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Hosted by Damien O'Connell · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 73 episodes
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Damien O'Connell hosts Controversy & Clarity, a education show with 73 episodes published.
*The challenges of getting Weapons Co, 1/8, to HKIA *Weapons’ initial taskings and missions *The challenges of operating North and East Gates *Operating in support of the LAR company at East Gate *Frustrations working wi
In this episode, we discuss the following topics. *Jon’s experiences as a weapons platoon commander with 3/7 in Afghanistan. *His mindset and training approach for Weapons Company for the 24th MEU workup *Building trust
In this episode, we discuss: *The timeline of major events of the Battle for the Irpin *Three occasions where the Russians nearly won the battle *The role of Ukrainian volunteers and civilians *The role of small unit lea
In this episode, we discuss the following topics. *What a combat engineer platoon does as part of a battalion landing team *What it was like joining BLT 1/8 *Building trust between Everett’s platoon and BLT 1/8 *Everett’
In this episode, we discuss the following topics. *Josh’s joining 1/8 *Differences in morale and culture between units in the 1st and 2nd Marine Divisions *The current culture and unit pride in 1/8 *Recent controversies
In this episode, we discuss the following topics. *Josh’s experiences with squad leaders up to this point in his career *How these leaders influenced him *His experiences going through the reconnaissance training pipelin
In this episode, we discuss the following topics. *Andres’ operational experiences before joining 2/1 *The organization and strength of Weapons Company, 2/1, at the beginning of its deployment with the SP-MAGTF-CR *The c
In this episode, we discuss: *Mr. Smith joining 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Vietnam and assuming command of his platoon *His staff NCOs, especially SSgt Richard Jackson and Gunnery Sergeant Alan Sora, and other Marine
In this episode, we discuss: *Connor's time with Marine Security Forces *Corporals Course *Serving in 1/7 as a squad leader and overcoming the stigma of Security Forces NCOs *The Advanced Infantry Marine Course *Connor’s
In this episode, we discuss: *Matt's decision to join the Marine Corps *His experiences at boot camp and the School of Infantry-East *His experiences with squad leaders up to this point in his career *How well the Marine
In this episode, we discuss: *Col Glantz’s Vietnam service *How his experiences in Vietnam influenced him as a military historian and researcher *What led him to study the Nazi-Soviet War *The Army’s Art of War Symposia
In this episode, we discuss the following topics. *What drew Kendrick to study military innovation *How he defines military innovation *What conventional wisdom says about military innovation *How innovation differs from
Please visit: www.oarfoundation.org In this episode, we discuss the following topics. *Aaron’s thoughts on the two-year anniversary of Copperhead Company’s arrival at HKIA *His experiences as a rifle platoon commander wi
Link to Operation Allies Refuge (OAR) Foundation OAR Foundation’s Instagram handle: OARfoundation Lee’s Instagram handle: Leer_Bow In this episode, we discuss the following topics. *The skills and missions of EOD Marines
Erik's Social Media Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/Erikhistorian Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erikthehistorian LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikvillard/ In this episode, we discuss the following to
In this episode, we discuss: *Hayden’s experiences in 2/10 before joining the 24th MEU *Becoming a battery XO as a second lieutenant *Easy Battery’s experiences with the 24th MEU prior to HKIA *Initial indicators that th
In this episode, we discuss: -What drew Col Reynolds to studying history -The value of history for the military professional -Avoiding traps and pitfalls in studying and using history -Studying at Oxford -German General
In this episode, we discuss: -Tanner getting assigned his squad before deploying with the 24th MEU -What the deployment looked like before heading to HKIA -His reaction to the news that the MEU would deploy to Kabul -His
In this episode, we discuss the following: -Ben’s forthcoming book on modern ground combat -The lack of definitions of the terms “character of war” and “nature of war” -The “debate” on FD 2030 -The supposed massive chang
In this episode, we discuss: *What an infantry battalion operations officer does *How Jordan’s experiences at 2nd LAR, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, and 1/8 influenced how he fought the battalion prior to HKI
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