(Ep. #30) Former Special Forces Green Beret Keith Holland: Combat, Trauma & Joint Task Force K-9s

What happens when the mission ends, but the war leaves something behind?Former U.S. Army Special Forces Green Beret Keith Holland spent 15 years in Special Forces, with multiple combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. But this conversation isn't just about what happened overseas. It's about what happened afterward.In Part One of this conversation, Keith opens up about combat, traumatic brain injury (TBI), trauma, faith, dark moments after leaving the military, and the long road toward finding purpose again.We also talk about the unexpected role dogs played in that journey and how Keith eventually turned his own experiences into a mission to help others.Today, Keith is the founder of Joint Task Force K-9s, a nonprofit providing trained service dogs to veterans and law-enforcement officers at no cost to the recipient.This is a conversation about war but even more than that, it's about what comes after it.About identity when the uniform comes off.About carrying things nobody else can see.About God meeting us in places we never expected to be.And about discovering that sometimes the next mission is helping somebody else survive theirs.The mission ended. The story didn't.This is Part One of my conversation with former Green Beret Keith Holland.Learn more about Joint Task Force K-9s, support their mission, or apply for the program at jtfk9s.org.