Armor Clad Warriors - LtCol Ruben Martinez - Part 1: S-4 Officer, 1st Tanks, OIF-1

Podcast interview with US Marine LtCol Ruben Martinez. During OIF-1 Ruben was a Captain and Bravo Co, 1st Tanks, Commanding officer who had always been in a Tank Unit and Loved being a Tanker. Ruben would be tapped to Step up into a Far more challenging roll as the S-4 Officer for 1st Tanks Providing the Critical Combat supply mission on a daily basis to provide everything needed for 1st Tank BN the Lead Ground Combat Element for RCT7 (Middle of a 3 prong Trident) in the march to Baghdad.

A Native American, Born and raised in Texas, Ruben is a 3rd Generation Military veteran with a Grandfather serving in WWII and wounded, and his Dad fixing Jet engines during the Vietnam era, Ruben was raised to appreciate Duty to the Nation. Accepted to Texas A&M and selected to the Corps of Cadets furthered his desire to become a Leader and challenge himself. Ruben met his now wife Cathy and Selected the Marine Corps to become an Armor Officer after College.

As a Young Capitan living in 29 Palms California, Ruben and his 2 young Sons would prepare like many others for the mission of Operation Iraqi Freedom which would be Ruben's first time in combat. Many years later his Sons would both follow in their Fathers footsteps through A&M and into the USMC as Marine Officers.

I am Your host Sean Fairburn. I was a Chief Warrant Officer in the United States Marine Corps, my job was as a Combat Camera officer tasked by the Commandant to "Shoot the War". I shot High Definition Video with a Sony F-900 from the center of the battle, from the Breach to the Fall of Baghdad with Delta Co, 1st Tank Battalion, RCT 7, 1st MAR DIV, 1st MEF. This will become the foundation of a Podcast/Documentary series that talks with some of the Marines from these Units. To hear their stories, and see where they are now, and what God is doing in their lives since coming home from the battlefield...

Now Retired and working with KISD (Katy Independent School District) as the director of emergency management and school safety.
Ruben brought expertise in Planning and Logistics to Keep Tanks Fueled, Water, Ammo and Chow supplied in Combat to the units going into battle in 2003, in the longest overland combat maneuver in Marine Corps History.

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All Combat footage shot by: CWO2 - B. Sean Fairburn USMC