Michael Yon is an American war correspondent, writer, and photographer. He served in the Special Forces in the early-1980s, and he became a writer in the mid-1990s. He focused on military writing after the invasion of Iraq. Yon has been embedded on numerous occasions with American and British troops in Iraq, most prominently a deployment with the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment (Deuce Four) of the 25th Infantry Division in Mosul, Iraq that ended in September 2005. Michael was/is currently embedded with the “Liberators” during the revolution in Hong Kong when this was recorded. Follow him online @michael_yon_world Spotter Host: @johnv_actual Nirvana, War, & Rifles Mug: https://bit.ly/2OpDwJi Dark Tower of the Horizon Tee: https://bit.ly/34wh3ja Support the show: https://bit.ly/37Gj7Hs Become a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/spotterup

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