Veteran State Of Mind Episode 225: Ethan Nagel - USMC Infantryman, Scout Sniper, Silver Star recipient, and film maker

About this episode

Ethan Nagel shares his experiences as a Marine Corps Infantryman and Scout Sniper during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Send us Fan Mail Ethan Nagel is a Marine Corps Infantrymen and Scout Sniper that served during the height of Iraq and Afghanistan war. He deployed to the Haditha Triad and Fallujah Provinces in Iraq and volunteered for a third deployment to Afghanistan as a Combat Advisor on Embedded Training Team 1-11. While attached to 10th Special Forces group and on patrol deep in the Mountains of Uzbin Valley, the team would be ambushed and then surrounded by Taliban fighters. Ethan would be wounded twic...

People in this episode

Host: Geraint Jones

Guest: Ethan Nagel

Topics covered

• military service
• Iraq war
• Afghanistan war
• personal stories
• combat experiences
• film making

Keywords

• Ethan Nagel
• Marine Corps
• Scout Sniper
• Iraq
• Afghanistan
• combat advisor
• Silver Star
• 10th Special Forces
• Uzbin Valley

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Marine Corps, 10th Special Forces

Places: Haditha Triad, Fallujah Provinces, Afghanistan, Uzbin Valley

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