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What War Teaches Us—If We Survive It
The Free Press
· collected 2026-09-15 · by Aaron MacLean
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Summary
Retired Army major John Spencer discusses his military career and expertise in urban warfare on a podcast with Aaron MacLean. Despite a controversial incident where he lost part of his ear in a bar fight that ended his chance to join the Rangers, Spencer served multiple times in combat situations and is now recognized as an authority on urban warfare strategies. The article focuses on sharing personal anecdotes from Spencer's military experiences rather than current events or new policy developments.
Written by the local model on 2026-09-15,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
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Story summary
Aaron MacLean from The Free Press interviews retired Army major John Spencer, who is known for his expertise in urban warfare despite losing his chance to join the Army Rangers due to a bar fight where he lost part of his ear. Despite this setback, Spencer went on to serve multiple times in combat and became a prominent voice on military strategy. The article highlights Spencer's journey from that incident to becoming an influential figure in military discussions.
Written for “War Survival Lessons” on 2026-09-15,
grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.
Why this leaning score
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question, so it has no leaning score. That is an
answer rather than a gap: a match report or a rescue can be warmly
or critically written without being left or right, and scoring it
anyway is how approval of a subject gets recorded as a political
position.
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📰 War Survival Lessons
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Who wrote this
Aaron MacLean
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People think retired Army major John Spencer lost part of his ear in combat.
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He didn’t; he lost it in a fight behind a bar that cost him his spot in the Army Rangers.
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Spencer went on to serve repeatedly in combat and become one of the country’s leading experts on urban warfare.
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Spencer → go → warfare
He joins Aaron MacLean to discuss his origin story and other anecdotes from …
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