The Free Burma Rangers in Iraq

May 03, 2018 00:38:00
The Free Burma Rangers in Iraq
The Spear
The Free Burma Rangers in Iraq

May 03 2018 | 00:38:00

/

Show Notes

Dave Eubank is a former US Army special forces officer and the founder of the Free Burma Rangers, an aid organization that works extensively in conflict zones. At the height of the fight against ISIS, he and members of his organization were in Iraq. They were there to provide help, but in that environment, they also regularly found themselves as participants in the fighting that raged all around.

Other Episodes

Episode

December 27, 2017 00:26:47
Episode Cover

A Firefight on the Edge of Sadr City

In 2008, Maj. Emily Spencer was an EOD platoon leader in Iraq. In April, she and one of her teams accompanied a route clearance...

Listen

Episode

August 02, 2024 00:49:01
Episode Cover

One Day in Panjwai District

Lt. Col. Brian Kitching joins this episode of The Spear to share a story from a 2012 deployment in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar Province. Two...

Listen

Episode

December 07, 2022 00:49:15
Episode Cover

Enemy Inside the FOB

In 2010, Scott Haran was a company commander in Afghanistan. His company was responsible for establishing police checkpoints in and around the city of...

Listen