A Mormon Military Story w/ Army Ranger Ross “Marty” Martin | Ep. 1977 (Edited Re-Release)
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2024
⏱️ 357 minutes
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NOTE: We apologize for the mishap earlier. This is a re-release of the episode with Ross Martin, unedited. We hope you enjoy it! This powerful and emotional story takes you through Marty’s life journey—from his upbringing in Mormonism, his experiences in high school and seminary, to his time in the military and beyond. Marty reflects on growing up in a trailer park, his mission to Jamaica, his struggles with faith, and his experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan. He candidly shares deeply personal moments: battling depression, losing loved ones, questioning his beliefs, and finding peace through family, a farm, and humanism. Explore topics of resilience, transformation, and healing as Marty recounts leaving Mormonism, confronting the trauma of war, and redefining his spiritual beliefs. A heartfelt account of faith, doubt, and the search for meaning.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories Podcast. I'm your host |
| 0:04.5 | John DeLinn. It is December 13th, 2024, and today we are going to be doing a military Mormon |
| 0:13.2 | story. We've tried to fill different profiles or, you know, life experiences on the Mormon Stories podcast. And for a long long long time, we've tried to fill different profiles or, you know, life experiences on the Mormon Stories podcast. |
| 0:24.0 | And for a long, long time, it's been requested to me that we cover kind of the military |
| 0:29.6 | experience within a Mormon context. |
| 0:32.1 | And so we found at least a couple people over the next month or two to interview. And the first person |
| 0:39.9 | that we're going to have tell their military Mormon story is Ross Martin, otherwise known as |
| 0:47.1 | Marty Martin. Hey, Marty, how's it going? It's going good. Thank you for having me. Thanks for joining us. |
| 0:57.8 | Really quickly, what branch of the military is you serving? I was in the Army. Okay. As a Ranger, right? Yeah, I started out as a Ranger down |
| 1:04.1 | first bat, Savannah, Georgia. And what's a Ranger? Aanger is part of the special operations community. |
| 1:12.6 | We were more of a strike force, so, you know, when the president wants something destroyed |
| 1:18.6 | overnight, he's going to send the rangers in there, so. |
| 1:21.6 | And that's what you did? |
| 1:23.6 | Yeah, that's what I did for part of my military history, yeah. |
| 1:25.6 | Okay. |
| 1:26.6 | But you also have a Mormon story. |
| 1:29.1 | I do. |
| 1:29.9 | All right. |
| 1:31.2 | Well, we're super grateful. |
| 1:32.7 | And you're here from what state? |
| 1:34.3 | North Carolina. |
| 1:35.6 | Yeah. |
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