Ep 38: Ocie Vest on the Marine Corps’ War in Afghanistan, Part 1 of 2

Ocie Vest, retired Marine infantry officer, joins the show to talk about his experiences as a platoon commander in the Battle of Marjah and later as a combat leader in Nimruz Province, lessons learned in training and in combat, and how the war can continue after the fighting ends. First of a two-part conversation.

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Times 

• 01:46 Introduction
• 02:24 Joining The Marines
• 03:55 Quantico
• 09:00 Becoming An Infantry Officer
• 20:22 Camp Lejeune
• 27:21 False Start
• 35:06 Crossing The Line Of Departure 
• 40:49 On The Job Learning
• 44:40 Marjah
• 50:43 First Combat
    • 59:11 Sustained Combat
• 1:02:45 Different Neighborhood, Different War