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Chase Welch

@chase__welch

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Principal at @in_extremis_consulting Training, Biz Dev, Marketing
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Training never stops, therefore, failure never stops. But that’s what makes this silly ol’ world go around eh? Anyway. Go shoot, train, and be better, or at least your approximation of better. by @chase__welch

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“By then Marja had flipped to Taliban control. The place was as dangerous as it had ever been, and maybe more so. The American government was again debating what to do about Afghanistan. Many of the Marines from Kilo Company were civilians. Some wondered why they had been asked to do what they had done. Questions lingered, too, including about the HIMARS strike on Valentine’s Day, which the Corps never bothered to explain to the young men left to clean up.

Niall Swider, who was shot in the first days of the fighting, remembered the pre-assault pep talks from the generals, the sell. It was as if the brass had decided before the operation that Marja was to take its place beside Tarawa, the Chosin Reservoir, and Hue—a battle to be recorded as institutional legend. Forever you will be known as Marja Marines, they had said.

Many units passed through the same fields. The Taliban outlasted them all and reasserted its primacy when the Corps drew down. Except for abandoned outposts that stood over the fields where Marines like Currier and Hanson had died, and for the loss of Afghan civilians killed by errant fire, the place was little changed. What changed was the Marine Corps’ enthusiasm for the place. Swider said that when so-called Marja Marines mentioned their campaign, senior Marines “told you to shut the fuck up.”

Neff took an accommodating view. He accepted that the Marja push had not been a strategic success. He kept his thoughts on his platoon, a group of tough grunts he had come to know only because another officer was arrested for driving drunk. They fought hard and looked out for one another. As he saw it, that was all a grunt could do. Higher-ups had failed. They had not. He was proud.”
The Fighters, CJ Chivers

@chase__welch with Third PLT, Charlie Co. 1/6 “Deathwalkers” during the Battle of Marjah, spring of 2010. by @chase__welch

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To be a man is to know pain, and to know yourself. To be a father is to know love and purpose. To be a husband is to know oneness with another soul and responsibility. To be a man of God, is to reconcile these things in your heart and mind.
-Transfixus Sed Non Mortuus- by @chase__welch

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I recently finished my very first Substack article. It took a lot longer than I wanted (or maybe needed to) but it’s done now, and I’m excited to see what you guys have to say about it. It’s about the Battle of Jugroom Fort in May of 2008, based on the interviews of two Marines who fought there. If you’re a fan of Black Hawk Down or narrative military nonfiction, give it a read. Substack subscriptions are about $9 USD, and I plan on a lot more stories coming down the pipeline. Special thanks to @chase__welch and @muscl3andfitness for sharing their memories and experiences for this story. Cheers.

Find the Substack link here and in bio.
https://open.substack.com/pub/otitomaduegbuna/p/a-hot-day-in-may?r=3eu4vw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Above: Third Platoon, Charlie “Coldsteel” Co. 1st Battalion, Sixth Marines several months after Operation Azada Wosa, the Battle of Jugroom Fort in Garmser District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 2008.

Slide 1: @chase__welch and Eddie Quazadas on patrol in Garmser, 2008. by @chase__welch

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Big thanks to @JohnLovell_WPS and @WPS_Battle_Gnome for joining us and bringing the energy to the Red Carpet Pre-Show, Presented by @EOTECH!

#2026Gundies #TheGundieAwards #Gundies #LasVegas by @chase__welch

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Huge thanks to @WhiskeyAndWindage for joining us and sharing their thoughts during the Red Carpet Pre-Show, Presented by @EOTECH.

#2026Gundies #TheGundieAwards #Gundies #LasVegas by @chase__welch

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Big thanks to Roy Hill with @SOWWCharity for joining us and bringing the energy to the Red Carpet Pre-Show, Presented by @EOTECH!

#2026Gundies #TheGundieAwards #Gundies #LasVegas by @chase__welch

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Huge thanks to Roy Harrell with @HarrellBrothersInArms for joining us and sharing their thoughts during the Red Carpet Pre-Show, Presented by @EOTECH.

#2026Gundies #TheGundieAwards #Gundies #LasVegas by @chase__welch

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Big thanks to @PrintShootRepeat for joining us and bringing the energy to the Red Carpet Pre-Show, Presented by @EOTECH!

#2026Gundies #TheGundieAwards #Gundies #LasVegas by @chase__welch

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Huge thanks to Pete Brownell, Founder of @BrownellsInc, for joining us and sharing their thoughts during the Red Carpet Pre-Show, Presented by @EOTECH.

#2026Gundies #TheGundieAwards #Gundies #LasVegas by @chase__welch

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Big thanks to @NRA for joining us and bringing the energy to the Red Carpet Pre-Show, Presented by @EOTECH!

#2026Gundies #TheGundieAwards #Gundies #LasVegas by @chase__welch

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Big thanks to @Guns_and_Gadgets for joining us and bringing the energy to the Red Carpet Pre-Show, Presented by @EOTECH!

#2026Gundies #TheGundieAwards #Gundies #LasVegas by @chase__welch

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