#284 - 40 DEAD INSURGENTS | Navy Cross Recipient Jeremiah Workman

Black Rifle Coffee Podcast

Black Rifle Coffee Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

When Jeremiah Workman was in the US Marine Corps, he received the Navy Cross for his actions during a three-hour firefight in a Fallujah building trying to get up a staircase to get to three brother Marines who had fallen. Workman talks with Black Rifle Coffe Co.'s Evan Hafer about his struggles with transitioning to civilian life since his time in Iraq, how he's worked to help his fellow veterans and focus on his family as his touchstone, and why on earth he has decided to get into politics. 🥇 Explore Black Rifle’s Award-Winning Coffee ✅ Subscribe, like, and leave your comments below to join the conversation on everything from coffee roasting techniques to Evan's unfiltered thoughts on life, business, and creativity.

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0:00.0	And I heard gunfire erupt from across the street.
0:04.3	And it was just kind of welcome to the Wild Wild West.
0:07.8	We fought for three hours up and down, trying to get up the staircase down.
0:12.5	Grenades going back and forth.
0:14.5	M67 frag grenade in my hand.
0:18.9	And it's like, one, two. But after they kick one back at you, it's... one, two.
0:21.5	But after they kick one back at you, it's, I have to do this.
0:25.2	Right.
0:25.5	We're all going to die.
0:28.2	Your Black Wreckle podcast starts now.
0:30.9	So do people often refer to you as Jeremiah?
0:35.5	Yep.
0:36.1	Is that like the main name that you go by?
0:38.8	Or do you go by other nicknames?
0:41.7	Every once in a while, they call me Thumper.
0:44.0	That was our call sign.
0:45.1	Really?
0:45.4	Yeah.
0:45.8	Like you specifically?
0:47.3	Yeah.
0:47.8	That makes sense.
0:49.6	Jeremiah.
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