# 82nd Airborne, SEER Training, and Two Thrillers: Jared Maxwell on War, Law Enforcement, and Writing- EPISODE 166

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Podcast: [HODGEPOD with Rob Fredette](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hodgepod-with-rob-fredette-5728819)
Published: 2026-06-07T23:30:01+00:00
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Hello, everybody. This is Rob Fredette with the podcast HodgePodge, and welcome back for another episode. My guest today is Jared Maxwell, author of "The Last Gunfighter" and "Wolfhound Dawn", a veteran who served nine years in the Army (35 months in combat) and 11 years in law enforcement. We discuss his experiences from enlisting after 9/11, intense deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan — including the Korengal Valley — airborne training with the 82nd Airborne, SEER survival doctrine, and how those experiences shaped his fast-paced novels focused on PTSD, survival, and moral conflict.

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