{"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":293,"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":"2026-09-21T04:22:16.097543+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/former-action-guys-podcast-518014"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 245 | Matt Cavanaugh | Invasion of Iraq, Artillery Officer, Author","slug":"ep-245-matt-cavanaugh-invasion-of-iraq-artillery-officer-author","published_at":"2026-07-26T18:52:59+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/former-action-guys-podcast-518014/ep-245-matt-cavanaugh-invasion-of-iraq-artillery-officer-author","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/former-action-guys-podcast-518014","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-245-matt-cavanaugh-invasion-of-iraq-artillery-officer-author--73181680","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73181680/matt_cavanaugh_army_west_point.mp3","summary":"Matt Cavanaugh was a senior at West Point when the country was attacked on Sept. 11th. He would graduate college in the spring, then complete his artillery training and find himself participating in the invasion of Iraq within a year. After his second deployment to Iraq, Matt earned his Masters degree and found himself back at West Point teaching strategy. Matt is now an author, ultra-marathoner, and kidney donor. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/formeractionguys https://www.jcramergraphics.com https://www.ANGLICOshop.com Matt's Books https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/authors/ML-Cavanaugh/240364864 00:00:00 Intro | Minnesota Hockey | Joining The Army 00:04:47 From West Point To Iraq 00:11:39 The Best Thing I've Ever Done | Donating a Kidney 00:17:31 Invasion of Iraq | 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment 00:24:31 Ramadi and Fallujah 00:37:39 Would You Do It Again? 00:46:27 2nd Deployment To Iraq 00:56:22 Jennifer Lopez is Dead 01:01:17 Teaching At West Point","meta_description":"Matt Cavanaugh was a senior at West Point when the country was attacked on Sept. 11th. He would graduate college in the spring, then complete his artiller…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5069,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/former-action-guys-podcast-518014/episodes/ep-245-matt-cavanaugh-invasion-of-iraq-artillery-officer-author/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-245-matt-cavanaugh-invasion-of-iraq-artillery-officer-author.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}