Marine Special Operator | Battle of Fallujah | MARSOC | Christian Holloway | Combat Story Ep 86
About This Episode
Today we hear the Combat Story of Christian Holloway, a former Marine who is the part of initial invasion of Iraq, fought both battles of Falluja, and was one of the first Marines what we now know as Marines Special Operations command (MARSOC).
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Christian was just 18 years old when he crossed the line of departure into Iraq for the initial invasion alongside M1A1 tanks in his Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV).
He was then clearing buildings on foot in Fallujah alongside his Marine brothers, was among the first to see the effects of IEDs and what later became a very common and lethal enemy TTP, and was then in the elite special operations community training foreign militaries as a force multiplier.
Since leaving the military, Christian continued to train service members in Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) as a contractor and now hosts a financial information program on YouTube.
This is a great Combat Story that follows the path from the tactical perspective of the Marine infantryman to the strategic MARSOC operator and I hope you enjoy his humble insights as much as I did.
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-Marine Corps Special Operations -Falluja I & II -USMC in Fallujah -Christian Halloway Combat Story -MARSOC -Marines
The Second Battle of Fallujah—code-named Operation Al-Fajr and Operation Phantom Fury—was a joint American, Iraqi-government, and British offensive in November and December 2004, the highest point of conflict during the Iraq War. It was led by the U.S. Marines against the Iraqi insurgents in the city of Fallujah and was authorized by the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Interim Government. The U.S. military called it "some of the heaviest urban combat U.S. Marines have been involved in since the Battle of Huế City in Vietnam in 1968.
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Combat Story Ep 86
Chapters
- 0:00Intro
- 0:44Guest Introduction (Christian Holloway)
- 1:59Interview begins
- 2:40Growing up in Texas
- 7:31Why Marine Corps and recruitment story
- 10:44Training and preparing for deployment only 4 months after after boot camp and school of infantry
- 17:13Preparing for first deployment invading Iraq at only 18 years old
- 20:48MOPP levels and the nuclear, biological and chemical threat
- 24:53Combat Story - Engaged by an artillery unit and the invasion of Iraq
- 33:10Combat Story - An armor to armor engagement
- 55:27Combat Story - 48 hour engagement
- 1:18:01Almost dying in Baghdad from celebratory fire
- 1:21:03Fallujah 1 fighting the insurgency and the first in incorporation of IED tactics
- 1:35:52Combat Story - a very persistent engagement
- 1:56:24Joining what would later be known as MARSOC and the intense training course
- 2:24:42Transition to contractor
- 2:27:42Refelctions on being in combat at 18 years old
- 2:30:45Personal Finance YouTube channel
- 2:37:19What did you carry into combat?
- 2:39:08Would you do it again?
- 2:40:21Listener comments and shout outs
