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We capture the story from MAP 1's Yancy Harris to trade Ramadi 2004 memories that swing from terrifying to absurd in the span of a sentence. A lot of the conversation centers on how routine danger shapes a unit’s nerves. It's RPG paranoia, the weird routines that kept him going, and what it feels like to come home and the long memories of deployment. 

• a mistaken RPG attack that ends in a weapons cache find 
• the “RPG truck”
• “Pistol Pete” and the one-shot Beretta
• CQB training, confidence in training 
• hooch life culture 
• the Humvee flipped in filthy water, and the scramble to keep everyone safe 
• cordons, bug hunts, and the split-second confusion
• bridge duty mishaps, losing gear, and learning the hard way 
• coming home, driving in civilian traffic, and applying lessons through tactical fitness and security drills 

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