Green Beret Survives Massive IED and Gets Shot 3 Times

About this video

A Green Beret recounts his father betting against him finishing basic training, then describes two severe combat incidents. He survived a massive IED blast in Iraq that killed two teammates and left him with extensive facial and skeletal injuries requiring years of recovery. In Afghanistan, he was shot three times during an ambush, with helmet camera footage documenting the engagement.

Key takeaways

• The guest’s father bet he would not complete basic training, motivating him to commit fully to a military career
• The guest survived an IED explosion that threw his vehicle 50 meters and killed two soldiers, leaving him with broken ribs, a shattered face, and injuries that took four years to repair
• The guest was shot three times during an ambush in Afghanistan, with the incident captured on helmet camera footage available online

Episode details: published June 10, 2025 · 2.7K views · 2:11 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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