Ep. 230 Brennan Morton Marine Recon and Sniper

Brennan Morton is a former reconnaissance Marine who served with 2nd Recon Battalion during two deployments to Iraq. Brennan is also the author of Valhalla Boys, a book about his service. Support the show Brennan's Links 00:00:00 J Cramer Graphics Ad 00:00:29 Intro | Joining the Marines 00:05:07 Marine Corps Tattoos 00:08:28 Call-To-Arms 00:12:19 Recon and SEAL Contracts as Recruiting Tools 00:16:15 Are SEALs Better Swimmers than Marine Recon? 00:20:42 Prepping Your Feet for Rucking 00:25:04 Marine Snipers | Organizational Changes 00:29:50 From Marine Infantry to Recon ARS 00:38:54 Work-Up and 1st Iraq Deployment 00:59:17 Over Worked and Underutilized 01:10:49 Grooming Standards | Advisor Teams 01:20:12 Sniper School 01:29:07 2nd Deployment to Iraq with 2nd Recon 01:35:04 Occupying Compounds 01:40:59 Valhalla Boys

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Ep. 230 Brennan Morton Marine Recon and Sniper is an episode from Former Action Guys Podcast by Justin Cramer.

This episode is 112:40 long.

This episode was published on Apr 7, 2025.

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