Episode 08: Ryan Hendrikson “From the Tip of the Spear to the Minefields of Ukraine.”
Ryan talks about his career and why it is important to be humble, and why he started Tip of the Spear Landmine Removal. He talks about his father’s advice and his ‘why’ behind what he is doing now. He is an incredible leader, a former Green Beret, and an amazing human being. He is the author of the book Tip of the Spear.
https://youtu.be/Hed-NqvAB4c
Removing Land Mines in Ukraine | Ryan Hendrikson
Step into the frontlines of hope with Ryan Hendrikson, founder of Tip of the Spear Landmine Removal. From war-torn fields in Ukraine to communities living in fear, Ryan and his team are risking everything to clear deadly landmines and give families a chance at safety, freedom, and a future. Every mine removed means lives saved, children protected, and land restored for generations to come.
https://youtu.be/IYEwEYEp_DE
He Survived a Land Mine. Now He Clears Ukraine’s Minefields
Landmines continue to explode long after the war has ended. A veteran bomb disposal expert from the U.S. has traveled to Ukraine 13 times to clear minefields.
https://youtu.be/op7DMnn6-es
The Reconnaissance Cast
Ryan Hendrickson 7th Special Forces Group and Ukraine Mine Removal Program
https://www.youtube.com/live/GKF_8oTDWyc
“I know firsthand the impact of mines and IEDs. That’s why I left my job and came to Ukraine to serve”: An interview with Ryan Hendrickson, former Green Beret and founder of the NGO “Tip of the Spear Landmine Removal Inc”
Ryan Hendrickson is a former sergeant first class in the US Special Forces, the Green Berets, who now runs the NGO “Tip of the Spear – Landmine removal”, dedicated to demining in Ukraine. Hendrickson was seriously wounded in Afghanistan in 2010, but after undergoing numerous operations and a grueling rehabilitation process, he managed to rejoin […]
https://www.lavocedelpatriota.it/en/i-know-firsthand-the-impact-of-mines-and-ieds-thats-why-i-left-my-job-and-came-to-ukraine-to-serve-an-interview-with-ryan-hendrickson-former-green-beret-and-founder-of-th
Full Interview: Veteran Who Nearly Died in Afghanistan Warns About Risks in Iran | EWTN News Nightly
Retired U.S. Army Green Beret and demolition expert Ryan Hendrickson, who survived a near-fatal injury from an IED while serving in Afghanistan in 2010, joins to discuss what Americans should understand about the risks troops face immediately upon entering a conflict zone like Iran. He also discusses President Donald Trump’s statement that the U.S. will completely obliterate Iran’s electric generating plants, oil wells, and Kharg Island if the Strait of Hormuz is not immediately reopened and a peace deal is not reached.
https://youtu.be/51A2QpefV2Y
From Afghanistan to Ukraine, veteran Green Beret dedicates life to landmine removal – Military Veterans – Military Families
After stepping on an IED in Iraq that nearly took his life, this Green Beret veteran is using his skills for landmine removal in Ukraine.
https://militaryfamilies.com/military-veterans/from-afghanistan-to-ukraine-veteran-green-beret-dedicates-life-to-landmine-removal/
13-Year Green Beret IED Survivor Ryan Hendrickson | Mike Drop Ep. 214
Ryan Hendrickson is a 13-Year Green Beret, Author, and Landmine Recovery Expert. While serving as an 18C in 2010 on his first deployment as a Green Beret, he…
https://youtu.be/VmWddGtV7I4
Green Beret regains purpose after Afghanistan by demining Ukraine | American Agenda
On Friday’s “American Agenda,” Retired Green Beret Ryan Frederickson discusses his journey from leaving Afghanistan to saving lives with a demining effort in…
https://youtu.be/HTzXXJ5N-uI
Guest speaker at the Superhumans Center in Lviv
It was an honor to speak at the 1 year anniversary to all those hero’s who are starting to rebuild their lives and find their purpose after such devastating injuries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch
Saving Limbs and Lives: Interview with Ryan Hendrickson – NCT CBNW
By CBNW Magazine Former U.S. Army Special Forces Engineer Ryan Hendrickson recounts how an incident with an IED in Afghanistan in 2010 led to him helping war-torn Ukraine remove landmines in 2024. Can you tell me more about your background before the incident with the IED? My path to the U.S. Army was anything but
https://nct-cbnw.com/saving-limbs-and-lives-interview-with-ryan-hendrickson/
Green Beret Survives 500lb JDAM 😳
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Special Forces Green Beret Recounts Dumping an Entire Mag on Enemy Combatant
https://www.youtube.com/watch
Green Beret’s Deadly IED Encounter
This mashup is compiled from an intense combat deployment where both Ryan Hendrickson and Kyle Morgan share their perspectives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch
Ryan Hendrickson – Green Beret, “Welcome to Afghanistan” | SRS #90
This week, SRS is bringing you a special holiday episode just in time for Christmas. Ryan Hendrickson is an Army Special Forces Green Beret with over twenty…
https://youtu.be/Yc3xobNYd_I
There are now more land mines in Ukraine than almost anywhere else on the planet
Ukraine is staring down a massive humanitarian challenge — now and into the future.
https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2023/11/30/23979758/ukraine-war-russia-land-mines-artillery-humantarian-crisis
Former Green Beret clears landmines in Ukraine
In Ukraine a former Green Beret, Ryan Hendrickson clears landmines, engaging in perilous work that holds the potential for loss of life should an error occur…
https://youtu.be/6M38mRsHidc
Ukraine is now the most mined country. It will take decades to make safe.
In a year and a half of conflict, Ukraine has become the world’s most mined country. Unexploded ordnance has contaminated an area larger than Florida.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/22/ukraine-is-now-most-mined-country-it-will-take-decades-make-safe/
Former Special Forces engineer says Russian minefields are unlike anything he has ever seen and battling these hidden death traps is ‘exhausting’
He says the biggest threat shaping the war in Ukraine right now is land mines, and Russia’s laid millions of them.
https://www.businessinsider.com/former-special-forces-engineer-says-russian-land-mines-are-exhausting-2023-7
NTV News
Landmines severely threaten Ukraine’s agriculture and global food supply, but former Green Beret Ryan Hendrickson’s charity work to clear mines is benefiting farmers and helping prevent famine in various countries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch
Demining Ukraine: How Geography Affects Military Tactics in the Breadbasket of Europe – SMERCONISH
Landmines severely threaten Ukraine’s agriculture and global food supply, but former Green Beret Ryan Hendrickson’s charity work to clear mines is benefiting farmers and helping prevent famine in various countries.
https://www.smerconish.com/exclusive-content/demining-ukraine-how-geography-affects-military-tactics-in-the-breadbasket-of-europe/
‘If I Can Save Anyone That Pain’
Russians have left lethal traps behind in Ukraine, but instead of staying away, one man is walking straight toward them, day after day.
https://www.thetrumpet.com/27083-if-i-can-save-anyone-that-pain
Ukraine is Becoming the World’s Largest Minefield
Scott Sweetow, Former Acting Director of the ATF’s Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC) gives SOFREP a fascinating account of demining operations in Ukraine which is becoming the most mined place on Earth
https://sofrep.com/news/ukraine-is-becoming-the-worlds-largest-minefield/
US Green Beret Neutralizes Russian Death Traps Now That Ukraine Has Become a Literal Minefield
International humanitarian law bans the use of antipersonnel mines and booby traps, even in war. But although Russia is bound by these treaties as a member of the United Nations, thousands of Russian mines now litter the landscape across Ukraine. And one American Green Beret has dedicated himself…
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2023/february/us-green-beret-neutralizes-russian-death-traps-now-that-ukraine-has-become-a-literal-minefield
Ryan sætter sit liv på spil for Ukraine: ‘Dét er det værste, jeg har oplevet’
»Der er voldsomt mange miner. Ukraine bliver det land i verden med flest miner, når krigen er ovre. Det er jeg ikke i tvivl om. Og det er ikke kun miner, men også klyngebomber og ueksploderet ammunition,« siger Ryan Hendrickson.
https://www.bt.dk/udland/ryan-saetter-sit-liv-paa-spil-for-ukraine-det-er-det-vaerste-jeg-har-oplevet
Pineland Underground – Tip of the Spear | Special Forces, Critical Injury Recovery and a First Hand Account of the War in Ukraine
SFC(R) Ryan Hendrickson, author of Tip of the Spear, and founder of Tip of Spear Landmine Removal takes on a journey through becoming a Green Beret, being critical injured, receiving a Silver Star, retiring and then going to Ukraine multiple times during the current conflict.
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS91eGJlNGxTeQ/episode/OTJiNjAxZDMtMmViNS00OTJjLWEzNjctMGU5MWVkZTMyMjIw
Ep. 169 | Ryan Hendrickson | Army Special Forces and Ukraine Humanitarian Volunteer | Silver Star
Ryan Hendrickson is a retired Green Beret that went to Afghanistan 8 times with special forces units. Prior to serving in the Army, Ryan also did an enlistme…
https://youtu.be/T8RZjTCx8lo
‘Game of cat and explosive mouse’: American helps remove hundreds of landmines in Ukraine
Farmers in Ukraine were plagued with landmines in their fields until Ryan Hendrickson and other volunteers removed more than 300 mines in the area.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2022/08/22/us-military-vet-helps-safely-remove-landmines-farms-ukraine/7867929001/
Former U.S. Special Forces Wounded Warrior Hunts Land Mines In Ukraine
Ryan Hendrickson, a former U.S. Special Forces warrior, is now saving lives by clearing mines left behind by Russian troops.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/military/former-green-beret-hunts-landmines-in-ukraine
A deadly farm harvest of a very different kind | The Western Producer
A former United States Army special forces green beret with eight combat deployments to Afghanistan has just completed a personal mission to clear
https://www.producer.com/news/a-deadly-farm-harvest-of-a-very-different-kind/
Meet the Green Beret veteran who’s clearing mines for farmers in Ukraine
Ryan Hendrickson saw plenty of explosives in Afghanistan. Now he’s trying to disarm fields of landmines to make them safe for Ukrainian civilians.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/green-beret-ryan-hendrickson-mines-ukraine/
Oregon military vet helps Ukrainian farmers remove land mines
“This is like a game of cat and explosive mouse.”
A reality of the war in Ukraine: land mines are everywhere and removing them is a slow, dangerous, but necessary process. But that doesn’t phase retired U.S. Army Green Beret, Ryan Hendrickson.
A reality of the war in Ukraine: land mines are everywhere and removing them is a slow, dangerous, but necessary process. But that doesn’t phase retired U.S. Army Green Beret, Ryan Hendrickson.
https://katu.com/news/local/oregon-military-vet-helps-ukrainian-farmers-remove-landmines-eugene-ukraine-army-navy-air-force-veteran-afghanistan
This US Army Special Forces Veteran Is Clearing Land Mines in Ukraine
He previously cleared IEDs during combat missions in Afghanistan.
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/ryan-hendrickson.html
A personal mission for a former Green Beret to clear farmland of landmines in Ukraine
A FORMER US Army Special Forces Green Beret has just completed a personal mission to clear farmland of landmines in war-torn Ukraine.
https://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/20872899.us-ex-soldier-clears-mines-ukraines-farms/
Amerykański saper rozminowuje Ukrainę. — Nie! Nie! — wrzeszczy. — Nie w tę stronę, k…!!!
W Ukrainie do rozminowania jest około 300 tys. km kw. terenu. To prawie tyle, co terytorium Polski. Ukraińcom nie starcza saperów, dlatego pomaga im amerykański zielony beret Ryan Hendrickson. Choć towarzyszyłem mu tylko przez jeden dzień, przekonałem się, że nie jest to ani łatwa, ani bezpieczna ro…
https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/amerykanski-saper-rozminowuje-ukraine-nie-w-te-strone-k/dykfkm2
Der Amerikaner, der in der Ukraine Minen beseitigt
Ein ehemaliger US-Soldat geht in die Ukraine – nicht um zu kämpfen, sondern um Minen zu räumen. Er weiß aus eigenem Erleben, wie gefährlich die Dinger sind: In Afghanistan ist er selbst auf eine Mine getreten.
https://www.n-tv.de/23591821
IM, E175 – Man, Ryan Hendrickson
Inheriting Manhood · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0kmaomgBdKZijEGwOYB5Y8
Ep:17 – Ryan Hendrickson – “Refusing to Become a Victim of Life’s Circumstances”
The Inspired Way · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Ci8459tBKQsu4voyDdvH4
AN AMAZING WARRIOR FORMER GREEN BERET RYAN HENDRICKSON SHARES HIS INCREDIBLE STORY
Stories of Special Forces Operators · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4KiwScnAAhSF6M6QODItZC
Ryan Hendrickson – Special Forces Operator – Don‘t Be a Victim CHOOSE TO FIGHT
Becoming The Lion Podcast · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7CKqHGFAKNQbOpzr0Imziz
99. Ryan Hendrickson — Tip of the Spear: The Incredible Story of an Injured Green Beret’s Return to Battle
The Game Changing Attorney Podcast with Michael Mogill · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4w8qvogZO71WJ96HdHkTKs
Green Beret says serving in Afghanistan was worth it
Roughly two-thirds said they did not think America’s longest war was worth fighting, the poll shows. Meanwhile, 47% approve of Biden’s management of international affairs, while 52% approve of Biden on national security. SFC Ryan Hendrickson says watching the Taliban taking control of the Afghan pe…
https://www.q13fox.com/video/969033
The Story of Ryan Hendrickson | Q13 FOX
Q13 FOX Reporter Matt Lorch interviews Sergeant First Class Ryan Hendrickson, who raised the 12 Flag prior to the Seahawks’ Week 9 Salute to Service game.#Se…
https://www.youtube.com/watch
Afghanistan: The War That Made War Normal
Those who saw the war up close agree that the war didn’t break the military, but it did bend it.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/08/23/afghanistan-war-made-war-normal.html
The Most Important Advice I Ever Received • The Havok Journal
I used to hold my demons close. I allowed myself to believe the comfortable lies that made it possible to let the dark times in my life define me. Two failed marriages? A difficult childhood marked by abuse and poverty? Let those excuses explain away your failings. Scapegoat your shortcomings. That’…
https://havokjournal.com/culture/the-most-important-advice-i-ever-received/
Tip Of The Spear | DODReads
Sergeant First Class (SFC) Ryan Hendrickson is a brave, determined, and courageous soldier — a Green Beret clearing the way for his twelve-man team while conducting combat operations against the Taliban.
https://www.dodreads.com/tip-of-the-spear/
SFC(R) Ryan Hendrickson – Silver Star recipient, Green Beret, and Author | Green Beret Foundation
Sgt. 1st Class (Ret.) Ryan Hendrickson sits down with the Green Beret Foundation.
https://greenberetfoundation.org/sfcr-ryan-hendrickson-silver-star-recipient-green-beret-and-author/
Green Beret’s new book challenges you to find resiliency
Ryan Hendrickson is a retired Green Beret who’s been through a lot. Despite overwhelming challenges, he refuses to wear the title of victim and instead calls himself a survivor. He wants you to do the same.Tip of the Spear wasn’t supposed to be a book. It started as a journal for Hendrickson, a way …
https://www.wearethemighty.com/military-culture/tip-of-the-spear-hendrickson
Stripes hosts Oct. 9 book signing for American Hero and Silver Star Recipient – South Santa Rosa News
Ryan Hendrickson, a Green Beret who was awarded a Silver Star, the nation’s third-highest award for valor, has authored a book about his experiences on the battlefield, and Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre is hosting an October 9 book signing for him. “Tip of the Spear” is the inspiring true story of …
https://ssrnews.com/stripes-hosts-oct-9-book-signing-for-american-hero-and-silver-star-recipient/
A Green Beret’s harrowing journey from Lowell to Afghanistan
A Lowell High School graduate has written a book about his experience as a Green Beret.
https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/2020/08/24/green-berets-harrowing-journey-lowell-afghanistan/5614078002/
May 2020 Book Reviews
Visual Guide to Winning a Worldwide Struggle
https://www.ausa.org/articles/may-2020-book-reviews
Dori reflects on Afghanistan veteran who lost leg, returned to combat
This past weekend, Dori met an Afghanistan veteran who lost his leg in battle, had it re-attached, and then returned to combat in the Middle East.
https://mynorthwest.com/1582673/dori-afghanistan-veteran/
Silver Star Award
Ryan Hendrickson – Recipient
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant First Class Ryan Michael Hendrickson, United States Army, for exceptional gallantry in the face of the enemies
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/144247
PRESS KIT & CONTACT
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Official Bio
Ryan Hendrickson is a Special Forces Engineer in the U.S. Army. Ryan transferred over to the Army in 2008 after completing enlistments in both the Navy and Air Force. Ryan has many military deployments including Iraq, Afghanistan, and several South and Central American countries. Ryan’s decorations include the Silver Star, four Bronze Stars, a Purple Heart, and an Army Commendation Medal with Valor. When not abroad, he calls Florida home.
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Ryan Hendrickson
rmhtipofthespear@gmail.com
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