Urban Valor: the podcast

This Army Officer Says the Military Poisoned Her Kids Then Came After Her

Army Major Mandy Feindt says Navy jet fuel contamination from the Red Hill water crisis poisoned her family — and when she spoke out, the military came after her. In thi

Marine Sent to Replace Drivers Being Killed by IEDs in Iraq

Marine veteran Peter Caro joined the U.S. Marine Corps expecting to become a mechanic. Instead, he was sent to Iraq as a Motor Transport operator during a time when IEDs

This Navy SEAL Hunted the Taliban on Horseback in Afghanistan

Navy SEAL Andrew Arrabito sits down to tell the REAL stories behind serving in United States Naval Special Warfare from 2002 to 2012, including time with SEAL Team 5 and

Marine Awarded Bronze Star for Valor Reaches Sergeant Major Before Losing Everything

Marine Corps Sergeant Major Jean-Paul Corville served 22 years in the United States Marine Corps from 1991 to 2013, earning the Bronze Star with Valor and rising to the r

This Marine Sold Drugs to Save His Family Before Going to War

Ronald Long is a United States Marine Corps veteran who served from 2009–2013, leaving the Marines as an E-4 Corporal. In this episode of Urban Valor, Ronald shares his i

Army Tanker Reveals What It's Like Inside America's Deadliest Tank!

U.S. Army tanker Carlos Manjarrez served as an M1 Abrams armor crewman from 2012 to 2018. In this episode of the Urban Valor Podcast, Carlos shares the story of growing u

Violent Chicago Gangster Rises to Marine Corps Master Sergeant!

Marcos Estrada went from surviving Chicago gang violence to becoming a United States Marine Master Sergeant—and fighting in Operation Phantom Fury. Born and raised on th

Marine Intercepted Russian Communications During the Cold War!

Marine Corps veteran Keith Johnson served as an electronics surveillance operator during the Vietnam era, intercepting Russian military communications from a highly class

Marine Tells His Most Brutal War Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan!

Marine Corps machine gunner Matthew Dolan survived a massive IED blast in Fallujah, Iraq and that was only one of several moments that nearly killed him. Today's Ur

Airman Reveals How America Finds, Tracks, and Kills High-Value Targets!

Lito Villanueva went from a junior Air Force cyber specialist to a military contractor in Afghanistan, a special operations communications expert, and eventually a volunt

This Soldier Walked into One of the Most Disturbing IEDs of the Iraq War!

Before Dustin Chappel ever stepped onto the battlefield, he had already spent his childhood fighting to survive. Separated from his mother at just two years old, Dustin

This Immigrant Soldier Fought Al Qaeda in One of Iraq's Most Vicious Battles!

Army Veteran Manny Pasillas Lucio shares the combat story that changed his life forever. Born in Mexico and raised in California, Manny grew up navigating family tension

I Became a Marine After My Marine Father Killed a Gangster to Save His Kids

Marine Corps veteran Alex D’Hue served from 2002 to 2008 and was assigned to Third ANGLICO, where he worked in small fire control teams providing air support while attach

Special Operations Marine Tells Stories from Force Recon, Blackwater, and CIA!

Former Marine Force Recon veteran Kirk Spradely, call sign “Tadpole,” shares his powerful life story...from surviving a brutal childhood and orphanage violence, to becomi

This Soldier Tells the Most Insane Army Stories You’ll Ever Hear!

Army infantry veteran Tyler Hoover shares the truth about serving in the U.S. Army, going through airborne school, deploying to Iraq, surviving the constant threat of EFP

This Soldier Sat on an IED and Watched the Enemy Try to Detonate it

David Aceron served in the United States Army from 2003 to 2012 as a combat engineer and counter-IED specialist, conducting deadly route clearance missions in Iraq and Af

Marine Says Force Recon in the 90s Was Absolutely Insane

Marine Recon veteran Rob Blanton sits down with Urban Valor to share one of the wildest, funniest, and most honest Marine Corps stories we’ve ever had on the channel. Fro

18-Year-Old Combat Medic Forced to Make Life-or-Death Decisions Under Fire!

Army Combat Medic Daniel Jimenez served from 2003 to 2023, deploying with the 82nd Airborne into Afghanistan as an 18-year-old medic during the height of the Global War o

He Was Selling Drugs at 11 Before Getting Into Gunfights In Iraq at 18!

War changes people. In this episode of Urban Valor, Marine veteran Shawn Reed shares his story growing up in violent neighborhoods in St. Louis, joining the United State

This Soldier Drove Fuel Trucks Through Iraq While Getting Shot at With No Armor

Iraq War stories like this don’t come from Hollywood… they come from guys who actually lived it. This Iraq War veteran story from a U.S. Army fuel convoy driver who was