This is Jockel Podcast number 347 with Echo Charles and me, Jockel Willink. Good evening, Echo.

Good evening. Simply put, Warn Officer Nick Levery is a warrior's warrior.

Nick selflessly and repeatedly risked his life for his nation, his comrades and arms,

and most importantly, he accomplished what our nation needed him to do every time he left our shores.

Nick is a hero in the truest sense. Nick's chosen profession requires an immersion

into some of the nation's most difficult challenges, often in demanding, complex and especially

uncertain environments. To answer the nation's call, we seek men and women who have the tenacity

to achieve the impossible and the resiliency to do it again and again. Nick Levery's story is

truly an exemplar of that. And that right there is an excerpt from a book, the book is called

Objective Secure and the book is actually written by Nick Levery. And the words in that excerpt were

spoken by Lieutenant General Frances Bodette, who was the commander of U.S. Army Special Operations.

And the speech was given when Nick received an award for his service and special operations.

And I think anyone that hears Nick's story will agree that Nick is exactly what the general said.

He is a warrior who can absolutely accomplish the impossible and is an honor to have Nick with us

here tonight to talk us through his experiences and share some of his lessons learned. Nick,

thanks for coming down, man. Thanks for having me. I wanted to read a really quick intro,

so we could start talking, man. Yeah, man. That's where I'm at. Yeah. Freaking insane,

your life's been kind of crazy thus far. And we'll get into that. Let's start from the beginning.

I'll wrap. Normally, when you've spoken nine words, everyone knows where you're from.

Pretty quick, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Boss, the mass is where I claim home. I guess more accurately,

though, is I'm a nomad of Massachusetts. I moved every 12 to 18 months as a kid.

All the way up until eventually I got to college. And that's because you're what your parents were

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