173: Listener Q&A - Viet Cong Weapons, Equipment Left In Afghanistan, Air Assault School & Combat Rotations
Today's episode has Sayre and I diving into a handful of questions we received via Instagram, TikTok, or through the Discord server. Quite a few that we didn't get to today so we'll be back to get in...
4 Des 202145min
172: MG (Ret) John Raaen Part II - First Hand Accounts From a Ranger at Normandy, Brest, and the Battle of the Bulge
Sayre and I are honored to be joined again by MG (Ret) John Raaen. MG Raaen graduated from West Point in the January class of 1943 as an engineer. Before long he volunteered for the Rangers and beca...
26 Nov 20212h 19min
171: Peter Cozzens "Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation"
Sayre and Preston are joined today by author Peter Cozzens to talk about his most recent book, "Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation". Peter Cozzens is the international-...
22 Nov 20211h 11min
170: MG (Ret) John Raaen - From West Point to Omaha Beach with the Rangers
Sayre and I are honored to be joined by MG (Ret) John Raaen. MG Raaen graduated from West Point in the January class of 1943 as an engineer. Before long he volunteered for the Rangers and became a c...
18 Nov 20212h 6min
169: Only Time Will Tell - Generation Kill 7
We're back today to discuss episode seven of Generation Kill (The Bomb in the Garden). This wraps up our discussion of this series on the invasion of Iraq in 2003. We get into the challenges of leade...
16 Nov 202140min
168: Baghdad to Kandahar - Army veteran Garth Landis
What better way to kick off Veteran's Day than to catch up with an old buddy. Garth Landis was in basic training on 9/11, finding out from his drill sergeants that he was now in an Army at war. He t...
11 Nov 20211h 12min
167: Ron Hudnell and the WWII Rangers
We're joined today by Ron Hudnell, who after graduating from West Point in 1969 completed Ranger School and went through Special Forces training before heading to Vietnam. Ron's father, James Hudnell...
6 Nov 20211h 2min
166: The Mission & The Men - Generation Kill Episode 6
Talking through episode six (Stay Frosty) of Generation Kill, Sayre and I get into the conversation around the men versus the mission. Col Joe Dowdy's removal from command of the 1st Marine Regiment ...
4 Nov 202149min
