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Ep. 054 | LtCol David Armstrong | Marine Artillery Officer and JTAC Jun 08, 2020

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LtCol David Armstrong is on the podcast with us this week. David is a former Marine artillery officer whose career took many interesting turns over the years.
Armstrong was at Ft. Sill during planning for the Gulf War and missed out on deploying because of how quick the war ended. He eventually got what he asked for and was sent to Somalia as an attachment from 11th Marines and was able to conduct fire missions and control air assets during multiple engagements.
Armstrong also served with 1st ANGLICO and goes into details about his time with the unit and some of the different professionals he worked with. We also discuss different ANGLICO missions, jump training and moving the unit from Del Mar to its current location in the Las Flores area aboard Camp Pendleton.
Finally, Armstrong covers the Marine Heritage Foundation and the different projects they are funding for the Marine Corps Museum. He discusses individual exhibits and some future plans for the museum.
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Ep. 053 | Sgt Sean O'Brien | Marine Fire Support Man and OEF Veteran Jun 04, 2020

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Sgt Sean O'Brien is a former Fire Support Marine that served with 1st and 5th Battalions from 10th Marine Regiment, 1st Battalion 6th Marine Regiment during Operation Enduring Freedom and 1st ANGLICO. O'Brien left the Marine Corps in 2017 and is now an over-the-road trucker.
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Ep. 052 | Alex Anninos | Field Artillery May 31, 2020

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Alex is back on the show and we discuss some of his most memorable fire missions from Syria, how his transition has been during the COVID-19 pandemic, protests and riots taking place across the country, and much more. Great conversation as always and make sure to check out Ep. 040 for Alex's full military history.
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Ep. 051 | HM2 Tyler Fogg | US Navy Corpsman and SERE Instructor May 28, 2020

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HM2 Tyler Fogg is a US Navy Corpsman that I worked with at 1st ANGLICO and has had some interesting billets during his ongoing career.
Prior to being assigned to 1st ANGLICO, Fogg worked with the US Customs and Border Patrol on the southern border and was involved in emplacing sensors to monitor human and drug trafficking as well as assisting in the apprehension of illegal immigrants, human traffickers and drug mules.
Following that assignment, Fogg had the opportunity to train at the Navy Trauma Training Center in Los Angeles. This training program allows military medical personnel to work in one of the busiest trauma centers in the country and get hands-on experience with gunshot, stab, and other types of traumatic injuries. This allows military members to get vital hands-on experience prior to deploying downrange.
Fogg also attended the west coast Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) course and used that experience to help sway him to become an east coast SERE instructor. Although the actual courseware is classified, Fogg gives some insight into how the school is conducted and what prospective students can do to be successful.
Overall, another great interview that was not only entertaining but informative as well.
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Ep. 050 | Michael Farrell & Tracy Offutt May 21, 2020

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I'm joined again by my friends and fellow Marines Tracy Offutt and Michael Farrell. Check out their previous interviews as well.
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Ep. 049 | Matthew Moyer | Marine Fire Support Man May 18, 2020

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Sgt Matthew Moyer is a Marine Corps Fire Support Man that served with 2nd ANGLICO and 5th Battalion 10th Marine Regiment during his shortened Marine Corps career. A veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Moyer was medically retired after sustaining a severe non-combat related back injury in Afghanistan.
For his first duty station, Moyer, was assigned to 2nd ANGLICO as they prepared for their 2006 deployment to Iraq. During that deployment, Moyer's Support Arms Liaison Team (SALT) worked out of Habbaniya before being moved to Ramadi to reinforce American's in the tumultuous city.
Moyer returned to Iraq with 2nd ANGLICO and then was assigned to 5th Battalion 10th Marine Regiment after returning. From there, he deployed to Camp Leatherneck as a member of the Brigade Combat Team fire support section.
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Ep. 048 | Christopher Harper | Recon Marine May 04, 2020

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Christopher Harper is attending Auburn University under the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program (MECEP) but previously served with 1st and 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, MARSOC, and 2nd Maintenance Battalion.
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Ep. 047 | Maj Grant Mauritzson | Marine Corps AV-8B Pilot and WTI Apr 27, 2020

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Maj Grant "Emilio" Mauritzson was a United States Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier pilot that served with VMFA-211 and VMFA-311. He is an Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Inherent Resolve veteran and we worked together while deployed with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
Emilio gives a good breakdown of how a flight contract Marine may progress through flight school and what was perceived to be the more difficult events. We talk through the different steps in training that he undertook prior to his first deployment to Afghanistan. We also discuss the difficulties of working within certain ROEs during that timeframe and what it meant for guy on the ground.
Sprinkled throughout is our unsolicited advice for how the Marine Corps could better employ their personnel and what impacts it could have on the service. Overall, a great podcast with a ton of useful information. We're gonna have to schedule a follow-up in the near future to dig deeper into some of the topics we brought up.
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Ep. 046 | Joshua Gage | MARSOC JTAC and Fire Support Man Apr 20, 2020

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GySgt Joshua Gage is a Marine Corps JTAC and Fire Support Man currently serving with 2nd Marine Division. Prior to that, Gage was Special Operations Capabilities Specialist (SOCS) at Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC). He served with MARSOC for five years as a team JTAC for multiple Marine Special Operations Teams (MSOT) during three deployments.
He also completed two deployments to Afghanistan with 2nd Battalion 6th Marine Regiment. His first deployment with 2/6 was in the newly cleared Marjah District in 2010. Following that deployment, Gage attended TACP school and was immediately given orders back to 2/6 for their upcoming deployment to Nawa.
During the podcast, we discuss how Gage operated as a Fire Support Man and JTAC with the different units he was assigned to. We also have a great discussion concerning mental health and the inaction by those most affected.
Like me, Gage is a motorhead so we talk about his new Indian motorcycle and he compares how it rides to his Harley Davidson Dyna. In addition to talking about his motorcycles and the club he is involved in, we go over the work he had done to his Scion FR-S while he still owned it.
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Ep. 045 | Quentin Brown and Levi Slife | Firefighters and former Marine JTACs Apr 16, 2020

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Quentin Brown and Levi Slife were both fire support men and JTACs in the United States Marine Corps and now both are firefighters in the real world. We discuss their roles as JTACs during their deployment together to Afghanistan but the bulk of the episode revolves around their career as firefighters. If you want to hear a more in-depth episode about their military careers then check out Ep. 014 (Levi) and Ep. 018 (Quentin).
Quentin works as a firefighter in Cleveland, Ohio and two other smaller municipal fire stations and Levi is a federal firefighter at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. Both men detail different aspects of their jobs and how they differ since Levi is federal and Quentin is municipal.
This is a great episode for anyone interested in becoming a firefighter because we go into detail about the job requirements and both guys give tips on how to expedite the hiring process.
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