Jamie Rocha paints a picture of the first weeks in Ramadi in 2004: a broken flight, a slow convoy, and a first mission that turned a crowded market into silence and a defining memory that never really fades. Early raids, QRF nights, and hard choices about restraint and pursuit shape the story. From truck assignments to map frustrations, fear and humor all rode in the same vehicle.
• deployment journey through delays, snow, and convoy into Ramadi
• Warth wounded, emergency cordon, and shock of close blast
• buried artillery lucky near misses
• holding a street while choosing not to escalate
• night QRF, improvised rocket launches, and searching the fields
• failed breach, wrong-house raid, and weight of bad intel
• leadership sprinting forward, pursuit risks, and unit cohesion
• getting lost on rooftops; NVG limits
• memory gaps, reunions, and finding old teammates
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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