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Transition and Mental Health with Former Green Beret, and NYT Best-Selling Author, Scott Mann

Dr. Travis Hearne interviews retired Green Beret Lieutenant Colonel Scott Mann about military-to-civilian transition and mental health. Mann draws on his Special Forces career, his storytelling work through Rooftop Leadership, and his books to discuss how veterans can apply battlefield skills to overcome life's hardest transitions. The conversation explores resilience, human connection, and the personal cost of service.

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Scott Mann applies Special Forces rapport-building and storytelling techniques to help leaders thrive in high-stakes, low-trust environments.

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His NYT best-seller 'Operation Pineapple Express' details the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 and the veterans who responded.

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Mann's newest book and stage production 'Last Out' aim to provide healing for veterans and raise public awareness of the true cost of America's longest war.

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Dr. Travis Hearne links up with Retired Green Beret Lieutenant Colonel, Scott Mann, on the newest edition of the Through the Storm podcast. Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Scott Mann is a former U.S. Army Green Beret with tours all over the world, including Colombia, Peru, and multiple tours in Afghanistan. He is a warrior storyteller and the founder of Rooftop Leadership, where he shares the rapport-building and storytelling skills he learned in Special Forces to help today's leaders make better human connections in high-stakes, low-trust engagements.

Scott is the author of the instant New York Times Best-Seller, Operation Pineapple Express, a third-person narrative detailing the harrowing stories of the Veterans, volunteers, and Afghan Allies who navigated the US abandonment of Afghanistan in August of 2021. The Gary Sinise Foundation partnered up with Scott to bring his play, Last Out: Elegy of a Green Beret, to stages across the country in an effort to provide healing to our Veterans and Families of the Fallen, as well as providing insight to our citizens on the personal cost of the longest war in our Nation's history. His newest book, Nobody is Coming to Save You, A Green Beret's Guide to Getting Big Sh*t Done, is an instant classic, packed with tips on how to get huge things done well!

To learn more about Scott's full body of work, visit ScottMann.com.

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Travis Hearne
Travis Hearne

Host, Through the Storm Podcast

Dr. Travis Hearne is a retired military officer and healthcare leader who hosts the Through the Storm podcast on the MarketScale network. The show focuses on resilient leadership, mental health, and how leaders navigate adversity in business and life. He holds a doctoral degree and brings a background in both military service and healthcare to his interviews.

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Scott Mann

Lieutenant Colonel (Retired), U.S. Army Green Beret; Founder, Rooftop Leadership; NYT Best-Selling Author

Rooftop Leadership

Scott Mann is a retired U.S. Army Green Beret Lieutenant Colonel with combat deployments to Colombia, Peru, and multiple tours in Afghanistan. He is the founder of Rooftop Leadership, where he applies rapport-building and storytelling skills from Special Forces to help leaders navigate high-stakes, low-trust environments. He is the author of the New York Times best-seller 'Operation Pineapple Express' and 'Nobody is Coming to Save You: A Green Beret's Guide to Getting Big Sh*t Done.'

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