{"podcast":{"title":"Former Action Guys Podcast","slug":"former-action-guys-podcast-518014","podcast_index_feed_id":518014,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/3632052/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://jcramergraphics.com/blogs/former-action-guys-podcast/main","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/97312ac74d10ff38945f28bf83785500.jpg","author":"Justin Cramer","episode_count":290,"summary":"Former Action Guys Podcast is a way for veterans, first responders and others to share their stories that the world has never heard in a casual, conversational format that allows a natural flow of information about their career and lives. Justin Cramer is a former Marine JTAC Evaluator that completed 5 deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and on the USS Makin Island. Justin served with 1st ANGLICO, 10th Marine Regiment, 3rd Battalion 6th Marine Regiment and others before leaving the military after 12 years in 2018. Some content is not appropriate for children or listeners because of the graphic description of combat and other traumatic events. Support the show https://patreon.com/formeractionguys https://jcramergraphics.com https://ANGLICOshop.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T00:19:10.994020+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/former-action-guys-podcast-518014"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 230 | Brennan Morton | Marine Recon and Sniper","slug":"ep-230-brennan-morton-marine-recon-and-sniper","published_at":"2025-04-07T01:38:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/former-action-guys-podcast-518014/ep-230-brennan-morton-marine-recon-and-sniper","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/former-action-guys-podcast-518014","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-230-brennan-morton-marine-recon-and-sniper--65384560","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/65384560/marine_corps_recon.mp3","summary":"Brennan Morton is a former reconnaissance Marine who served with 2nd Recon Battalion during two deployments to Iraq. Brennan is also the author of Valhalla Boys, a book about his service. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/formeractionguys https://www.jcramergraphics.com https://www.ANGLICOshop.com Brennan's Links https://www.facebook.com/Brennan.Morton.Author https://www.facebook.com/paladinpresspublishing/ https://www.instagram.com/paladinpresspublishing https://amzn.to/4jq4ixy 00:00:00 J Cramer Graphics Ad 00:00:29 Intro | Joining the Marines 00:05:07 Marine Corps Tattoos 00:08:28 Call-To-Arms 00:12:19 Recon and SEAL Contracts as Recruiting Tools 00:16:15 Are SEALs Better Swimmers than Marine Recon? 00:20:42 Prepping Your Feet for Rucking 00:25:04 Marine Snipers | Organizational Changes 00:29:50 From Marine Infantry to Recon ARS 00:38:54 Work-Up and 1st Iraq Deployment 00:59:17 Over Worked and Underutilized 01:10:49 Grooming Standards | Advisor Teams 01:20:12 Sniper School 01:29:07 2nd Deployment to Iraq with 2nd Recon 01:35:04 Occupying Compounds 01:40:59 Valhalla Boys","meta_description":"Brennan Morton is a former reconnaissance Marine who served with 2nd Recon Battalion during two deployments to Iraq. Brennan is also the author of Valhall…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6760,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/former-action-guys-podcast-518014/episodes/ep-230-brennan-morton-marine-recon-and-sniper/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/former-action-guys-podcast-518014/ep-230-brennan-morton-marine-recon-and-sniper.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}