EPISODE · Feb 14, 2023 · 1H 49M
Ep. 179 | Clay Nygard | ANGLICO Marine, Artillery Officer, JTAC
from Former Action Guys Podcast · host Justin Cramer
Clay Nygard is a United States Marine Corps artillery officer that served with 1st ANGLICO and 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment in Afghanistan. Nygard's ANGLICO team was attacked on two separate occasions by SVIBIEDs during their deployment with the Georgian military.Support the showpatreon.com/formeractionguysjcramergraphics.comANGLICOshop.comClay's websiteknockitoffdesigns.com00:00:00 Intro00:03:14 OCS 3 Times00:12:44 Manual Gunnery vs Digital00:16:27 Using M198, M777, and M119 Artillery00:19:12 M777s in Ukraine | Capabilities00:28:04 1/5 in Sangin 201100:34:12 Casualties in Sangin00:38:21 Last Advisor Team in Sangin00:41:29 Playing Chess with the Enemy00:43:08 An Artillery Officer in Afghanistan00:45:32 Strike Approval00:52:15 Those Guys Were Definitely Dead00:58:20 0861 Shot Himself in the Foot01:01:30 Civilian Casualty01:09:58 Post Deployment Jitters01:12:27 Orders to 1st ANGLICO01:16:56 First Live CAS Shoot as a JTAC01:21:23 Georgian Military Advisor Deployment01:23:30 Booby-Trapped Radio01:26:10 First Car Bomb Attack01:32:15 Second Car Bomb Attack01:36:53 Priorities01:42:00 Shooting Down Balloons
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Clay Nygard is a United States Marine Corps artillery officer that served with 1st ANGLICO and 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment in Afghanistan. Nygard's ANGLICO team was attacked on two separate occasions by SVIBIEDs during their deployment with the Georgian military.Support the showpatreon.com/formeractionguysjcramergraphics.comANGLICOshop.comClay's websiteknockitoffdesigns.com00:00:00 Intro00:03:14 OCS 3 Times00:12:44 Manual Gunnery vs Digital00:16:27 Using M198, M777, and M119 Artillery00:19:12 M777s in Ukraine | Capabilities00:28:04 1/5 in Sangin 201100:34:12 Casualties in Sangin00:38:21 Last Advisor Team in Sangin00:41:29 Playing Chess with the Enemy00:43:08 An Artillery Officer in Afghanistan00:45:32 Strike Approval00:52:15 Those Guys Were Definitely Dead00:58:20 0861 Shot Himself in the Foot01:01:30 Civilian Casualty01:09:58 Post Deployment Jitters01:12:27 Orders to 1st ANGLICO01:16:56 First Live CAS Shoot as a JTAC01:21:23 Georgian Military Advisor Deployment01:23:30 Booby-Trapped Radio01:26:10 First Car Bomb Attack01:32:15 Second Car Bomb Attack01:36:53 Priorities01:42:00 Shooting Down Balloons
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Ep. 179 | Clay Nygard | ANGLICO Marine, Artillery Officer, JTAC
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