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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 numb after coming home, and what the whole thing means twenty years later.

• pulling over a car with surprising results
• hitting a landmine... and doing self-aid under shock
• engineers probing for mines
• searching for drowned Marines and a chemical weapons scare
• running medevac and triage after mass casualty attacks
• using jokes music and hooch life to keep morale up
• regret over discipline decisions and the court-martial process
• getting Red Cross calls while deployed
• September ambushes gate defense and the final push home
• struggling to feel anything after returning to civilian life

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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 adrenaline, grief, and leadership collide.

• first impressions of Ramadi
• Hurricane Point’s design problems
• early patrol learning curves and why handoffs rarely feel complete
• backing out of a minefield
• responding to a convoy attack and changing armor and vehicle habits
• the EOD robot failure, crowd control, and how fast tension spikes
• night missions, the March 17-18 blast, concussion, and staying in the fight
• Morris’s injury, protecting dignity, and the quiet after the news
• April 6 to April 7 urban combat
• the lasting pull of the combat “flow state” and the cost of sleepless days

If you like what you've heard, this is a multi part episode. Make sure you listen to the rest of the story.

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If you are a member of Weapons Company or someone with a story about Weapons Company 2/4 in 2004, please come tell some stories with us - 20 mins or 20 hours! Help paint the canvas of an archival story for others to know what it was like. Contact us @ RamadiPodcast@gmail.com, or via the podcast website above.

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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 talk through the training, injuries, leadership clashes, and dark humor moments that shaped how Weapons Company Marines got ready for Ramadi long before the first shots were fired.

• joining the Marine Corps before 9-11
• Okinawa training as a proving ground
• picking up Corporal and Sergeant, then navigating trust, reputation, and platoon politics
• tearing a knee ligament, and learning from an unwanted camp guard assignment
• March Air Force Base moments that forced seriousness and standards
• intel shifts from Habaniya to Ramadi
• Kuwait arrival and scrounging gear to prep vehicles
• planning convoy security, dealing with comms failures, and crossing the border expecting contact

If you like what you've heard, this is a multi part episode. Make sure you listen to the rest of the story.

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If you are a member of Weapons Company or someone with a story about Weapons Company 2/4 in 2004, please come tell some stories with us - 20 mins or 20 hours! Help paint the canvas of an archival story for others to know what it was like. Contact us @ RamadiPodcast@gmail.com, or via the podcast website above.

All music used with permission by soundbay: https://www.youtube.com/@soundbay_RFM