Combat Story (Ep 48): Ray McPadden | Ranger | Purple Heart | Valley of Death | We March at Midnight
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Today we hear Part I of the Combat Story of Ray McPadden, a former Army Infantry Officer who survived four deployments that included leading troops in one of the most dangerous valleys of Afghanistan with the 10th Mountain Division and as a Ground Force Commander in the Ranger Battalion.
Listeners really appreciate our interviews with Special Operators and it’s easy to see why. Many listeners have asked to hear a few more stores from the conventional side of the house. Today’s episode focuses entirely on the conventional side of Ray’s career and fighting that his Battalion Commander at the time promised would be harder than anything he would go on to do in the Rangers.
Ray’s experience in the Pech and Korangal Valleys will be eye opening to many who had no idea forces were fighting in this unforgiving terrain and in these isolated conditions. Many have seen Restrepo and the Hornet’s Nest and can appreciate just how difficult that fighting was. Ray and his men fought to build the positions and fortifications that would later become the backdrop of those movies and books.
We use Ray’s own fantastic book - We March at Midnight - as a guide to walk through the first half of his career and will pick up in part two with his time in the Special Ops community. I hope you enjoy this first of two Combat Stories and his fight in what was known as the “Valley of Death” as much as I did.
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Intro Song: Sport Rock from Audio Jungle
Show Notes
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - Intro
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - Guest introduction
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - Interview begins
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - Reenacting Sniper (the movie) as a kid
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - Texas A&M and learning from NCOs for the first time
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - “Actions not words” and leading by example
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - Mood in the Army in 2004-2005 starting out
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - A life in the mountains
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - Donkey and mule training
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - The real side of a military spouse - “They go to war with you”
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - Afghanistan and the Pech Valley
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - First Platoon Sergeant - “The key person” for new LTs
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - Reality of Mountain Warfare
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - Combat Story #1: First big fight
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - Combat Story #2: The counterattack
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - The Korongal (Korangal aka Korengal) Valley and Restrepo and Operation Red Wings environment (Korengal Valley videos and Restrepo videos https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/Zic7un4GmQY and https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/NZmJ9iYWx5o and https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/zvUdruvbdmI)
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - Combat Story #3: Initial fight in the Valley
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - “War is Freedom”
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - Delivering some of the hardest news possible
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - Combat Story #4: The Last Firefight - “War is horrible”
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - Conventions vs Special Operations
https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/uebr9kPuPLM - Listener Comments and Shout Outs
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