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May 2024
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437: Special Ops, Intelligence, Sacrific...

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"Send Me: The True Story of a Mother At War", by Joe Kent.

Joe Kent is a retired 20-year-veteran of our nation’s Special Forces and a widower raising his two young sons in Yacolt, Washington State. His first wife, who also served, was killed while fighting ISIS in Syria. Four years later, he married Heather Kaiser.

0:00:00 - Intro

0:03:45 - Joe Kent. Early Days.

0:09:50 - Entering The Military.

0:21:51 - Selection.

0:29:22 - Shannon Kent.

0:55:57 - Baghdad 2007.

0:58:34 - Meeting Shannon.

1:16:50 - Iraq 2011.

1:57:10 - The Last Deployment.

2:00:45 - Tragedy Strikes.

2:22:22 - Joe Kent Running For Congress.

2:42:06 - How To Stay On The Path.

3:03:53 - Closing Gratitude.



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