Marine Raider LtCol Ivan Ingraham (USMC, Ret.) takes us deep inside one of the intense firefights of the Afghanistan Struggle — when his convoy rolled into the Inexperienced Zone and an RPG bounced off the hood of his Humvee earlier than exploding behind him.
On this unforgettable episode of Fight Story, Ivan shares what it actually looks like when all hell breaks free. From the chaos of a full-blown ambush to the calm, deliberate choices that saved his Marines’ lives, this story captures the braveness, readability, and management solid solely via fight.
Ivan spent 24 years within the Marine Corps, serving as each a traditional infantry officer and later as a Particular Operations Marine Raider with MARSOC. Throughout 5 fight deployments to Afghanistan, he led elite items underneath fireplace, educated the subsequent era of Recon Marines, and later turned his hard-won classes into writing, talking, and management teaching.
That is greater than only a warfare story. It’s about braveness underneath fireplace, the load of command, and discovering objective after the battlefield.
🔗 Join with Ivan Ingraham
🌐 Official Web site: ➡️ https://ivanfingraham.com
📰 Substack Publication – The Log E-book ➡️ https://ivanfingraham.substack.com
📘 Books by Ivan F. Ingraham
➡️ As soon as We Pledged Ceaselessly: A Novel of Fight, Marines and the Struggle Inside
https://www.amazon.com/As soon as-We-Pledged-Ceaselessly-Marines/dp/1958861669
➡️ Dream Job
➡️ Athena: Bravery Is aware of No Gender
➡️ 22: A Journey to The Fringe of Darkness
➡️ The Patrol: A Story of MARSOC at Struggle https://www.goodreads.com/ebook/present/137341905-the-patrol-a-story-of-marsoc-at-war
📚 Amazon Creator Web page (Full Catalog): ➡️ https://www.amazon.com/shops/Ivan-F.-Ingraham/writer/B0BCL7NGS3
💬 Fb: ➡️ https://www.fb.com/IvanFIngraham
📸 Instagram: ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/ifi_writer
Discover AJ On-line:
📸Instagram: / ajpasciuti https://www.instagram.com/ajpasciuti/
📘 LinkedIn: / angelo-pasciuti https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelo-pasciuti/
🔗Private Web site & E-book Pre-Order (“Darkhorse”): https://www.ajpasciuti.com/
👉Fight Story Podcast (Half 1 – USMC Sniper & Power Recon in Fallujah):
👉Fight Story Podcast (Half 2 – Sniper vs Sniper Battle):
👉City Valor Fb Characteristic:
https://www.fb.com/UrbanValor/posts/retired-marine-chief-warrant-officer-3-aj-pasciuti-recounts-being-in-the-middle-/602000529075284/
👉DVIDS Video on Infantry Marine Course:
https://www.nationalguard.mil/Management/Joint-Employees/Comptroller/Innovation/?dvpTag=imc&videoid=790758
🧭 CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – Intro: RPG Ambush & Chaos within the Inexperienced Zone
03:15 – Ivan Ingraham’s background and upbringing in a army household
07:20 – Why he joined the Marines and the recruiting story that modified the whole lot
12:10 – Classes from OCS and The Primary Faculty: what makes a Marine officer totally different
18:00 – Turning into an Infantry Officer and early deployments with 1/4
25:30 – Transition to Recon and the trail towards Power Reconnaissance
34:00 – September eleventh: the place Ivan was when the towers fell
37:45 – Early years of the World Struggle on Terror and Recon’s evolving position
41:00 – The creation of MARSOC and Ivan’s transfer to Marine Particular Operations
51:30 – Inside MARSOC’s first deployments: construction, tradition, and fight readiness
1:07:00 – The firefight: RPG hits the convoy and “all hell breaks free”
1:13:00 – What fight actually feels like and the chaos of management underneath fireplace
1:20:00 – Calling in air assist and the A-10 Warthog strafing run
1:26:00 – The second Ivan thought they wouldn’t make it out alive
1:31:00 – Aftermath: reflection, loss, and classes in management
1:47:00 – Writing, therapeutic, and constructing “The Log E-book” publication
1:54:00 – Life after MARSOC: management, loss, and discovering objective once more
2:10:00 – Ivan Ingraham’s recommendation on braveness, humility, and main via worry
🪖 ABOUT IVAN INGRAHAM
LtCol Ivan Ingraham, USMC (Ret.) is a former Marine Raider (MARSOC), fight veteran, and writer. Over a 24-year profession, he served in management roles throughout standard and particular operations items, deploying 5 occasions to Afghanistan and world wide.
⚡ WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE
✅ How a Marine Raider leads via chaos when the whole lot falls aside
✅ What it feels prefer to be ambushed by RPGs in Afghanistan
✅ The distinction between management in fight vs. company life
✅ The emotional price of warfare and the way Ivan discovered which means past the battlefield
✅ Classes on humility, braveness, and belief from 24 years of service
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