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Author: 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.



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Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Kirk Morris to remember his son, PFC Geoffrey Morris, and he recounts the moments that carried him from a Lake Michigan fishing boat on 9/11 to the gunner’s seat in Iraq. We talk about the phone calls, the knock at the door, the diary entry he left behind, challenges from a clueless public, and what it takes for families to keep a life from being reduced to a name. • Geoff’s timeline from boot camp • Card games, chess, and small comforts during deploym...
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Mama Savage to trace her son Jeremiah’s path from a wild kid who always wanted to be a Marine to the moment the casualty notification team arrived at her door. We talk honestly about war, family, Arlington, survivor guilt, and how the Marine brotherhood keeps showing up long after the headlines fade. • Jeremiah’s childhood drive to become a Marine and how that shaped everything • A no-coddling parenting style and the family culture around service...
Send us Fan Mail Part 2 goes through Jarred Monroe’s most intense memories, from inspecting a Humvee that somehow comes back unmarked to the prayer-filled letter that makes that moment hit differently. We also confront a terrifying friendly fire near-miss, the mental toll that builds across deployments, and what faith, purpose, and time change 22 years later. • inspecting the truck after heavy contact and finding no damage • connecting that moment to Psalm 91 and a sister’s hours...
Send us Fan Mail Everything sounds simple until you’re the one in the turret. This time, we talk to Jarred Monroe about the long ramp from training to war, from call signs and gear choices to the moment Ramadi turns real. He walks us through near disasters, hard fixes, and the first major firefights where training takes over and memory comes back in snapshots. • Monroe’s role as a heavy machine gunner • How call signs, nicknames, and platoon culture shape trust • Okinawa ti...
Send us Fan Mail Part 2 with Marcel Williams revisits the moments that still feel raw: an IED on Route Michigan, and the anger, guilt, and brotherhood that follow. He also talks honestly about how that deployment shapes a 28-year Marine Corps career, from leadership lessons to the feeling that history sometimes forgets the people who wrote the playbook. • IED sweeps, observation posts, and rotating armored vehicles • The immediate rage after losing Conde and what restraint preven...
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