About this episode

Colonel (r) Max Krupp shares his journey from a Texas Army National Guardsman to a Green Beret Colonel and his decision to leave the military for a life in cattle ranching.

Send us Fan Mail Colonel (r) Max Krupp will be the first to tell you he doesn’t tell war stories — you have to pull them out of him. Over 28 years he became the first Texas Army National Guardsman in history to earn the Green Beret, wore a Bronze Star with Valor for a single day in Kandahar Province that by rights should have killed him and the Afghan company he was advising, and was on the Army’s fast track to general — then walked away from all of it to raise cattle in Texas. This is the fu...

People in this episode

Guest: Max Krupp

Topics covered

• military history
• personal stories
• courage
• leadership
• Texas culture

Keywords

• Green Beret
• military service
• Bronze Star
• Kandahar
• Texas
• war stories
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Texas Army National Guardsman

Places: Kandahar Province, Texas

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