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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
Endurance for One Moment More - David Silton (part 3 of 3)
Dave closes out the days in Ramadi when one unarmored truck, one hit, and one Marine leader’s absence changes the emotional temperature of the whole platoon. We also talk honestly about what comes after, when you make it home with your family b...
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Endurance for One Moment More - David Silton (part 2 of 3)
We keep the timeline moving in part 2 with David Silton as he relives the IED on April 2 and the brutal stretch of fighting that follows in Ramadi. We talk through what it feels like to operate with a concussion, how split second decisions get ...
Endurance for One Moment More - David Silton (part 1 of 3)
We start part 1 with Dave Silton of MAP 3 about the long buildup to Ramadi, from broken barracks and platoon hazing to urban combat training and the messy logistics of finally leaving. He shares what it feels like to arrive with a “hearts and m...
When Optimism Meets Combat - Elijah Mann (part 2 of 2)
Part 2 of Eli Mann and he paints how a brand-new Marine grows up fast, from early training and culture shocks to the hard specifics of 2004. His story gets into fear, guilt, and communication breakdowns, then land on what “constant vigila...
When Optimism Meets Combat - Elijah Mann (part 1 of 2)
This interview starts out with Eli Mann about arriving in Ramadi in 2004 and watching early optimism get replaced by a new kind of focus built from heat, mortars, and the grind of convoy life. He walks us through a bicycle IED, the long recover...
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