About this episode

Terry Wilson shares his experiences as a Green Beret and discusses the impact of personal loss and leadership.

Retired Army Sergeant Major and Green Beret Terry Wilson spent 24 years in uniform with the 7th Special Forces Group, racking up 11 combat deployments and nearly 11 years total downrange. He is now the CEO of Tactical Edge Coaching and Consulting, where he works with high performance men to become better leaders in all aspects of their life. In this episode we get into the daily troops in contact grind of Helmand Province, watching a Chinook get blown out of the sky a couple hundred meters away, recovering bodies from the crash site through the night, losing a teammate to an IED within days, the brutal reality of the Afghanistan withdrawal, and hitting rock bottom after losing his son before faith and fitness gave him a way back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Mike Ritland

Guest: Terry Wilson

Topics covered

• military experience
• leadership
• personal loss
• Afghanistan
• government cover-up
• resilience

Keywords

• Green Beret
• Terry Wilson
• Chinook shootdown
• military
• leadership
• personal growth
• Afghanistan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tactical Edge Coaching and Consulting

Places: Helmand Province

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