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 This week we are joined by one of my best friends.  Nick served 20 years in the United States Navy, and started his career in the Special Boat Units (SBU) only to later join the Explosive Ordnance Disposal ranks.  In addition to his deployments in SBU, Nick served 4 combat deployments between Iraq and Afghanistan.  Join us as he shares the wisdom that he gained after so many years and challenging situations.  Specifically, we'll look at:

• What it's like going into your first combat deployment.
• Do combatants become superstitious because of the actions that occur in combat.
• What Ramadi, Iraq was like during one of the worst periods of the IED war.
• Brotherhood and why we fight.  Does support from back home really matter?
• How we lose the brotherhood when we put the uniform down.
• How combat brings combatants to tribal levels and why that's good.
• The personal development that comes from combat.
• What role do morals play in combat.
• How combat depletes your emotional responsiveness.
• How to keep pushing when you're best friend is killed in action, and you still have to continue combat operations.
• Tips for the out-process when separating from the military.
• The struggles of identity and purpose when you put the uniform down.

 

RESOURCES:

• Click here to be taken to the best selling book that Nick references, Tribe by Sebastian Junger.