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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. 4 ngày trước

    The Cost Measured in Minutes - Joshua Kohen (part 1 of 2)

    Send us Fan Mail Josh Kohen of MAP2 trades the polished war-movie version for what it actually felt like to arrive as a new Marine, get absorbed into a depleted unit, and stumble into combat fast. We discuss identity, communication failures, and the small routines that kept us steady when everything around us stayed unpredictable in part 1 of this interview.  • getting pulled from security forces, landing in 2-4 by surprise  • early drinking trouble, owning mistakes • the strange deployment journey • stop loss impacts, gutted units, and a “skeleton” company • short Arabic school and why it became unsafe to use  • early Ramadi shock, pop shots, weddings, and getting numb to incoming • hooch life stories • music as survival, a Kuwait PX boombox, and discovering country music  • Abrams friendly fire, lack of comms between units, and lessons learned  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

    49 phút

  2. 4 ngày trước

    The Cost Measured in Minutes - Joshua Kohen (part 2 of 2)

    Send us Fan Mail Part 2 with Josh Kohen starts as an RPG hit his position near a mosque in Ramadi, including the small choices and split-second timing that changed who lived and who died. He continues with what followed, from chaotic QRF fights and mass-casualty scenes. We wrap up with the strange everyday routines that kept us going, and how those memories shape life 20 years later.  • the last discussion with Morris • a night checkpoint that turns catastrophic  • grabbing a rifle and fighting back wounded  • April 6th and 7th blur of QRF, RPGs, and house-to-house movement  • what heroic looks like from the inside  • mail runs, bad chow, MRE life, caffeine tricks, and tobacco stories  • Israeli-up-armored Humvees and field-expedient decisions  • VBIED aftermath, triage reality, and running into a high school friend  • broken jaw medevac, coming home early, and guilt  • why perspective after combat can fuel success in civilian life  ---------------------------------------------- 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

    58 phút

  3. 1 thg 7

    Never Lead with Comfort - Deverson Lochard

    Send us Fan Mail We sit down with MAP3's Deverson Lochard, a Marine sergeant and machine gunner who cross-decks from 3/5 into a deploying unit to prepare young Marines for Ramadi with one uncompromising priority: getting everyone home alive. He shares what combat demanded of their leadership, how loss and rage tested their discipline, and why the deployment ultimately reshaped his faith and his appreciation for human life. • why he cross-decked into 2/4 before deployment • first impressions of young Marines • training for “controlled, organized chaos” under fire • discipline, machine gunner philosophy, and convoy survivability • learning Ramadi through patterns, locals, and hard instincts • the weight of losing Conde and the struggle to forgive himself • April 6 and April 7, exhaustion, and immediate reset routines • the ethical pressure of armed women and children in the fight • moments of humanity on patrol • keeping sane through letters, workouts, and Halo tournaments • transitioning out, choosing electrical engineering, and building a new purpose • frequency as a way to explain veteran success and spiritual return ---------------------------------------------- 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 giờ 14 phút

  4. 21 thg 6

    Intensity and Good Faith - Justin Weaver (part 2 of 2)

    Send us Fan Mail Part 2 with Justin Weaver wraps up with the strange gap between what we lived and what the civilian world can understand, and how that gap can push people into silence, booze, and untreated PTSD. We trade memories from Ramadi to coming home, and talk about when things get dark.  • feeling isolated after service and doubting your own memories  • PTSD denial, drinking as “normal,” and finally choosing to get help  • hooch life in Ramadi, sandstorms, smoking pits, and bootleg DVDs  • the flight over, emergency landings • night raids, language barriers • corruption fears, police station stories, and the interrogation tent rumors  • Junction City as a mythical level comfort • coming home to loneliness, Walmart gift cards, and chaos • getting out early, what it means to lose your tribe  • losing friends after the war  ---------------------------------------------- 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

    43 phút

  5. 21 thg 6

    Intensity and Good Faith - Justin Weaver (part 1 of 2)

    Send us Fan Mail Part 1 with Rainmaker Mortarman Justin Weaver to trace the jump from rushed pre-deployment training to the first hard weeks in Ramadi 2004, including the moments that flipped the switch from joking around to understanding the stakes. Along the way, he talks the dark humor, the unit bonds, and the way combat stress scrambles the timeline even when the details remain in memory.  • March Air Force Base training and a lost practice grenade  • last-minute reps with slings and reload drills  • Oceanside gear-buying stories • Leaving California, arriving in Kuwait, and when teams get split  • A suicide at Camp Victory • Phone calls home... and relying on the platoon as family  •  the blow-up doll riding in the convoy  • first impressions of Ramadi, and expectations colliding with reality  • Early casualties, shifting roles from dismount to gunner  • First contact near Saddam’s mosque • April 6 chaos, linkups, and the confusion of detainees under fire  • How memory blurs sequence If you like what you've heard, this is a multi part episode. Make sure you listen to the rest of the story, you know. ---------------------------------------------- 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

    45 phút

  6. 19 thg 6

    The Cigar Smoke after a Patrol - Sergio Wallace (part 1 of 2)

    Send us Fan Mail Part 1 with Sergio Wallace of Sledgehammer Platoon.  His story tracks a young Marine Corps infantryman who arrives with confidence, friction, and a simple motive, then learns how fast combat erases simplicity, trying to make sense of what Ramadi demanded. He leads us through early patrol optimism, the shock of IEDs and loss, and the lingering moral weight of night raids.   • joining 2/4 after SOI and clashing with senior Lance Corporals  • discovering the Marine Corps through JROTC • pre-deployment training • first days in Iraq at Camp Victory and relationship fallout downrange  • Hurricane Point, patrols, and realizing locals are studying patterns  • Humvee life in Weapons Company, switching roles, and close calls  • night raids, door kicks, and the uneasy math of bad intel and civilian impact  • incoming fire moments, rooftops, and the “spidey sense” • the first big IED experiences • bridge posts, bug hunts, and the blur of the first exchange of fire  • dam mission with engineers, searching for drowned Fox Company swimmers, and questioning command intent  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

    47 phút

  7. 19 thg 6

    The Cigar Smoke after a Patrol - Sergio Wallace (part 2 of 2)

    Send us Fan Mail Part 2 with Sergio Wallace goes on with the everyday reality of war, from heat and mud rain to the little “keep your head together” routines. He gives a deep look at what it means to accept death at 19, come home changed, and try to lead younger Marines with respect while carrying pride, shame, and unanswered “why me” questions.  • extreme heat and the strange mud rain during sandstorms  • downtime survival through bootleg DVDs, music, trash talk, and dark humor  • cigars as a post-patrol ritual  • VIP visits, reporters, and junior Marines lack of intel briefs • base-to-base contrasts • Lioness missions, loneliness, and the social fallout • movement-to-contact, up-armored Humvees, night ops • drawdown mindset, vigilance, and the oddly comforting acceptance of mortality  • coming home and family noticing subtle changes  • leadership lessons about teaching and treating Marines like people  • leaving the Corps for family, and the long shadow of pride, shame, and moral injury  ---------------------------------------------- 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

    46 phút

  8. 15 thg 6

    A View From Cracked Glass - Michael Hanson (part 1 of 2)

    Send us Fan Mail Part one with Michael Hanson, who shares about becoming a Humvee driver and how trust, training, and tiny details decide whether a patrol goes smooth or goes sideways. We also get honest about the cost afterward, from drinking and stress to VA support, blast exposure, and hearing loss.  • moving from Rainmaker to Sledgehammer • getting picked as Gunny Cook’s new driver  • learning to drive, motor pool training, and the attempt at climbers course • ropes, knots, and why “simple” skills wash people out  • coming home, partying too hard, and finally going to the VA for help  • living with blast effects, possible TBI symptoms, and tinnitus  • convoying into Iraq, first impressions of Ramadi, and early expectations  • interpreters, accuracy, and the friction when translation gets crossed • Hurricane Point life, the smoke pit, workouts, and guard rotations  • early firefights, the Battle of Ramadi timeline, and what IED patterns looked like  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 phút
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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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  • Nhà sáng tạo
    Ramadi Podcast
  • Năm hoạt động
    2025 - 2026
  • Tập
    106
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    © 2026 Constant Combat
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