Hazard Ground
356 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 585 ratingsServicemembers from across the military, sharing their accounts of combat and survival. Hosted by sports talk radio host and Army veteran, Mark Zinno, this podcast brings you firsthand accounts of war, with a perspective you only get from someone who has lived through it. From WWII to Vietnam, Somalia, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, hear inspirational stories of service and resiliency from those who have fought on and off the battlefield!
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Justin Watt (Part I)
February 21, 2017 04:12 - 54 minutesIt's war. It's what we can only imagine hell to be like, and Justin Watt lived through it. His story is eye-opening and shaded by the dark narratives and hard choices that only war can draw out. He was a member of the 101st Airborne Division's renowned 502nd Infantry Regiment, serving as an infantryman in Iraq's "Triangle of Death" in 2005-06. His unit suffered unimaginable losses during their year-long deployment, and the horror only intensified when four members of his platoon, his brot...
Shannon Polson
February 13, 2017 20:21 - 56 minutesWhen a U.S. Army Colonel told a young Shannon Polson that she would never fly an attack aircraft, she set out to prove him wrong. As a matter of fact she became one of the Army's first female Apache pilots, and the first woman Apache pilot assigned to a line unit in the XVIII Airborne Corps. Serving overseas multiple times, she lead two flight platoons and a line company. When her time in the Army was finished, she used her experiences as a pilot, adventurer, and leader to forge a career a...
Daniel Gade
February 06, 2017 19:36 - 59 minutes - 81.3 MBIn early 2005, Daniel Gade was severely injured in a IED blast in Iraq. The blast took his right leg, and sent him on a several year-long journey to heal and recover. With much love and encouragement from his wife and kids, who were by his side the entire time, Dan overcame his injuries. He even continued his active duty military career, which he recently wrapped up as a Lieutenant Colonel and professor at his alma mater, the United States Military Academy at West Point. Dan's also making...
Brian Castner
January 30, 2017 20:20 - 1 hourFor several years, Brian Castner performed one of the military's most difficult and dangerous jobs: he was an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician. Not only was he an EOD tech, but he was also an officer, leading a team of bomb disposal experts, and ultimately responsible for every decision they made in combat. He served two combat tours in Iraq as the leader of an EOD unit. But, when he came home from his final combat tour, he began fighting a new enemy within, one he defines as t...
Noah Galloway
January 23, 2017 20:25 - 46 minutesOn December 19, 2005, Noah Galloway was driving the lead truck in a small convoy when his vehicle was struck by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Iraq's "Triangle of Death." Taking the brunt of the blast, Galloway was severely injured and ended up losing his left arm and leg. The loss of two limbs devastated the former standout athlete and fitness guru. So much so that it sent him into a downward spiral of excessive drinking and depression. Noah eventually hit rock bottom, and when ...
Matt Eversmann
January 12, 2017 18:48 - 1 hourMany people know the story behind the Battle of Mogadishu, immortalized in the book and film, Black Hawk Down. Rarely though, does one get the opportunity to see it from a different perspective; from one of the soldiers who fought and lived through that harrowing day in 1993. Matt Eversmann (portrayed by Josh Hartnett in the film Black Hawk Down), not only survived that battle, but went on to share his experiences, leading young men and women, and preparing them to face circumstances in lif...