Discover
They are top-secret missions manned by specially trained intelligence and military elite. Covert operations using unconventional tactics outside the standard protocol. This episode uncovers the clandestine activities and state-of-the-art training of the U.S. Special Forces that undertake the most dangerous surveillance, reconnaissance, and intelligence collecting missions on Earth. What makes a mission a Black Operation or Black Op? Who approves a mission–and how much does the President know? What secret training prepares a soldier for these life and death assignments? How is the CIA involved in Black Ops? From cloak and dagger spy games to hand-to-hand combat, Black Ops are shrouded in secrecy…until now.
Original Release
03/17/2012
US Release
03/17/2012
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bill Murphy Jr. | Self - Author, In Time of War |
| David Lipsky | Self - Author, Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point |
| Elizabeth Constantino | Self - U.S.M.A. Class of 2012 |
| Preston G. Pysh | Self - U.S.M.A. Class of 2003, Author, The Diary of a West Point Cadet |
| Wesley Clark | Self - Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO 1997 - 2000 |
| Sherman Fleek | Self - West Point Historian |
| Robert O. Kirkland | Self - U.S.M.A. Class of 1988, Professor Military Science, USC |
| David Raymond | Self - U.S.M.A. Class of 1989, West Point Professor, Engineering |
| Michael Burns | Self - U.S.M.A. Class of 2000, West Point Admissions Officer |
| James Underwood | Self - Investigative Journalist |
Writers
Kaylan Eggert, Beata Ziel, Kevin Burns
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bill Murphy Jr. | Self - Author, In Time of War |
| David Lipsky | Self - Author, Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point |
| Elizabeth Constantino | Self - U.S.M.A. Class of 2012 |
| Preston G. Pysh | Self - U.S.M.A. Class of 2003, Author, The Diary of a West Point Cadet |
| Wesley Clark | Self - Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO 1997 - 2000 |
| Sherman Fleek | Self - West Point Historian |
| Robert O. Kirkland | Self - U.S.M.A. Class of 1988, Professor Military Science, USC |
| David Raymond | Self - U.S.M.A. Class of 1989, West Point Professor, Engineering |
| Michael Burns | Self - U.S.M.A. Class of 2000, West Point Admissions Officer |
| James Underwood | Self - Investigative Journalist |
| Timothy Gatlin | Self - U.S.M.A. Class of 1999, West Point Tactical Officer |
| Sean Mullin | Self - U.S.M.A. Class of 1997, Filmmaker |
| Jonathan Adams | Self - Narrator |
| Barry Aird | Self - Narrator |
| Buzz Aldrin | Self - U.S.M.A. Class of 1951, NASA Astronaut, Apollo 11 |
| John André | Self - Major, British Army in U.S. Revolutionary War |
| Benedict Arnold | Self - Major General, American Continental Army |
| Fidel Castro | Self - Dictator of Cuba |
| Richard Colvin Cox | Self - West Point Sophomore |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Self - 34th President of the United States, West Point Alumni |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Kevin Burns | Executive Producer |
| Scott Hartford | Executive Producer |
| Kim Sheerin | Executive Producer |
| John Verhoff | Executive Producer |
| Phil Kruener | Producer |
| Alexis Ostrander | Producer |
| Shannon Schaefer | Producer |
| David Silver | Producer |
