Today we talk about the first episode of Generation Kill (Get Some). We talk about how unique this invasion was as the Marines faced a relatively modern enemy force. How to empower those around you to bring forward ideas that can benefit the whole group and the awkwardness of having a reporter embedded in a combat unit. A few other areas we hit on below:
- Empowering your people to make suggestions
- Getting ready for war not knowing if it's going to happen
- How do reporters fit into combat?
- The details they get right, sleeping during an invasion, downtime between spikes of activity
Sayre was a Ranger-qualified Infantry Officer and served as a platoon leader for the entirety of a twelve month deployment to Zhari District, Afghanistan with the 101st Airborne Division’s 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment during the troop surge of 2010-2011.
