Podcast: The Spear – MPs in Baghdad
In 2003, just months after graduating from West Point, Misty Cantwell was a military police...
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Timothy Heck | 09.28.22 | The Spear
In 2003, just months after graduating from West Point, Misty Cantwell was a military police...
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