GRP 104-Geraint Jones:The Story of a British Infantry Soldier in Iraq

Global Recon

John Hendricks

Government

4.8 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2017

⏱️ 112 minutes

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GRP 104- This episode is co-hosted by the creator of The Veterans Project U.S. Army Veteran Tim Kolczak. Our guest for today is British Army combat veteran Geraint Jones. Gez served multiple tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq. We took a dive into what it was like serving during the height of the Iraq war in Basra where the British military was primarily operating. Basra at the time was like the wild west and Gez shares stories of his time patrolling into some of these areas as well as the complexity of dealing with very tight rules of engagement as a British warfighter. He shares some hilarious and tragic stories of life in Basra. We touched on several topics to include tourniquet use, politics in war, dealing with extreme heat while conducting operations, and searching for roadside bombs. This is a good one. 0:00-Intro 11:48-British Army Infantry 24:28-Basra, Iraq 43:07-Rules of engagement 54:30-Operating in Iraqi heat 1:00:38- “Orders Are Orders” checking for roadside bombs in Iraq 1:13:50-Tourniquet use 1:20:42-Don’t mix politics and war You can keep up with Tim Kolczak at: www.thevetsproject.com www.instagram.com/theveteransproject Geraint Jones is on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/grjbooks Follow my co-host and my pages on social media. Links below. Global Recon: www.Globalrecon.net https://www.instagram.com/igrecon https://www.instagram.com/blackopsmatter www.twitter.com/igrecon https://www.facebook.com/GlobalReconPodcast/ HP Lefler: https://www.instagram.com/4runner.freyja Chantel Taylor: https://www.instagram.com/mission_critical https://www.instagram.com/altern8rv Music provided by Caspian: www.caspianmusic.net

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0:00.0	The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and in their need,
0:07.0	will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength.
0:14.0	We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France. We shall fight on the seas and oceans. We shall fight with growing
0:24.3	confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island, whatever the cuts may be.
0:32.5	We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields, and in the streets,
0:41.1	which will fight in the hills. We shall never surrender. And if, which I do not for a moment
0:48.5	believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving.
0:55.0	Then our empire, beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British fleet,
1:02.0	would carry on the struggle until in God's good time,
1:07.0	the new world, with all its power and might,
1:10.0	steps forth to the rescue and a liberation of the old.
1:14.6	The New World. Welcome to the Global Recon podcast. I'm your host, John Hendricks. Special episode, we got Tim Kozak from the Veterans Project back on. Tim,
1:46.0	what's up, brother?
1:47.1	What's up, man? It's good to be on. Thanks for having me. It's been a little while.
1:51.9	I think it was since Jared Bullock and the other guy and the other Green Beret. What was his name again?
1:58.4	I'm trying to remember now. I sound awful. I knew his name before you asked it. He threw me off once you asked it.
2:06.5	No, but it was, it was, that was a really great podcast and super enjoyable, but it's been a, it's been a little bit, man.
2:13.1	So it's going to be back on. Yeah, awesome. Awesome. And we have a special guest with us from the UK, British Army veteran.
2:25.4	Geron Jones.
2:26.3	How's it going, brother?
2:27.8	What's up, guys?
2:28.6	Nice for having me on.
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