Ep 39: Ocie Vest on the Marine Corps’ War in Afghanistan, Part 2 of 2
Ocie Vest, retired Marine infantry officer, joins the show to talk about his experiences as a platoon commander in the Battle of Marjah and later as a combat leader in Nimruz Province, lessons learned in training and in combat, and how the war can continue after the fighting ends. Second of a two-part conversation.
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (podtrac.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Ocie Vest, retired Marine infantry officer, joins the show to talk about his experiences as a platoon commander in the Battle of Marjah and later as a combat leader in Nimruz Province, lessons learned in training and in combat, and how the war can continue after the fighting ends. Second of a two-part conversation.
▪️
Times
• 01:27 Violent Months
• 06:15 “Do Whatever Those Guys Do”
• 09:42 Tactical Adaptation
• 13:32 A Fighting Exit
• 18:03 “That Sucked…Why’d We Want To Do That So Bad?”
• 21:29 Dispersed Operations
• 26:36 Nimruz Province
• 30:43 Hope For The Future
• 34:39 Leadership
• 36:11 Medically Retired, Twice
• 38:53 The Work Works
• 45:47 “Now Its Up To Them”