Bringing the Patriot to Iraq

April 12, 2023 00:45:48
Bringing the Patriot to Iraq
The Spear
Bringing the Patriot to Iraq

Apr 12 2023 | 00:45:48

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Show Notes

In 2019, Master Sgt. Zach Rosser was a platoon sergeant in a Patriot missile battery. His unit was preparing for a deployment—the soldiers expected to be going to Bahrain. But in December, a rocket attack targeting a base in Kirkuk, Iraq that housed US personnel changed where the unit would deploy. Instead of Bahrain, Rosser and his soldiers found themselves heading to Iraq—the first time a Patriot battery would be in the country in over a decade. He joins this episode to share the story of that deployment.

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