Ep. 191: The Next Mission: Kyle Lamb on Cancer, Faith, and the Poems He's Never Published

Retired Delta Force Sergeant Major Kyle Lamb returns to the Silvercore Podcast to talk about his new book, The Next Mission, co-authored with his wife Melynda. Kyle spent 21 years in the US Army, 15 of them in Delta Force, and fought in the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993. The day episode 124 finished recording, Kyle got a phone call telling him he had bladder cancer. He had just told Travis, on tape, that he was living as though he had six months left. What happened next changed how he and Melynda live. In this conversation: The phone call after the last podcast, and the lung finding that followed for his wife Why The Next Mission reads the Bible through a special operations lens, and why Bible scholars are not the audience Ehud the left-handed assassin, and how researching a bronze dagger led to Herodotus and tin from ancient Britain The Apostle Paul chained to a Roman soldier, and the two words that would have stopped his beating Why Melynda's name is on the cover, and the five chapters she red-X'd out of Leadership in the Shadows Two poems read aloud that have never been published anywhere Twelve years without a drink, and the conversation in Hawaii that changed how he saw it Why the Christian who did the most for his faith in two years is a Muslim friend What tribe actually means, and why it has nothing to do with skin, geography, or religion The redactions left visible in the book, and the note inside the cover confirming no AI was used The Next Mission is 432 pages, published June 6, 2026. Signed and personalized copies are available direct from Viking Tactics. It is priced at $27.17, a reference to Proverbs 27:17, iron sharpens iron. Kyle Lamb and Viking Tactics Signed copies: https://www.vikingtactics.com/shop/the-next-mission/ Stay in the Fight Foundation: https://www.vikingtactics.com/stay-in-the-fight-foundation/ Team VTAC Podcast: https://kylelamb.libsyn.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vikingtactics _____ Silvercore Club - https://www.silvercore.ca/club Online Training - https://www.silvercore.ca/course/canadian-firearms-safety-course-online Other Training & Services - https://www.silvercore.ca/course/category Merchandise - https://www.silvercore.ca/collections/all-merchandise Blog Page - https://www.silvercore.ca/blog Host Instagram - @Bader.Trav https://www.instagram.com/bader.trav Silvercore Instagram - @SilvercoreOutdoors https://www.instagram.com/silvercoreoutdoors ____ 00:00 The best conversations happen off the record 01:41 Welcome back, Kyle Lamb 02:19 The year-end question, and what happened that same day 03:40 "Mr. Lamb, you've got bladder cancer" 04:50 Then it was his wife 06:20 What he said to God in the truck 11:20 Time is the gift 13:30 Nims Purja and purpose after achievement 16:20 What's the mission today? 23:00 How the book started: Ehud and the bronze dagger 26:10 The Apostle Paul, chained to a Roman soldier 30:15 Battlefield reflections and the audiobook 31:15 Why Melynda's name is on the cover 33:50 Speaking, elk season, and his grandson's first hunt 36:10 The attention span of a squirrel 39:40 The Kyle pile 45:40 The guns he'd never get rid of 50:20 Commander's intent: reach the unreachable 51:30 Don't wear your faith as a badge 55:20 The Muslim friend who sent him a Bible verse 1:04:20 What tribe actually means 1:08:30 How his prayers changed 1:11:50 Twelve years without a drink 1:14:30 What an answer to prayer looks like 1:21:00 The farther from the flagpole 1:26:20 "If I shoot guns, I get paid" 1:29:20 The path of Musashi 1:34:40 Two poems, never released anywhere 1:46:10 What the public doesn't see 1:47:20 The five chapters his wife red-X'd 1:50:50 Putting the light on evil 1:51:50 Meek is not weak 1:56:40 Cutting twenty percent 2:00:40 Why he writes at a sixth grade level 2:15:20 Do you feel guilt? 2:22:20 The motorcycle in the classroom 2:26:30 Where to get the book, and why it costs $27.17 2:28:20 The redactions and the unit approval