E145 - #145 - Refuse to Lose: The Amputee Green Beret Who Went Back to War | The Nick Lavery Story

In 2013, Active-Duty Green Beret CW3 Nick Lavery survived a devastating insider attack in Afghanistan, taking four machine-gun rounds to the leg at point-blank range simply because he absolutely hates to lose. After waking up at Walter Reed missing his leg above the knee, Nick did the unthinkable: he flat-out refused a full medical retirement with honor. Instead, he endured a grueling physical and tactical gauntlet to prove he wasn't a liability, making history in 2015 as the first Special Forces operator to return to full-spectrum combat as an above-the-knee amputee. Today, he continues to crush physical crucibles—from the famously br...