EPISODE · Aug 9, 2019 · 26 MIN
Reacting to an Ambush in Baghdad
from The Spear · host Modern War Institute at West Point
In 2008, Maj. Emily Spencer was an EOD platoon leader in Iraq. In April, she and one of her teams accompanied a route clearance patrol that was planned to approach Sadr City, a notorious safe haven for militants. As the reached the edge of the dangerous neighborhood, IEDs began detonating and they began taking fire. Listen to Maj. Spencer talk through the fight.
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