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The Spear — 217 episodes

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1

Long-Range Precision Fires and the Fight for the First Island Chain

2

The Ranger Regiment's Fighting Platoon Sergeant

3

Staying Alive in Iraq and Afghanistan

4

Ranger Missions in Iraq and Afghanistan

5

Combat Interpreter in Iraq

6

Route Clearance and Counterbattery in Iraq

7

Combat Surgery in Afghanistan

8

Recovering a Downed Marine in Afghanistan

9

Ranger Regiment J1 in Afghanistan

10

Danger in Mosul

11

The Battle of Barawala Kalay

12

A Marine Platoon in Anbar Province

13

Escort Mission Over Anbar

14

Forward Air Controller in Ramadi

15

Air Force PJs at War

16

Easter Offensive, 1972

17

Surprise on the Kunar River

18

Rescue Mission in Kunar

19

Navy Cross in Iraq

20

The MQ-9 Reaper in Combat

21

Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Power of "Yet"

22

Green Beret, Silver Star

23

Last Soldier in Afghanistan

24

Valor in Sadr City

25

The A-10 At War

26

A Fight Inside the Wire

27

Leadership in the Ranger Regiment and 4ID

28

Military Cross in Afghanistan

29

Emergency Deployment with the Ranger Regiment

30

Combat in a Technological War

31

A Helicopter and an IED

32

Sniper Fire in Baghdad

33

One Day in Panjwai District

34

No-Fly Zone

35

Sadr City's Three-Block War

36

Five Days in Paktia

37

Apaches in Action

38

Rescue in an Afghan Valley

39

A Black Hawk in a Firefight

40

Kiowas in Action

41

Spectre in the Sky

42

Ambush in Uruzgan

43

A Lieutenant's Dilemma in Kosovo

44

The Bridge on the Saddam Canal

45

Three Missions in Panjwai District

46

A Lieutenant's Dilemma

47

Moral Courage

48

Surprise Ambush in Nuristan

49

Objective Reindeer

50

MQ-9 Reaper in Eastern Afghanistan

51

In the Skies above Anbar

52

Paktika's Ambush Alley

53

Apaches Adapting Under Fire

54

SEALs in Iraq

55

Across the Fence

56

An Information War with Guns

57

The Leader and the Damage Done

58

Leading with Love

59

History of the World War (Part II)

60

Smiling When It Sucks

61

Calling in Close Air Support

62

When the Wall Fell

63

Battle of Barawala Kalay Valley

64

Last Man Out

65

War on the Home Front

66

A Chaplain in Ukraine's Trenches

67

Bringing the Patriot to Iraq

68

Die Going Forward

69

A Medal of Honor Recipient's Origin Story

70

The Strategic Lieutenant

71

That Others May Live

72

The End of the War

73

Company Command in Babil

74

Saving the Interpreter

75

Advising in El Salvador

76

Enemy Inside the FOB

77

A Bad Day in the Arizona Territory

78

On the Banks of the Kunar River

79

Walking the Beat in Baghdad

80

Black Hawk Into The Fight

81

MPs in Baghdad

82

Reflections on Being First In

83

Patrolling the Seam

84

Joint SOF in Name Only

85

Marine Platoon in Baghdad

86

A Machine Gunner on the March Up

87

Platoon Leader in Vietnam

88

Spectre in the Air

89

Attack at Hiep Hoa

90

Leaving Afghanistan

91

Taking the Wrong Trail

92

SAM Killer Above the No-Fly Zone

93

Dilemma on Route Mariners

94

Training Civilians for War in Ukraine

95

Armor in Ramadi, Part 2

96

Armor in Ramadi, Part 1

97

The Fighting XO

98

A Machine Gunner's Wound

99

Preparing to Evade

100

Ambushed in Baghdad

101

Fire in the Skies Over Baghdad

102

Incoming!

103

Shot in Baghdad

104

Mosul Gets Hot, Part 2

105

Mosul Gets Hot, Part 1

106

A Horse Soldier Reflects

107

The Decision-Making Crucible of Combat

108

Ambush in a Restive Valley

109

Battle for the Mosque

110

Ambushed Ambushers

111

Drone Strike in Kunar

112

The Three-Block War in Sadr City

113

Finding Balance

114

Baghdad, 2003

115

In the Air over Anbar

116

Reconnaissance Mission Compromised

117

Hand-to-Hand Combat, When It's Least Expected

118

A UH-60 in a Firefight

119

Neutralize the Threat

120

The First Living Medal of Honor Recipient Since Vietnam

121

Thirty Seconds on the Ground

122

Get the Puma in the Air

123

Ambush Alley

124

Apaches into the Fight

125

A Sniper Section's Fight in Ghazni

126

Coming in Low

127

Combat in the Kunar River Valley

128

The Reaper in Combat

129

The Most Challenging Start to a Platoon's Year in Afghanistan

130

Spectre Gunship Overhead

131

Support the Ground Force

132

Hostage Rescue

133

Three Missions in Panjwai

134

Chasing Ghosts

135

An Infantry Company at War

136

A Platoon's Fight in Paktia Province

137

Command and Control

138

Calling in the Fast Movers

139

A Tough Fight in the Saw Valley

140

Rescue on an Afghan Mountainside

141

Taliban Assault at Wanat

142

The Fight for Barawala Kalay

143

Flying and Landing a Busted, Shot-Up Plane

144

One Day in Panjwai

145

Tip of the Spear in the Ebola Response

146

Two Wars in Iraq

147

A Direct Hit from a Devastating New Weapon

148

Combat, Recovery, and Resilience

149

The Largest Air Assault in History

150

Contact, Contact, Contact!

151

Fighting With a Broken Gun

152

A Kiowa Pilot's IED Story

153

Operation Strong Eagle III

154

Hand-to-Hand Combat

155

Protect the Ground Force

156

A Medic in Combat

157

Remembering the Battle of Mogadishu, Part Two

158

Remembering the Battle of Mogadishu, Part One

159

"All Hell Broke Loose"

160

Apaches over Mosul

161

Special Forces on Patrol

162

Reacting to an Ambush in Baghdad

163

A Taliban Ambush in Helmand

164

A Marine Platoon's War in Anbar

165

Delivering Aid in the Middle of a War

166

By, With, and Through: Inside the Battle for Mosul

167

Apaches Overhead in Baghdad

168

The Second Battle of Fallujah

169

A Helicopter Mission During the Invasion of Iraq

170

Drafted Twice: From the NFL to Vietnam and Back

171

A Medal of Honor Recipient's Story

172

Never Leave a Fallen Comrade

173

Nerve Agent Attack in Britain

174

Kiowas in the Pech River Valley

175

Katyusha Rockets Inbound

176

First Into Afghanistan

177

The Fight that Earned a Platoon Leader the Silver Star

178

The Battle of Mogadishu, Part Two

179

The Battle of Mogadishu, Part One

180

Surviving a Direct Hit

181

Split-Second Decision

182

The First IRAM Attack in Iraq

183

An Infantry Company's War in Afghanistan

184

Combat Outpost Keating

185

A Platoon Leader's First Combat Missions

186

Surviving an IED Blast, then Returning to War, Part 2

187

Surviving an IED Blast, then Returning to War, Part 1

188

A Green-on-Blue Attack in Nangarhar

189

The Battle of Wanat

190

An Ambush in Musa Qala

191

Under Fire, from Iraq to Afghanistan

192

A Marine Platoon in Anbar

193

Crossing the Berm in 2003

194

The Free Burma Rangers in Iraq

195

Desert Storm Air Assault

196

Apaches on Station

197

The Battle of Barg-e Matal

198

A 2003 Helicopter Mission Deep into Iraq

199

The First Firefighters at the World Trade Center on 9/11

200

Return Fire and Assault the Objective

201

Face to Face with a Suicide Bomber

202

Surviving a Katyusha Rocket Attack

203

A Firefight on the Edge of Sadr City

204

The "Lob Bomb" Attack on COP Callahan

205

The Battle of COP Keating

206

An Incoming Grenade and a Split-Second Decision

207

Green on Blue

208

The First Special Forces Teams into Afghanistan

209

Fighting Inside Grenade Range

210

An EFP Strike and Recovery from the Wounds of War

211

In the Pentagon on 9/11

212

Operation Blowfish

213

Face to Face with a Suicide Bomber

214

Combat Stories from the Invasion of Iraq

215

An Insider Attack in Afghanistan

216

A Firefight on the Edge of Sadr City

217

The Battle of Barg-e Matal