Richard Sprunger (Special Operations Medicine, Fire Service Leadership and Suicide) - Episode 1294

Podcast: Behind The Shield · James Geering

Opublikowano: 2026-10-08

Richard “DOC” Sprunger is a former U.S. Navy SEAL who served 14 years with five deployments and later spent 24 years as a Firefighter/Paramedic. Across nearly four decades of service, Richard experienced combat, traumatic emergency calls, significant injuries, loss, and the cumulative impact of a career spent running toward other people’s worst days. After losing nine friends and brothers to suicide over a four-year period, including six SEALs and two firefighters, he began confronting the cost that years of trauma, compartmentalization, and emotional armor had taken on his own life and relationships. That journey led Richard deep i...