Choosing the Harder Path Changed Everything with Austin Knight—Arctic Paratrooper

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Austin Knight thought he had life by the horns, until he was fired, and dumped by his girlfriend, on the same day. Facing the task of starting over, he had two routes to choose from—the ease and stability of a corporate job, or joining the U.S. military as a paratrooper. He chose the harder route, and wouldn’t change it for the world. A part of the Arctic Angels, the United States’ only Arctic Paratrooper unit, Austin shares his aggressive story from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.

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0:00.0	Austin, how you doing?
0:01.7	Hey, Brian, I am well.
0:03.2	You're live in my basement, in my garage, actually, because of some technical difficulty.
0:08.8	So I appreciate your patience.
0:10.4	Well, you've got a half decent sound quality for being in your basement or garage.
0:15.8	Yeah.
0:16.6	And interestingly enough, this is where I listen to your podcast while I run on my treadmill.
0:20.7	Oh, you listen to my podcast.
0:22.3	Oh, so you just try to make me feel good.
0:24.2	Is that you're trying to?
0:24.6	Yeah, I'm already stroking your ego.
0:26.3	We're just starting to.
0:46.4	Yeah. Welcome to the aggressive life.
0:51.7	Man, I tell you, there's one thing that I have a soft spot about.
1:04.1	It is people who are men of the cloth, you might want to say, or clergy or pastors that have a masculine tone to them.
1:05.8	One of my favorite Hollywood players ever
1:10.9	was the pastor
1:12.5	in
1:13.8	oh, what's the name
1:15.5	the Mel Gibson movie?
1:17.3	Dirt, was it not
1:18.0	Braveheart?
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