Podcast: The Spear – Moral Courage
Combat deployments are often replete with examples of physical courage. The Spear has been a...
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Timothy Heck | 01.17.24 | The Spear
Combat deployments are often replete with examples of physical courage. The Spear has been a...
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In 2008, Major Corey Faison was a scout platoon leader at the remote Combat Outpost Lowell,...
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In the dark skies over western Iraq one night in June 2003, US military aircraft from the 160th...
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This episode of The Spear features a story from US Air Force Major Joe “TBar” Ritter. A remotely...
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In 2007, Marines in western Iraq began actively patrolling areas near the Syrian border in an...
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