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STREAM IT ON THE PLATFORMS: In this week’s episode of SOFREP-Radio, Senior Editor Steve Balestrieri talks with Rick Lamb. The word “Legend” gets thrown around a lot but in Mr. Lamb’s case, it is entirely apt. He joined the Army in 1978 under contract to become an Airborne Ranger directly and over the next 26 years, Rick served in both the 1st and 3rd Ranger Battalions, the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 10th Special Forces Group, retiring as a Command Sargeant Major. He also seemed to be a part of every significant combat operation of the late 20th century the Army was involved in including,

what are you a Navy SEAL now? We don’t write books,‘” Tom tells SOFREP. “It wasn’t a ‘look at me I do great things’ book; it was more like ‘ look at all the shit I screwed up.’ The stories were to keep people interested but really as you read it, you’ll find that Jen [Tom’s wife] is the hero of the story and I was the loser who kept stumbling over my own self.” Tom’s post-high-school plans included college and a job. It wasn’t until he went for a long car ride to a concert with a childhood friend who had enlisted that he decided to join the military.