This is War
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This is War
A raw look at the combat and homecoming experience from American veterans who have been deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. “This Is War” chronicles the trials of combat vets both abroad and at home.
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Introducing - Sword and Scale Nightmares
Introducing Sword and Scale Nightmares! True Crime for Bedtime. Your nightmare begins now...The first three episodes will drop on 3.2.23 at 3:23pm EDT...
45 | Dunning
Justin Dunning wanted to tell the story of guys he cared about who were lost, as many of the people I’ve interviewed for this show have, because he wa...
45 | Sabins
Control often feels like safety. You have a weapon, some buddies and a mission and feel like the only difference between living and dying is execution...
44 | Ardito
For someone who joined the Army specifically to get into combat dealing with an unseen enemy is more than merely frustrating, it can introduce the ins...
43 | Didier
There isn’t one factor that makes combat so transformative. Instead it is a combination of reactions. To external peril and internal aggression, to pe...
42 | McConnell
We often think of endurance in terms of the physical, how much we can do before we’re out of our depth, but things like psychological and emotional en...
41 | Vande Hei
Joining the Marines seemed as unlikely as it seemed natural for Casper Vande Hei. He was a small guy who always had something to prove. The thing is,...
MONSTRUO SEASON II
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40 | Christiana
Sometimes, we want something so desperately that it colors everything we do. Sometimes we even get it. When you get down to it, getting what we want a...
39 | Luetjen
Traversing the distance between what we think we want and what it will take to make us happy is a journey we often don’t know we’re on until it’s near...
38 | Horn
As a student, Dwight Horn felt called to enter the ministry but as a Navy Chaplain, he volunteered to follow the Marines to whom he was ministering in...
37 | Ohrstrom
We all have a little quit in us, it’s the practical voice of doubt, the one that comes up with perfectly acceptable reasons about why it just makes mo...
36 | Hunt
Choices open and close doors to our futures, they both can help define who we are and hold us accountable to the person we want to be. Most important,...
35 | Pettijohn
When you’re responsible to make sure the mission gets accomplished, there’s no greater tool than cool-headedness. For Brandon Pettijohn leading Marine...
34 | Riess
There’s no question that combat changes a person, but the kind of change can be both subtle and far-reaching. You learn to internalize fear, angst and...
33 | Ames
The transition into combat is a difficult one by any standard. No matter how sufficiently trained you are there is no substitute for reality to give y...
32 | Campbell
The endurance that the military teaches can be carried over into civilian life, but it’s tricky. In the military you have to endure because it’s life...
31 | B. Davies
Combat isn’t about glory, it’s about serving the mission and doing what needs to be done to achieve an objective, but there’s still something particul...
30 | Jimenez
Ernie Jimenez joined the military because he saw it as the career opportunity of a lifetime. He joined the Marines because he wanted to fight. As an i...
29 | Higens
Counterintelligence officer Davin Higens talks about his pre- and post-9/11 experience running assets, the difficulties of chasing down bombmakers in...
28 | Cheek
Steven Cheek joined that Marines specifically to train and have that training tested. During the eight years and five combat tours he served as an inf...
27 | Hice
Curtis Hice was one of the thousands of regular enlistees in 2001, people who were joining the military for the pursuit of personal excellence, social...
26 | Moore
From the rescue of Jessica Lynch through the recovery of Extortion 17, Nicholas Moore’s Ranger career was punctuated by historic episodes of valor and...
25 | Graves
Long before he enlisted in the army, Samuel Graves developed a work ethic that separated him from his peers. He approached whatever job he was doing w...
24 | Dang
After his brother was killed in the first battle of Ramadi, Anthony Dang joined the Marines in hope of getting revenge. But, as he found out for himse...
23 | Waage
From leading soldiers in Afghanistan to kicking down doors as part of the Ranger regiment, Erick Waage’s career was marked by violence and close calls...
22 | Davies
It’s possible to kill both without remorse and without malice, but it is impossible to kill without consequence. Even when the consequence is satisfac...
21 | McPadden
Ray McPadden, a newly minted officer, takes command of an infantry platoon for deployment to Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley, where he discovers just ho...
20 | Buzard
Daniel “Doc” Buzard had been a working paramedic long before he deployed in his late 20s, but his first taste of combat medicine opened his eyes to th...
19 | Avalos
When you enlist and take the oath of service, you take the oath by yourself, but not on your own. The oath implicates not only your family and friends...
18 | Satterly Part 2
Tom Satterly fought in the Battle of Mogadishu and ran the “Mogadishu Mile” as part of his first deployment as a Delta soldier. It was the first in a...
17| Satterly Part 1
During one of the most storied firefights in recent U.S. history, nine special forces soldiers held a house in Somalia, guarding one of the Black Hawk...
16 | Jensen
Even when you spend the better part of your adolescence dreaming about warfare, and your teens preparing for it, there still is an unnavigable distanc...
15 | Knapp
Cowardice and recklessness are opposite reactions to the same inclination: putting your wants before the needs of the people you have promised to be f...
14 | Mitalas
The flag-draped coffin is one of the most enduring symbols of war. It is a reminder of the cost and also of the responsibility that young men and wome...
13 | Lyon
Most of the time when we do something, we’re either doing it for us or for someone else, but in the case of our duty, things can get a little less cle...
12 | Baskett
Kristofer Baskett was 19 years old when he arrived in Iraq. He had enlisted in the Navy with his sights on underwater demolition but a little more tha...
11 | Siren
From early on in her training, Vanessa Mahan learned that being an aviator is more than just a test of strength and stamina, it also requires an unrel...
10 | Shelton
When Shane Shelton had to delay his entry into the special forces to go and fight in Afghanistan the only thing that buffered his disappointment was t...