199 Episodes

  1. A Tough Fight in the Saw Valley

    Published: 17/06/2020
  2. Rescue on an Afghan Mountainside

    Published: 03/06/2020
  3. Taliban Assault at Wanat

    Published: 22/05/2020
  4. The Fight for Barawala Kalay

    Published: 08/05/2020
  5. Flying and Landing a Busted, Shot-Up Plane

    Published: 23/04/2020
  6. One Day in Panjwai

    Published: 10/04/2020
  7. Tip of the Spear in the Ebola Response

    Published: 27/03/2020
  8. Two Wars in Iraq

    Published: 11/03/2020
  9. A Direct Hit from a Devastating New Weapon

    Published: 02/03/2020
  10. Combat, Recovery, and Resilience

    Published: 21/02/2020
  11. The Largest Air Assault in History

    Published: 30/01/2020
  12. Contact, Contact, Contact!

    Published: 15/01/2020
  13. Fighting With a Broken Gun

    Published: 03/01/2020
  14. A Kiowa Pilot's IED Story

    Published: 19/12/2019
  15. Operation Strong Eagle III

    Published: 04/12/2019
  16. Hand-to-Hand Combat

    Published: 22/11/2019
  17. Protect the Ground Force

    Published: 07/11/2019
  18. A Medic in Combat

    Published: 26/10/2019
  19. Remembering the Battle of Mogadishu, Part Two

    Published: 16/10/2019
  20. Remembering the Battle of Mogadishu, Part One

    Published: 16/10/2019

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The Spear is a podcast from the Modern War Institute at West Point. It sets out to explore the combat experience, with each episode featuring a guest who tells a detailed and personal story, describing the events and exploring topics like decision-making under stress and what it feels like to be in combat.

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