CS#60: Marine Special Operations | Entrepreneur | FORWARD | Spinal Singularity | Derek Herrera
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Today we hear the remarkable Combat Story of Derek Herrera, a former Marine Special Operator who led Marines in Iraq, Haiti, the Middle East and Afghanistan. While on a MARSOC operation in Afghanistan, he was shot and paralyzed.
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Derek is another one of these guys that just makes you feel lazy and that he has more time in a day than you do.
Rather than give up after being injured, he medically retired from the Corps and has achieved significant success while continuing to serve others.
He’s the President of the Board of Directors of the Marine Raider Foundation, Chairman of the Board of MedTechVets, founder of Habit Camera and UroDev Medical (formerly Spinal Singularity), a keynote speaker, and host of the FORWARD podcast.
Derek is the real deal who spends all his time putting others ahead of himself and I know you’ll enjoy his inspiring Combat Story as much as I did.
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Show Notes
Derek Herrera
Chapters
- 0:00Intro
- 0:41Guest introduction (Derek Herrera)
- 1:37Interview begins
- 3:31Having an entrepreneurial spirit since childhood
- 9:32A military family and wanting to be a Navy Seal
- 13:28The Navy Seal selection process and not making it
- 21:08Mindset going into the Marine Corps
- 28:06First deployment primarily doing raids in Iraq
- 40:23A full-circle moment helping the Navy Seals as a Marine
- 45:11Deciding to go the Special Ops route in the Marines
- 53:52First and only deployment as Special Operator in Afghanistan and what his missions were like
- 1:04:58Combat Story – The operation that changed his life and left him paralyzed from the chest down
- 1:12:58Reaction to learning he was paralyzed and how he found a way to stay in military
- 1:18:53Deciding to transition out of the military and finding passion and purpose in business
- 1:27:44The Marine Raider Foundation
- 1:35:18What did you carry into combat?
- 1:37:24Would you do it all again?
- 1:39:44Listener comments and shout outs
