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A Marine Platoon in Anbar Province
In 2004, Tim Strabbing was a lieutenant and platoon commander in the Marine Corps, deployed to an area just outside Fallujah in Iraq's restive Anbar province. On his platoon's very first patrol, they were ambushed by ene...
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A Marine Platoon in Anbar Province is an episode from The Spear by John Amble. In 2004, Tim Strabbing was a lieutenant and platoon commander in the Marine Corps, deployed to an area just outside Fallujah in Iraq's restive Anbar province. On...
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Published Jun 19, 2025, 00:37:32 long, audio available.
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