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Interview-based Podcast Series about the experiences of Combat Veterans at Sperwan Ghar and Panjwai, Afghanistan
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14/03/2024

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Love seeing more people starting their own podcasts. Check out thi Sperwan Ghar vet-hosted podcast about Hockey!

Hockey podcast hosted by the Matteucci boys bringing you the latest on the NHL, AHL, ECHL, College, Juniors, etc. 🎙️ Proud partner of Xenopucks 🏒 🥅 Proud supporter of Warrior For Life Fund

12/02/2024

Need a quick hand if anyone has any connections/knowledge:

An Afghan Interpreter who was stuck in Afghanistan needs some help. He is in Pakistan now on a limited visa and trying to find a way to get him to the states. SIV applicant. Anyone who has any contacts/resources/knowledge on how to move this guy forward, please DM me.

03/10/2022

October 3rd is a storied day in Military History.

Most notably, it is the first day of a two day firefight in the Bakhara Market during Operation Gothic Serpent. Most know this as "Blackhawk Down" , and this battle occurred from Oct 3 to Oct 4th, 1993. 18 men were killed, and two men posthumously received the Congressional Medal of Honor.

On the evening of October 3rd, 2009 a massive contingent of Taliban-aligned fighters overwhelmed and overran Combat Outpost Keating in Nuristan, Afghanistan. Eight men were killed in the fighting, and two received the Congressional Medal of Honor.

On Oct 3rd, 2012, in the early lightless morning, the majority of B Company 1-64 awaited pickup from the CH-47 helicopters that would deliver them into the middle of their enemy's stronghold, an area south of Masum Ghar and the Bazaar known to us as Nejat. We sat on the edge of this HLZ joking, smoking, and taking pictures. But we knew we were about to get into it. We knew we were going to take casualties. 48 hours later our platoon would be in absolute disarray. But when I think of October 3rd, I think of the men on the HLZ. Or I think of the waking dawn as we cleared house to house, desperately trying to achieve our tactical goals before our enemy woke up. I think of SSG Dennison and SGT Evans smashing walls with Hooley tools so we could stay off of roads. I think of the dozens of blasts from destroying IEDs. I think of being engaged by a shooter 10 feet away. I think of linear rock formations. I think of mistakes made by leaders, cowardice of those same leaders, and the bravery of broken men that made the mission happen. I think of my best friend reaching his limit and breaking down in a grape row after we cleared it the 3rd time that night because of the ineptitude of the aforementioned leaders. And finally i think of the moment I finally got to sleep, for 2 hours before my guard shift, in an afghan compound on the edge of a village, waiting with certainty for a gr***de to be tossed over the edge while I slept. At that moment I thought October 3rd had been a tough day.

Little did I know what October 4th had in store for me.

02/07/2022

One of our greatest regrets of the podcast was not being able to meet all of our guests in person.

Here's Luke, sharing a beer with season 3 guest and former Royal Marine Commando Kieran Rafferty in the grand ole United Kingdom.

25/06/2022

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Check out our very own Chelsea Swindle, Gold Star wife and Bayonet, as she gets the great opportunity to showcase her small business, Gold Star Meal Prep, which she started in memory of SSG Jason Swindle of B/1-64. (9/20/2012).

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Chelsea Swindle created Gold Star Meal Prep in memory of her husband Jason, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2012.

04/06/2022

We are urgently seeking contact with a former Canadian Officer who submitted a LOR for an interpreter who is stuck in Pakistan seeking final paperwork for a visa

We are trying to get in contact with:

SD Noel
OC, India Company 1RCR in 2010 in Kandahar

Please immediately contact us at [email protected] so that we can help this interpreter get to North America

30/05/2022

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Special Announcement

The Panjwai Podcast will conclude with the finale of Season 3 on April 18, 2022. What an incredible ride it has been. We are so proud and overjoyed at the response to this project. We thank you all for your support, and hope you stay tuned in to our final episodes in the coming weeks. As mentioned in the video, all store items will be 50% off effective immediately, and the merch store will close for business on April 25th, 2022.

KAF Level Acceleration Takeoff

An AH-64E performs a "Level Acceleration Take-off" from Kandahar Airfield in 2017. While helicopters are certainly capable of taking off directly vertically, they have many different techniques for getting airborne which can be used in a variety of circumstances. A Level Acceleration Takeoff allows the helicopter to achieve its safe single engine airspeed while over the safety of the runway, and also allows it to make a very rapid climb to altitude at the end of the maneuver. But really, it is just fun to fly 120knots 10 feet above the ground, then make a very small control input and suddenly be 1000 feet in the air. In this video, you an also see some of the infrastructure of KAF in 2017 (which is why ive never posted this previously), to include some of the Afghan and US Air Force hangars, and if you look closely enough, the poo pond and boardwalk. #panjwai #thepanjwaipodcast #kandahar #memoriesofkandahar @memoriesofkandahar #afghanistan #combat #army #waronterror #infantry #grunts #ied #bomb #explosive #veterans #podcast #military #militarypodcast #veteranpodcast #canadianarmy #nato #isaf #terrorism #taliban #war #tactical #warfare #multicam #combatinfantry #CIB #CAB

Rockets at Kaf

The last rounds I ever fired in Kandahar. Two test rockets on my way back to Jalalabad in 2017. Happy New Year! #panjwai #thepanjwaipodcast #kandahar #memoriesofkandahar @memoriesofkandahar #afghanistan #combat #army #waronterror #infantry #grunts #ied #bomb #explosive #veterans #podcast #military #militarypodcast #veteranpodcast #canadianarmy #nato #isaf #terrorism #taliban #war #tactical #warfare #multicam #combatinfantry #CIB #CAB

The Panjwai Podcast LIVE Talks Military Television

We did an episode about how the military translates to the Big Screen, but how about to the living room? We talk the history of Military TV, the good, the bad, the ugly.

Nejat bomb

What was it like to sit on guard or overwatch in Panjwai? Just like this. Sometimes things blow up. PC: @realcanadianrecreation on Instagram #panjwai #thepanjwaipodcast #kandahar #memoriesofkandahar @memoriesofkandahar #afghanistan #combat #army #waronterror #infantry #grunts #ied #bomb #explosive #veterans #podcast #military #militarypodcast #veteranpodcast #canadianarmy #nato #isaf #terrorism #taliban #war #tactical #warfare #multicam #combatinfantry #CIB #CAB

"Scouts Out" Book Release Interview and Whiskey Chat

Join us for a special live episode of The Panjwai Podcast Live as we chat with Author and former OH58D pilot Ryan Robicheaux about his book "Scouts Out", which documents his experiences in Afghanistan as a Kiowa pilot. Ryan flew over Panjwai from December 2012 to late 2013 and dedicated over half of his book to the fight in Kandahar that year. His Book released very recently, and we wanted to have him on to talk about it, and how that experience has defined him as a pilot, officer, and now as an author. https://buff.ly/3vFOrTa Follow the link above to order your exclusive The Panjwai Podcast/Scouts Out! Book combo! Use discount code "PANJWAIPOD" to get 5% off the price of a author-signed hardback, PLUS get a free Koozie and Sticker ($15 value!) Absolutely free! Limited edition green "Spring Break Kandahar" koozies will ONLY be available if you buy the book. Blue koozies of the same design are available in our store now!

Episode 35 - A Voice From Afghanistan

Episode notes This is the final episode of Season 2 of The Panjwai Podcast, and we wanted to do something a little unique and more impactful than some sort of close out. This week we are featuring the voice of an Interpreter, in the final days of the US Evacuation, after multiple failed attempts to get through and be evacuated. Despite having a visa, he never made it out on those planes and remains left behind in Afghanistan. --------------------------------- The views expressed by the guests and hosts of this podcast do not represent the views of the Department of Defense or United States Government. ——————————————— Also Available on: Apple: https://buff.ly/3gTXet9 Spotify: https://buff.ly/2Kx6cjR Google: https://buff.ly/3b29R4z Podbean: https://buff.ly/2WoN0aF iHeartRadio: https://buff.ly/3nc5Wo1 Check out the video version of the podcast at : https://www.youtube.com/thepanjwaipodcast For maps, photos and more information about Panjwai go to : https://www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/about-panjwai You can donate and support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $3.00 a month. visit www.patreon.com/thepanjwaipodcast to learn more. Direct donations can also be sent via venmo @thepanjwaipodcast Be sure to like, follow, and/or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Youtube, TuneIn, Amazon Music and many more. visit www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/listen for more information. Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepanjwaipodcast Instagram: @thepanjwaipodcast Twitter: @panjwaipodcast --------------------------------

Episode 34 - Death From Above

This week on the podcast we are joined by CW3(R) Keith Knicely. Keith is a former Infantryman turned Apache pilot, just like Curtis, except Keith did his transition much earlier. After the invasion of Iraq and a time as a Drill Sergeant Keith made the transition to the Apache in time to fly overhead in Kandahar in 2012. Part of Task Force 2-6, Keith flew over Panjwai, Zharey, and Kandahar as a whole. Keith talks about his time in Kandahar, his time flying with the OH-58D Kiowa community, and the impact that deployment had on him as an Attack Pilot. Keith would later go on to become an instructor pilot at Flight School in Fort Rucker, and guess who was in his very first class? That's right. Your 2nd favorite co-host - Curtis Grace. --------------------------------- The views expressed by the guests and hosts of this podcast do not represent the views of the Department of Defense or United States Government. ——————————————— Also Available on: Apple: https://buff.ly/3gTXet9 Spotify: https://buff.ly/2Kx6cjR Google: https://buff.ly/3b29R4z Podbean: https://buff.ly/2WoN0aF iHeartRadio: https://buff.ly/3nc5Wo1 Check out the video version of the podcast at : https://www.youtube.com/thepanjwaipodcast For maps, photos and more information about Panjwai go to : https://www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/about-panjwai You can donate and support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $3.00 a month. visit www.patreon.com/thepanjwaipodcast to learn more. Direct donations can also be sent via venmo @thepanjwaipodcast Be sure to like, follow, and/or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Youtube, TuneIn, Amazon Music and many more. visit www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/listen for more information. Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepanjwaipodcast Instagram: @thepanjwaipodcast Twitter: @panjwaipodcast --------------------------------

Episode 33 - Medusa

This week on The Panjwai Podcast we are privileged to speak with @OpMedusa himself, Russ Knight. Russ was a LAV driver in 2006 at the tip of the spear in Operation Medusa, part of a column of LAV’s directly assaulting “The White Schoolhouse” or OBJ Rugby. Russ talks about Operation Medusa, the rest of his 2006 deployment and the differences between 2006 and 2010, when he returned to COP Sperwan Ghar. Check out Russ’s Page: @OpMedusa on Instagram And visit www.shopopmedusa.com for Panjwai themed march and chance to win a sweet Variant One Archangel knife. --------------------------------- The views expressed by the guests and hosts of this podcast do not represent the views of the Department of Defense or United States Government. ——————————————— Also Available on: Apple: https://buff.ly/3gTXet9 Spotify: https://buff.ly/2Kx6cjR Google: https://buff.ly/3b29R4z Podbean: https://buff.ly/2WoN0aF iHeartRadio: https://buff.ly/3nc5Wo1 Check out the video version of the podcast at : https://www.youtube.com/thepanjwaipodcast For maps, photos and more information about Panjwai go to : https://www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/about-panjwai You can donate and support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $3.00 a month. visit www.patreon.com/thepanjwaipodcast to learn more. Direct donations can also be sent via venmo @thepanjwaipodcast Be sure to like, follow, and/or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Youtube, TuneIn, Amazon Music and many more. visit www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/listen for more information. Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepanjwaipodcast Instagram: @thepanjwaipodcast Twitter: @panjwaipodcast --------------------------------

TPP Live Celebrates the Launch Anniversary of The Panjwai Podcast

On Sept 16th 2020 we launched our Kickstarter and officially began our journey towards the release of The Panjwai Podcast. It was at this moment that the support and interest for the podcast far exceeded our expectations. We wanted to take the moment to talk about the podcast, where it is today, and invite you, our friends and listeners to join us to talk about the podcast, recent events in Afghanistan, and make sure that everyone is doing alright.

Mass Casualty

As I catch up on episodes, and the end of the season approaches, we are finally getting back to uploading clips! In this clip from Episode 32 - Rendering Aid, former US Army Medic Thomas Underhill sets the scene for what would become one of the worst days of his deployment to Sperwan Ghar in 2011 with B Company 1-5 Infantry. #panjwai #thepanjwaipodcast #kandahar #memoriesofkandahar @memoriesofkandahar #afghanistan #combat #army #waronterror #infantry #grunts #ied #bomb #explosive #veterans #podcast #military #militarypodcast #veteranpodcast #canadianarmy #nato #isaf #terrorism #taliban #war #tactical #warfare #multicam #combatinfantry #CIB #CAB

Episode 32 - Rendering Aid

This week on The Panjwai Podcast we are privileged to have Thomas Underhill join us. Tom was a Combat Medic assigned to 1-5 Infantry out of Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and served in Dand District and Panjwai from April 2011 to March 2012. In Panjwai, Tom served at COP Sperwan Ghar where he and his platoon owned the western side of the AO and soon found that the realities of combat in Dand were not the same as the realities of combat in the Horn of Panjwai. Tom does a great job of highlighting those realities and offering some insight from his time as a Combat Medic and as a teammate to his brothers in arms, as well as a breathtaking account of the mass casualty event that sticks with him to this day. https://buff.ly/3hkfOg5 - The Military Times account of the effort to save Lieutenant Vogt --------------------------------- The views expressed by the guests and hosts of this podcast do not represent the views of the Department of Defense or United States Government. ——————————————— Also Available on: Apple: https://buff.ly/3gTXet9 Spotify: https://buff.ly/2Kx6cjR Google: https://buff.ly/2XX2Zxz Podbean: https://buff.ly/2WoN0aF iHeartRadio: https://buff.ly/3nc5Wo1 Check out the video version of the podcast at : https://buff.ly/3cJT2uo For maps, photos and more information about Panjwai go to : https://buff.ly/2M4T4n8 You can donate and support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $3.00 a month. visit https://buff.ly/2SM39c0 to learn more. Direct donations can also be sent via venmo @thepanjwaipodcast Be sure to like, follow, and/or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Youtube, TuneIn, Amazon Music and many more. visit https://buff.ly/2MS2suv for more information. Social Media: Facebook: https://buff.ly/390Dr95 Instagram: @thepanjwaipodcast Twitter: @panjwaipodcast --------------------------------

Episode 31 - Man's Best Friend

This week on the podcast we are proud to bring in TSGT(R) Leonard Anderson of the United States Air Force. Anderson served as a Military Working Dog Handler on multiple deployments to Afghanistan, most recently in 2012 where he served in Panjwai out of FOB Masum Ghar. Leonard talks about his journey to becoming a MWD Handler, his experiences as one, and the day he was struck by a massive IED patrolling outside COP Sperwan Ghar. You will not want to miss this story of perserverance, recovery and the love between a man and his best friend. --------------------------------- The views expressed by the guests and hosts of this podcast do not represent the views of the Department of Defense or United States Government. ——————————————— Also Available on: Apple: https://buff.ly/3gTXet9 Spotify: https://buff.ly/2Kx6cjR Google: https://buff.ly/3b29R4z Podbean: https://buff.ly/2WoN0aF iHeartRadio: https://buff.ly/3nc5Wo1 Check out the video version of the podcast at : https://www.youtube.com/thepanjwaipodcast For maps, photos and more information about Panjwai go to : https://www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/about-panjwai You can donate and support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $3.00 a month. visit www.patreon.com/thepanjwaipodcast to learn more. Direct donations can also be sent via venmo @thepanjwaipodcast Be sure to like, follow, and/or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Youtube, TuneIn, Amazon Music and many more. visit www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/listen for more information. Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepanjwaipodcast Instagram: @thepanjwaipodcast Twitter: @panjwaipodcast --------------------------------

Episode 30 - The Mechanic

This week we talk to a unique guest, SFC Jon Orebaugh. Jon is and was a wheeled vehicle mechanic, and served with B Company 1-64 Armor at COP Sperwan Ghar in 2012. Jon talks to us about his previous deployment to Iraq, how it differed from his experiences at Sperwan Ghar, and the ludicrous events he endured while at Sperwan Ghar in 2012. Jon talks about his team, its' missions, and about his battle with mental health in the aftermath. --------------------------------- The views expressed by the guests and hosts of this podcast do not represent the views of the Department of Defense or United States Government. ——————————————— Also Available on: Apple: https://buff.ly/3gTXet9 Spotify: https://buff.ly/2Kx6cjR Google: https://buff.ly/3b29R4z Podbean: https://buff.ly/2WoN0aF iHeartRadio: https://buff.ly/3nc5Wo1 Check out the video version of the podcast at : https://www.youtube.com/thepanjwaipodcast For maps, photos and more information about Panjwai go to : https://www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/about-panjwai You can donate and support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $3.00 a month. visit www.patreon.com/thepanjwaipodcast to learn more. Direct donations can also be sent via venmo @thepanjwaipodcast Be sure to like, follow, and/or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Youtube, TuneIn, Amazon Music and many more. visit www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/listen for more information. Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepanjwaipodcast Instagram: @thepanjwaipodcast Twitter: @panjwaipodcast --------------------------------

Episode 29 - Taking Sperwan

This week we are exceptionally excited to bring you the story of Operation Medusa, from within the ranks of the Special Forces task force that seized Sperwan Ghar. Thomas Young joins us to talk about his time in the SOT-A (Special Operations Team - Alpha) attached to Major Rusty Bradley and his ODA as they journeyed across the Registan Desert in support of Operation Medusa in 2006. Thomas talks about his military history, his wild experience that week in Panjwai, and we enjoy so great laughs talking about the Army and Afghanistan in general. This is not an episode you want to miss. Tom is a SOT-A legend and a phenomenal human being. --------------------------------- The views expressed by the guests and hosts of this podcast do not represent the views of the Department of Defense or United States Government. ——————————————— Also Available on: Apple: https://buff.ly/3gTXet9 Spotify: https://buff.ly/2Kx6cjR Google: https://buff.ly/3b29R4z Podbean: https://buff.ly/2WoN0aF iHeartRadio: https://buff.ly/3nc5Wo1 Check out the video version of the podcast at : https://www.youtube.com/thepanjwaipodcast For maps, photos and more information about Panjwai go to : https://www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/about-panjwai You can donate and support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $3.00 a month. visit www.patreon.com/thepanjwaipodcast to learn more. Direct donations can also be sent via venmo @thepanjwaipodcast Be sure to like, follow, and/or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Youtube, TuneIn, Amazon Music and many more. visit www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/listen for more information. Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepanjwaipodcast Instagram: @thepanjwaipodcast Twitter: @panjwaipodcast -------------------------------- #panjwai #thepanjwaipodcast #kandahar #memoriesofkandahar @memoriesofkandahar #afghanistan #combat #army #waronterror #infantry #grunts #ied #bomb #explosive #v

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