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The Spear — 220 episodes

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Title
1

The Crucible of Innovation in the Indo-Pacific

2

Observer, Coach, Trainer at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center

3

Commanding a Multi-Domain Effects Battalion in the Indo-Pacific

4

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

5

The Ranger Regiment's Fighting Platoon Sergeant

6

Staying Alive in Iraq and Afghanistan

7

Ranger Missions in Iraq and Afghanistan

8

Combat Interpreter in Iraq

9

Route Clearance and Counterbattery in Iraq

10

Combat Surgery in Afghanistan

11

Recovering a Downed Marine in Afghanistan

12

Ranger Regiment J1 in Afghanistan

13

Danger in Mosul

14

The Battle of Barawala Kalay

15

A Marine Platoon in Anbar Province

16

Escort Mission Over Anbar

17

Forward Air Controller in Ramadi

18

Air Force PJs at War

19

Easter Offensive, 1972

20

Surprise on the Kunar River

21

Rescue Mission in Kunar

22

Navy Cross in Iraq

23

The MQ-9 Reaper in Combat

24

Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Power of "Yet"

25

Green Beret, Silver Star

26

Last Soldier in Afghanistan

27

Valor in Sadr City

28

The A-10 At War

29

A Fight Inside the Wire

30

Leadership in the Ranger Regiment and 4ID

31

Military Cross in Afghanistan

32

Emergency Deployment with the Ranger Regiment

33

Combat in a Technological War

34

A Helicopter and an IED

35

Sniper Fire in Baghdad

36

One Day in Panjwai District

37

No-Fly Zone

38

Sadr City's Three-Block War

39

Five Days in Paktia

40

Apaches in Action

41

Rescue in an Afghan Valley

42

A Black Hawk in a Firefight

43

Kiowas in Action

44

Spectre in the Sky

45

Ambush in Uruzgan

46

A Lieutenant's Dilemma in Kosovo

47

The Bridge on the Saddam Canal

48

Three Missions in Panjwai District

49

A Lieutenant's Dilemma

50

Moral Courage

51

Surprise Ambush in Nuristan

52

Objective Reindeer

53

MQ-9 Reaper in Eastern Afghanistan

54

In the Skies above Anbar

55

Paktika's Ambush Alley

56

Apaches Adapting Under Fire

57

SEALs in Iraq

58

Across the Fence

59

An Information War with Guns

60

The Leader and the Damage Done

61

Leading with Love

62

History of the World War (Part II)

63

Smiling When It Sucks

64

Calling in Close Air Support

65

When the Wall Fell

66

Battle of Barawala Kalay Valley

67

Last Man Out

68

War on the Home Front

69

A Chaplain in Ukraine's Trenches

70

Bringing the Patriot to Iraq

71

Die Going Forward

72

A Medal of Honor Recipient's Origin Story

73

The Strategic Lieutenant

74

That Others May Live

75

The End of the War

76

Company Command in Babil

77

Saving the Interpreter

78

Advising in El Salvador

79

Enemy Inside the FOB

80

A Bad Day in the Arizona Territory

81

On the Banks of the Kunar River

82

Walking the Beat in Baghdad

83

Black Hawk Into The Fight

84

MPs in Baghdad

85

Reflections on Being First In

86

Patrolling the Seam

87

Joint SOF in Name Only

88

Marine Platoon in Baghdad

89

A Machine Gunner on the March Up

90

Platoon Leader in Vietnam

91

Spectre in the Air

92

Attack at Hiep Hoa

93

Leaving Afghanistan

94

Taking the Wrong Trail

95

SAM Killer Above the No-Fly Zone

96

Dilemma on Route Mariners

97

Training Civilians for War in Ukraine

98

Armor in Ramadi, Part 2

99

Armor in Ramadi, Part 1

100

The Fighting XO

101

A Machine Gunner's Wound

102

Preparing to Evade

103

Ambushed in Baghdad

104

Fire in the Skies Over Baghdad

105

Incoming!

106

Shot in Baghdad

107

Mosul Gets Hot, Part 2

108

Mosul Gets Hot, Part 1

109

A Horse Soldier Reflects

110

The Decision-Making Crucible of Combat

111

Ambush in a Restive Valley

112

Battle for the Mosque

113

Ambushed Ambushers

114

Drone Strike in Kunar

115

The Three-Block War in Sadr City

116

Finding Balance

117

Baghdad, 2003

118

In the Air over Anbar

119

Reconnaissance Mission Compromised

120

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

121

A UH-60 in a Firefight

122

Neutralize the Threat

123

The First Living Medal of Honor Recipient Since Vietnam

124

Thirty Seconds on the Ground

125

Get the Puma in the Air

126

Ambush Alley

127

Apaches into the Fight

128

A Sniper Section's Fight in Ghazni

129

Coming in Low

130

Combat in the Kunar River Valley

131

The Reaper in Combat

132

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

133

Spectre Gunship Overhead

134

Support the Ground Force

135

Hostage Rescue

136

Three Missions in Panjwai

137

Chasing Ghosts

138

An Infantry Company at War

139

A Platoon's Fight in Paktia Province

140

Command and Control

141

Calling in the Fast Movers

142

A Tough Fight in the Saw Valley

143

Rescue on an Afghan Mountainside

144

Taliban Assault at Wanat

145

The Fight for Barawala Kalay

146

Flying and Landing a Busted, Shot-Up Plane

147

One Day in Panjwai

148

Tip of the Spear in the Ebola Response

149

Two Wars in Iraq

150

A Direct Hit from a Devastating New Weapon

151

Combat, Recovery, and Resilience

152

The Largest Air Assault in History

153

Contact, Contact, Contact!

154

Fighting With a Broken Gun

155

A Kiowa Pilot's IED Story

156

Operation Strong Eagle III

157

Hand-to-Hand Combat

158

Protect the Ground Force

159

A Medic in Combat

160

Remembering the Battle of Mogadishu, Part Two

161

Remembering the Battle of Mogadishu, Part One

162

"All Hell Broke Loose"

163

Apaches over Mosul

164

Special Forces on Patrol

165

Reacting to an Ambush in Baghdad

166

A Taliban Ambush in Helmand

167

A Marine Platoon's War in Anbar

168

Delivering Aid in the Middle of a War

169

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

170

Apaches Overhead in Baghdad

171

The Second Battle of Fallujah

172

A Helicopter Mission During the Invasion of Iraq

173

Drafted Twice: From the NFL to Vietnam and Back

174

A Medal of Honor Recipient's Story

175

Never Leave a Fallen Comrade

176

Nerve Agent Attack in Britain

177

Kiowas in the Pech River Valley

178

Katyusha Rockets Inbound

179

First Into Afghanistan

180

The Fight that Earned a Platoon Leader the Silver Star

181

The Battle of Mogadishu, Part Two

182

The Battle of Mogadishu, Part One

183

Surviving a Direct Hit

184

Split-Second Decision

185

The First IRAM Attack in Iraq

186

An Infantry Company's War in Afghanistan

187

Combat Outpost Keating

188

A Platoon Leader's First Combat Missions

189

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

190

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

191

A Green-on-Blue Attack in Nangarhar

192

The Battle of Wanat

193

An Ambush in Musa Qala

194

Under Fire, from Iraq to Afghanistan

195

A Marine Platoon in Anbar

196

Crossing the Berm in 2003

197

The Free Burma Rangers in Iraq

198

Desert Storm Air Assault

199

Apaches on Station

200

The Battle of Barg-e Matal

201

A 2003 Helicopter Mission Deep into Iraq

202

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

203

Return Fire and Assault the Objective

204

Face to Face with a Suicide Bomber

205

Surviving a Katyusha Rocket Attack

206

A Firefight on the Edge of Sadr City

207

The "Lob Bomb" Attack on COP Callahan

208

The Battle of COP Keating

209

An Incoming Grenade and a Split-Second Decision

210

Green on Blue

211

The First Special Forces Teams into Afghanistan

212

Fighting Inside Grenade Range

213

An EFP Strike and Recovery from the Wounds of War

214

In the Pentagon on 9/11

215

Operation Blowfish

216

Face to Face with a Suicide Bomber

217

Combat Stories from the Invasion of Iraq

218

An Insider Attack in Afghanistan

219

A Firefight on the Edge of Sadr City

220

The Battle of Barg-e Matal