Episode 11: Steve Brush – From Force Recon to Leadership Coach | Combat, Identity Loss & Post-Traumatic Growth

In Episode 11 of The Outreach Project Podcast, we sit down with Steve Brush, former Force Recon Marine, 13-time combat veteran, and leadership coach with Rope Solutions.Steve served with both 5th and 1st Force Recon Companies and completed multiple deployments to Afghanistan — including operations in Sangin and during the fall of Kabul. After transitioning from the Marine Corps, Steve led large-scale security operations in the Middle East overseeing more than 2,000 personnel.But this episode isn’t just about combat.It’s about identity loss.It’s about transition.It’s about suicidal ideation.It’s about finding purpose again.Steve shares his battle with post-deployment isolation, depression, and nearly taking his own life — and how the Warrior PATHH program helped him rediscover purpose, leadership, and faith.Today, Steve serves as a leadership coach with Rope Solutions, helping high-risk industries build elite culture through special operations leadership principles.This is one of the most raw and powerful conversations we’ve had.Growing up in a Marine Corps familyForce Recon selection and deployment to SanginCombat trauma and identity lossThe fall of Afghanistan from inside KabulVeteran transition challengesPost-Traumatic GrowthWarrior PATHH programLeadership culture in high-risk industriesRope Solutions methodologyFaith, sobriety, and rebuilding family relationshipsTopics Covered:Growing up in a Marine Corps familyForce Recon selection and deployment to SanginCombat trauma and identity lossThe fall of Afghanistan from inside KabulVeteran transition challengesPost-Traumatic GrowthWarrior PATHH programLeadership culture in high-risk industriesRope Solutions methodologyFaith, sobriety, and rebuilding family relationships