A Deadly Warrior’s Peaceful Homecoming

Angry Planet

Matthew Gault

War, Politics, Conflict, Government, History, News

4.3 • 882 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

War is hell and the people who fight often have a hard time coming home. Kevin Lacz didn’t. Lacz is a former U.S. Navy SEAL who served alongside Chris Kyle in the battle of Ramadi. He survived, came home, and thrived. He’s written books, spoken to crowds, and even played himself in Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper.

This week on War College, Lacz tells us what it’s like to go to war, what it’s like to want to kill people, and how to turn off the warrior when you come home.

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0:21.0	My goal was to join the military to go around down range and shoot terrorists. I would say at point blank and I got to fulfill that. You're listening to War College, a weekly podcast that brings you the stories from behind the
0:37.2	front lines.
0:38.2	Here are your hosts, Matthew Galt and Jason Fields. Hello and I'm
0:53.7	welcome to War College. I'm Matthew Gault.
0:56.4	And I'm Jason Field.
0:58.9	Kevin Lace is a former Navy SEAL who served in the Battle of Raimotti alongside Chris Kyle.
1:03.6	An American sniper, the film based on Kyle's life, Lays consulted on set, and got to play himself
1:09.1	in the movie.
1:10.3	He's also an author in his own right, the author of the book The Last Punisher.
1:14.0	Kevin, thank you so much for joining us.
1:16.0	Thank you guys. Great to be here. Matt Jason, appreciate it.
1:19.0	So we're going to start talking off with some veterans issues with you.
1:23.0	So during World War II, more than 14 million men served in the military
1:27.0	out of a population of less than 200 million.
1:30.0	You mentioned in a speech that you gave recently that the number is now serving is about 2 million out of 350 million and you said there was a growing disconnect.
1:40.0	Can you tell us what you see?
1:42.0	Sure, yeah, you know, I'd mentioned that and you know, I'm very aware of the World War II
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