Three Missions in Panjwai District

February 14, 2024 • 00:49:14
Three Missions in Panjwai District
The Spear
Three Missions in Panjwai District

Feb 14 2024 | 00:49:14

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Show Notes

This episode features a conversation with Ryan Hendrickson. After almost losing his leg in an IED blast in 2010, he was back in Afghanistan just eighteen months later. He shares the stories of three missions from that first deployment back, when he was testing his body physically and working to prove that he was ready to be back at the tip of the spear, on a US Army Special Forces team.

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