A Green Beret Finds Unexpected Purpose in Ukraine
AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast
- Published
- July 15, 2026
- Duration
- 40:30
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Aug 19, 2026
Discusses For many veterans, the end of military service raises a difficult question: Who am I now? In this ep…
Summary
For many veterans, the end of military service raises a difficult question: Who am I now? In this episode of Army Matters, LTG (Ret.) Leslie Smith and SMA (Ret.) Dan Dailey sit down with retired Green Beret Ryan Hendrickson. After eight deployments to Afghanistan and surviving a life-changing blast from an improvised explosive device, Hendrickson retired,…
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For many veterans, the end of military service raises a difficult question: Who am I now? In this episode of Army Matters, LTG (Ret.) Leslie Smith and SMA (Ret.) Dan Dailey sit down with retired Green Beret Ryan Hendrickson. After eight deployments to Afghanistan and surviving a life-changing blast from an improvised explosive device, Hendrickson retired, and then later returned overseas as a contractor. But, following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, he found himself confronting something