In 2003, Alex Perez-Cruz was a company executive officer during the invasion of Iraq. He returned as a company commander during the Surge. Now a lieutenant colonel, he shares stories from each of those deployments, compares the two experiences, and reflects on the leadership lessons he learned during combat.
In 2008, Maj. Emily Spencer was an EOD platoon leader in Iraq. In April, she and one of her teams accompanied a route clearance...
In this episode of The Spear, retired Marine officer David Berke joins to share a story from 2006, when he was a forward air...
In August 2007, a US Army Special Forces team came under fire while passing through a valley in Afghanistan. The call for support went...