Ep. 180 | Matthew Klein | Army Infantry | NYPD Sketch Artist | Purple Heart

Matt Klein is an Army infantryman and veteran of two deployments to Iraq with 3rd Infantry Division. Matt left the service and began working as a patrol officer for the NYPD before moving to the NYPD Detective Bureau as a sketch artist.

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00:00:00 Intro / Military Family
00:05:35 Army Infantry Training
00:09:57 Bradley Fighting Vehicle
00:12:05 First IED
00:19:30 3d Infantry Division | Iraq 2005
00:22:31 First Day in Iraq
00:29:23 Specialist Brangman is KIA
00:33:39 Taming a City
00:40:34 Time for Claymores
00:45:48 12-Month Deployments
00:50:31 Two Different Wars
00:55:10 Stepping on an IED
01:01:11 Meeting the IED Trigger Man
01:07:26 Different Types of IEDs
01:15:20 From Army Infantry to NYPD Patrol Officer
01:20:08 Life as an NYPD Police Officer
01:28:03 Becoming an NYPD Sketch Artist
01:31:32 Sitting Down With Victims
01:34:50 Being in NYC on 9/11