Urban Valor: the podcast
Urban Valor
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Welcome to Urban Valor, where we hear the stories of our veteran heroes in their own words. Within these vet interviews, you'll hear everything from combat stories, life stories pre/post military, military transition, and everything in between. Our interviews aren't just war stories or combat veteran interviews, but interviews from any military veteran willing to share. Our mission is to educate the masses with what military veterans go through while serving their country and how life has been since their military transition back to civilian life. Join our cause, online community, and show your support for Urban Valor at...
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Episodes
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Navy SEAL Realizes He's About to Kill For the First Time
Apr 13, 2026·1h 47m - 2
What He Endured as a Kid Didn’t Stop Him From 20 Years in the Army
Apr 6, 2026·1h 13m - 3
Marine Describes Carrying His Friend After an IED Blew His Legs Off
Apr 4, 2026·1h 55m - 4
The Navy Sailor Who Rescued Survivors From a Floating Graveyard
Navy veteran Rick Estrada recounts his experience finding a refugee boat with dead bodies and signs of cannibalism in the South China Sea.
Mar 30, 2026·35m - 5
DEA Threats, Drug Labs, & Violence, the Army Vet Shaking up the Gun Industry!
Hidden gemUrban Valor's Josh interviews Army veteran Ryan Spadafore, whose Orange County childhood sat between an ex-LAPD father, a dental-hygienist mother, and a brother pulled into OxyContin addiction.
Mar 23, 2026·1h 37m·5 clips - 6
Marine Raider Tells the War Story That Still Haunts Him!
Mar 17, 2026·1h 54m - 7
WWII Soldier Tells the Story of the Deadliest Night of His Life!
Mar 9, 2026·1h 3m - 8
Long Beach Gangster Wanting a Warrior’s Death Survives 55 Months in Combat!
Hidden gemJosh interviews Army veteran J.R.
Mar 3, 2026·55m·3 clips - 9
One Desperate Moment Turned This Single Mom Into a U.S. Marine
Feb 24, 2026·1h 21m - 10
The Marine Netflix Followed Whose Life Nearly Ended Before Deployment
Feb 17, 2026·1h 24m - 11
Marine Featured on Netflix Opens Up About His Violent Childhood!
Feb 10, 2026·1h 20m - 12
Air Force Combat Veteran Says Crisis Call Nearly Ended His Life!
Feb 4, 2026·1h 35m - 13
Green Beret Tells the War Stories He Never Thought He’d Survive!
Jan 27, 2026·1h 18m - 14
33 Marines Killed in Fallujah - The Scout Sniper Who Survived the Aftermath
Jan 12, 2026·1h 44m - 15
Marine Assigned to a Unit Plagued by Death, Drugs & Misconduct
Jan 6, 2026·1h 49m - 16
Army Veteran Says One Call Nearly Killed His Entire Team
Hidden gemUrban Valor host Josh interviews Army veteran Billy Dooley, who served from 2006 to 2012 as an E-5 sergeant after growing up amid foster care, abuse, and family instability in Riverside.
Dec 29, 2025·1h 26m·5 clips - 17
Marine Haunted by the Moment His Teammate Took His Place and Died
Dec 23, 2025·1h 36m - 18
He Quit in Hell Week Then Fought Like Hell to Become a Navy SEAL
Hidden gemUrban Valor host Josh interviews retired Navy SEAL Javon Corliss about growing up with poverty, addiction, and violence in Washington, D.C., before moving to North Carolina.
Dec 16, 2025·1h 41m·5 clips - 19
Marine Blackmailed by Superior and Forced Out By The System
Urban Valor host Josh interviews Marine veteran Jessica Quezada about childhood neglect, alcohol dependence, military harassment, and the events that ended her Marine Corps career.
Dec 8, 2025·1h 30m·5 clips - 20
Army Rangers Dig Up Buried Soldiers After Rescuing POW Jessica Lynch
Dec 4, 2025·2h 17m - 21
Marine’s Negligent Trigger Pull Took His Best Friend Right in Front of Him
Nov 24, 2025·1h 3m - 22
Escaping Mexican Mafia Hit List to Fighting Taliban in Afghanistan
Nov 17, 2025·1h 45m - 23
The Funniest and Most F*cked Up Stories From Retired Marine First Sergeant
Nov 10, 2025·1h 18m - 24
Army Special Ops Pilot Disarms Himself to Stay Alive in Combat
Nov 3, 2025·1h 59m - 25
He Survived a Meth Overdose and Became a Special Forces Soldier
Oct 27, 2025·1h 14m - 26
Marine Sent to Help Afghan Kids Caught in Devastating Blast
Oct 20, 2025·1h 7m - 27
Marine Commander Blown Up, Ambushed, & Hunted by Enemy Sniper
Oct 14, 2025·1h 35m - 28
US Soldiers Survive Korean DMZ Shootout & Fatal Insider Attack in Kuwait
Oct 6, 2025·1h 36m - 29
Marine TOW Gunner Survives Iraq But Can’t Escape Scars of War
Sep 29, 2025·59m - 30
New Infantry Soldier Thrown Straight into the Kill Zone
Sep 24, 2025·1h 25m - 31
After Sending 300 Fallen Soldiers Home - This Airman Finally Broke
Sep 16, 2025·1h 4m - 32
Navy Corpsman Survives IED Blast Then Runs Towards Suspected Bomber
Sep 8, 2025·1h 27m - 33
Marine Survives Suicide Bomber That Killed 13 at Abbey Gate
Sep 1, 2025·1h 43m - 34
“Pinned Down in the Kill Zone” - Iraq Vet Survives Endless Ambushes
Aug 25, 2025·1h 58m - 35
Marine Tells INSANE Stories about Life on a Navy Ship
Aug 18, 2025·1h 25m - 36
U.S. Airman’s World Changed Forever After One Call
Aug 12, 2025·1h 44m - 37
Army Chaplain EXPOSES The Hidden Trauma Soldiers Carry
Aug 5, 2025·1h 14m - 38
Navy Veteran/U.S. Marshal Risks Everything Exposing Federal Corruption
Jul 30, 2025·2h - 39
Marine Remembers Blast That Left His Friend Dismembered
Jul 22, 2025·50m - 40
Green Beret Faces Worst Nightmare After Surviving Hell in Afghanistan
Jul 14, 2025·58m - 41
Marine Veteran’s Shocking Childhood Made Him Unbreakable
Jul 7, 2025·1h 52m - 42
Army MP Recounts Combat Missions in Iraq & Haunting Investigations
Jun 30, 2025·1h 1m - 43
Marine Suffers Severe Burns From AAV Blast in Final Training Exercise
Marine veteran Kyle Hansen shares his story of service, a devastating training accident, and life after medical retirement.
Jun 24, 2025·1h 15m - 44
F/A-18 Marine Pilot Takes Down a Russian MiG-29 in Dogfight
Jun 17, 2025·1h 29m - 45
Marine Survived Desert Storm, Invaded Iraq with His Son, Then Survived Fallujah
Retired Marine Chief Warrant Officer 4 Armando Garcia Jr.
Jun 10, 2025·1h 28m - 46
Iraqi Kid Leads Marines to Buried American Soldiers
Jun 3, 2025·1h 55m - 47
Army Combat Cameraman Captures the Horrors of War (Still Haunts Him)
Army veteran Robert Hamm shares his experiences as a combat videographer in Afghanistan and his struggles transitioning to civilian life.
May 26, 2025·1h 11m - 48
Purple Heart Marine Survives Car Bomb But Battles PTSD
May 20, 2025·1h 33m - 49
Marine Veteran Survives Fighting the Enemy Up Close in Fallujah
May 12, 2025·2h 44m - 50
Navy Vet Survives Near-Death Knife Attack - "He stabbed me in the back and cut my spinal cord"
Navy veteran Jesse Swalley shares his journey from enlistment to life after service, including a life-changing injury and his resilient adaptation to skateboarding.
May 5, 2025·1h 20m