Retired Sergeant Major Will Hudson reflects on a 21-year Army career that took him from the 173rd Airborne Brigade and the 2003 invasion of Iraq to years of combat deployments with 3rd Ranger Battalion, eventually becoming a RASP instructor, LRS company first sergeant, and operations sergeant major. He also opens up about the toll that years of war, injuries, alcohol, and retirement took on his mental health, and how faith and personal loss ultimately reshaped his life.
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00:00 – Start
00:58 – Will Hudson’s Childhood & Joining the Army
05:20 – 9/11, the 173rd & the Road to War
07:15 – Combat Jump Into Northern Iraq
15:44 – Leaving the 173rd & Trying Out for Ranger Regiment
21:35 – ROP, Selection & Earning a Spot in 3rd Ranger Battalion
27:08 – Life in 3rd Ranger Battalion’s Mortar Platoon
32:57 – Ramadi: Nonstop Ranger Raids & Heavy Combat
38:17 – Balad, IEDs & Losing Jimmy Regan
42:04 – Rangers and SEALs Fighting Together in Sadr City
48:21 – The War Shifts From Iraq to Afghanistan
54:35 – Mortars in Afghanistan & Supporting Tier One Units
57:28 – Swimming Mortars Into Targets With SEALs
1:06:23 – Becoming a Ranger Mortar Platoon Sergeant
1:11:52 – Running RASP & Changing Ranger Selection
1:23:24 – Leaving Regiment & Taking Over an LRS Company
1:33:35 – Airborne School, Pathfinder & Sergeant Major Academy
1:38:22 – The 101st Airborne, COVID & Losing the Passion for the Army
1:41:34 – Retirement, Injuries & Hitting Rock Bottom
1:47:47 – Alcohol, Mental Health & Searching for a Way Forward
1:51:22 – Plant Medicine & a Life-Changing Experience
2:04:25 – Refined by Fire, Losing His Son & Finding Faith
2:15:21 – Closing Thoughts
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