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Constant Combat
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.
Constant Combat
Latest Episodes
Semper Fortis - Mark Natividad (part 2 of 2)
Part two with Navy Corpsman Natividad, moving from everyday base life in Ramadi to the moments that still feel like a blur years later. We get into a VBIED mass-casualty response, a bridge post incident that led to a field court martial, and ho...
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Semper Fortis - Mark Natividad (part 1 of 2)
Part one with MAP 2's Navy Corpsman Mark “Navi” Natividad about getting sent back to Iraq so fast he never had time to process the invasion. We trace the jump from early expectations in Ramadi to brutal April firefights, the strange comfort of ...
No Standard Operating Procedure - Shane Nylin (Part 3 of 3)
We close part 3 with Sergeant Nylin on memories that never fit neatly into a timeline, from a traffic stop with buckets of body parts to the moment a Humvee hits a landmine. We also talk honestly about the long tail, grief on deployment, going ...
No Standard Operating Procedure - Shane Nylin (Part 2 of 3)
We pick up part 2 with Shane Nylin from MAP 2 as first missions in Ramadi turn into minefields, EOD chaos, and an IED. We also walk through the loss of a platoon member and the street fights that follow, including what it feels like when adrena...
No Standard Operating Procedure - Shane Nylin (Part 1 of 3)
We welcome guest Jesse Jordan to podcast cohost recording Shane Nylin’s path from signing Marine Corps papers in a peacetime world to realizing, almost overnight, that he is heading into Iraq with a thin platoon and even thinner margins. We tal...
Fan Mail
i am savage mom and felix called me yesterday to tell me what he would be talking about. Thank you for sharing the stories. i love my Marine sons weapons co so much. They have gave somuch love and support to me and my family. They are my famiky not by blood born but by blood shed.
Cookeville, Tennessee