Ep. 180 | Matthew Klein | Army Infantry | NYPD Sketch Artist | Purple Heart

Matt Klein is an Army infantryman and veteran of two deployments to Iraq with 3rd Infantry Division. Matt left the service and began working as a patrol officer for the NYPD before moving to the NYPD Detective Bureau as a sketch artist.Support the podcastpatreon.com/formeractionguys jcramergraphics.com ANGLICOshop.comMatt's Links https://www.instagram.com/mattrendar/https://www.etsy.com/shop/BattleTribe00:00:00 Intro / Military Family00:05:35 Army Infantry Training 00:09:57 Bradley Fighting Vehicle00:12:05 First IED00:19:30 3d Infantry Division | Iraq 200500:22:31 First Day in Iraq00:29:23 Specialist Brangman is KIA00:33:39 Taming a City00:40:34 Time for Claymores00:45:48 12-Month Deployments00:50:31 Two Different Wars00:55:10 Stepping on an IED01:01:11 Meeting the IED Trigger Man01:07:26 Different Types of IEDs01:15:20 From Army Infantry to NYPD Patrol Officer01:20:08 Life as an NYPD Police Officer01:28:03 Becoming an NYPD Sketch Artist01:31:32 Sitting Down With Victims01:34:50 Being in NYC on 9/11