“Bullets flying right at us”: Ambushed in Somalia | Heavy Combat in Iraq & Afghanistan

Urban Valor: the podcast

U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Henry Garcia spent over twenty years in the military, serving as a Motor Transportation Gunnery Sergeant from 1991 to 2013.
In this episode of Urban Valor, Garcia doesn't hold back, describing his savagery as a Marine Corps Drill Instructor. Born in Tampa but moving frequently as an Air Force kid before settling in Sacramento, Garcia's Marine Corps career began after a fight with his father turned dangerous.
Together with his three friends, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.
Garcia details his first taste of combat - getting ambushed in Somalia in the 1990's. He also details his deployment for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the combat he faced in Afghanistan in 2012.
Table of Contents:
00:01 Introduction
16:13 First of Many
32:03 Keeping Promises
40:32 Retrograde Out
58:22 Life as DI
1:20:35 Retirement
1:36:22 Looking Back
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