Rich Stayskal (Marine & Green Beret)

Imagine being shot through the chest by a sniper in Ramadi, Iraq in 2004, and surviving. Imagine completing a 4-year enlistment as an infantry Marine, surviving combat, and then going on to become one of the Army's elite Green Berets. Now imagine finding out several years after surviving the sniper's round, that you have terminal lung cancer that was misdiagnosed by the military, and there's virtually nothing you can do about it. That's the story of Rich Stayskal. Because the alleged misdiagnosis occurred while Stayskal was in the military, he cannot sue the federal government for malpractice, all due to an obscure 60-something-year-old law known as the Feres Doctrine. But, you can't be a Marine and a Green Beret without being a fighter. And that's exactly what Rich Stayskal is doing - fighting back, against cancer and the misdiagnosis. Hear how, on this latest episode of HAZARD GROUND! We also want to thank Rich's attorney, Natalie Khawam, for joining us on this episode to provide the background on Rich's legal case and the Feres Doctrine. Do your Amazon shopping with us, and give back to veterans organizations at the same time! Go to click on the Amazon banner on the home page, and do your Amazon shopping from there. THE BEST PART IS we'll be donating proceeds from this partnership to the vet organizations featured on this podcast. So help us out, help out these great organizations, and head over to hazardground.com and click on the Amazon banner today, and shop away! Support the podcast by supporting our sponsors at

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Rich Stayskal (Marine & Green Beret) is an episode from Hazard Ground by PodcastOne.

This episode is 01:06:40 long.

This episode was published on Feb 26, 2019.

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