US Marines in the War on Terror

S1 E11: Charge

The 1st Marine Expeditionary Force attacks the Republican Guard's Baghdad Division, capturing a bridge and crossing the Tigris River; Air Force Major General Stanley said the Iraqi Baghdad and Medina divisions are no longer credible forces.

S1 E9: Yellow Footsteps

Original Air Date: Nov 1, 2025

Iraqi troops inflicted heavy casualties on U.S. Marines in an ambush in the southeastern city of Nasiriya, peppering U.S. forces with bullets and artillery; thousands of civilians trying to flee Basra Friday were fired upon by Iraqi paramilitaries.

S1 E8: Axis of Evil

Soldiers roll into Iraq, units include the 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, the U.S. Third Division and First Marine Expeditionary Force; a combined British air and ground assault took control of Iraq's Al-Faw Peninsula.

S1 E6: Call to Action

Original Air Date: Mar 21, 2025

Marines from the 15th and 26th Expeditionary Unit were the first conventional forces into Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in November 2001; the Marines landed in Kandahar.

S1 E4: The Storm Breaks

Original Air Date: Sep 30, 2023

The Marines ground war begins; the Marines take 16,000 prisoners in one day; the Reveille Counterattack, Task Force Papa Bear meets the enemy at point-blank range, and the battle for the Burquan Oil Fields.

S1 E1: Flashpoints

Desert Storm was the largest single operation in Marine Corps history; nearly 91,000 Leathernecks took part; the 7th Marine Expeditionary Brigade arrived on August 14 in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait; the next day their tanks arrived by ship.