# Marine Recon Sniper’s Gritty Account Of Time In Iraq

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Podcast: [Heroes Behind Headlines](https://stenobird.com/podcast/heroes-behind-headlines-4769541)
Published: 2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1944105/episodes/18992163-marine-recon-sniper-s-gritty-account-of-time-in-iraq.mp3
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Growing up in the New Hampshire mountains, country boy Brennan Morton couldn’t wait to join the military, and when 9/11 occurred, it provided the final push for enlistment. Brennan loved every minute of the training as a Marine recon sniper, and was surprised as physically superior candidates washed out. But then he was deployed to Iraq with his unit, and the reality of what he’d sought hit home. Sent into a brutal fighting environment he saw his comrades brutally harmed by IEDs without any ...

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