Thirty Seconds on the Ground

March 11, 2021 00:47:55
Thirty Seconds on the Ground
The Spear
Thirty Seconds on the Ground

Mar 11 2021 | 00:47:55

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Show Notes

As a lieutenant, Maj. Jesse Lansford was deployed to Afghanistan. A Kiowa helicopter pilot assigned as an aviation platoon leader, he rarely found himself on foot outside the wire. But on one day his helicopter had to land. He spent a brief time on the ground, but it was enough for him to encounter an IED. He joins this episode of The Spear to tell the story.

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