Leadership Matters: Savage Freedoms Relief Operations In Western North Carolina | The Rob Maness Show EP 551

Here am I Lord, send me! Since before the American revolution started, citizens in our country have answered this call, young and old, men and women. As in Isaiah 6:8, God presents circumstances to each of us that give us the chance to act on behalf of others. This is a deeply American value, instilled by many things in our culture and in my experience, our all-volunteer military force is a major factor. Not during our military service necessarily but afterward, this core value of standing in the breech to help our fellow human beings, regardless of what it costs us personally, is why I have great hope for the future of this country, long after I have left this planet. And that leads me to today’s story and guest. The place my DNA comes from in this country happens to be Western North Carolina where my father’s family line still runs, and in the disaster response to Hurricane Helena, where, like my ancestors, leaders not on the government payroll stepped up on that ground when government at every level would not or could not. And this is one of those stories, where a single man, a former US Army special operations soldier and small business owner, acted on his instinct to step into the fire for us, and an entire response operation sprang up around him and his band of brothers made up of volunteers who shared the same background, that saved many lives, and is still having a positive impact there today. Even former President Trump (at the time) visited his operation and helped keep focus on the disaster. Adam Smith is the founder and CEO of Savage Freedoms, a family man, a US Army Green Beret veteran, and he has graciously agreed to speak with us about this story.