From Support to Tier 1 Operator, My Unlikely Path

This video is for anyone who has ever been told no.

For anyone who failed selection.
For anyone who was medically disqualified.
For anyone who believed their dream was over because circumstances were out of their control.

I was medically disqualified multiple times. I was denied SFAS, denied the Q Course, and denied the chance to ever wear the Green Beret, not because I lacked ability or commitment, but because of a medical condition that never once affected my performance, even while operating at the highest levels in some of the most austere environments imaginable.

This video is not about bitterness.
It is about perseverance.
It is about adaptation.
It is about finding purpose when the path you wanted is closed.

From a near-fatal car accident and traumatic brain injury, to navigating the back route into Special Operations, to multiple denied waivers, to eventually being selected into a Tier One unit, this is the story of learning that sometimes the door that closes is not the end of the journey, but the beginning of a better one.

As Epictetus said,
“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”

And also,
“Circumstances do not make the man, they only reveal him.”

If you are struggling, doubting yourself, or standing at what feels like a dead end, this story is for you.

Never give up on your dreams. When one door closes, another may open. Sometimes it opens a path you never knew existed, and sometimes it leads somewhere far better than the door that closed.

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