Episode 33 - Matt Eversmann - Black Hawk Down, James Patterson and helping our veterans

This week The Pack is thankful for American Hero Matt Eversmann
(@EversmannMatt on Twitter). The former Army Ranger was featured
in several books and films depicting his time in the Military and
was the lead protagonist portrayed by Josh Hartnett in the hit
"Black Hawk Down".  Matt now writes with James Patterson and
helps veterans who are struggling to transition to civilian
life.   First Sergeant (ret) Matt Eversmann personifies
the qualities of duty, courage, and selfless service to succeed
when ordinary circumstances become extraordinary challenges. On
October 3, 1993, Matt was placed in charge of a group of Army
Rangers to lead a daytime raid against an eager enemy militia.
His inspiring story of survival was immortalized in the epic
film, Black Hawk Down, which recounts the harrowing experience.
For his actions on the battlefield, he was awarded the Bronze
Star Medal with Valor device. During his remaining time in
uniform, he worked at the Army War College, taught at The Johns
Hopkins University, and was finally deployed to Iraq where he
lived with the Iraqi Army for 15 months during The Surge. He
remained on active duty until May of 2008 when he retired after
20 years of service. His frustration with the typical hiring
process for veterans fueled his desire to help others avoid the
“veterans predicament,” where great servicemen and women are
overlooked because of a broken hiring system. Since his
retirement from active duty, Matt has worked in several
industries in mid-level to senior-level positions. He was an
operations officer in healthcare, an executive director in a
non-profit, and a VP of leadership development for a data
management company.


 


Eversmann Advisory


is a veteran-owned and operated organization with a diverse range
of strategic partners who develop employment initiatives and
strategically embed talent. We train exceptionally talented men
and women to be more competitive in the market.


 


Matt is also the co-author of two books with James Patterson yes
that James Patterson


E.R. Nurses: True Stories from America's Greatest Unsung Heroes


They save our lives every day, and we’ve never heard their
stories.  The life-or-death intensity of working on the
front lines, from America’s greatest unsung heroes.


 


Walk-in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest
Warriors


These are the brutally honest stories usually only shared amongst
comrades in arms. Here, in the voices of the men and women who’ve
fought overseas from Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan, is a rare
eye-opening look into what wearing the uniform, fighting in
combat, losing friends, and coming home is really like


 


Matt is featured in the 2008 PBS documentary “Send Me”


"Send Me" follows as he returns to combat with the U.S. military
in the fight against ISIS and the Taliban. The film provides an
insider's look into the lives of active-duty U.S. military
personnel stationed in far-flung outposts overseas.


 


But what Former first Sergeant Eversmann is known for and
detailed in two books and a movie you may have heard of


 


The Battle of Mogadishu: First-Hand Accounts from the Men of Task
Force Ranger with Dan Shilling


 


Day of the Rangers: The Battle of Mogadishu 25 Years On


by Leigh Neville,


 


The Movie You May have heard of – Black Hawk Down


 The story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into
Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a
renegade warlord but found themselves in a desperate battle with
a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.


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