#145 - Refusing to Lose: The Amputee Green Beret Who Went Back to War | The Nick Lavery Story

In 2013, Active-Duty Green Beret CW3 Nick Lavery survived a devastating insider attack in Afghanistan, taking four machine-gun rounds to the leg at point-blank range simply because he absolutely hates to lose. After waking up at Walter Reed missing his leg above the knee, Nick did the unthinkable: he flat-out refused a full medical retirement with honor. Instead, he endured a grueling physical and tactical gauntlet to prove he wasn't a liability, making history in 2015 as the first Special Forces operator to return to full-spectrum combat as an above-the-knee amputee. Today, he continues to crush physical crucibles—from the famously brutal Combat Diver course to the BJJ mats—while serving as the CEO of Precision Components and authoring the book Objective Secure. A conversation on resilience, overcoming trauma, and refusing to accept the limits placed on you by others.

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