy Green Beret story, but good to watch with your woman.

Bourne Series

Jason Bourne from the film is a former Green Beret in the books.

Lethal Weapon

Mel Gibson's character was a Green Beret.

The Objective

An obscure SciFi film about Green Berets in Afghanistan.

Taken

Great films about a Green Beret rescuing his daughter, et al.
(Sadly, the writer of the story was a total stolen valor fraud).

Merrill's Marauders

Based on the real deal from WWII Jungle Fighters.

Executive Decision

Green Berets are core part of the story, hostage rescue.

The Gunman

A Green Beret from a hit team returns and is targeted.





TV Shows

Persons of Interest, Jack Bauer (24), The Unit, and even the old Knight Rider- Green Berets.

El Salvador, A War Story With a Reunion

El Salvador, 25 years later...A War Story of sorts with a Reunion.

One of the greatest blessings in life next to family is good friends. I had the honor to serve in El Salvador right at the end of the 12-year Civil War

We were there to do an HCA, or Humanitarian Civic Assistance as it was called then. Our job was to build a school, put in a water system and run a medical mission.

I was the senior medic at the time, up for promotion to SFC, or Sergeant First Class. That's a great privilege to earn as that rank requires Department of the Army approval.

Sadly, we had a Sergeant Major die while there. I was blessed to be with good medics and we were able to save his life and keep him alive long enough for his family to say goodbye. (His Obituary story is the 3rd one down from the top.)

There was a special thing in those days, called an OPAT. They were the special select 55, "Special Military Advisors" authorized by congress to be in the "Non-Declared War."

I was with one down there, a bit of a legend, we'll just call him, "Booger." We got shot at one evening while doing some work.  It was an interesting night.
Combat Infantryman Badge

I am still good friends with those men.  Boog and I talk regularly. But I haven't been able to see my other brothers in far too long. Trip still serves. Murray's son was a Hero.

We had drinks, made libations to the Fallen, remembered good times, and celebrated life. You can find them both here.  I was thankful to get to have reunions with many brothers and their families on this trip. I used to live and work there and was acting team sergeant for the counter-narcotics team for a while when it was brand new, working with DEA, FBI, and MD State Police. But those stories are for another time. For now, El Sal, Brothers, and Toast to the Fallen.



















You can see more pictures from the reunion on my Facebook HERE

Mykel Hawke Interview by Niece

Mykel Hawke is a huge proponent of education.  Having been kicked out of Junior High and subsequently earning his Masters, he is a huge supporter of everyone seeking higher education in all forms.

To show some of that support, he is sharing this from his niece, Cilla.  She was tasked to do a report on overcoming hardship and try to use family for it.  So she interviewed Mykel specifically on breaking the cycle of poverty as a teen.

Mykel Hawke Interview by Niece "Cilla" on Poverty and Education

Cilla question #1)  What was it like for you growing up?

We grew up exceptionally poor, in part due to the fact that no one in the family had any higher education, which of course excluded many higher paying jobs and left most folks trying to survive on very little.  If both sides of your family come from other poor families, the net effect is often even more poverty.  This doesn't take away anything from a good home and loving family, it just means you're poor.

Cilla question #2)  What were some difficulties you faced? 

When you're poor, the potential for most good jobs is almost non-existent.  You don't have the ability to make a resume, much less the clothes for a job and the thought of a car, phone and sometimes even a home simply don't exist as an option.  So it leaves mostly manual labor jobs or work where they provide a uniform and you can walk or bus to and from the job is about the most one can expect when poor.   In the old days we did not have cellular phones, and many folks didn't even have a phone at home.  Often we didn't even have a TV, maybe just a radio.  Computers and the Internet were not even invented--for us, they were "SciFi" things of the future!  That said, college was simply not an option or even a thought in most poor folks minds.  Unless your family was rich, poor people never went to college unless they were blessed to get some rare scholarship.  But even those were only given if you went to high school.  In the old days, many folks dropped out at 16 to go to work and if they were motivated, they would work hard at night for 6 months to a year to try and get a G.E.D.

Cilla question #3)  What were some responsibilities you had growing up? 

It's funny to me to see how much things have changed, as a 50+ year-old man born in 1965.  We used to start working at 8-12 years old mowing lawns and raking leaves for folks in the neighborhood. Then when we got 14 we could work as dishwashers in restaurants or paper boys.  I used to do both as I could do the newspaper delivery route at 4 am, then go to school, and then work after school bussing tables of dirty dishes and washing them.  Dishwashers didn't exist for the most part in the mainstream back then.  On weekends, I would hustle food and drinks at Bingo Halls to old people smoking like chimneys, back when that was allowed, and would make tips for serving people.

Cilla question #4)  How did you overcome any challenges you had? 

As I became a teenager, our economic status was more tangible and palpable. We could see who had money and who didn't by the clothes they wore and if they were clean or not.  Not everyone could afford a washer, and dryers were a luxury item of the rich.  I was in the Chess Club and a Straight "A" Student since elementary school.  My grades were so good, that I was asked to write stories and was let out of classes in 3rd grade to go down the hall and read my stories to the kids in 1st and 2nd grade. By 5th grade, I won the school-wide award for best stories and illustrations.  Despite all that, my poor clothes meant the "Preps" and "Jocks" (preppy kids with nice clothes and grades and athletic kids with the money to afford gym clothes and sports gear) would not talk to such a poor kid as me.  So I ended up hanging out with the poor kids.  They were great kids like any other and maybe in some ways better, as they knew they were judged and relied more on their word and deeds than their clothes and parents' money.   None the less, they did tend to get in trouble and I did end up as a sort of gang leader.  One day in 7th grade, we got into a big fight and some folks were seriously hurt.  The police and paramedics came.   Since I was in the middle, I got caught.  I was expelled from the last month of school and told I was going to have to repeat grade 7. I didn't feel that was fair, so I decided not to return to school.  I then began working at 16 at a Food Lion grocery store.  Since there were no other kids my age, it was easy to excel.  Looking back, I realize now it was likely my work ethic that helped me most. I quickly rose from bagger, to stocker, to checker to assistant manager!  They even brought me on the cash deposit runs to the bank, at 16!  They offered to pay for my GED and send me to college to be a manager.  At that point, while very grateful and honored, I knew I didn't want to be a Food Lion Manager.  I also realized if I wanted a car, a home, a real job with real money, I needed an education. 

The only way available to me, as a poor, junior high school expel-lee, to get college paid for was to join the Army.  They didn't let high school drop outs join.  They also required drop outs to have a GED prior to joining.  However, the Army did let me take the test to see what my abilities were. Recruiters were always looking to get their numbers of recruits in the service each year.  In those days, it was called the ASVAB and is still called that today.  But now, the categories are different.  For my time, the score that mattered was the G.T. That means General Technical, and in some ways is comparable to an IQ test score--your basic smarts.  The requirement to join was at least a 50. 100 was considered very smart.  To be an Officer or Special Forces, the requirement was 110.   I was very fortunate in that despite missing all of high school (4 years) and having been out for 2 years already, and only being 16 years old, I still managed to get a GT score of 121 on the ASVAB.  So they were allowed two exceptions per year and I was allowed to join the Army.  I turned 17 on November 29th and two weeks later, on December 13th, 1982, I was in the Army.  As a result of that opportunity, I went on to get my GED, then my Bachelor's degree in Biology and my Master's in Psychology.  I went on to become a senior Special Forces Sergeant and then a Special Forces Officer. 

So the point of the story is simple: work hard, try hard, study hard, and the chances are you will go far and do well and no matter what, trying to do your best will never hurt and always make you better off.