511: Between Firefights and Faith, Lessons From Ramadi to Recovery. With Ben Sledge.
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This is Jocko Podcast number 511 with Echo Charles and me, Jocko Willink. Good evening, Echo. Good evening. I slipped out the back and sprinted around a corner where I ran smack dab into a concrete wall. Hey, I screamed, pounding my fists against it.
We have injured! We have injured! There was no response, so I kept pounding and screaming, knowing time was short. I was in an unprotected area, and the Haji had our number. Until the Air Force leveled the side of the mountain they were shooting from, we would take more casualties.
Hey I choked out in an almost frightened sob. The fear was finally beginning to grip me, and my hands trembled. We are going to die. And that right there is an excerpt from a book called Where Cowards Go to Die, which is written by a man by the name of Benjamin Sledge. And Ben Sledge is a former army soldier.
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