n 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 family

• Force Recon selection and deployment to Sangin

• Combat trauma and identity loss

• The fall of Afghanistan from inside Kabul

• Veteran transition challenges

• Post-Traumatic Growth

• Warrior PATHH program

• Leadership culture in high-risk industries

• Rope Solutions methodology

• Faith, sobriety, and rebuilding family relationships

Topics Covered:

Growing up in a Marine Corps family

Force Recon selection and deployment to Sangin

Combat trauma and identity loss

The fall of Afghanistan from inside Kabul

Veteran transition challenges

Post-Traumatic Growth

Warrior PATHH program

Leadership culture in high-risk industries

Rope Solutions methodology

Faith, sobriety, and rebuilding family relationships