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Ramadi Podcast
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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.

  1. HACE 3 DÍAS

    You Don't Mess With Doc - Carlo Dealca (part 1 of 2)

    Send us Fan Mail We interview HM3 Carlo Dealca to trace how a Navy Corpsman goes from a clinic and 9/11 at sea to greenside life with 2/4 and earning trust with an infantry unit. The story builds from Kuwait and the convoy to Ramadi into the shock of IEDs and the chaos of April 6 on Easy Street, where Doc treats wounded under fire and remembers every second.  • getting from a branch clinic into an infantry battalion  • why he chooses Corpsman life • training confidence, mental rehearsal, and early-war gear limitations  • building and hauling medical bags, scrounging tourniquets  • the cold convoy north, first impressions of Ramadi  • the first IED hit  • BAS relationships • guard duty stories, local food, and staying healthy in-country  • April 6 kickoff • treating multiple casualties, triage under pressure If you like what you've heard, this is a multi part episode. Make sure you listen to the rest of the story. ---------------------------------------------- If you like what you heard, please subscribe on your favorite podcast service or follow our webpage for direct downloads @ https://www.buzzsprout.com/2525088 If you are a member of Weapons Company or someone with a story about Weapons Company 2/4 in 2004, please come tell some stories with us - 20 mins or 20 hours! Help paint the canvas of an archival story for others to know what it was like. Contact us @ RamadiPodcast@gmail.com, or via the podcast website above.  All music used with permission by soundbay: https://www.youtube.com/@soundbay_RFM

    1 h 1 min

  2. HACE 3 DÍAS

    You Don't Mess With Doc - Carlo Dealca (part 2 of 2)

    Send us Fan Mail Part 2 of Doc Dealca’s memories as a Navy Corpsman in Ramadi 2004, from treating brutal wounds under fire to what follows him home, including grief, anger, work at the VA, and the pull toward camaraderie and purpose. He digs into the decisions and limits that define battlefield triage: how you move casualties under pressure and how dark humor shows up right beside fear. Doc Carlo Dealca also shares a hard memory... the moment when Marines look to the Corpsman for certainty and comfort, but the truth is that you simply don’t know. Then the story widens hooch life and what it’s like to come home with a shorter fuse. • the post-fight high  • treating Conde’s shoulder wound  • rolling through a hostile market  • working a serious gunshot wound under fire  • slower days of searches  • treating civilians caught in crossfire  • the IED that kills Sgt. Ken Conde • hooch life as stress relief  • July car bombs and heavy engagements near key sites  • coming home with a shorter temper  • working at the VA with homelessness and substance abuse as GWOT vets arrive  • choosing policing to find camaraderie  ---------------------------------------------- If you like what you heard, please subscribe on your favorite podcast service or follow our webpage for direct downloads @ https://www.buzzsprout.com/2525088 If you are a member of Weapons Company or someone with a story about Weapons Company 2/4 in 2004, please come tell some stories with us - 20 mins or 20 hours! Help paint the canvas of an archival story for others to know what it was like. Contact us @ RamadiPodcast@gmail.com, or via the podcast website above.  All music used with permission by soundbay: https://www.youtube.com/@soundbay_RFM

    57 min

  3. 15 ABR

    Smokepits and Scuttlebutt - Benjamin Thibeault (part 1 of 2)

    Send us Fan Mail Ben Thibeault’s story starts fast, and it only gets faster from there. He describes what it’s like to arrive in Iraq as a new Marine with big briefings, blurry timelines, and the sense that you’re stepping into something nobody can fully explain until it’s already happening. Ben talks about how he kept steady at Hurricane Point, then the warning signs of trouble, and first big fights that make the mission feel 'real'.  • arriving to the fleet through Hawaii and Pendleton chaos  • joining the Marine Corps at 22 after a wake-up call  • March Air Force Base training • Kuwait as the first reality check • first impressions of Ramadi • sandbags, smoke pit culture and why cigarettes became currency  • how he killed time in the hooch • care packages • “absence of the normal” and the city going quiet before April 6  • convoy roles, rear security, and fragmented awareness • April 7 alleyway security under small arms fire and warning shots  • IED strikes, evacuations and the shift from abstract risk to personal loss  if you like what you've heard this is a multi part episode make sure you listen to the rest of the story  ---------------------------------------------- If you like what you heard, please subscribe on your favorite podcast service or follow our webpage for direct downloads @ https://www.buzzsprout.com/2525088 If you are a member of Weapons Company or someone with a story about Weapons Company 2/4 in 2004, please come tell some stories with us - 20 mins or 20 hours! Help paint the canvas of an archival story for others to know what it was like. Contact us @ RamadiPodcast@gmail.com, or via the podcast website above.  All music used with permission by soundbay: https://www.youtube.com/@soundbay_RFM

    51 min

  4. 15 ABR

    Smokepits and Scuttlebutt - Benjamin Thibeault (part 2 of 2)

    Send us Fan Mail In Part 2, Ben Thibeault zooms in on the memory that nothing about Ramadi felt built for success, and then digging into what combat looked like when equipment was short, plans changed mid-move, and you still had to bring everyone home. Ben shares blunt memories of recovering wrecked Humvees without a wrecker, dealing with evolving threats and equipment, and split-second problem solving. He wraps with discussions of trust in small unit leadership, and what the legacy is to him.   • recovering disabled Humvees • remembering LCpl Savage's last mission • VBIED blast under the bridge  • changing how we ride and fight • narrowing focus to your sector and fundamentals  • how complacency creeps in • interactions with Iraqi kids and civilians • frustrations with local police • the insurgency adapting • coming home with almost no transition and barracks life  • why reunions and long-form talks help make sense of it all  ---------------------------------------------- If you like what you heard, please subscribe on your favorite podcast service or follow our webpage for direct downloads @ https://www.buzzsprout.com/2525088 If you are a member of Weapons Company or someone with a story about Weapons Company 2/4 in 2004, please come tell some stories with us - 20 mins or 20 hours! Help paint the canvas of an archival story for others to know what it was like. Contact us @ RamadiPodcast@gmail.com, or via the podcast website above.  All music used with permission by soundbay: https://www.youtube.com/@soundbay_RFM

    47 min

  5. 10 ABR

    The Blood Stripes - Lewis Layton (part 1 of 2)

    Send us Fan Mail We start off part 1 with Lew Layton to trace how a Marine goes from Okinawa, some California training, and squad leader school... to the confusion and violence of Ramadi in 2004. We swap stories about the gear, the radios, the near misses, and a lot of unique moments about small unit leadership.  • Lew’s background and early leadership roles  • The flight over, Kuwait preparation, and early weapon safety lessons  • First impressions of Ramadi and how thin the handoff feels  • Learning routes, spotting IEDs, and getting hit early  • A casualty evacuation story • Night movement problems • Improvised gear, armor shortages, and hydration discipline  • April 2004 firefights and adapting tactics  • The General Mattis PRR moment and comms frustrations  • IED jamming skepticism and the near misses that stick  if you like what you've heard, this is a multi-part episode. Make sure you listen to the rest of the story. ---------------------------------------------- If you like what you heard, please subscribe on your favorite podcast service or follow our webpage for direct downloads @ https://www.buzzsprout.com/2525088 If you are a member of Weapons Company or someone with a story about Weapons Company 2/4 in 2004, please come tell some stories with us - 20 mins or 20 hours! Help paint the canvas of an archival story for others to know what it was like. Contact us @ RamadiPodcast@gmail.com, or via the podcast website above.  All music used with permission by soundbay: https://www.youtube.com/@soundbay_RFM

    1 h 5 min

  6. 10 ABR

    The Blood Stripes - Lewis Layton (part 2 of 2)

    Send us Fan Mail We pick up part 2 with Lew Layton and trace how Ramadi shifts from early IED shortcomings to rapid escalation, brutal missions, and losses that still echo decades later. We also talk about the leadership that held things together, the dark humor that kept morale alive, and what service means after a 20+ year career as a Marine leader.  • Early IED awareness, door debates, and why the threat felt unreal at first  • The speed of escalation • April 10 bug hunt operations and how battalion control works in practice  • Moving bodies for accountability and intel, and why it still feels surreal  • Admiration for standout leaders • Late April and May casualties, including the impact of Savage’s death  • Grief, professionalism, and returning to mission as a coping method  • Why it took twenty years to tell these stories out loud  • Funny hooch moments, rocket immunity, and the role of humor  • Leadership failures elsewhere and the belief that Marines deserve good leaders  ---------------------------------------------- If you like what you heard, please subscribe on your favorite podcast service or follow our webpage for direct downloads @ https://www.buzzsprout.com/2525088 If you are a member of Weapons Company or someone with a story about Weapons Company 2/4 in 2004, please come tell some stories with us - 20 mins or 20 hours! Help paint the canvas of an archival story for others to know what it was like. Contact us @ RamadiPodcast@gmail.com, or via the podcast website above.  All music used with permission by soundbay: https://www.youtube.com/@soundbay_RFM

    1 h 13 min

  7. 6 ABR

    Red Star Clusters - Bill Groves (part 1 of 2)

    Send us Fan Mail This time, we talk with MAP2 Lance Corporal Bill Groves about the fast ramp from Okinawa training cycles to the first brutal weeks in Ramadi in 2004, including the moments that made everything feel real. From miserable workups and broken flights to firefights, IEDs, and the uneasy question of who could be trusted, Bill tells the details in the way only he can recount.  • joining the platoon late in Okinawa and racing into the Ramadi buildup • Bridgeport misery  • MOUT Town training • aircraft breakdowns and surprise layovers • the convoy from Kuwait  • first days in Ramadi and the shock of immediate mass-casualty scenes • half doors and early IED lessons • April contacts including friendly fire confusion across the river • extended firefights on April 6 and 7 • decompression rituals after contact and the way habits change • contractors and interpreters  • Operation Treasure Island  • the Habaniya dam sweep, the VBIED blast, and casualty evacuation • cemetery hill landmine and a later night QRF to an LAV strike If you like what you've heard, this is a multi part episode. Make sure you listen to the rest of the story. ---------------------------------------------- If you like what you heard, please subscribe on your favorite podcast service or follow our webpage for direct downloads @ https://www.buzzsprout.com/2525088 If you are a member of Weapons Company or someone with a story about Weapons Company 2/4 in 2004, please come tell some stories with us - 20 mins or 20 hours! Help paint the canvas of an archival story for others to know what it was like. Contact us @ RamadiPodcast@gmail.com, or via the podcast website above.  All music used with permission by soundbay: https://www.youtube.com/@soundbay_RFM

    1 h 1 min

  8. 6 ABR

    Red Star Clusters - Bill Groves (part 2 of 2)

    Send us Fan Mail In part 2, we swap Bill Groves stories that still feel like yesterday even years later, from a tank round snapping past our position to the summer shift when enemy fire gets sharp and accurate. We also talk about the weird day-to-day details that stick, how unit handoffs can fail, and why the bonds from that time still don’t fade.  • getting shot at by an Abrams • the bridge guard post mess and rumors that spiral fast  • getting put on hard labor • hooch life stories, dumb injuries, and the stuff we did to pass time  • the heat • firefights in the south and the shift to more accurate enemy shooting  • faith arguments in the truck and “no atheists in a foxhole”  • Junction City stories  • the 2/5 handoff  • coming home  • drones, contractors, and finding insurgent propaganda videos  • looking back 22 years later and what the brotherhood means now  ---------------------------------------------- If you like what you heard, please subscribe on your favorite podcast service or follow our webpage for direct downloads @ https://www.buzzsprout.com/2525088 If you are a member of Weapons Company or someone with a story about Weapons Company 2/4 in 2004, please come tell some stories with us - 20 mins or 20 hours! Help paint the canvas of an archival story for others to know what it was like. Contact us @ RamadiPodcast@gmail.com, or via the podcast website above.  All music used with permission by soundbay: https://www.youtube.com/@soundbay_RFM

    57 min
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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.

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  • Creador
    Ramadi Podcast
  • Años de actividad
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodios
    75
  • Clasificación
    Explícito
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