Combat Surgery in Afghanistan

Fred Lough began his Army career as an engineer officer before deciding to leave military service to attend medical school and become a surgeon. After rejoining the Army to support the Global War on Terror, Fred later served two combat tours in Afghanistan, where he was part of a mobile forward surgical team. In this episode of The Spear , Fred speaks with MWI's Charlie Faint about his experiences in Afghanistan at FOB Shank and Herat, as well as his thoughts about Ranger School, the Haqqani Network, and damage-control combat medicine.

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Combat Surgery in Afghanistan is an episode from The Spear by John Amble.

This episode is 00:47:31 long.

This episode was published on Nov 19, 2025.

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