“My Life Paused for a Year After Iraq” | Marine Veteran Opens Up About Ramadi & Coming Home | EP45

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Joe joined the United States Marine Corps at just 17 years old and deployed to Ramadi, Iraq in 2007 during one of the most dangerous periods of the war. In this episode of Echoes Unfiltered, Joe talks about working directly with Iraqi locals during the Anbar Awakening, living in constant survival mode, and what it was really like trying to come home and reconnect with normal life afterward. But this episode goes far beyond deployment stories. Joe opens up about childhood trauma, breaking generational cycles, marriage, fatherhood, faith, emotional suppression, and the struggle many veterans face after the war ends. This is an honest conversation about survival, healing, and becoming the kind of man and father you never had growing up. Episode 45 premieres Saturday, May 23rd. You can order my book, now available on Amazon: Echoes from the Sandbox by Samuel R. Stratton Follow the mission: YouTube – Echoes Unfiltered Spotify – Echoes Unfiltered Facebook – Echoes Unfiltered TikTok – @echoes_unfiltered Podcast available on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio Real talk, raw faith, stay unfiltered.