In this episode, we discuss:
-Tanner getting assigned his squad before deploying with the 24th MEU
-What the deployment looked like before heading to HKIA
-His reaction to the news that the MEU would deploy to Kabul
-His understanding of the situation in Kabul before touching ground in HKIA
-Tanner’s first days at HKIA
-Clearing the airport of civilians
-Working with the Taliban
-Gate operations and the challenges they presented
-The role of exhaustion in operations
-Using maneuver warfare concepts and tools
-The Abbey Gate Bombing
-Tanner’s experiences between the bombing and before his unit departed HKIA
-What he observed in his fellow Marines and himself in Kuwait following the NEO
-His experience of returning to Camp Lejeune
-The most frustrating and rewarding aspects of the HKIA mission
-The presence of personal cell phones and computers at HKIA
-Tanner’s appraisal of his performance at HKIA
-The supposed animosity between 1/8 and 2/1
-Tanner’s advice for Marines transitioning into civilian life
