Matt Sacra: Surviving Iraq, And What Came After
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Matthew Sacra served in the US Army in both the enlisted ranks and as an officer in the Armor branch. Wounded twice in Iraq, he later authored the book Armor of God: An Armor Officer's Faith, Growth, and Protection in Combat, in part as self-therapy for his TBI and PTSD. After a lengthy and distinguished military career, Matt's final assignment in the Army was as an instructor at the US Military Academy at West Point. Now retired, he lives in Pennsylvania with his family.
From a family tradition of national service, to earning the Purple Heart in Iraq, to teaching at West Point, and then on to retirement in Pennsylvania, these... are Matt Sacra's battlefields.
Show Notes:
155 rounds: 155mm artillery ammunition
DIME: diplomatic, informational, military, economic; Elements of National Power
DFAC: dining facility
NSA: National Security Agency
PTSD: post-traumatic stress disorder
S3/XO: operations officer (S3) / executive officer (XO)
Sosh Department: Department of Social Sciences at West Point
TBI: traumatic brain injury
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Episode guest: LTC (Ret.) Matt Sacra
Host: LTC (Ret.) Charles Faint
Edited by: Michael Neal
Music: "King Around Here" by Alex Grohl (courtesy of Pixabay)
Sponsored by: The Epoch Times, in conjunction with The Havok Journal
Contact information: havokjournal@havokmedia.com
