What James Lechner has said about Battle of Ramadi (2006)
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 8, 2026
James Lechner, Retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and former Army Ranger, Battle of Mogadishu veteran, and author of With My Shield, has been quoted on Battle of Ramadi (2006) 2 times in 1 episode of The Shawn Ryan Show, most recently on October 8, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Lechner says Ramadi accounted for about 30% of U.S. casualties in Iraq when his brigade was assigned there.
“Ramadi at that time accounted for 30% of all the casualties in Iraq, one city”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #346 James Lechner - Army Ranger Recounts the Battle of Mogadishu: Black Hawk Down (Oct 8, 2026) · Listen from 2:23:55
Lechner says partnering with Sheikh Sattar's tribe expanded Ramadi's police force dramatically within about six months.
“So we went from 200 cops to 5,000. We went from two stations to over 20 stations”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #346 James Lechner - Army Ranger Recounts the Battle of Mogadishu: Black Hawk Down (Oct 8, 2026) · Listen from 2:36:10
Episodes
#346 James Lechner - Army Ranger Recounts the Battle of Mogadishu: Black Hawk DownThe Shawn Ryan Show · Oct 8, 2026 · 3 h 20 min
Retired Army Ranger James Lechner tells Shawn Ryan about fighting and being wounded in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, turning around Ramadi, Afghanistan policy failures, and the war in Ukraine.
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