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The Reaper in Combat
This episode features a story from Maj. Joe Ritter, an MQ-9 pilot—the first remotely piloted aircraft story featured on The Spear. The MQ-9 has...
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The Most Challenging Start to a Platoon's Year in Afghanistan
In 2010, Maj. Tyson Walsh was a platoon leader on his first deployment. Just ten days after arriving in Afghanistan, the platoon suffered its...
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Spectre Gunship Overhead
In August 2007, a US Army Special Forces team came under fire while passing through a valley in Afghanistan. The call for support went...
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Support the Ground Force
Just six weeks out of flight school, Jordan Terry was in Afghanistan. On one of his first days flying, he took off on a...
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Hostage Rescue
On October 22, 2015, members of a special operations joint task force deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve were given a mission: rescue...
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Three Missions in Panjwai
This episode features a conversation with Ryan Hendrickson. After almost losing his leg in an IED blast in 2010, he was back in Afghanistan...