Ep. 191: The Next Mission: Kyle Lamb on Cancer, Faith, and the Poems He's Never Published

Retired Delta Force Sergeant Major Kyle Lamb returns to the Silvercore Podcast to talk about his new book, The Next Mission, co-authored with his wife Melynda. Kyle spent 21 years in the US Army, 15 of them in Delta Force, and fought in the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993.The day episode 124 finished recording, Kyle got a phone call telling him he had bladder cancer. He had just told Travis, on tape, that he was living as though he had six months left. What happened next changed how he and Melynda live.In this conversation:The phone call after the last podcast, and the lung finding that followed for his wifeWhy The Next Mission reads the Bible through a special operations lens, and why Bible scholars are not the audienceEhud the left-handed assassin, and how researching a bronze dagger led to Herodotus and tin from ancient BritainThe Apostle Paul chained to a Roman soldier, and the two words that would have stopped his beatingWhy Melynda's name is on the cover, and the five chapters she red-X'd out of Leadership in the ShadowsTwo poems read aloud that have never been published anywhereTwelve years without a drink, and the conversation in Hawaii that changed how he saw itWhy the Christian who did the most for his faith in two years is a Muslim friendWhat tribe actually means, and why it has nothing to do with skin, geography, or religionThe redactions left visible in the book, and the note inside the cover confirming no AI was usedThe Next Mission is 432 pages, published June 6, 2026. Signed and personalized copies are available direct from Viking Tactics. It is priced at $27.17, a reference to Proverbs 27:17, iron sharpens iron.Kyle Lamb and Viking TacticsSigned copies: https://www.vikingtactics.com/shop/the-next-mission/Stay in the Fight Foundation: https://www.vikingtactics.com/stay-in-the-fight-foundation/Team VTAC Podcast: https://kylelamb.libsyn.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vikingtactics _____Silvercore Club - https://www.silvercore.ca/clubOnline Training - https://www.silvercore.ca/course/canadian-firearms-safety-course-onlineOther Training & Services - https://www.silvercore.ca/course/categoryMerchandise - https://www.silvercore.ca/collections/all-merchandiseBlog Page - https://www.silvercore.ca/blogHost Instagram - @Bader.Trav https://www.instagram.com/bader.travSilvercore Instagram - @SilvercoreOutdoors https://www.instagram.com/silvercoreoutdoors____00:00 The best conversations happen off the record01:41 Welcome back, Kyle Lamb02:19 The year-end question, and what happened that same day03:40 "Mr. Lamb, you've got bladder cancer"04:50 Then it was his wife06:20 What he said to God in the truck11:20 Time is the gift13:30 Nims Purja and purpose after achievement16:20 What's the mission today?23:00 How the book started: Ehud and the bronze dagger26:10 The Apostle Paul, chained to a Roman soldier30:15 Battlefield reflections and the audiobook31:15 Why Melynda's name is on the cover33:50 Speaking, elk season, and his grandson's first hunt36:10 The attention span of a squirrel39:40 The Kyle pile45:40 The guns he'd never get rid of50:20 Commander's intent: reach the unreachable51:30 Don't wear your faith as a badge55:20 The Muslim friend who sent him a Bible verse1:04:20 What tribe actually means1:08:30 How his prayers changed1:11:50 Twelve years without a drink1:14:30 What an answer to prayer looks like1:21:00 The farther from the flagpole1:26:20 "If I shoot guns, I get paid"1:29:20 The path of Musashi1:34:40 Two poems, never released anywhere1:46:10 What the public doesn't see1:47:20 The five chapters his wife red-X'd1:50:50 Putting the light on evil1:51:50 Meek is not weak1:56:40 Cutting twenty percent2:00:40 Why he writes at a sixth grade level2:15:20 Do you feel guilt?2:22:20 The motorcycle in the classroom2:26:30 Where to get the book, and why it costs $27.172:28:20 The redactions and the unit approval