199 Episodes

  1. The First Firefighters at the World Trade Center on 9/11

    Published: 2/22/2018
  2. Return Fire and Assault the Objective

    Published: 2/8/2018
  3. Face to Face with a Suicide Bomber

    Published: 1/24/2018
  4. Surviving a Katyusha Rocket Attack

    Published: 1/11/2018
  5. A Firefight on the Edge of Sadr City

    Published: 12/27/2017
  6. The "Lob Bomb" Attack on COP Callahan

    Published: 12/13/2017
  7. The Battle of COP Keating

    Published: 11/28/2017
  8. An Incoming Grenade and a Split-Second Decision

    Published: 11/15/2017
  9. Green on Blue

    Published: 11/1/2017
  10. The First Special Forces Teams into Afghanistan

    Published: 10/18/2017
  11. Fighting Inside Grenade Range

    Published: 10/5/2017
  12. An EFP Strike and Recovery from the Wounds of War

    Published: 9/20/2017
  13. In the Pentagon on 9/11

    Published: 9/6/2017
  14. Operation Blowfish

    Published: 8/22/2017
  15. Face to Face with a Suicide Bomber

    Published: 8/9/2017
  16. Combat Stories from the Invasion of Iraq

    Published: 7/26/2017
  17. An Insider Attack in Afghanistan

    Published: 7/12/2017
  18. A Firefight on the Edge of Sadr City

    Published: 7/5/2017
  19. The Battle of Barg-e Matal

    Published: 7/5/2017

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The Spear is a podcast from the Modern War Institute at West Point. It sets out to explore the combat experience, with each episode featuring a guest who tells a detailed and personal story, describing the events and exploring topics like decision-making under stress and what it feels like to be in combat.