Ep 88: Master Sergeant Shawn Patrick was member of one of the first elite Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MarSoc), THE MARINE RAIDERS.
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Shawn spent 20 years as a Marine, he received the Bronze Star with Combat V for Valor, Purple Heart, and a Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V for Valor before retiring as a Master Sergeant in July of 2015. Shawn also he worked in construction, advancing to a skilled Concrete Finisher. After his retirement from the Marine Corp, Shawn took his talents as an effective leader and communicator and founded The Raider Company.
Also, Shawn’s and his units story was turned into a book and a seven-part HBO miniseries focusing on the first 40 days of the war in Iraq as seen through the eyes of Shawn’s elite unit of U.S. Marines who spearheaded the invasion. The book and mini series found on HBOS is called Generation Kill.
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