Jul 3, 2023
In this episode Florent “Flo” Groberg reflects on leadership lessons learned as a young athlete from his early coaches which ultimately shaped his heroic military career that resulted in receiving the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest award for military valor in action
Flo deployed several times to Afghanistan, and his actions on August 8th, 2012 earned him the famous Medal of Honor. As a result of his actions, Groberg sustained the loss of 45 to 50 percent of his left calf muscle with significant nerve damage, a blown eardrum, and a mild traumatic brain injury. He spent 3 years at Walter Reed Hospital from August 2012 through May 2015. He was medically retired, as a captain in July 2015.