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Constant Combat
This veteran-led podcast highlights the experiences of Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, starting with their harrowing 2004 deployment to Ramadi; a 9 month combat tour which resulted in the highest casualties in a single deployment - a deployment that most Americans have never heard about. Through candid conversations surrounding these events, the series also explores earlier experiences that shaped the Marines, emphasizing their grit, humor, and humanity while aiming to honor their stories authentically.
Constant Combat
Latest Episodes
Intensity and Good Faith - Justin Weaver (part 2 of 2)
Part 2 with Justin Weaver wraps up with the strange gap between what we lived and what the civilian world can understand, and how that gap can push people into silence, booze, and untreated PTSD. We trade memories from Ramadi to coming home, an...
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Intensity and Good Faith - Justin Weaver (part 1 of 2)
Part 1 with Rainmaker Mortarman Justin Weaver to trace the jump from rushed pre-deployment training to the first hard weeks in Ramadi 2004, including the moments that flipped the switch from joking around to understanding the stakes. Along the ...
The Cigar Smoke after a Patrol - Sergio Wallace (part 2 of 2)
Part 2 with Sergio Wallace goes on with the everyday reality of war, from heat and mud rain to the little “keep your head together” routines. He gives a deep look at what it means to accept death at 19, come home changed, and try to lead younge...
The Cigar Smoke after a Patrol - Sergio Wallace (part 1 of 2)
Part 1 with Sergio Wallace of Sledgehammer Platoon. His story tracks a young Marine Corps infantryman who arrives with confidence, friction, and a simple motive, then learns how fast combat erases simplicity, trying to make sense of what ...
A View From Cracked Glass - Michael Hanson (part 2 of 2)
We pick up Part Two with Mike Hanson as he relives Ramadi through the details that didn't fade: from weapons caches and watch posts to split-second calls that still don’t have easy answers. We also talk about what it feels like to come home, ca...
Fan Mail
i am savage mom and felix called me yesterday to tell me what he would be talking about. Thank you for sharing the stories. i love my Marine sons weapons co so much. They have gave somuch love and support to me and my family. They are my famiky not by blood born but by blood shed.
Cookeville, Tennessee