Surviving 5 Nerve Gas Exposures: Special Forces, EOD & Healing | Dave LaMorte

Veteran Wellness Podcast · Nov 2, 2026 · 1h 34m · transcript

Surviving the mission is one thing. Learning how to live afterward is another.

Dave LaMorte joins longtime friend Erik Lawrence for a candid conversation about bomb disposal, Special Forces, intelligence work, and the path that eventually led him toward helping other veterans.

Dave recounts chemical exposures during his years as a bomb technician, the challenges he says followed, and experiences with psychedelics that changed how he viewed his life. He also shares a recent heart-failure diagnosis and the procedure that opened a blocked artery.

But this conversation goes beyond survival…