199 Episodes

  1. A Tough Fight in the Saw Valley

    Published: 6/17/2020
  2. Rescue on an Afghan Mountainside

    Published: 6/3/2020
  3. Taliban Assault at Wanat

    Published: 5/22/2020
  4. The Fight for Barawala Kalay

    Published: 5/8/2020
  5. Flying and Landing a Busted, Shot-Up Plane

    Published: 4/23/2020
  6. One Day in Panjwai

    Published: 4/10/2020
  7. Tip of the Spear in the Ebola Response

    Published: 3/27/2020
  8. Two Wars in Iraq

    Published: 3/11/2020
  9. A Direct Hit from a Devastating New Weapon

    Published: 3/2/2020
  10. Combat, Recovery, and Resilience

    Published: 2/21/2020
  11. The Largest Air Assault in History

    Published: 1/30/2020
  12. Contact, Contact, Contact!

    Published: 1/15/2020
  13. Fighting With a Broken Gun

    Published: 1/3/2020
  14. A Kiowa Pilot's IED Story

    Published: 12/19/2019
  15. Operation Strong Eagle III

    Published: 12/4/2019
  16. Hand-to-Hand Combat

    Published: 11/22/2019
  17. Protect the Ground Force

    Published: 11/7/2019
  18. A Medic in Combat

    Published: 10/26/2019
  19. Remembering the Battle of Mogadishu, Part Two

    Published: 10/16/2019
  20. Remembering the Battle of Mogadishu, Part One

    Published: 10/16/2019

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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.