Some of the Most intense Fighting in the War on Terror | Joe Fontenot | Ep. 336
The Team House
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🗓️ 29 March 2025
⏱️ 92 minutes
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https://www.amazon.com/Sons-Arghandab-Guns-Devils-Playground/dp/163624520X
Joseph “Fonty” Fontenot is a combat veteran who served 20 years in the US Army and retired as a first sergeant, with combat deployments to Abu Ghraib, Iraq, and the Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan. Before enlisting in the Army, he was a successful musician who gave up his career to serve during the Global War on Terror. After his year in Afghanistan, he won Soldier of the Year in 2015. He subsequently suffered multiple career-ending injuries and, despite several years in the Warrior Transition Unit, chose to return to the 101st. Fontenot has earned a bachelor's degree in forensic psychology and does guest speaking and helps veterans’ organizations.
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| 0:00.0 | Joe wrote a book called Sons of Argyndab, which is coming out on June 15th. It is about the 101st |
| 0:08.2 | Airborne in Afghanistan in serious combat. I read the book today. It's one of the most intense. |
| 0:15.7 | I wouldn't call it really a memoir because it's not just about Joe. It's about the unit. |
| 0:20.0 | But it's one of the most intense accounts of modern combat that I've read. |
| 0:24.7 | And I've read a lot of these books I feel like. |
| 0:31.7 | Special Operations. |
| 0:35.8 | Covert Ops. |
| 0:47.2 | Espionage. the Team House, with your hosts, Jack Murphy, and David Park. |
| 0:58.3 | Hey, everyone, welcome to episode 336 of The Team House. I'm Jack Murphy here with tonight's guest, |
| 1:06.2 | Joseph Fontenow. Joe wrote a book called Sons of Argyndab, which is coming out on June 15th. It is about the 101st Airborne in Afghanistan in serious combat. |
| 1:11.8 | I read the book today. |
| 1:13.4 | It's one of the most intense. |
| 1:15.7 | I wouldn't call it really a memoir because it's not just about Joe. |
| 1:18.6 | It's about the unit. |
| 1:20.0 | But it's one of the most intense accounts of modern combat that I've read. |
| 1:24.6 | And I've read a lot of these books, I feel like. |
| 1:27.7 | I should also point out that this episode is sort of a sequel, a follow-up to our previous show, |
| 1:34.5 | Episode 318, with Andrew Bragg. |
| 1:37.1 | So Andrew Bragg and the 82nd Airborne was in this same area, the Argon Dhab Valley, and then ripped out with Joe's unit here with |
| 1:46.8 | 101st. So one comes after the other. And I just want to make our viewers and listeners aware of that |
| 1:53.5 | in case they're interested in, you know, listening to both because they dovetail with one another. |
| 1:58.8 | So Joe, thank you for coming on the show. |
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