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Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Sgt. 1st Class Elana Duffy: Counterintelligence in Iraq and Afghanistan, Part I

Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Robert Kirk

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4.6675 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Duffy served in the US Army in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2004 and 2005, conducting counterintelligence and interrogation operations. In Iraq, Duffy suffered a traumatic brain injury from an IED. Sgt. 1st Class Duffy is currently the CEO of Pathfinder, an organization dedicated to easing veterans’ transitions back into civilian life by connecting them with local community resources. Tune in next time to hear the rest of her interview on Warriors in Their Own Words. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

0:41.1

In partnership with The Honor Project, we've brought this podcast back at a time when our nation needs these stories more than ever.

0:49.0

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.

0:56.9

Thank you for listening and by doing so honoring those who have served.

1:01.3

Today, in the first of a two-part episode, we're hearing from Sergeant First Class Alana Duffy,

1:07.0

an army veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2004 and 2005, conducting

1:12.7

counterintelligence and interrogation operations.

1:16.0

In Iraq, Duffy suffered a traumatic brain injury from an IED.

1:23.6

So I joined the Army in, well, I signed my contract in September of 2002.

1:32.5

So less than a year after the U.S. entered Afghanistan.

1:39.3

And then I left for basic training in April of 2003, so about three weeks after we had crossed the berm and entered Iraq.

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