AUDIO ONLY: 13-Man Sniper Section Told To Not Plan On Coming Home | What He Found After Iraq| Ep. 22 Pt. 2

AUDIO ONLY: 13-Man Sniper Section Told To Not Plan On Coming Home | What He Found After Iraq| Ep. 22 Pt. 2

From Beer, Booze & B.S. Podcast by Chrissy Bohnhoff

July 8, 2026 · 1h 21m · Episode 22

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Drew Matthews shares his harrowing experiences as an Army sniper and the personal challenges he faced upon returning home from Iraq.

Army sniper Drew Matthews was told his 13-man team might not come home. Then he returned from Iraq to a family betrayal nobody saw coming. In Part 2 of this raw and unbelievable Beer, Booze & B.S. interview, Minnesota Army veteran Drew “Bullet” Matthews takes Chrissy and Paulie inside the reality of sniper missions, convoy operations, military training, war, grief, religious control and the homecoming nightmare that changed his life. Drew recounts being sent overseas after his sniper section was warned, “I wouldn’t plan to come home.” All 13 members of his section survived—but another soldier Drew knew was killed after being assigned to the mission Drew’s team narrowly avoided. He also describes helping move an approximately 100-truck convoy out of Iraq, riding in an up-armored vehicle with a motorized turret and serving as the commander’s eyes and ears. According to Drew, his truck was the third from the last documented vehicle to leave Iraq during the drawdown, and his unit was involved in one of the final enemy engagements. But surviving Iraq was only part of the story. Drew opens up about growing up inside a controlling church where emotions were dismissed, medication was…

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Hosts: Chrissy Bohnhoff, Paulie

Guest: Drew Matthews

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Organizations: Minnesota Army, Iraq, church

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