Florent Groberg on Heroic Military Career & Receiving Medal of Honor | Life After with Flo Groberg

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🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Flo Groberg joins David to talk about his remarkable life. From immigrating from France to America, his family’s devastation at the hands of extremists, training as a competitive runner, to protecting the most valuable American assets in Afghanistan, Flo Groberg is an American hero with an unforgettable story. Hear Flo describe the pressure packed moments where his quick actions saved countless lives from a suicide bomber, and the pain that came with terrible injuries. (00:00) - Intro (1:40) - Growing Up In France (10:00) - Moving To America (16:55) - Running Career (24:45) - 9/11 (29:40) - Leadership Training (39:30) - Deploying In Afghanistan (50:25) - August 8th, 2012 (1:22:25) - Find A Positive In Every Negative Situation (1:31:10) - The Medal Of Honor (1:54:50) - Life After Make sure to check out the full episode on the Life After YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaFfMRZJRbo2_57YUmjqylA Life After with David Vobora is an inspirational and motivational podcast that dives deep into guest's personal stories of hardship, perseverance and personal realization. After playing professional football, overcoming addiction, working with Wounded Warriors, and creating the Adaptive Training Foundation, David knows that life-altering events come in many ways, but they always come. On the new series, former “Mr. Irrelevant” in the NFL Draft, Vobora, talks with incredible guests about overcoming adversity in the face of unimaginable circumstances. David identifies crucial—and sometimes tragic—moments in their lives' that helped shape both their success and who they are today. Motivational Podcast | Inspirational Podcast | Perseverance Make sure to like, follow and subscribe on Life After's YouTube, social and audio pages, linked below: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaFfMRZJRbo2_57YUmjqylA Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/life-after-with-david-vobora/id1797989547 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2FEdwHNUOappPocc8oLKwU?si=7fd872c330ca4e88 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterwithdavidvobora/?hl=en Twitter: https://x.com/LifeAfterWithDV Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lifeafterwithdavidvobora https://youtube.com/@lifeafterwithdavidvobora?si=IdpcHfEtN5V_UQJn And check out the Green Light Podcast here: https://greenlightpodcast.org/

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0:00.0	Our next guest tackled a suicide bomber to save countless lives.
0:12.0	The Medal of Honor recipient Flo Groberg joins the pod to unpack how he was a French immigrant coming to America,
0:19.0	how his family had issues with extremists that actually took his uncle's life,
0:23.6	that he had to fight to just be a part of something greater than himself, and ultimately was led to the opportunity to act with courage and bravery in a split second.
0:32.6	Flow is the epitome of somebody that has gained the opportunity to be a patriot.
0:36.6	Flow is one that's always there to empower others, not just service members, but others
0:41.3	living in this country to be patriots too.
0:44.0	Y'all join me in this conversation.
0:45.5	You're going to find some real awe-inspiring moments.
0:49.0	You too, man.
0:49.5	Thank you for doing this.
0:50.8	Flo Groberg, welcome to Life After Podcasts.
0:53.0	All right up.
0:54.0	So, listen, man, this for us is laid back as anything, just us hanging out.
0:59.0	Good. It's perfect. So we got the gloves off. But I do want to start, I want to start back in the
1:04.0	beginning, man. Yeah. You weren't born in this country. That's a fact. Yeah. So tell us, man.
1:10.0	Tell us what it was to be an American immigrant, but tell us about being born in France and
1:14.6	your young life and family.
1:16.6	I was born in just outside of Paris.
1:19.6	And interestingly enough, like, I was born in an area that the French, when I got the
1:26.6	medal, actually I'm skipping many years now later on, when I got the medal, actually, I'm skipping many years
1:28.2	now later on.
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