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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In this episode of The Spear, John Amble talks to MWI’s own Maj. Jake Miraldi about the...
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In this episode of the Modern War Institute Podcast, retired US Army Col. Steve Banach joins to...
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On September 11, 2001, Joseph Pfeifer was a battalion chief in the FDNY. That morning, called to a...
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Last summer, three years after ISIS fighters stormed Mosul and took control of the city,...
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In 2003, Maj. John Spencer was a platoon leader deployed to Iraq with the 173rd Airborne Brigade....
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