Episode 1: Welcome to Panjwai
Welcome to Panjwai. The Panjwai Podcast is an interview-based podcast series documenting the experiences of combat veterans in the Panjwai District of Afghanistan. The podcast begins by focusing on the infantrymen of B Company 1-64, from the 3rd Infantry Division, and their 2012 deployment to COP Sperwan Ghar. The Panjwai Podcast launches with an inaugural episode featuring podcast hosts Luke Coffey and Curtis Grace. In this episode they discuss their own military background and history, how a mechanized unit ended up in Afghanistan, and orient the listener to the terrain of Panjwai and Sperwan Ghar. We discuss the topography and geography of Panjwai and some of its culture, the kind of fighting we saw, the difficulties of fighting in the terrain, and the tactics used by the Taliban. Join us for the beginning of this journey. New episodes every Friday.
