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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...
The "Lob Bomb" Attack on COP Callahan
In 2007, a destructive new weapon appeared on the battlefield in Iraq: the improvised, rocket-assisted munition. Also called a lob bomb because of the...
The Battle of COP Keating
On October 3, 2009, several hundred Taliban fighters attacked Combat Outpost Keating, an isolated outpost manned by B Troop, 3-61 CAV and a small...
An Incoming Grenade and a Split-Second Decision
In October 2008, Maj. Nick Eslinger was a lieutenant on his first deployment as a platoon leader in Iraq. While on patrol one day,...
Green on Blue
In February 2012, Capt. Jannelle Allong-Diakabana was a military police platoon leader deployed in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. One day, as she and her platoon...
The First Special Forces Teams into Afghanistan
For sixteen years, the US military has been at war in Afghanistan. The guests on this episode were there at the very beginning. Jason...