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Chapter 15: The Long Thread of Fidelity

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This episode pulls together the long wars and the quiet missions that followed. It starts in Anbar and along the Syrian border, with Lioness teams at checkpoints, battalions fighting through al Qaim and Ramadi, and tribes turning against Al Qaeda. From there it tracks how Iraq shifted from brutal street fighting to fragile calm, only to see ISIS rise out of the same ground a few years later.

The story widens to Afghanistan's hidden record in the Afghanistan Papers, then follows Marines into humanitarian work in Liberia, Haiti, the Indian Ocean, the Philippines, and Nepal, where ships become lifelines instead of launchpads. Libya, Benghazi, and the ISIS war show how quickly combat can return.

The chapter closes on the future of the Corps, from Force Design debates to the simple ideas that have outlasted every reorganization.

Support the Series

  • Listen ad-free and a week early on historyofthemarinecorps.supercast.com
  • Donate directly at historyofthemarinecorps.com
  • Try a free 30-day Audible trial at audibletrial.com/marinehistory

Social Media

  • Instagram - @historyofthemarines
  • Facebook - @marinehistory
  • Twitter - @marinehistory
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181 episodes

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This episode pulls together the long wars and the quiet missions that followed. It starts in Anbar and along the Syrian border, with Lioness teams at checkpoints, battalions fighting through al Qaim and Ramadi, and tribes turning against Al Qaeda. From there it tracks how Iraq shifted from brutal street fighting to fragile calm, only to see ISIS rise out of the same ground a few years later.

The story widens to Afghanistan's hidden record in the Afghanistan Papers, then follows Marines into humanitarian work in Liberia, Haiti, the Indian Ocean, the Philippines, and Nepal, where ships become lifelines instead of launchpads. Libya, Benghazi, and the ISIS war show how quickly combat can return.

The chapter closes on the future of the Corps, from Force Design debates to the simple ideas that have outlasted every reorganization.

Support the Series

  • Listen ad-free and a week early on historyofthemarinecorps.supercast.com
  • Donate directly at historyofthemarinecorps.com
  • Try a free 30-day Audible trial at audibletrial.com/marinehistory

Social Media

  • Instagram - @historyofthemarines
  • Facebook - @marinehistory
  • Twitter - @marinehistory
  continue reading

181 episodes

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