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Podcast: Forged In The Fires Podcast with Fireman Rob
Episode: Episode 186 - Forged in the Fires Guest - Nick Lavery
Description: “If Army scientists and tattoo artists had highjacked a DARPA lab to create the ultimate soldier, they would have created Nick”—Connor Narciso, WiredNick is an active duty member of The United States Army Special Forces. Commonly known as Green Berets, the Special Forces perform critical missions including direct action, counterinsurgency, foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, and unconventional warfare. In 2013, on Nick's second combat rotation to Afghanistan, he and his Detachment fell victim to an insider attack ultimately resulting in the loss of his leg. Following a year of surgeries and initial recover...