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Jocko Podcast #115 · February 28, 2018 · 2h45m

115: Into the Fire, and Beyond the Call of Duty, with Medal of Honor Recipient, Dakota Meyer

Dakota Meyer

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer describes the Battle of Ganjgal in Afghanistan, where he repeatedly drove into an ambush to recover fallen Marines despite direct orders to stand down. A raw, devastating account of courage, loss, and the cost of war.

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Courage in combat is not the absence of fear but the decision that the lives of others matter more than your own survival
Meyer describes driving into a kill zone five times under direct fire, not because he was fearless but because he could hear his teammates on the radio. The choice was not between safety and danger but between living with himself and dying trying to save them.
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Highlights

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Survivor guilt is the hidden cost of courage: the people who do the bravest things often suffer the most afterward
Meyer describes the years of survivor guilt, alcoholism, and suicidal ideation that followed his Medal of Honor actions. The bravest act of his life produced the deepest psychological wound.
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