Paratrooper Through and Through: Travis Cooke on Combat, Loss & Brotherhood

Boots And Chutes Unfiltered · Oct 22, 2026 · 2h 52m

28 years in uniform. Four deployments to Iraq. One to Afghanistan. A deployment to Poland as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began.Travis Cooke retired in 2022 as Command Sergeant Major of 5-73 Cav, after spending much of his career with the 82nd Airborne Division.He joins Boots & Chutes Unfiltered to talk airborne life, leading soldiers, and starting a new chapter on his family’s northeast Texas ranch.With three sons who have served as infantrymen, the Army stories didn’t stop when he retired. Travis is a true warfighter, and a man that has been there and done that. Please join us for another…