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401: Why We Fight / 402: Yuck, 8/10/2019

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Why We Fight" - Why would a 40-year-old English professor want to become a cage fighter? This hour, a look at ritual combat. HOUR TWO:...

The Art of War

From: Smithsonian
Series: Sidedoor

In this episode, we look at artists whose work has helped reveal the human side of war. You’ll hear about a famous artist who got his start sketchi...

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Beyond Glory - Three short pieces by Stephen Lang

From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes

"As starkly moving as taps at dusk" says the Washington Post about BEYOND GLORY, a powerful tribute to military valor written and performed by stag...

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IN COUNTRY -- Meghan O'Hara Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Caption: Meghan O'Hara, San Francisco, CA 6/5/15, Credit: Andrea Chase

Meghan O’Hara talks being focused, special cookies, and why IN COUNTRY is a twist to the side.

Maxey Carpenter: "It was a good job. So it was like: Move out, kid."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Maxey B. Carpenter achieved the rank of full colonel in the U.S. Army in a career that spanned nearly 30 years. He was deployed to Panama, the Phil...

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Bart Bauer: "That camera gave us a false sense of security."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Bart Bauer retired from the U.S. Navy in 2014, after serving 24 years. In Iraq, he was a photographer, part of the Expeditionary Combat Camera oper...

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Charlotte Schnase: "Coming home was a big letdown."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Charlotte Schnase was an E-4 in Iraq, a postal worker who got the mail where it needed to go. It's an overlooked job that took its toll on her, esp...

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Collin Grote: "Their truck had just been hit with a roadside bomb."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Collin Grote, a sergeant with the Montana Army National Guard, was a combat medic. His convoy was in charge of moving supplies along routes in Iraq...

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Tylor Willis: "The day I got blown up is the first day that comes to mind."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Tylor Willis was a Corporal E-4 who served with the U.S. Marines in Afghanistan in the Battle of Sangin. He was awarded a Purple Heart. While in co...

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The Vet's Block

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Anthony Mattia came home from Iraq as a highly decorated soldier, but the trauma he experienced in combat is putting his own freedom in jeopardy.

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Tony Lin: "You would only join the Marine Corps if you wanted to see action."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Tony Lin served from 2005 to 2013 and was deployed five times, including two Marine Expeditionary Unit deployments and three to Afghanistan. He ser...

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Katie Stevens Goidich: "Was this really worth 14 years of my life?"

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Katie Stevens Goidich served with the U.S. Navy from 1997 to 2006 on active duty and from 2007 to 2012 in the Navy Reserve. After bootcamp and the ...

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Ross Holcomb: "You're not allowed to sit there and not do anything."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Ross Holcomb served with the 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines for four years and was deployed to Fallujah Iraq, and Goullistan, Afghanistan.

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Miles Netzer: "What opportunity would I have ever had without joining?"

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Miles Netzer served with the U.S. Marines from June 2002 through July 2011. He deployed several times to multiple theaters. His parent unit was VMG...

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Tyler Preston: "I knew then that we were going to war."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Tyler Preston joined the Navy on Sept. 14, 1999, and served 11 years as an Aircrew Survival Equipmentman or "Parachute Rigger" and was stationed wi...

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Sorn Jessen: "I grew up in Eastern Montana on the Crow Reservation."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Sorn Jessen was attached to the 513th Military Intelligence Battalion out of Fort Gordon, Ga. He deployed with his unit to Camp Doha, Kuwait, in Se...

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Mike Warner: "I don't know how many lives were saved by handing them two MREs."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Michael Warner served with the U.S. Marines from 2002 to 2008, deploying to Iraq from 2003 to the end of 2005. His tank unit cleared a large number...

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Larry Himes: "Because if he's got a bomb, I'm gonna blow up."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Larry G. Himes served in the U.S. Air Force, the U.S Army National Guard and the U.S. Army. His service began in 1980. He deployed with the Nationa...

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Mikaila Stinar: "When people look at me, they don't see soldier. They just see a girl."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Caption: Mikaila Stinar, far left, Credit: contributed photo

Mikaila Stinar served in Iraq from 2010 to 2011 with Echo Co. 145th BSB attached to the 1-163rd Infantry Battalion. Her unit provided convoy securi...

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The Graffiti of War

From: War News Radio

Caption: Sgt Brandon Benton sent this to his wife Emily Benton, who waited for him at home near Fort Hood, Texas, when he got word of a return date., Credit: graffitiofwar.com

War News Radio talks with the founder of the Graffiti of War Project, which collects service members’ art left on the walls and buildings in the ba...

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Can Moral Injury Be a Wound of War?

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner

Moral injury is a new concept to describe the harm done to combatants traumatized by war. Is this concept confined to combatants alone, or is moral...

Who Dies in Afghanistan: Soldiers, Civilians, or the Mission?

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner

How do you choose missions to fight a war effectively, while minimizing civilian deaths and meeting the obligation to your soldiers?

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