This episode is to commemorate the 30 Year Anniversary of the first Gulf War, Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.   

Rick Hogg and Mark Kelley served in the same Platoon and they detail their involvement in the conflict, providing insight into what the grunts of the 1st BN 505th PIR, 82nd Airborne got up to.  This was a full-scale conventional war between a brutal dictator, his Army and the World. The War started with a 41-day bombing campaign, over 250,000 coalition soldiers were involved with enemy losses between 30,000 and 50,000 troops.   

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Maj (retired) Heston Russel served with 2nd Commando Regiment in the Australian Army. He started his career as a Platoon Commander with 2 RAR before completing Special Forces selection and joining his Commando unit. Heston deployed on multiple combat deployments to Afghanistan and the middle east where he served in a multitude of senior command roles.   

He now runs 'Voice of a Veteran', an organisation supporting contemporary veterans issues such as mental health awareness and other societal stigmas. He hopes to highlight how veterans are extremely valuable members of their community through positive outreach.   

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Check the Voice of a Veteran website at www.voiceofaveteran.org

Robert ' Bobby" Colliton served with the US Army, in various units before finding his home with the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Bobby was involved in one of the largest combat jumps, since World War 2, into Northern Iraq in 2003, capturing an airfield and securing large swathes of the country utilising mobility platforms. He deployed to Afghanistan in 2005 as a Rifle Squad Leader before leaving the Army to pursue a new career in the USAF as a SERE Specialist working with AF Rescue and Personel Recovery during further deployments to Afghanistan.  

 He now runs a Non-profit for Veteran Suicide prevention.  It focuses on bringing veterans back into a team environment by giving them a mission to focus on again. Skate for the 22 use the sport of Ice Hockey to provide the team-based environment.   

Details of the Non-Profit are available via the link below. https://skateforthe22.org/

Sean 'Buck' Rogers is a former 18B, Weapons Sergeant, from the US Army's Special Forces Green Berets. He served with 10th group and deployed to Afghanistan working with host nation Commandos in the fight against Daesh (ISIS). He now spends his time running a YouTube channel called, FNG Academy helping guys get selected for special operations. He is the author of Rising Above, launching in February 2021.  

 Checkout is YOUTUBE Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/FNGACADEMY 

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Jonny Mortimer-Hendry is a retired Captain from the British Army. He served with the 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment as a Platoon Commander, deploying to Afghanistan on Herrick XIII in 2010. He moved to UK SFSG [1 PARA] on promotion to Captain and returned back to Afghanistan with his new unit. He spent a brief period of time with 3 PARA as OC Mortor Pl before leaving the army to pursue other ventures.  

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Jonny is a proud advocate of BMF https://www.bemilitaryfit.com/ 

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Neville Johnson served with the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, British Army. Born and raised in South Africa, he joined the British Army in the early 2000s deploying multiple times throughout his service, to include Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan. He is a published poet and his piece on Sangin is featured in the episode intro.   

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.Jack Marshman served with the 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment with the British Army for close to 12 years. He deployed to KAF, Afghanistan in 2008 and Helmand Province in 2010 but most of his career he spent representing the Army in Boxing and fighting professionally as in MMA. He now fights in the UFC at middleweight and is a former Cage Warriors and BAMMA Champion   

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Episode 030 is with retired Sgt Jared Prewitt from the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, United States Marine Corps. Jared served as a squad leader whilst deployed to Garmsir, Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2008. He talks about the dumpster-fire that is rural Afghanistan and details the USMC push into that part of the country.   

This is part 2 of his story where we talk about his deployment to Afghanistan. Go back and listen to episode 030 to hear about his first deployment, to Iraq.    

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Buy his Book Deathwalkers 'The Book" by contacting him directly.

Episode 030 is with retired Sgt Jared Prewitt from the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, United States Marine Corps. Jared served as a squad leader whilst deployed to Garmsir, Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2008. He talks about the dumpster-fire that is rural Afghanistan and details the USMC push into that part of the country.   This is part 2 of his story where we talk about his deployment to Afghanistan. 

Go back and listen to episode 030 to hear about his first deployment, to Iraq.    

Follow Jared in INSTAGRAM @deathwalkermarines 

Follow the Podcast @leadwasps  

Buy his Book Deathwalkers 'The Book" by contacting him directly.

Episode 029 is with retired Sgt Jared Prewitt from the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, United States Marine Corps. Jared served as a designated marksman (DM) whilst deployed to Ramadi, Iraq in 2006. He was involved in a number of significant events on that deployment.  

This is part one of his story where we talk about his time joining the USMC and his first deployment, to Iraq. Follow along for Part 2 in the next episode for his Deployment to Garmsir, Afghanistan and his post-deployment struggles.  

 Follow Jared in INSTAGRAM @deathwalkermarines 

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Buy his Book Deathwalkers 'The Book" by contacting him directly.