Following SEAL Qualification Training (SQT) and completion of six month probationary period, he received the NEC 5326 as a Combatant Swimmer (SEAL), entitled to wear the Special Warfare insignia also known as "SEAL Trident". Īfter three attempts due to multiple injuries, Goggins succeeded in graduating from BUD/S training with BUD/S class 235 in 2001. He then completed United States Air Force Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) training, and worked as a TACP from 1994 until 1999, when he left the United States Air Force. He was given the option to restart the training upon his return but chose not to. During the training he had been diagnosed with sickle cell trait and was removed from training. Goggins applied to join the United States Air Force Pararescue, and was accepted into training. In the gap between his discharge from the Air Force and enlisting in the Navy, Goggins worked as a pest control fumigator for the American hygiene corporation Ecolab. Goggins and other members of his family suffered constant and severe abuse from his alcoholic father before escaping from him along with his mother to Brazil, Indiana, something which he talks about in the book Can't Hurt Me. Goggins has described how, as a six year old, he worked alongside his mother and brother at his father's skate rink. In 1981, Goggins lived in Williamsville, New York, with his parents and brother, Trunnis Jr. His first memoir, Can't Hurt Me, was released in 2018 and a sequel Never Finished in 2022.ĭavid Goggins was born on February 16, 1975, to Trunnis and Jackie Goggins. He is a retired United States Navy SEAL member who served in the Iraq War. Featured in the book Living with a SEAL by Jesse Itzler (2015)ĭavid Goggins (born February 17, 1975) is an American ultramarathon runner, ultra-distance cyclist, triathlete, public speaker, and author.
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