Warrior Profile: Tom Spooner, US Army Delta Force

By Len Waldron

Northern Red’s Tom Spooner is a warrior’s warrior who continues to serve his country and its many veterans after his 21-year career in U.S. Army special operations.

Raised in Belle Glade, Fla., Tom joined the Army at a young age and volunteered for the infantry and the airborne. He soon found himself in combat as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division in Operation Desert Storm. Shortly thereafter he was selected for U.S. Army Special Forces and joined the 7th Special Forces Group, serving in Central and South America. Ten years into his military career, Tom was selected for the Army’s most elite special operations unit, Delta Force.

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After retiring from the Army and struggling with the effects of of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), Spooner, along with other special operations soldiers, founded Elder Heart, a 501(c)(3) entity organized to raise national awareness to the tragic reality of 22 daily veteran suicides.

For more information on Elder Heart, visit elderheart.org.

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Source:: Tactical Life