This veteran-led podcast highlights the experiences of Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, starting with their harrowing 2004 deployment to Ramadi; a 9 month combat tour which resulted in the highest casualties in a single deployment - a deployment that most Americans have never heard about. Through candid conversations surrounding these events, the series also explores earlier experiences that shaped the Marines, emphasizing their grit, humor, and humanity while aiming to honor their stories authentically.
Send us Fan Mail Part 3 with Jimmy Hardin goes through the small decisions that kept people alive and the moments that still feel impossible to forget. A weapons cache is supposed to be a victory lap, but what happens when you know those same rifles could be pointed back at you next week? We talk through ambushes, mass-casualty chaos, and what it takes to come home carrying grief without letting it hollow you out. • destroying captured weapons • Route Apple contact, RPG volume, a...
30 Oct 2026
A Giant on the Hood - James Hardin (part 2 of 3)
Send us Fan Mail Part 2 with James Hardin walks back through Ramadi memories, from losing Geoff Morris to the days when the city’s mood shifted and everything escalated fast. We also talk honestly about the media, daily life on the COP, and what it feels like to come home. • recollections of the night Geoff Morris is wounded and evacuated • drawing a line on photos and why dignity matters • losing trust when quotes get distorted • why Oliver North earns respect by sha...
30 Oct 2026
A Giant on the Hood - James Hardin (part 1 of 3)
Send us Fan Mail This time we have James Hardin from MAP 2 to trace how a Weapons Company platoon goes from thin-skin Humvees and peacetime nonsense to Ramadi improvisation and hard-earned competence. We swap the stories that still stick, from peace time frustration to night training to IED wake-up calls and the moments you choose humanity in the middle of a gunfight. • early vehicle setups, armor upgrades • getting stalled by tape test standards • rebuilding capability after personnel...
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Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
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Spotify
5.0 / 5
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