What Delta Force Cost Him | Kyle Morgan | Ep. 459

What Delta Force Cost Him | Kyle Morgan | Ep. 459

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July 20, 2026 · 3h 24m

About this episode

Kyle Morgan shares his experiences in the military, the challenges he faced after service, and his journey to recovery and personal fulfillment.

Kyle Morgan spent over twenty years in the Army. Infantry, then Green Beret, then more than a decade in the nation's premier special missions unit running hostage rescue. In 2015 he was advising the U.S. Embassy in Mali when terrorists took the Radisson Blu hotel. He built a team on the fly and went in. The award for that was the Distinguished Service Cross, second only to the Medal of Honor. Today he runs Blu Bearing, trains police and civilians, and serves on the board of Frontline Healing Foundation. When the job ends the machine has already forgotten about you, and he'll tell you that isn't cruel because it has to forget you to keep moving. The guys who come apart are the ones still trying to replace something that can't be replaced. He didn't leave the way he wanted to. There was addiction, a DUI he hid, and an overdose that nearly ended it, and his old command circled the wagons around him more than once before he finally made it out. Sobriety and faith are what brought him back, almost five years of it now, and he spends his time pointing at the cost so the next guy doesn't pay it blind. He'll tell you he's more proud of the husband and father he is today than anything he…

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Host: Andy Stumpf

Guest: Kyle Morgan

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Black Rifle Coffee, LMNT

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blu Bearing, Frontline Healing Foundation

Places: Mali, Radisson Blu hotel

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