In 2003, Alex Perez-Cruz was a company executive officer during the invasion of Iraq. He returned as a company commander during the Surge. Now a lieutenant colonel, he shares stories from each of those deployments, compares the two experiences, and reflects on the leadership lessons he learned during combat. Note: This episode was originally released in May 2018.
In an episode of The Spear released in June 2021, Karl Blanke shared a story that featured the actions of one of his former...
For seventeen years, the US military has been at war in Afghanistan. The guests on this episode were there at the very beginning. Jason...
In this episode, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Joe Roland joins to share a story from 2004. A UH-60 Black Hawk pilot, his aircraft and...