Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Matthew Sacra served in the US Army in both the enlisted ranks and as an officer in the Armor branch. Wounded twice in Iraq, he later authored the book Armor of God: An Armor Officer's Faith, Growth, and Protection in Combat, in part as self-therapy for his TBI and PTSD. After a lengthy and distinguished military career, Matt's final assignment in the Army was as an instructor at the US Military Academy at West Point. Now retired, he lives in Pennsylvania with his family.

From a family tradition of national service, to earning the Purple Heart in Iraq, to teaching at West Point, and then on to retirement in Pennsylvania, these... are Matt Sacra's battlefields.

Show Notes:

155 rounds: 155mm artillery ammunition

DIME: diplomatic, informational, military, economic; Elements of National Power

DFAC: dining facility

NSA: National Security Agency

Profiles in Havok

PTSD: post-traumatic stress disorder

S3/XO: operations officer (S3) / executive officer (XO)

Second Mission Foundation

Sosh Department: Department of Social Sciences at West Point

TBI: traumatic brain injury

Veterans Repertory Theater

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Episode guest: LTC (Ret.) Matt Sacra

Host: LTC (Ret.) Charles Faint

Edited by: Michael Neal

Music: "King Around Here" by Alex Grohl (courtesy of Pixabay)

Sponsored by: The Epoch Times, in conjunction with The Havok Journal

Contact information: [email protected]