In this episode, Maj. Jake Miraldi walks listeners through the 2009 Battle of Barg-e Matal in eastern Afghanistan's Nuristan province. He was part of a small US force sent to retake a village captured by Taliban forces. They expected to be at the village for 96 hours. His battalion ended up fighting there for two months.
In the second episode in a two-part series, Dan Gade joins The Spear to tell the story of his 2004 deployment to Ramadi, Iraq....
This episode of The Spear is the second in a two-part series featuring three guests who took part in the Battle of Mogadishu, made...
In the fall of 2006, Rory McGovern was a company fire support officer assigned to a combined arms team operating in the area around...