WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.679 --> 00:00:08.080 Multiple people in my family, clean my father, are veterans. 2 00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:10.800 The troops that have been to war and now they're back. 3 00:00:10.599 --> 00:00:13.400 And think and be grateful for their service. 4 00:00:13.439 --> 00:00:17.480 Sacrifice, love for their country, just unselfishness, all that. 5 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:18.440 They do for us. 6 00:00:18.519 --> 00:00:21.839 There are some people in this country who take extraordinary 7 00:00:21.879 --> 00:00:24.760 steps to provide for the freedom and security. 8 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:26.480 We forget that those people exist. 9 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:30.399 We know them as the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, 10 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:38.439 and Coast Guard. They call themselves soldiers, seals, rangers, airmen, sailors, devil. 11 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:40.320 Dogs, and so much more. 12 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:46.880 We call them fathers, brothers, sons and husbands, mothers, daughters, 13 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:52.280 sisters and wives. We call them friend and neighbor. These 14 00:00:52.399 --> 00:01:00.280 veterans answered the call, now we answer theirs. They are 15 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:05.239 the best our country has to offer, and we love them. Today, 16 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:12.719 we honor them and we serve them. David Maulsby is 17 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:16.640 your host, and he welcomes you to this community of veterans, 18 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:23.719 as together we are building the road to hope. 19 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:25.439 And indeed we are glad to have you along on 20 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:31.239 this Well. It's Memorial Day weekend, Sunday afternoon on the 21 00:01:31.319 --> 00:01:33.400 KPRC the nine to five oh when the AM dial 22 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:35.480 those of you listening through radio, thank you for joining 23 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:38.200 us as you're on your way to do your things 24 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:41.239 for Memorial Day weekend. Those of you listening through the 25 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:44.319 Magic podcast, we sure do thank you for doing so. 26 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:47.079 Wherever you listen to podcasts, just look for Road to 27 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:49.159 Hope Radio. I would love it if you hit that 28 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:52.159 little subscribe button. It'll automatically download each week as the 29 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:55.079 new show drops. So we appreciate you doing that and 30 00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:58.200 sharing that as frequently and as often as you possibly can. 31 00:01:58.319 --> 00:02:02.359 Big things to all who listen. 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Memorial Day is set aside, originally known 71 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:20.959 as Decoration Day, but is set aside to honor and 72 00:04:21.079 --> 00:04:26.279 mourn the US military personnel who died while serving in 73 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:30.959 the United States Military. It is observed the last Monday 74 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:36.920 of every May, and I guess, on the less formal 75 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:40.720 side kind of can considered to be the beginning of summer, 76 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:46.279 although summer has sit in Houston about three or four 77 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:49.319 weeks ago, and it's going to stay and visit us 78 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:52.639 for several months. Now. It's here and you just might 79 00:04:52.680 --> 00:04:56.639 as well get used to it. But a quick reminder, 80 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:03.920 Memorial Day is a holiday. It should be enjoyed, but 81 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:06.879 it's not always and it's not all about or only 82 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:11.800 about the sale. Every department store in the world's got 83 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:16.120 Memorial Day sales, and I'd really like to think that 84 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:18.399 Memorial Day means a little bit more to us than 85 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:22.519 just we can go buy a new suit or new 86 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:27.079 shoes on sale. Because of this Memorial Day, we want 87 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:30.519 to set aside time. It may be a moment, it 88 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:32.600 may be a day, maybe half a day, It may 89 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:36.360 be a while, depending on how close you are to 90 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:41.399 somebody that was killed in action, someone who died while serving. 91 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:45.839 But take some time to remember. Takes some time to 92 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:51.959 reflect and appreciate the freedoms that we have today because 93 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:54.720 of those men and women who put on the uniform 94 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:58.879 and didn't make it home. So take a little time 95 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:01.920 to do that. We'd appreciate it immensely. All right, in 96 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:04.639 the studio with us, we got Adrian back with us. Adrian, 97 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:06.560 want to reintroduce yourself to the world. 98 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:11.079 Hello, Hello, Hello, So Adrian Jones are Colls me jonesy 99 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:15.560 so mentor alphabet being a mentor there in the year now, 100 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:21.399 served mostly in Iraq. I did two back to back 101 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:26.000 fourteen month tours and then I came home. 102 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:27.879 Where are you from? 103 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:33.360 I am from Brady, Texas. Brady small town out west central. 104 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:37.879 Texas branch Marine Corps. Marine Corps. I'm surprised you didn't 105 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:40.319 say that Marines usually say that right off the bat, 106 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:43.399 like they're quick to say that. All right. Also in 107 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:45.480 the studio with us, we have guy that's in our 108 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:47.480 program right now. Jeremy, want to introduce yourself. 109 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:48.759 Yeah, I'm Jeremy Burgers. 110 00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:51.959 I'm originally from Lexington, North Carolina, but I live over 111 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:56.160 in Atlanta, Georgia. Now, I did ten years in the 112 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:59.240 Air Force as a combat search and rescue loadmaster. 113 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:02.600 Okay, and you deployed. 114 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:07.279 I deployed twice, once to Afghanistan in twenty eleven and 115 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:09.279 once the Dabooty Africa in twenty twelve. 116 00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:13.120 Okay, So we'll get into your story here in just 117 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:16.759 a moment. Just quick reminder, get your phone out. Put 118 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:18.959 the phone number in. You never know. It may not 119 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:20.680 be for you, but you may need to share it 120 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:23.399 with somebody who could really use our services. So please 121 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:26.439 put the number in your phone. Eight seven seven seven 122 00:07:26.519 --> 00:07:30.360 one seven seventy eight seventy three. A combat veteran will 123 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:33.199 answer the phone. If you find someone struggling and on 124 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:35.319 the phone, hit that number and tell them a combat 125 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:38.199 BET's going to answer. Eight seven seven seven one seven 126 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:39.959 seventy eight seventy three will be right back. 127 00:07:56.839 --> 00:08:12.879 Ten either of you guys like crawlfish. 128 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:16.240 Huh do you really? 129 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:18.360 I've had one my whole life. 130 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:18.319 One. 131 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:23.680 I don't like crawl fish. Like wait a minute, I 132 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:24.600 don't understand either. 133 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:37.639 Uh. Maybe the one you had was not properly probably. 134 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:37.080 I think that was it. 135 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:38.279 If you like shrimp, I don't. 136 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:40.080 I love frimp, Yeah I don't. 137 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:49.960 Yeah. Oh, well more for me. Uh, lots of crawfish 138 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:54.759 this weekend. I had a great, great day on Saturday. 139 00:08:54.919 --> 00:09:03.440 We have we have two sci fair school teachers, husband wife, 140 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:09.960 the husband United States Army vet. And eleven years ago, 141 00:09:10.600 --> 00:09:14.639 I believe it was, they held their first crawfish boil 142 00:09:14.679 --> 00:09:19.679 in the front yard with some friends and donated from 143 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:23.480 that to Camp Hope for the very first time. And 144 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:25.960 now they've donated over one hundred and twenty thousand dollars 145 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:28.879 from just having crawfish boil and inviting some friends over 146 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:31.159 in the front yard. It's the craziest thing in the world. 147 00:09:31.559 --> 00:09:35.200 But I asked him a few years ago, so, well, man, 148 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:37.000 why do you do this, because it's a lot of work, 149 00:09:38.039 --> 00:09:40.759 just the cooking the crawfish, just for that many people. 150 00:09:40.759 --> 00:09:43.559 You got through four hundred people, that's a lot of work. 151 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:47.279 Just doing that. But he and his wife four months 152 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:52.600 leading up work really hard with their friends, their networks, 153 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:58.399 raising the money, getting donated items for you know, auction 154 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:02.360 items and that type of thing. But every year they 155 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:08.240 just pull off a great event and tremendously appreciate those 156 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:10.559 two of them for all that they do to support 157 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:15.600 our veterans at Camp Hope. And then today Sunday a 158 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:21.320 lot of crawfish on site. Oh yeah, that's. 159 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:21.919 Gonna be interesting. 160 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:25.480 Oh yeah, and I think they've got a couple of 161 00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:30.000 surprises in addition to crawfish. So well, I don't know 162 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:32.559 exactly how that's working out. I know I talked to 163 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:34.000 him about a couple of months ago and he was 164 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:36.080 going to try to pull off a little something extra. 165 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:39.960 So I won't say it so nobody gets disappointed, but 166 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:41.600 it should be a whole lot of fun with big, 167 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:43.799 big things. You know, a lot of people throughout the 168 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:47.519 course of a year. Well, there's some like a Memorial 169 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:52.799 Drive Methodist Church. They come out once a month and 170 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:57.879 provide meal for everybody at Camp Hope. But there are 171 00:10:57.919 --> 00:11:02.120 several who do something like that. Del Frisco Grill comes 172 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:05.720 out once a month and serves lunch to everybody, the 173 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:08.919 residents and the staff as well, and just a lot 174 00:11:08.919 --> 00:11:11.879 of folks to do that, which one helps the obvious, 175 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:15.080 it helps keep our food bill down, but it also 176 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:20.360 provides provides our residence a little something different, little something extra, 177 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:27.879 and the opportunity to see that when people say thank 178 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:31.200 you or they have you know, I support the troops 179 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:34.360 bumper sticker. There are some people who actually mean it 180 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:38.080 and go above and beyond just saying some words, but 181 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:41.279 actually doing some things, giving of their time. And if 182 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:43.879 you ever have an interest in doing that, that can 183 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:46.600 be from everything from coming out and helping pulling weeds 184 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:49.840 to helping with events like the crawfish bull that we 185 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:54.480 had yesterday, different events that go on through a lot 186 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:56.159 of golf tournaments that go on through the course of 187 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:59.200 the year that require a lot of volunteers to help 188 00:11:59.240 --> 00:12:01.720 make those things happen. And if you ever have an 189 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:04.039 interest in doing something like that or just learning more 190 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:09.360 about what those opportunities are. Our website is PTSD US 191 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:15.360 a dot org. PTSD post Traumatic stress Disorder PTSD us 192 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:22.200 a dot org. And there's a button when you get 193 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:25.919 there get help, or another button give help. Get the 194 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:29.200 give help and it'll take you to a drop down menu. 195 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:31.679 Can just click on volunteers and it'll show you some 196 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:34.320 different opportunities away for you to sign up and get 197 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:39.519 more information. So ptsd us a dot org. All right, 198 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:44.279 So raised in North Carolina? And where what was the 199 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:44.759 town again? 200 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:45.559 Lexington? 201 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:49.480 Lexington? Okay, all right? Do they still make a lot 202 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:50.279 of furniture over there? 203 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:50.519 They do. 204 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:54.279 It's a big furniture Lexington and Salisbury. 205 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:56.000 They're a big furniture. 206 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:58.080 I know it was at one time. I didn't know 207 00:12:58.080 --> 00:13:00.000 if it was still going on, still going on? All right, 208 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:04.279 very cool. You went to high schooler? 209 00:13:04.559 --> 00:13:06.240 I did. I went to Davidson County. 210 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:09.799 What was your claim to fame in high school? 211 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:12.440 Uh? 212 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:16.320 Well, my freshman and sophomore years, I was pretty much 213 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:20.360 the all star basketball and football player. Tore my rotator 214 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:23.799 cuff and that end of that. So then I was 215 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:26.519 pretty much banned the whole time. 216 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:31.320 Okay, Adrian, did you do sports in high school? 217 00:13:31.399 --> 00:13:35.320 Oh? Yeah, a lot of sports, so everything except for baseball. 218 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:37.960 I just seen baseball as my sport. 219 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:40.360 But that was my dad's sport, baseball. 220 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:42.200 So what were you best at? 221 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:44.600 My opinion? Track? 222 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:45.480 Really? 223 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:51.159 All four years I went to regionals. I qualified high jump, 224 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:53.759 long jump, and the quarter. 225 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:57.799 Really, so I believe running is a sin. That's my problem. 226 00:13:58.399 --> 00:13:59.279 That's my problem. 227 00:13:59.480 --> 00:13:59.919 Tracking. 228 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:02.639 I got a couple of screwis in money because I 229 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:04.759 wanted to play football, and I thought that was the 230 00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:05.720 greatest thing ever. 231 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:07.639 Yeah, that was pretty good at football. 232 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:10.399 Yeah, I don't run. I don't run anymore. 233 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:13.720 The chance to look it up. Nineteen ninety eight, I 234 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:16.799 was the number one quarterback cornerback in Texas? 235 00:14:17.320 --> 00:14:18.000 Are you serious? 236 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:18.279 Three A? 237 00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:19.480 What year? 238 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:20.600 Nineteen ninety eight? 239 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:21.440 Really? 240 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:24.840 My defense that year allowed nineteen points the whole season. 241 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:26.159 We're worthy of what's school? 242 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:26.559 Brady? 243 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:27.000 Texas? 244 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:27.399 Okay? 245 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:29.240 We were the number one defense in the state three 246 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:31.519 A And that's awesome. 247 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:33.639 You didn't want to do that in college? 248 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:34.960 No, I want to run? 249 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:42.240 Oh me? Nope, running is a sin? 250 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:45.279 All right. 251 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:49.200 So obviously at some point in time you joined the military. 252 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:51.120 Why'd you decide to join the military? 253 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:54.279 Well, I grew up in a military family, so like 254 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:57.360 all the males to my entire immediate family, they were 255 00:14:57.399 --> 00:15:01.519 all part of the military. And I was actually working 256 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:05.120 for NASCAR out of high school, and I got to 257 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:07.600 the point where like, if I'm going to join I 258 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:10.080 need to go ahead and join now. So it was 259 00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:13.919 in two thousand and nine when I decided to join 260 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:16.960 because I was like, if I get too old, I 261 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:19.879 want to not be able to enjoy it as much. 262 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:21.840 So how old were you when you join? 263 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:24.639 I was twenty three. 264 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:27.960 Okay, it's not too long now. But you were the 265 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:29.720 old guy when you went into. 266 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:31.919 Actually I wasn't. There was one that was forty five 267 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:32.440 in my boots. 268 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:33.240 Oh are you serious? 269 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:33.679 Yes? 270 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:37.120 Wow, all right, But other than that, I was the 271 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:43.720 old guy. Okay, nice? What why the Air Force? 272 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:47.799 I always wanted to fly, and I was like, I 273 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:49.879 can knock out two birds in one stone. I can 274 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:51.879 join the military and fly at the same time. 275 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:53.919 But you didn't fly. 276 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:55.080 I did. I was. 277 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:56.600 I flew on the back of the plane. Like I 278 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:58.039 wasn't a pilot, but I was on the back of 279 00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:58.440 the plane. 280 00:15:58.480 --> 00:15:59.480 Yeah, so you're in the plane. 281 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:01.320 Yeah the plane? Was? 282 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:04.320 It a perfectly good airplane? Is air Force? So maybe 283 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:07.159 what I was, you know, airborne and all that stuff, 284 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:10.399 jumping out of planes. I used to say, jumping out 285 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:12.720 of a perfectly good airplane. They'd all shake their head. No, 286 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:15.039 it was not a perfectly good airplane. 287 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:17.600 Yeah. No, it started off like some of the ones 288 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:20.720 I started off flying. They were sixty years old, so 289 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:25.320 they were like barely being held held on duct tape. Yeah, 290 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:27.559 super glue, duck tape and slue. 291 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:31.960 Scary, yeah, I know. Like, Okay, so we're sending our 292 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:39.120 young men and women to war on sixty year old airplanes. Hmmm, 293 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:43.360 but I think, yeah, I forget what the number was. 294 00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:45.799 They just, you know, this big to do about the 295 00:16:46.679 --> 00:16:50.000 seven forty seven that was being gifted to the United States, 296 00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:52.559 and they were talking about how old the current Air 297 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:57.080 Force one is and it's it's old. I forget how 298 00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:58.960 old they said it was, but it was. It shocked 299 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:03.080 me when I heard that's now I'm sure you know, 300 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:05.759 there's not much original left in that plane. Imagine it's 301 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:11.279 been yeah, about one hundred times. 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We're gonna get 320 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:42.759 back to Jeremy's story here in just a minute, but 321 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:47.839 I want to add both of you guys to to 322 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:51.640 talk a little bit about what Memorial Day means to 323 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:58.000 you personally. And I know for many a Memorial Day 324 00:18:58.039 --> 00:19:01.279 can be a really really rough weekend for a lot 325 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:06.319 of our a lot of our veterans, some not so much. 326 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:10.079 But regardless, whatever that is for you, I'd just like 327 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:12.519 for you to share a little bit about what it 328 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:15.240 means to you. If there's anything in particular, anyone in 329 00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:21.480 particular that you remember on Memorial Day weekend, just share 330 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:22.160 with us a little bit. 331 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:34.799 So for me, I guess Memorial Day weekend, it's roughly 332 00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:41.599 twenty some years ago now, a long time actually lost 333 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:48.559 the marine under my charge, and so it means to 334 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:52.599 me it's just what it means to be free, you know, 335 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:56.279 the Ultimate Sacrifice parade and what we did over there 336 00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:59.920 and to value what we have here. It's just remind 337 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:04.640 nder of, you know, what to be grateful for, you know, 338 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:08.680 coming home and what it was all about and those 339 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:15.119 that do do give ultimate sacrifice. So very it was 340 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:20.440 it was. It used to be sad for me, but 341 00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:23.720 now as I've worked through a lot of it, it's 342 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:26.319 more of a you know, just being grateful, you know, 343 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:30.759 thankful for sacrifices and being able to come home to 344 00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:32.680 you know, greatl America. 345 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:37.400 Before you worked through some of that, you can kind 346 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:41.839 of recall maybe first or second, first few Memorial Days, 347 00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:44.000 how did you cope with those? 348 00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:51.240 So I would usually be with myself. I didn't want 349 00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:52.920 to talk about it, you know, I didn't want to 350 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:56.480 be reminded of it, because you know, you get you 351 00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:58.720 get people that want to know why you feel this 352 00:20:58.759 --> 00:21:03.079 way that wasn't there. I just want to talk about it. 353 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:06.319 So I usually haunted by myself. You know, I'd go 354 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:10.640 either go fishing with some moves, or I would just 355 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:13.759 go to some random you know, holding the wall somewhere 356 00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:16.240 where no one knew me and just kind of you know, 357 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:18.839 my have my day. That's how I used to deal 358 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.200 with it. 359 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:23.759 And this year you'd be doing what on Memorial Day? 360 00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:27.720 This year, believe it or not, I'll be working, but 361 00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:34.079 me too, but you know, I'll be with some fellow 362 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:38.839 brothers in arms, you know, enjoy the day festivities if 363 00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:41.599 they're around, and things of that nature, some totally different 364 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:44.200 something I don't think I'll be able to do. Well, 365 00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:46.640 I wouldn't be able to do, you know, some fifteen 366 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.440 twenty years ago. 367 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:50.680 How important is it, though that the ones you're going 368 00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:55.720 to be around have that shared experience of both combat 369 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:59.039 and of loss. 370 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:03.640 Well, I mean it helps with the you know, some 371 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:07.000 of those way in questions, you know, am I alone 372 00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.240 in this? 373 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.200 You know? 374 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:10.519 Will I get through this? Will it ever change? You know, 375 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:14.440 does it get better? Things like that. It just helps 376 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:20.400 to be with that familiar, familiar state of mind and 377 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:22.960 know that there's a there is a light in the tunnelness. 378 00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:29.799 Jeremy, what does Memorial Day mean to you personally today? Uh? 379 00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:34.960 Well, I've always remembered Memorial Day as is a time 380 00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:38.880 to remember those that paid the ultimate sacrifice. So it's 381 00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:43.480 one of those humbling moments to know that, yes, we 382 00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:45.519 had all the people that went into the military, but 383 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:48.240 not everybody came home. So it's one of those like 384 00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:51.720 somber moments just to remember friends and families that passed. 385 00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:56.000 I luckily haven't had any of that passed inside the service, 386 00:22:56.599 --> 00:23:01.200 but it's remember those that weren't so fortunate, that have 387 00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:06.200 mothers or fathers that didn't come home, that it's the 388 00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:13.519 time to remember their memories and sacrifices. When did you 389 00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:15.160 get out of the Air Force, by the way, twenty 390 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:22.839 nineteen nineteen. Okay, did Memorial they change for you at all? 391 00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:24.400 Post military? 392 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:25.359 Well? 393 00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:29.920 Being in a military family like I was raised on 394 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:33.039 how Memorial meant to remember, so it was already there, 395 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:36.079 so it really didn't change any throughout my entire life, 396 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.880 pre military or post military. 397 00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:43.920 Okay, So six years from the time you got out 398 00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:48.759 of their time you got to Camp Hope. PTSD's part 399 00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:52.480 of your life. Yes, when did you begin to notice 400 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:53.720 something's not right? 401 00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:57.160