Marjah Marine Infantry Squad Leader Ryan Rogers Part Two | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 172

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Mike Ritland

Society & Culture, Documentary, Politics, News

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🗓️ 28 January 2024

⏱️ 87 minutes

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There's more to being a Marine Squad Infantry Leader than simply telling other Marines what to do. You're not only responsible for your squad's successes, but you also feel the weight of the most devastating of failures. But The Battle of Marjah isn't where Lions of Marjah author Ryan Rogers' story ends - a resurgence of vengeance, a Five-Day War, and getting out alive is all an integral part of the tale. Remember - it's not about the choices, it's about the chances. ---------- Get Your Copy of Ryan's New Book, 'Lions of Marjah', on Amazon - ibit.ly/AYKJ_ Subscribe to Ryan's Podcast, 'Choices Not Chances' - https://choicesnotchancespodcast.com Support Ryan Rogers - Website: https://choicesnotchancespodcast.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsqcmxKqaR4dIFFpaJxhtrQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChoicesNotChances ---------- Sponsors: ZBiotics Go to zbiotics.com/MIKEDROP to get 15% off your first order when you use MIKEDROP at checkout. ZBiotics is backed with 100% money back guarantee so if you’re unsatisfied for any reason, they’ll refund your money, no questions asked. Remember to head to https://www.zbiotics.com/mikedrop and use the code MIKEDROP at checkout for 15% off. Thank you ZBiotics for sponsoring this episode and our good times. ---------- Fueled by TeamDog | www.mikeritlandco.com | @Teamdog.pet ALL THINGS MIKE RITLAND: SHOP for Fueled By Team Dog Performance Dog Food, Treats, Apparel, Accessories, and Protection dogs - MikeRitlandCo.com - https://www.MikeRitlandCo.com Team Dog Online dog training - TeamDog.pet - https://www.TeamDog.pet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And he like, you okay? And I'm like, dude, we lost him. And now I got to find a way to tell
0:09.3	these other Marines that are his best friend about that.
0:15.0	And then I got to tell him we're going out in the morning to get those guys and how do you do that?
0:21.0	I never lost a marine period, you know, let alone one that I gave the
0:26.0	command, hey you're good to move, I got you covered and 10 seconds later I
0:29.3	don't have you covered. So there was some ownership I was taken for that.
0:34.0	I did it just like that.
0:35.0	I brought him in and I said, hey, the unfortunate reality of war is that sometimes you bury your brothers.
0:41.0	If you're not calm, they're not going to be calm, and if you're a mess, they're going to be calm and if you're a mess they're going to be a mess
0:45.5	no matter how far you get removed from the guys doing work on the ground
0:50.1	remember that they're doing something different than you.
0:53.0	When you say, okay, we're going to go to war for whatever reason,
0:56.0	if you don't believe in it enough to do that, then you better not do it. You're going to. We launched a my CEO launched a group and had a mass casualty evacuation
1:23.9	lined up, come and get them, and we couldn't get to the ground
1:26.4	with it because they're shooting so many fucking rockets at it.
1:29.3	And so I struggle with that.
1:33.0	Did that impact you right when it happened or did you?
1:36.0	No, I said, fuck them, they shouldn't have been there.
1:38.0	And that, like, that emotion is what haunts me.
1:46.0	Yeah, because that's somebody's kids and then you know later I had kids and so that it
1:50.3	started to get.
1:51.1	Started to get me started to get me in my dreams you know where I would
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