About this episode

Mike Carr, a retired Marine Gunner, shares his experiences in the Marine Corps before 9/11 and discusses various deployments, including Somalia in the early 1990s.

Mike Carr is a retired Marine Gunner who spent time in multiple areas that have not been covered on the show yet. He discusses the Marine Corps before 9/11 and covers some of the different deployments from that era. One of which was Somalia in the early 1990s. This is a great episode, and we hope you enjoy it.

People in this episode

Hosts: Ryan Rogers, Matthew Charette

Guest: Mike Carr

Topics covered

• Marine Corps history
• military deployments
• Somalia
• pre-9/11 military
• veteran experiences

Keywords

• Marine Gunner
• military history
• Somalia deployment
• pre-9/11
• veteran stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Marine Corps

Places: Somalia

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