Tom & Jen Satterly - A Delta Force Operator's Mission to Survive on the Battlefield & the Homefront

The Alpha Human Podcast

Tom Satterly spent 20 years as a member of the elite special forces unit known as Delta Force. His very first combat mission turned out to be the Battle of Mogadishu, the longest sustained firefight in U.S. military history since the Vietnam War, an 18-hour assault in Somalia that left 18 American soldiers dead and was immortalized in the film Black Hawk Down. Tom went on to serve in every major U.S. conflict where the U.S. Special Forces were deployed from Somalia and Bosnia to Afghanistan and Iraq including being an integral part of Operation Red Dawn, the mission that led to the capture of Saddam Hussein. While in Iraq Tom also led a 10,000 person Task Force and was in charge of protection for President Bush while he was in-country. After retiring as a Command Sgt. Major. the highest rank an enlisted soldier can achieve, and being awarded 64 medals, including five Bronze Stars, two with Valor,Tom co-founded an elite military contracting firm to train the next generation of Special Operations warfighters. Tom's book, "All Secure: A Special Operations Soldier's Fight to Survive on the Battlefield and the Homefront" is an inside look at Delta Force and Tom's battle to overcome PTS. Jen Satterly was Director of Film and Photography for a top Special Ops training company where she was fully embedded with the Navy SEALs and Green Berets filming realistic military training exercises before dedicating herself full time to tackling the issue of PTS. She is currently writing a book entitled "Virago" about overcoming adversity and healing from the invisible wounds of PTS. Together Tom and Jen founded the All Secure Foundation which serves Special Operations veterans and their families in helping them heal from the psychological toll of war. - Links: All Secure Foundation: www.allsecurefoundation.org Tom Satterly: https://www.tomsatterly.com/ All Secure Mission: https://www.allsecuremission.com/ All Secure: A Special Operations Soldier's Fight to Survive on the Battlefield and the Homefront: https://amzn.to/2Z9iHa8