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Today we have an inspiring and vulnerable Combat Story from Trevor Beaman, an active duty Special Forces 18Z (former 18E). He went from Army cook to long range surveillance to Green Beret while overcoming significant challenges along the way. In an interesting twist, he would even be an instructor at the Army’s dive school where he oversaw Nick Lavery’s successful completion of the course.
As a warning, there are moments in this episode in which we get into some difficult content about abuse from Trevor’s childhood that may be hard for people to hear. We also, however, discuss how Trevor overcame that abuse and adversity and would go on to lead fellow Green Berets in combat.
Trevor’s path is anything but straight as he dealt with recruiting slight of hand that brought him in as a cook but eventually found his tribe with 3rd Special Forces Group. After multiple deployments, he voluntarily sought out mental health support and, in a positive turn of events, was granted the time to get healthy again.
He has 18 months of active duty service remaining, still supporting Special Operations and is writing a book about his experiences in a way that will help others help themselves. He has an inspiring Ted Talk about overcoming some of the traumatic experiences of his life that provides more context about him and his career and, with that, I hope you enjoy this important story from Trevor Beaman.
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- Ted Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9KsEMaT78E
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Show Notes:
00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Guest Introduction (Trevor Beaman)
01:54 - Interview begins
02:25- Breaking Rules
04:40 - Childhood and abuse
07:35 - Abuse and leadership
09:45 - Ted Talk
19:50 - Deciding on the Military
25:05 - DeleteMe Ad
26:32 - Time in the National Gaurd
32:28 - First encounter with the Green Berets
37:37 - Perspective on younger self
46:11 - Kevin Flick and Alive Day
48:00 - Dealing with loss of old teammates
56:34 - First shot at O.D.A.
01:07:19 - Performance after trauma
01:10:27 - Hardest deployment
01:21:46 - Deception training
01:25:40 - Mental Health while deployed
01:34:00 - Dive school
01:48:15 - Would you do it all again
01:51:42 - Sentimental Items
01:52:52 - The next 10 years
01:56:17 - Listener comments and shout outs
How to Live a No Shortcuts Mentality w/ former Marine and Navy SEAL Kevin Seiff | Vet Collective | Helping 100K Vets
Inside the Iron Triangle | Vietnam Combat in Pictures (from the time) | Kent Hillhouse Rd 2
FBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) Operator | SWAT & FBI Agent | Drug Squad | Bicycle Bandit | Operation Black Widow | Shaffer Security | Greg Shaffer
Commanding Tanks in Vietnam | Silver Star Mission | Armored Cavalry M48 Tanks in 'Nam | Kent Hillhouse (MG, Ret)
Operator Syndrome Impact on Vets, Active Duty, Law Enforcement and the Special Operations Community | Chris Frueh
Last Great Tank-on-Tank Battle | Battle of 73 Easting | Armored Cavalry | M1A1 Abrams | Tim Gauthier
Navy SEAL Sniper | UNSEALED | Hardest Experience Losing a Fellow Frogman | Enlisted & Officer | Mark Greene
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The Making of a Navy SEAL Sniper | How to Overcome Struggle & Find Success | Sam Mackey - Round 1
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