A Conversation on Leadership, Resilience and the Power of Unity. Special Guest: Keni Thomas (Part 1)
The Victor Marx Podcast
Victor Marx
4.9 • 585 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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In part 1 of today's episode, Victor is joined by veteran and good friend, Keni Thomas. Keni is known for his mission in an 18-hour battle in Mogadishu, Somalia which was famously portrayed in the book and movie, Black Hawk Down. He's a speaker, author, award-winning musician and a national spokesman for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. Victor and Keni talk about what it's really like to be in heavy combat, the amount of strength in unity and how much more resilient we are than we may think. This is an incredible conversation and first-hand account that you don't want to miss!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, welcome to the Victor Marks podcast with Victor Marks, founder of all things possible ministries. |
| 0:11.6 | Welcome to the show where we bring you real conversations faced with life's hard truths, stories of redemption, and the latest from the front lines. |
| 0:20.2 | Whether you're on the road, getting your day started, or finally settling in. |
| 0:24.0 | We've got an exciting new episode plan for you. |
| 0:26.9 | So let's dive in to today's show. |
| 0:30.9 | Hello and welcome to this all-new episode of the Victor Marks show. |
| 0:34.8 | My guest today is a neat brother, special man. |
| 0:38.8 | His name is Kenny Thomas. |
| 0:46.0 | Kenny is famously known for his mission and 18-hour battle in Mogadishu, Somalia. This battle was famously portrayed in the book and movie Black Hawk Down. I'll share more about this in my opening |
| 0:51.3 | comments of this interview, but Kenny is a speaker, author, |
| 0:55.7 | I mean, award-winning musician and a national spokesman for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. |
| 1:02.1 | And he's also just a good brother and friend. Hey, this is a conversation you don't want to miss. |
| 1:08.0 | So let's get to it now on this edition of the Victor Marks show. |
| 1:13.5 | Now, there are many of you that are listening that, well, sadly you're not even going to know |
| 1:19.1 | what he's most famously known for, which is the Battle of Mogadishu and the book and movie Black |
| 1:27.3 | Hawk Down because while you're just a younger generation and maybe a half a step which is the Battle of Mogadishu and the book and movie Blackhawk down, |
| 1:28.2 | because while you're just a younger generation and maybe I have a step away from things we've done in our lifetime, |
| 1:36.0 | but I want to encourage you to just drink in the insight, wisdom, and knowledge that this brother is going to offer today on both |
| 1:49.2 | leadership and resiliency and just life in general. By the end of our time together, we're also |
| 1:55.4 | going to give real practical solutions and next steps on what we need to do to make our country a better place to live for |
| 2:03.3 | everyone and in a way that I think bring God glory because we're living in tough times. |
| 2:09.5 | But for context, in the summer of 1993, Staff Sergeant Kenny Thomas was deployed to Mogadishu, Somalia. |
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