# 4: Travis Cox

This week we sat down with Travis Cox, a veteran turned strength and conditioning coach for the San Antonio Spurs, turned business executive. Travis got real with us as they discussed how mentors, connections to the veteran community, his faith, and his work with non profit organizations has helped him to thrive. He served 8 years in the Reconnaissance community. If you are unfamiliar with what that means, which is an elite special operations unity within the marine corps. He served one deployment in Iraq as a point man & designated marksman in a Force Recon Direct Action team. He finished his time in the Marine Corps as the Chief Scout and headed up all sniper training within his recon unit.After returning from military service, like so many veterans Travis struggled to find a direction and found himself moving down a dark path with substance abuse. In the podcast he talks about his struggles with substance abuse and how he found his way back to health and happiness through recovery.