Combat Missions | |
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Genre | Reality Television |
Presented by | Rudy Boesch |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 15 |
Production | |
Production locations | Mojave Desert, California, United States |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Mark Burnett Productions |
Original release | |
Network | USA |
Release | 16 January 17 April 2002 | –
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Combat Missions was a one-hour-long reality television series produced by Mark Burnett and hosted by former Survivor castaway Rudy Boesch[1] 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 (Red), Bravo (Blue), Charlie (Yellow) and Delta (Green). 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, Delta Force, and the U.S. Army Rangers. The mission scenarios has each team face off against the opposing "Shadow force" (not another team) 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.