Ep. 243 | Brad Colbert | Marine Recon | Generation Kill

Brad Colbert is a Recon Marine who served in the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, in addition to multiple Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) deployments. Brad's role in the invasion of Iraq with 1st Recon Battalion was heavily depicted in the HBO mini-series Generation Kill. Check out Brad's podcast at the link below and standby for our follow-up!Support the showhttps://www.patreon.com/formeractionguyshttps://www.jcramergraphics.comhttps://www.ANGLICOshop.comBrad's sitehttps://bradcolbert.us/ 00:00:00 Intro | Maj Capers Medal of Honor00:01:44 Choosing the Marines00:04:44 Joining Marine Recon00:13:47 Favorite Part of BRC | Surf Passages00:17:47 The Boring Reality00:23:01 Strikes in Iran | Targeting00:31:54 9/11 Happens | Activate the MEU00:39:51 Prepping for Invasion | First Marines In00:44:54 Afghan Culture Shock00:51:40 The Enemy in Afghanistan01:01:19 How The World Changed During the Deployment01:10:24 Home From Afghanistan and Prepping for Iraq01:23:24 Generation Kill | Evan Wright01:35:08 Nasiriyah | Fratricide01:53:12 Recon's Role in the Drone Warfare Era