Combat Missions — Season 1, Episode 2: Evolution 2
60 min • 1 season, 15 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
Teams Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, and Delta assemble once again on the grounds of Camp Windstorm. Commander Boesch addresses the men, and announces that the next competition will be between Alpha Squad and Delta Squad. Alpha and Delta Squads proceed to the dock to take on the Helocasting Training Exercise. Each squad members must jump from a helicopter into 52° water. oard, Teams must get into their boats and race to the dock. The first team to complete the exercise wins 50 points. Alpha Squad wins this Training Exercise and gets 25 extra points. Like Bravo and Charlie Squads in Evolution One, Alpha and Delta Squads will take on the Tank Take-Out Combat Mission. In preparation to their mission, Alpha and Delta Squads go through a round of weapons training, and then begin to strategize for the mission ahead. That evening, the four military men of Alpha Squad brief their SWAT team members on military tactics, while Delta Squad does a mission rehearsal on the grounds of the camp. Delta Squad
About Combat Missions
Combat Missions is a one hour long reality TV show produced by Mark Burnett and hosted by former Survivor castaway, Rudy Boesch, 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, Bravo, Charlie and Delta. 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, the Delta Force, and the U.S. Army Rangers. The mission scenarios has each team face off against the opposing "Shadow force" 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.