Ep.30. USMC Capt Frank "Gus" Biggio: The Wolves of Helmand

Ten years after serving his country as a U.S. Marine, Captain Frank “Gus” Biggio signed up once again because he missed the brotherhood of the military. Leaving behind his successful law career, his young wife, and newborn son, he was deployed to Helmand Province—the most violent region in war-torn Afghanistan. As a participant in a combined coalition offensive named Operation Khanjar, Biggio and his fellow Marines fought to take back control of the Taliban stronghold city of Nawa. The offensive began with a troop surge designed to thwart the Taliban, and was followed by the restoration of the local government and real-time capacity building among the withdrawn and destitute Afghan people. Years after his return from the mission he decided to turn his experience into a book titled The Wolves of Helmand where he processes through a decade-long self-examination of a warrior’s heart, conscience, and memory.