Ocie Vest, retired Marine infantry officer, joins the show to talk about his experiences as a platoon commander in the Battle of Marjah and later as a combat leader in Nimruz Province, lessons learned in training and in combat, and how the war can continue after the fighting ends. Second of a two-part conversation.▪️Times • 01:27 Violent Months• 06:15 “Do Whatever Those Guys Do”• 09:42 Tactical Adaptation• 13:32 A Fighting Exit• 18:03 “That Sucked…Why’d We Want To Do That So Bad?”• 21:29 Dispersed Operations• 26:36 Nimruz Province • 30:43 Hope For The Future• 34:39 Leadership• 36:11 Medically Retired, Twice    • 38:53 The Work Works• 45:47 “Now Its Up To Them”