Recovering a Downed Marine in Afghanistan

During his service as a combat rescue officer in the US Air Force, Captain Sal Sferrazza and his team of Air Force pararescue jumpers were deployed to Afghanistan, where their mission set included casualty evacuation, personnel recovery, and reintegration operations. In this episode of The Spear , Sal relates the story of how he and his team were called into action in Helmand Province to assist in the recovery of the body of a Marine who stepped on a pressure-plate IED and was blown into a fast-moving mountain river.

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Recovering a Downed Marine in Afghanistan is an episode from The Spear by John Amble.

This episode is 01:20:36 long.

This episode was published on Sep 10, 2025.

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