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Today we hear the Combat Story of Jeff Adamec, a longtime Green Beret with six combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan as an 18B and a K9 handler.

Jeff earned the Silver Star during the Battle of Debeka Pass in Iraq in 2003 during his first deployment. In his final deployment, Jeff was knocked unconscious by an RPG during a gunfight in Afghanistan while based out of FOB Cobra. He broke his back in four places and was medically retired for those injuries and the TBI sustained as a result.

He went on to find success in the corporate sector in network engineering and logistics and hosts the Changing Hearts and Minds podcast that focuses on military history of all eras prior to 1995. Jeff’s understanding of military history and weaponry absolutely shines through in this episode and will, I hope, attract some more listeners to his podcast.

I hope you enjoy this fast paced and wide ranging interview with Jeff as much as I did.

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- Intro Song: Sport Rock from Audio Jungle

Show Notes:
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Guest Introduction (Jeff Adamec)
01:46 - Interview Begins
06:10 - Aliens Movie in 1986 as inspiration to join
08:42 - Influential Media
11:29 - Road to enlistment
16:29 - Path to Green Beret
20:28 - Missing 9/11
23:38 - Where did you find your confidence?
26:35 - Time in 3rd Group
30:41 - Deployment in Iraq
37:54 - Combat Story - Events leading up to Battle of Debecka
50:49 - The Javelin story
01:09:41 - Returning from War
01:10:42 - The Aftermath
01:16:56 - Other deployments
01:19:12 - Dogs
01:21:31 - Combat Story - Bait the Ambush
01:33:37 - The injury
01:44:20 - Life with Traumatic Brain Injury
01:50:36 - Podcast origin and inspiration
01:54:22 - What did you carry into combat?
01:55:54 - Listener comments and shout outs

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