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I'm Ken Harbaugh, host of Warriors in Their Own Words.

In partnership with the Honor Project, we've brought this podcast back at a time when our nation needs

these stories more than ever.

Warriors in their own words

is our attempt to present

an unvarnished, unsanitized truth

of what we have asked

of those who defend this nation.

Thank you for listening,

and by doing so honoring those who have served.

Today, we'll hear from Colonel Sam Hartwell.

Hartwell served in Afghanistan as part of the Army's Special Ops Command.

He spent time working in the Pentagon with the USDANS and has been volunteering in Ukraine since March 2022.

Thank you. in Ukraine since March 2022. Name Sam Hartwell.

Rank when I retired was full colonel.

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