Podcast: The Spear – Desert Storm Air Assault
On August 1, 1990, Col. Bill Ostlund was a lieutenant arriving at his first unit as an Army...
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Podcast: The Spear – Apaches on Station
In this episode of The Spear, MWI editorial director John Amble talks to Dan McClinton, a retired...
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Podcast: The Spear – The Battle of Barg-e Matal
In this episode of The Spear, John Amble talks to MWI’s own Maj. Jake Miraldi about the...
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Podcast: The Spear – A 2003 Helicopter Mission Deep into Iraq
In this episode of The Spear, MWI Deputy Director Maj. John Spencer speaks to Col. Phil Ryan, the...
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Podcast: The Spear – The First Firefighters at the World Trade Center on 9/11
On September 11, 2001, Joseph Pfeifer was a battalion chief in the FDNY. That morning, called to a...
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Podcast: The Spear – Return Fire and Assault the Objective
In 2003, Maj. John Spencer was a platoon leader deployed to Iraq with the 173rd Airborne Brigade....
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Podcast: The Spear – Face to Face with a Suicide Bomber
Editor’s note: We originally released this episode of The Spear last year. Be sure to...
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Podcast: The Spear – Surviving a Katyusha Rocket Attack
In 2007, Tony Luberto was a first lieutenant and the maintenance platoon leader for his battalion,...
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