Matt eversmann wikipedia

First Sergeant Matt Eversmann
(USA, Retired)

Expertise

Team building and talent management, performance coaching and development, followership

Experience

Matt enlisted in the Army as an infantryman in December and was stationed at Fort Drum, NY with the 10th Mountain Division.

Starting in , he served with the elite 75th Ranger Regiment where held many leadership positions throughout 3rd Battalion and was the officer in charge of the 75th Ranger Regiment’s Pre-Ranger Course where he prepared military leaders to pass the Army’s toughest training course, U.S. Army Ranger School.

Jamie smith On October 3, , Matt was placed in charge of a group of Army Rangers to lead a daytime raid against an eager enemy militia. Amidst the commotion of the Bakaara Market into which he has just dropped, he has the sickening realization that he and his men are taking on gunfire and one of his men is already badly injured. Primarily there to care for battlefield casualties if immediate evacuation to Baghdad was not possible, the aid station saw its fair share of local patients as well. On that day, under the pressure of small arms fire and life-and-death decision making with no one but him giving the orders, Matt was truly left to his own accord.

During his time with 75th Ranger Regiment in August , Matt and his company deployed to Mogadishu, Somalia in support of Operation Gothic Serpent. The battle made famous by the best-selling book and movie Black Hawk Down. Later, he served as the Operations Sergeant at the U.S. Army War College and taught leadership at The Johns Hopkins University ROTC program.

Matt’s last military assignment was as an Infantry Company First Sergeant in the 10th Mountain Division. He and his men spent 15 months in Iraq during “the Surge” fighting AlQaeda and implementing the counter insurgency strategy. Matt retired in and spent a decade in the healthcare, non-profit and data management sectors before exploring his entrepreneurial spirit.

He is a partner and co- founder of a consulting firm specializing in preparing young leaders to join and compete in the workforce. Matt has been a professional speaker for over 20 years.

AWARDS/HONORS/PUBLICATIONS

Matt was a Master rated parachutist, a sniper and an honor graduate of Ranger School.

First sergeant matt eversmann youtube He remained on active duty until May of , when he retired after 20 years of service. As the youngest of four, I never had to do anything on my own until I got to Hampden-Sydney. Matt Eversmann skyrocketed to fame after the release of Black Hawk Down in Army Ranger and inspiring speaker.

He wore Thai, Egyptian and British jump wings. For Matt’s service in Mogadishu, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor device. Matt received an honorary degree from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. He is a Significant Sig in the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

First sergeant matt eversmann Pick The Date. Like Mogadishu, the Surge was considered a failure, but Matt once again points out the nuances of the situation. Then came Mark Bowden, a journalist who wanted to tell the story of what happened in the marketplace from the perspective of the men who were there—not from the wellcrafted narrative of politicians—preventing the battle and its heroes from receding into the annals of history under a cloud of conjecture. Too many people were dying.

He won an Emmy for a documentary “Send Me” about the advances of battlefield medicine in Afghanistan. He has co-authored three non-fiction NYT Best Sellers.

Organizations

• Order of St. John
• Society of the Cincinnati

Personal

Matt and his wife Tori live three miles from the Atlantic Ocean and spend every moment they can in the sand and surf.

They are rabid NC State Wolfpack fans and visit their daughter Molly there whenever they can.