508: The Mission Continues Beyond Ramadi. With Major Scott Huesing

This is Jocko Podcast number 508 with Echo Charles and me, Jocko Willink. Good evening, Echo. Good evening. I used to think about the medals and ribbons and parades when I was a young Marine and how they were a measure of one's success. Ten deployments and multiple combat tours later, I no longer did.

in Ramadi, none of that meant shit to me. I was in command of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, deployed to Ramadi, Iraq. It was the third year of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and my command was assigned to the U.S. Army's Ready First Brigade combat team, which consisted of the largest armor and infantry alignment in modern warfare. I worked directly for Task Force 19 Infantry Battalion, Manchu, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Chuck Ferry, U.S.

Army. During this nearly nine month deployment, our mission kill or capture anti Iraqi forces, Echo Company stood in the line of fire daily in Ramadi, the most dangerous and most densely populated area of insurgent activity in 2006. It would test us and would take the best of us. This story is about and for the warriors of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, and their families.

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