This is Jocko Podcast number 514 with me, Jocco Willink.

On 18 July 2006, Lieutenant Blackstone's platoon was conducting census operations in Teme

when they came under a sustained enemy attack.

In the initial barrage of gunfire, a bullet ripped through Staff Sergeant Michael

Mears thighs pinned down behind a five-foot

wall surrounding the water tower and Tameem the platoon laid down a furious gauntlet of suppressive

fire lieutenant Blackstone and specialist Anderson realized that Sergeant Muir was unable to move

and lying exposed in the street.

They ran out under the hail of enemy fire and pulled mirror to safety.

Next, Blackstone and his men attacked from their base of fire and aggressively assaulted

the enemy occupied building that was the source of the hostile

fire only to have the enemy slip away such was the nature of the battle and to meme

against a lethal foe who knew the terrain and would not stay in fight.

And that right there is a little excerpt from a book called Ramadi Unclassified,

which was written by Colonel Anthony Dean and is one paragraph from that book,

and it's about a 400 page book and it gives one

Small example of the

Incredible heroism that was displayed by troops on the ground in Ramadi on a daily basis in 2006 and that particular unit was team dealer the death dealers bravo company second battalion six infantry first armored division and this is a company who suffered immense losses during that

battle and yet they never hesitated they never backed down And they continually took the fight to the enemy.

And we have had Colonel Dean on this podcast, number 452.

And we talked about his book and his experiences as a battalion commander.

We've also heard from General McFarland on this podcast, number 439.

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