US Army Sergeant Jordan Sisco- Veteran in Training

Sergeant Jordan Sisco was born on May 19, 1990, in Orange, California, and raised in the suburbs of Corona. From a young age, the call to serve was already in him. As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan intensified, so did his conviction that his purpose was to fight on the front lines and do his part.

After graduating from Santiago High School in 2008, Jordan went straight to the Army Recruiting Office and was quickly sent to Fort Benning, Georgia, for Basic Training with one goal: to become an Infantryman. He later joined the 3/2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Fort Lewis, Washington, deploying to the Diyala Province in Iraq (2009–2010) and then to Panjwai, Afghanistan, in March 2012.

On July 25, 2012, Jordan’s deployment was cut short when he stepped on a pressure‑plate IED. The blast took both of his legs, his left thumb, and left him with a traumatic brain injury. Thanks to the immediate actions of his fellow soldiers and medical teams, he survived, something he remains deeply grateful for. He awoke from a five‑day induced coma at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas, where he began the long road of rehabilitation leading to his medical retirement.

In 2026, Jordan reached out to The Heroes Project with a renewed desire to push himself, learn from the best, and climb Mt. Baldy, with Mt. Rainier as his long‑term goal. He soon met THP founder Tim Medvetz and THP mentor Marine Staff Sergeant (Ret.) Mark Zambon. For the first time in years, Jordan felt himself looking forward instead of backward. As he shared, “I was finally thinking about the future instead of the mistakes and regrets that plague my past.”

For more than a decade, Jordan wrestled with a painful internal battle: the loss of purpose. He grew up wanting to fight and believed that after his injuries, that part of him was gone. But through the support of the THP community and the people who refused to let him give up, Jordan reframed what it means to fight. “I can still fight by living my life and being a positive influence on my community and those around me.”

Sharing his story has become its own act of defiance, what Jordan calls “a giant middle finger to the individuals who tried to kill me.” And when he reaches the summit, he intends to raise that finger high.

Jordan’s journey is one of grit, gratitude, and unshakable hope, a reminder that even after life’s most devastating blows, purpose can rise again. A perfect fit for The Heroes Project’s Expedition Program.