Hazard Ground

Dr. Bob Adams is fifth generation career military, dating all the way back to the Civil War. His military career spans 30 years, and began at the U.S. Naval Academy. Following graduation, Dr. Adams served a few years in the Navy before pursuing his dream to become a Navy SEAL. He would serve 12 years as a SEAL before embarking on a career shift, enrolling in medical school, and becoming a doctor - specifically an Army doctor. From there he would go on to fill such prestigious positions as the Command Surgeon for Delta Force, and deploy with the 82nd Airborne Division in 2003-2004 as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His military career and service to his country and others is nothing short of astounding, and you can hear about it in detail on this latest episode of HAZARD GROUND! 

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He is credited with making roughly 5,325 rescues during his 20 year career in the Air Force. That's an average of approximately 5 rescues each week for 20 years straight! Mike Maroney joined the Air Force to become a PJ. He says he joined the military to earn his keep for living in a free country. And when you look at what he's done during his military career, it's clear he's done more than earn his keep. He's saved the lives of not only American servicemembers, but also those of Coalition Forces, civilians during humanitarian missions, and even the enemy - proving he's dedicated to something much, much bigger than himself. Maroney continues to train and prepare individuals for special operations careers, even now that he's out of uniform. He's an incredible human, and you can hear his story on this latest episode of HAZARD GROUND!

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When Jeremy Staat was drafted out of Arizona State by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1998 NFL draft, it looked as if his life for the foreseeable future would be based solely around pro football. He was a standout player, but after four seasons in the NFL Staat decided to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and serve in the military. Staat enlisted in the Marine Corps, and served from 2005 to 2009, deploying to Haditha, Iraq as an infantry Marine. In this episode, Jeremy talks about his unlikely jump from the NFL to combat, his close relationship with Pat Tillman, riding a bike across the U.S. to raise awareness about veteran suicide, and how these experiences have pushed him toward a greater life of service, and eventually running for U.S. Congress. Hear it all on this inspiring episode of HAZARD GROUND!

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If you're looking for motivation, or simply inspiration to never, ever quit, then you should listen to this episode with Green Beret, Nick Lavery. Nick enlisted in the Army to become a Green Beret after he graduated college in 2007. Since earning his Special Forces tab, Lavery took shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade to his shoulder, leaving a sizable wound; he was shot in the face; and ultimately lost part of his right leg from machine gun fire, all in three separate encounters with the enemy. For all three injuries, Lavery insisted on and has returned to combat as soon as possible, making him the first special operator to return to combat as an above-the-knee amputee. Hear his incredible story on this latest edition of HAZARD GROUND!

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Following in the footsteps of his father and both grandfathers, Thomas Gibbons-Neff joined the military at the end of his senior year in high school. He enlisted in the Marine Corps. Like many of his contemporaries, he just wanted to get in the fight. He was in 8th grade when 9/11 happened. So any doubt that he would follow his family into the military, and eventually war, vanished when his country was attacked. But war would bring a new revelation for Thomas and his fellow Marines: that life would be so greatly different, even though they had survived and come back home to the lives they left behind to fight America's enemies. In this episode, a Marine turned journalist reflects on the loss of his fellow Marines, fellow leaders who he respected greatly, and whose loss is still deeply apparent. Hear his story on this very sobering edition of HAZARD GROUND.

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If you've ever wondered what it's like to be a Special Forces Medic, Robert Patrick Lewis can certainly tell you. They are some of the most highly trained field medical professionals in the world. Lewis signed up to become one after 9/11, and deployed multiple times to Afghanistan, Iraq, and North Africa, eventually finding himself on the receiving end of field medical care. He received the Purple Heart for wounds he sustained on one of those deployments to Afghanistan. In this episode, Lewis talks about the circumstances surrounding his combat injuries, losing brothers in combat, and how he went from Green Beret to both non-fiction and fiction writer. He's also now an entrepreneur, marketing professional, and investor. Hear his inspiring story of combat, loss, and survival on this latest edition of HAZARD GROUND!

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Originally, Terry Wilson wanted to be a Marine. But, following a brief education on the recruiting business, Terry opted for the Army instead when he learned his "guaranteed" MOS wasn't so guaranteed with the Marine Corps. He would eventually become a Combat Engineer with the Army, deploying to Afghanistan where his job was lead Husky vehicle driver, searching for IEDs during route clearance operations. Prior to his assignment as a Husky driver, Terry was blown up by three IEDs in the Buffalo A2 vehicle. In this episode, Terry talks in depth about those experiences, the traumatic brain injury and other IED related injuries that ultimately resulted in receiving the Purple Heart, and what life has been like since his time in Afghanistan, including a deployment there as a civilian. Check it out in this latest episode of HAZARD GROUND! 

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There are Marines...There are Recon Marines...And then there is Rudy Reyes. At the age of twenty-six, Rudy joined the Marine Corps out of a desire to serve his country and honor the warrior mentality he had built within himself through years of rough upbringing and various physical challenges. After graduating Parris Island, Reyes earned a coveted spot to try out for Marine Force Reconnaissance. He would go on to complete the training and land a job in the Marine Corps that only an extremely small percentage of Marines will ever perform - that of Force Recon Marine. As a Recon Marine, Rudy would conduct missions from pre-Afghanistan invasion in Pakistan in 2001, to the Iraq invasion in 2003, to bloody combat in the Battles of Fallujah and Ramadi in 2004 and 2005. Hear Rudy talk about how these campaigns shaped the person he is today, and even though he came home alive, how they almost destroyed his life on the home front, on this latest edition of HAZARD GROUND!

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Brad Thomas returns to the show! Brad is a musician and retired 1st SFOD-Delta operator, who also fought in the Battle of Mogadishu - better known as "Black Hawk Down" - as an Army Ranger. Brad's band, "Silence & Light", were featured in Episode 58, just before they were getting ready to head into the studio to record their first album. Their self-titled debut album was released on December 20, 2019. All proceeds from the album are being donated to two veteran support organizations: Warriors Heart and the Marine Raider Foundation. In this episode Brad talks about the recording process with Grammy Award-winning Producer, Josh Gudwin, and the importance of finding a creative outlet for the dark times and trauma experienced in combat. He also offers up some rarely heard, intimate details of the fight in Mogadishu along the way. Check it out now on this latest edition of HAZARD GROUND!

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In honor of the 30th anniversary of the conclusion of Operation Just Cause, this week we bring you an incredible story of combat and survival from that campaign. David Reeves was a Ranger fire team leader with Charlie Co, 3rd BN, 75th Ranger Regiment during the invasion of Panama. His company's mission was to seize the airfield at Torrijos Airport, the international airport of Panama City. During the mission, Reeves was shot three times with an AK-47 at point-blank range while hunting down two enemy shooters in a terminal restroom. In the end, Reeves and his fellow Rangers would survive; the enemy combatants would not. Hear this amazing and powerful story on this latest edition of HAZARD GROUND!

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