Christian Holloway was just a mild mannered, all-American, belt-fed marine, right up until he found himself being deployed as infantry to the second battle of Fallujah. It was far from the only time he'd find himself in a tough spot - Christian's got more than one story of close calls, stray squirters, and unexploded rocket-propelled grenades courtesy of Saddam's best and brightest.

Eventually his experiences led him to becoming one of the earliest members of MARSOC, the Marine Special Operations Command that's now known as the Marine Raiders, where he found even more action from an entirely different side of the globe. That's why he's sitting down today to tell us all about it.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:05 - Why Are We Here?
10:08 - David Goggins Can't Hurt Me
17:03 - I Wanted to Fly Planes
23:33 - In Country, Out of Options
37:27 - The Craziest Gunfight I Got Into
47:52 - Everybody's Got a Plan Until First Contact
01:02:45 - They Weren't Pulling Pins
01:14:08 - Searching Bodies for Intel
01:22:47 - Post-Deployment Leave
01:28:32 - Second Deployment
01:47:49 - IED Developments

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