Special Forces on Patrol

August 16, 2019 00:39:48
Special Forces on Patrol
The Spear
Special Forces on Patrol

Aug 16 2019 | 00:39:48

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Show Notes

This episode features the first of a two-part conversation with Ryan Hendrickson. In this part, he shares a story from a 2010 deployment. On a mission in a particularly restive part of Afghanistan, Ryan stepped on an IED. Listen as he described that day and the aftermath of an incident that nearly cost him his leg.

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