GRP 104-Geraint Jones:The Story of a British Infantry Soldier in Iraq

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GRP 104- This episode is co-hosted by the creator of The Veterans Project U.S. Army Veteran Tim Kolczak. Our guest for today is British Army combat veteran Geraint Jones. Gez served multiple tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq. We took a dive into what it was like serving during the height of the Iraq war in Basra where the British military was primarily operating. Basra at the time was like the wild west and Gez shares stories of his time patrolling into some of these areas as well as the complexity of dealing with very tight rules of engagement as a British warfighter.

He shares some hilarious and tragic stories of life in Basra. We touched on several topics to include tourniquet use, politics in war, dealing with extreme heat while conducting operations, and searching for roadside bombs. This is a good one.

0:00-Intro

11:48-British Army Infantry

24:28-Basra, Iraq

43:07-Rules of engagement

54:30-Operating in Iraqi heat

1:00:38- “Orders Are Orders” checking for roadside bombs in Iraq  

1:13:50-Tourniquet use

1:20:42-Don’t mix politics and war

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Geraint Jones is on Instagram at:

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GRP 91-"Five Years to Freedom"

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GRP 91-Co-hosting for this episode is retired Green Beret HP Lefler. Lef spent time as an instructor at the Army’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) school. SERE is a program, best known by its military acronym, that provides high-risk personnel such as Special Operations Forces, and aircrews techniques and principles to be followed if captured by the enemy.

We went over the book “Five Years to Freedom” written by Army Colonel Nick Rowe. Colonel Rowe was captured in 1963 in Vietnam. At the time of his capture, he was a Special Forces Officer working as an advisor to the South Vietnamese Forces. Prior to 1965 when large numbers of American combat troops were sent to Vietnam, only small numbers of Special Forces advisors and support personnel were in theatre. Rowe was captured alongside Medal of Honor Recipient Captain Humbert “Rocky” Versace, and Sergeant Dan Pitzer. Rowe is one of 34 American prisoners to escape captivity during the Vietnam war and went on to design the Army’s SERE program.

We also discussed the issue in Puerto Rico as they were completely slammed by a hurricane. We talked about the seemingly impossible issue we seem to have in this country where we cannot find any common ground on political issues.

0:00-Overview

3:03-Disaster in Puerto Rico

7:50-NFL controversy

19:09- Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) School

25:03-5 Years to Freedom

You can purchase a copy of "Five Years to Freedom" here: www.amazon.com/Five-Years-Freedom-Story-Vietnam/dp/0345314603

This episode is sponsored by Abes Baumann a law firm that provides legal services and fights for the rights of disabled veterans. To learn about what they can offer you visit http://www.abesbaumann.com/vets

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GRP 14-Benghazi, Women in Combat, Bureaucracy, Webinars

 

GRP 14-On this episode Me and Mike discuss events in Benghazi, Libya, and some of the circumstances involving the incident. Mike was involved so he has a very unique, insider perspective. We talk bureaucracy, and how it has a negative effect on the Operators on the ground. We touch on the subject of women in combat arms which is a very controversial topic of discussion these days.

We are also excited to announce that we will be running webinars to connect with listeners, and to give you guys some updates on what we have coming for the future. If you’re interested in the webinar’s send an email to Podcast@globalrecon.net with Webinar in the subject line, and we’ll lock you in. 

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