Combat from Echo in Ramadi | Marine Commander Takes Inside the Deadliest City in Iraq Scott Huesing
About This Episode
Today we have a great interview with 24 year retired Marine and best selling author of Echo in Ramadi, Scott Huesing. Scott led the “magnificent bastards” of 2/4 Marines during one of the most brutal periods of the post-9/11 war from 2006 into 2007 during the Surge.
Scott went from self-described terrible high school student to enlisted Marine to Mustang (a Marine Officer who was formerly Enlisted), serving on 10 deployments in multiple countries.
In this episode, Scott takes into an intense fight to extract several pinned down Marines that included bringing M1A1s along to losing his first casualty just weeks into the deployment.
Since leaving the service, Scott wrote the best selling book Echo in Ramadi, has helped others write their own books, run non-profits, and more. With that, please enjoy this wide ranging conversation with someone who made it through some of the hardest fighting in the war.
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Chapters
- 00:33Introduction
- 00:52Interview with Scott Houston
- 01:08Scott's Early Life and Military Career
- 03:17Bob Hamer's Undercover Work
- 07:36Scott's High School Days and Joining the Marines
- 12:57Marine Corps Brotherhood and Relationships
- 15:17James Livingston and the Magnificent Bastards
- 21:30Desert Shield and Desert Storm
- 26:379/11 and Its Impact
- 33:50Preparing for Ramadi
- 42:12The Surge Strategy and Urban Combat
- 43:48Daily Firefights and Enemy Encounters
- 44:13Super Bowl of Combat: Metrics of Success
- 44:57Army vs. Marines: Different Approaches
- 46:08Commanders and Combat Strategies
- 48:43Living and Fighting in Ramadi
- 54:29First Casualty: Corporal Dustin Libby
- 59:36Compartmentalizing and Continuing the Fight
- 01:04:42Challenges of Urban Warfare
- 01:08:18The Bond Among Marines
- 01:15:31Writing and Reliving the Stories
- 01:20:54Celebrity Softball Classic and Philanthropy
- 01:26:34Final Reflections and Encouragement to Serve
