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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Veterans Chronicles. I'm Greg Corumbus. Our guest in

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<v Speaker 1>this edition is US Army veterans Scotty Hasting. You might

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<v Speaker 1>know him better as country music singer Scottie Hasting. Hasting

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<v Speaker 1>was seriously wounded in Afghanistan in twenty eleven when he

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<v Speaker 1>was shot ten times while on patrol with the four

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<v Speaker 1>to four Cavalry. Today, we'll learn his story of service,

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<v Speaker 1>his attempts to return to active duty, and how he

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<v Speaker 1>landed a recording contract just three years after learning to

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<v Speaker 1>play the guitar. Scotty Hasting was born and raised in

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<v Speaker 1>the Cincinnati, Ohio, Northern Kentucky area, and while he had

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<v Speaker 1>some veterans in the family, he grew to admire the

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<v Speaker 1>military through television and the movies, and when his time

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<v Speaker 1>came to enlist in twenty ten, he knew why he

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to serve and why he wanted to be in

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<v Speaker 1>the Army.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I always felt like I needed to be

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<v Speaker 2>a part of something that meant something, that I wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to do, something that was bigger than myself, and the

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<v Speaker 2>Army was just growing up. I watched all the movies

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<v Speaker 2>and all the TV shows, and it was always the army,

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<v Speaker 2>the people who went and fought like those, to me

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<v Speaker 2>were what soldiers were and what my idea of a

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<v Speaker 2>soldier was, and when it came time for me to enlist,

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<v Speaker 2>that was the only option for me.

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<v Speaker 1>Hastings says training was pretty easy and he always wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to be in the infantry because he wanted to be

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<v Speaker 1>in the fight. Just three months after basic training, he

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<v Speaker 1>was off to Afghanistan as part of the four to

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<v Speaker 1>four Cavalry. He was struck by the physical beauty of

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<v Speaker 1>Afghanistan and the generosity of its people. He was also

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<v Speaker 1>surprised by a new role, being the point man on

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<v Speaker 1>patrol on the search for the enemy's improvised explosive devices.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember when they told me that that was gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be my job, and I remember how nervous I was.

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<v Speaker 2>So I was a valid operator all is basically a

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<v Speaker 2>metal detector, and it was my job to walk in

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<v Speaker 2>front of everybody and basically scan the ground and make

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<v Speaker 2>sure no one stepped on any ideas, you know. I

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<v Speaker 2>remember the first time they told me that, and how

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<v Speaker 2>nervous I was that that was going to be my

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<v Speaker 2>job and that I literally had everyone's life in my hand.

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<v Speaker 2>And on patrols, and then I started training with it,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I got really proficient with it and very

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<v Speaker 2>good with it and knowing the different sounds it makes

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<v Speaker 2>compared to the different metals that are in the ground

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<v Speaker 2>and stuff like that. And then it got basically to

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<v Speaker 2>the point of where I don't know if I could

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<v Speaker 2>have done anything else. Also, when when I got hit,

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<v Speaker 2>That's why, you know, losing my friends made it so

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<v Speaker 2>much harder because they took over my job after I

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<v Speaker 2>got shot.

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<v Speaker 1>Hasting found devices of all kinds, but he remembers one

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<v Speaker 1>most vividly.

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<v Speaker 2>The craziest one that we ever saw was normally they

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<v Speaker 2>use wood and they put wires on each side of

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<v Speaker 2>the woods, so when you stuff on it, they connect

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<v Speaker 2>and then it goes boom. The craziest one we ever

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<v Speaker 2>saw was a bottle, just like a plastic bottle, and

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<v Speaker 2>it was two wires in the bottle and you step

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<v Speaker 2>on the bottle, it compresses. And that one barely read

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<v Speaker 2>on the valin and it was that that was crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>That was when we realized that they're you know, they're

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<v Speaker 2>smart and they're adapting.

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<v Speaker 1>Hasting has no trouble remembering his first time in combat,

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<v Speaker 1>not only the shooting, but for how real the threat

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<v Speaker 1>was to American lives.

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<v Speaker 2>The first one where we took it casually was that

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<v Speaker 2>that was the one that really Yeah, you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>first one is always artists. We were on patrol with

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<v Speaker 2>an engineer group. They had these little machines that would

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<v Speaker 2>go in front of us to find I e. D.

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<v Speaker 2>S and stuff in the ground and uh and one

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<v Speaker 2>of them got shot in the back of the head

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<v Speaker 2>back here. And I still remember that that one very clearly.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, that was the first time that we took

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<v Speaker 2>any type of casualty or anything. And yeah, that one

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<v Speaker 2>sticks with you. All of them really do. But the

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<v Speaker 2>first is always the hardest.

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<v Speaker 1>On April twenty first, twenty eleven, life changed drastically for

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<v Speaker 1>Scottie Hasting while he and his men were on patrol.

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<v Speaker 1>But it wasn't an ied. It was a gunman they

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<v Speaker 1>had been watching carefully.

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<v Speaker 2>It was just like any other day of going on patrol.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. Our mission was to go talk to a

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<v Speaker 2>suspected by maker and it was literally just like any

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<v Speaker 2>other day. You know. You you wake up, you eat,

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<v Speaker 2>you go and start getting getting ready, getting pumped up

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<v Speaker 2>and getting ready to go out out of the wire,

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<v Speaker 2>and so then we started walking and you know, a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit into probably about an hour and a half

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<v Speaker 2>into our walk, it was, we came up on a guy,

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<v Speaker 2>the guy that shot me. What happened was we crossed

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<v Speaker 2>this water area and then we kind of stopped in

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<v Speaker 2>place and reassessed where we were and where we were

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<v Speaker 2>going to go. And the whole time that we were

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<v Speaker 2>sitting there, there was this older guy that was walking

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<v Speaker 2>around and kind of just watching us, which is normal

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<v Speaker 2>normally if we're around their people, they're curious, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>especially kids. The kids over there were always curious. They

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to come see what we were doing. But the

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<v Speaker 2>older gentleman, you know, he came out, he looked at us.

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<v Speaker 2>It was it was very normal. It became less normal

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<v Speaker 2>because he kept coming back and watching and then going away.

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<v Speaker 2>And then he would come back and watch, and then

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<v Speaker 2>he'd go away, and it became very obvious that he

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<v Speaker 2>was trying to figure out what we were doing and

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<v Speaker 2>where we were going. And we finally figured out where

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<v Speaker 2>we were going, we put a plan together and we

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<v Speaker 2>started walking again. So we walked right on the right

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<v Speaker 2>side of his hut, and then we jumped over the

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<v Speaker 2>wall that was right next to it. Over there. You

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<v Speaker 2>jump over grape rose, you jump over walls. That's just

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<v Speaker 2>what you have to do, which was tough, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so we jumped over the wall. We got into this

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<v Speaker 2>they call it a road. I would call it a sidewalk.

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<v Speaker 2>It was not very wide, which is crazy because they

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<v Speaker 2>tried like vans and stuff down these little sidewalks. It's insane.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if the Afghan people are the greatest

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<v Speaker 2>drivers I've ever seen or the craziest drivers I've ever seen.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, so we were in this little sidewalk roadway

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<v Speaker 2>and then we walked right in front of the older

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<v Speaker 2>gentleman's house and he was nowhere to be found. And

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<v Speaker 2>I was immediately like red flags are just popping up

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<v Speaker 2>in my head. I'm like, this dude was so interested

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<v Speaker 2>in what we were doing, and now he's just gone.

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<v Speaker 2>And I remember looking back and I said, hey, the

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<v Speaker 2>old guy that was here is gone, like be ready,

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<v Speaker 2>something's about to happen. And literally thirty seconds later I

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<v Speaker 2>saw the guy that was standing there behind the wall,

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<v Speaker 2>probably twelve feet from me, and he just looked like

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<v Speaker 2>every they're civilian there just trying to figure out what

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<v Speaker 2>we were doing. So I went back to doing my

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<v Speaker 2>valin thing, and I saw him move real quick and

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<v Speaker 2>out of the corner of my eye, and that's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of what caught my attention, and I kind of squared

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<v Speaker 2>up to him. And when I squared up to him,

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<v Speaker 2>he had already pulled a rifle from behind his back

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<v Speaker 2>and just started spraying, and he was just he was

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<v Speaker 2>too close to miss. Honestly, he ended up hit me

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<v Speaker 2>ten times. So basically started here in my thigh with

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<v Speaker 2>one shot and then formed my hip and then just

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<v Speaker 2>kind of ran up me this way, and then I

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<v Speaker 2>ended up getting five in the shoulder. There were two

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<v Speaker 2>that went through my rifle into my plates. I had

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<v Speaker 2>some bruises on my chest, but I don't count.

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<v Speaker 1>Those hastings as by holding the valid metal detector. His

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<v Speaker 1>life was probably saved by his rifle hanging across his chest.

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<v Speaker 1>He says his first thoughts were of the intense pain.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember not being able to do anything. I remember

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<v Speaker 2>just kind of screaming, letting out a scream. I remember

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<v Speaker 2>the pain. You know, whoever said that adrenaline kicks in

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<v Speaker 2>is a liar, because I remember every bit of it,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, I remember. I remember getting shot. I

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<v Speaker 2>remember the pain, and I remember waking up on the ground.

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<v Speaker 2>I noticed that he was messing with his rifle. His

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<v Speaker 2>rifle had jammed, and that's why he had stopped shooting.

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<v Speaker 2>And that was when I basically took my rifle and

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<v Speaker 2>aimed it at him. And he saw that and he

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<v Speaker 2>took off running. He dropped his rifle, took off running.

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<v Speaker 2>And thank god, he didn't notice that he had hit

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<v Speaker 2>my weapon because I pulled the trigger and nothing happened.

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<v Speaker 2>And I was like, oh, well, okay, this isn't gonna work.

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<v Speaker 2>And I had no way to defend myself in any way,

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<v Speaker 2>shape or for him. Thankfully he didn't notice that. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it was I was awake the whole time.

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<v Speaker 2>Once I hit the ground, I immediately I was awake

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<v Speaker 2>the whole time.

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<v Speaker 1>But even more haunting now than the pain, for Scottie

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<v Speaker 1>Hasting was the smell.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't so much the pain. The thing that really

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<v Speaker 2>sticks with me is this smell. The smell of your

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<v Speaker 2>own flesh burning is something I wouldn't wish on my

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<v Speaker 2>worst enemy. It is It sticks with you and it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't go away. And I remember laying there and in

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<v Speaker 2>so much pain and trying to figure out how to

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<v Speaker 2>get back to my guys, because me getting shot was

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<v Speaker 2>the initiation of a whole other ambush that they had

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<v Speaker 2>tried to do, and so they were getting shot at.

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<v Speaker 2>They were in the middle of an ambush as I

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<v Speaker 2>was laying there, and you know, the pain hurt. But

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<v Speaker 2>the scariest part of it was that I didn't know

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<v Speaker 2>where that guy went, and I was just expecting him

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<v Speaker 2>to just kind of peek his head around the corner

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<v Speaker 2>and just finish the job, you know, I mean, he

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<v Speaker 2>knew that I wasn't dead. I mean he looked at me.

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<v Speaker 2>I looked at him like.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, despite the ongoing fighting, Hasting remembers his friends taking

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<v Speaker 1>care of him and getting him evacuated after he was hit.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, my guy saved my life had You know,

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<v Speaker 2>when you're go through basic training or you go through

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<v Speaker 2>combat life Saver course, you're you're taught that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>going to shock is going to be the number one

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<v Speaker 2>killer in a combat injury, Like if you if your casually,

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<v Speaker 2>try to stay calm as possible. And so I did,

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<v Speaker 2>and my guys got to me, and thankfully they understood

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<v Speaker 2>the assignment because I started joking with them, and they

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<v Speaker 2>started joking with me, and that was my way of

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<v Speaker 2>trying to stay calm, and it worked apparently, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was it was it felt like an eternity

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<v Speaker 2>and for waiting for that, waiting for the helicopter to

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<v Speaker 2>get there. But I remember they were carrying me on

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<v Speaker 2>a on a stretcher, but it wasn't one that had

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<v Speaker 2>like the bars on the side. It was one of

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<v Speaker 2>the ones that like fold up. And I remember they

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<v Speaker 2>we had to go back over that water that we

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<v Speaker 2>had initially climbed through, and I remember them going through

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<v Speaker 2>that water and I remember me almost falling out of

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<v Speaker 2>and I will never let them live that down. Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 2>They almost dropped me once. And it's so funny. They're

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<v Speaker 2>I make I say it all the time to them

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<v Speaker 2>and they're like, man, look at you, you're huge. But

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<v Speaker 2>they're so funny.

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<v Speaker 1>That's Scottie hasting He's a US Army veteran of the

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<v Speaker 1>This is Veterans Chronicles. I'm Greg Corumba's. Our guest in

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<v Speaker 1>this edition is Scotty Hasting. He's a US Army veteran

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<v Speaker 1>who was seriously wounded in Afghanistan. He's now a rising

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<v Speaker 1>Scotty was shot ten times in Afghanistan and about the

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<v Speaker 1>immediate efforts to save his life. He now picks up

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<v Speaker 1>the story with the treatment he got in Kandahar after

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<v Speaker 2>Initially, I went to the Candorheart Airfield Hospital and that

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<v Speaker 2>was the initial emergency trauma, just trying to get me

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<v Speaker 2>to where I'm able to at least make it through

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<v Speaker 2>the night. And that was where they, you know, they

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<v Speaker 2>they immediately started putting me on blood. They started getting blood,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, circulating through me again, and yeah, my eyesac

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<v Speaker 2>started coming back. I remember laying there and saying that

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<v Speaker 2>I couldn't see, and then they started pumping me full

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<v Speaker 2>of blood and and started giving me other stuff, and

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<v Speaker 2>I remember starting to see lights in the in the

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<v Speaker 2>hospital roomb and I was like, I'm starting to see,

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<v Speaker 2>like I can start, I can see again, I can

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<v Speaker 2>see again. And I remember some lady bending down and saying, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>it's okay for you to go to sleep, like we

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<v Speaker 2>got you, like you can you can give up now,

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<v Speaker 2>we got you, like, don't worry, it be fine, And

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<v Speaker 2>so I did. I immediately passed out and I woke

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<v Speaker 2>up a couple days later. And the craziest thing about that, though,

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<v Speaker 2>a guy who was in that room and there wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>a woman in that room that day. So it gives

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<v Speaker 1>But just when they thought Hasting was stable enough to

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<v Speaker 1>be transported to Germany, another major problem developed. Hasting walks

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<v Speaker 1>us all the way from Afghanistan to Germany to Walter Reed.

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<v Speaker 2>They got me able to where I was able to travel,

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<v Speaker 2>so we jumped on a plane somewhere between Kandahar and

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<v Speaker 2>launched in Germany. They had lost pulse in my arm,

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<v Speaker 2>and they thought that they were going to have to

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<v Speaker 2>take my arm. They thought they were gonna have to

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<v Speaker 2>cut it off and take it. Luckily, modern medicine being

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<v Speaker 2>as incredible as it is. They someone had the amazing

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<v Speaker 2>idea that you could actually just take a vein out

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<v Speaker 2>of my leg and replace the artery with it. Wish

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<v Speaker 2>is insane because I don't know what health class they

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<v Speaker 2>went to, but the anatomy class that I went to,

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<v Speaker 2>I was told that veins and arteries are completely different,

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<v Speaker 2>but apparently a vein will grow into what it needs

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<v Speaker 2>And yeah, you know, that's incredible. So whoever made that decision,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you. I still had my arm. I'm so thankful

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<v Speaker 2>for that. And yeah, so that was at Bogram. They

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<v Speaker 2>had to make a stop in Bogram, and I remember

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<v Speaker 2>that was the first time I got to call my

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<v Speaker 2>family up until that point, my mom, my wife at

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<v Speaker 2>the time, my dad, my brother. They were told that

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<v Speaker 2>I was shot a bunch of times and that they

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<v Speaker 2>weren't sure how I was or if I would make

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<v Speaker 2>it through the night. And that was a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>days that they had to live with that information, and

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<v Speaker 2>I can only imagine how hard that would have been

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<v Speaker 2>to hear that, not know, not have any idea. So

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<v Speaker 2>I remember I got to Bogram and just got this done.

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<v Speaker 2>They just you know, replaced my vein and my artery

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<v Speaker 2>and and I remember some a guy came in. He's like, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>do you have any like have you have you been

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<v Speaker 2>able to call any family yet or anything. I was like, no,

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<v Speaker 2>like I would love to. Is there a way I

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<v Speaker 2>can do that? And they're like, yeah, yeah, let's let's

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<v Speaker 2>make a phone call. Like you can make a phone

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<v Speaker 2>call right now. And I called my mom my first,

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<v Speaker 2>because I was like, man, the one person is gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be really freaked out as my mom, so I should

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<v Speaker 2>call her. And uh, I called my mom and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>of course she started crying on the phone and stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>and I was just glad that I was alive. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that was when I was like, I'm like, you know

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<v Speaker 2>she was. She was crying hysterically, and I was like, listen,

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<v Speaker 2>like there's people way worse off than I am, Like

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<v Speaker 2>it's okay, Like I'm going to be fine. Like would

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<v Speaker 2>I think they're going to try to figure out how

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<v Speaker 2>to get you guys to Walter Reed because at the

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<v Speaker 2>time I was planning on going to Walter Reed. So

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<v Speaker 2>when from Bogram to Lonstel and Lonsteel was it was honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>all of this time was just kind of like a blur,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it was me laying in a hospital bed

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<v Speaker 2>on a bunch of medicine and just trying to get

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<v Speaker 2>through the day. And so it went to Lonstool and

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<v Speaker 2>then that's when they asked me, you know, like they

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<v Speaker 2>Walter Reed. Like where do you want to go? And

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, well, I don't know where Bamsea is,

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<v Speaker 2>but I've heard of Walter Reed from like movies and stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>so I'll go there. You know, Walter Reid was was

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<v Speaker 2>an incredible place. The people at Walter Reed are unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean they they saved my life.

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<v Speaker 1>He then explained what his recovery looked like at Walter

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<v Speaker 1>Reed and how difficult it was for his family to

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I was at Walter Reid. I was impatient for

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<v Speaker 2>a month, and that was every other day. I was

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<v Speaker 2>getting put under and going to sleep, and they were

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<v Speaker 2>cleaning my wounds and I was hooked up to a

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of different wound vacs, but won four different wound vacs.

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<v Speaker 2>Basically they were just there to keep everything clean and sterile.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's insane to think about my family's point of

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<v Speaker 2>view too, you know, Like I had these wound vacks

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<v Speaker 2>hooked up to me. I was I was fine at

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<v Speaker 2>this time, you know, I was. I wasn't gonna die,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, but I was hooked up to a bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of machines. And I remember Corey, my younger brother, was like, man,

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<v Speaker 2>I walked in. I walked into that room and like

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<v Speaker 2>are keeping him alive, Like how he's gonna be dope.

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<v Speaker 2>And I was like, like, that's not what these machines are.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not to keep me alive. Like it's okay. I

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<v Speaker 2>can only imagine, you know, walking into that room and

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<v Speaker 2>seeing the person you love hooked up to all these

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<v Speaker 2>machines in this hospital room and not knowing what the

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<v Speaker 2>future looks like.

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<v Speaker 1>That's Scottie Hasting, a US Army veteran of Afghanistan. Much

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<v Speaker 1>more on his recovery, his rise in music, and how

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<v Speaker 1>his music is hell helping save veterans lives. In just

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<v Speaker 1>a moment, I'm Greg Corumbus. This is Veterans' Chronicles This

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<v Speaker 1>is Veterans Chronicles. I'm Greg Corumbas. Our guest in this

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<v Speaker 1>edition is country music singer Scottie Hasting. He is also

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<v Speaker 1>a US Army veteran who was seriously wounded in Afghanistan

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<v Speaker 1>in April of twenty eleven. Hasting has explained to us

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<v Speaker 1>what happened the day he was wounded, how close he

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<v Speaker 1>came to losing his life after supposedly being stabilized, and

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<v Speaker 1>what recovery looked like at Walter reed. But as Hasting improved,

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<v Speaker 1>he had one goal to be back with his guys

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<v Speaker 1>on active duty in a line unit. Some may struggle

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<v Speaker 1>to understand that desire after such a close call with death,

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<v Speaker 1>but Hasting says, once you've served with men and trusted

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<v Speaker 1>them to have your back in life and death situations,

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, one hundred percent. I mean the reason you go

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<v Speaker 2>to your right, And and there's there's such a relationship that's

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<v Speaker 2>like that, you know. I mean that's I rely on

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<v Speaker 2>to keep them alive. And you can't find that anywhere else.

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<v Speaker 2>And you build a relationship and you build a bond

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<v Speaker 2>unlike anything else, and that makes you do crazy things

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<v Speaker 1>But wanting that and getting that are two different things.

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<v Speaker 2>It and that's when it all started. That's that's when

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<v Speaker 2>It gave me the ability to be responsible for something. Luckily,

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<v Speaker 2>emotional one. You know what they want to hear. So

422
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<v Speaker 2>that was easy, absolutely. The physical one though, was harder.

423
00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:17.759
<v Speaker 2>You know, I still have an injury. I still you know,

424
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<v Speaker 2>I'm not able to move the way that I used

425
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<v Speaker 2>to and I was still trying to figure all that

426
00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:25.279
<v Speaker 2>out in the middle of all this and uh, you know,

427
00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:29.319
<v Speaker 2>I failed the physical test four different times and uh.

428
00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:32.319
<v Speaker 2>And eventually they were like, man, like, we don't think

429
00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:34.400
<v Speaker 2>that going back to the line uit is something that

430
00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:36.599
<v Speaker 2>you're going to be able to do, but we have

431
00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:38.799
<v Speaker 2>this list of all these other jobs that you might

432
00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:41.720
<v Speaker 2>be able to do in the military. And I looked

433
00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:44.240
<v Speaker 2>at the list and I took it, you know, back

434
00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:46.720
<v Speaker 2>to my house and really thought about what I wanted

435
00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:48.759
<v Speaker 2>to do. If this was something wrong would because you know,

436
00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:52.720
<v Speaker 2>I joined a fight. That was my idea of a soldier.

437
00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:54.359
<v Speaker 2>My idea of a soldier was to be there and

438
00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:57.200
<v Speaker 2>fight and to go after the bad guys instead of

439
00:22:57.240 --> 00:23:01.519
<v Speaker 2>them coming here. And so all of these were non

440
00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:04.160
<v Speaker 2>deployable jobs, and they were all jobs that basically was

441
00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:06.640
<v Speaker 2>kind of sitting behind a desk. And I was like,

442
00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:08.680
<v Speaker 2>I don't I don't want to do that, but this

443
00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:11.519
<v Speaker 2>is that's not what I signed up for. I signed

444
00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:14.359
<v Speaker 2>up to fight, and if I can't fight, then what's

445
00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:17.759
<v Speaker 2>what's the point. And that was really kind of when

446
00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:21.599
<v Speaker 2>you know, all of the depression and stuff really hit.

447
00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:24.240
<v Speaker 2>You know, that that was when I was realizing that

448
00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:26.680
<v Speaker 2>this this thing that I grew to love, you know,

449
00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:30.920
<v Speaker 2>that this this job, this this career that I wanted,

450
00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:35.359
<v Speaker 2>was about to be gone and I wasn't going to

451
00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:39.119
<v Speaker 2>be able to do it anymore. And that's really when

452
00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:43.319
<v Speaker 2>when the depression hit the hardest. And uh but yeah,

453
00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:46.400
<v Speaker 2>you know, I was given that list and I was like, like, I,

454
00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:48.920
<v Speaker 2>this isn't I can't do these, this isn't what I

455
00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:51.240
<v Speaker 2>signed up for. And that's when I made the decision

456
00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:54.599
<v Speaker 2>to get into the med board process and and then

457
00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:55.599
<v Speaker 2>get medically retired.

458
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<v Speaker 1>After being medically retired, Hasting says he needed something else

459
00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:02.279
<v Speaker 1>to focus on in order to keep post traumatic stress

460
00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:05.640
<v Speaker 1>from overwhelming him, and for a few years at least,

461
00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:10.039
<v Speaker 1>he found that in archery. Until that door was suddenly closed.

462
00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:13.519
<v Speaker 2>I found therapy in archery. I found kind of an

463
00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:17.000
<v Speaker 2>escape in archery. You know, for seven seconds before that

464
00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:19.599
<v Speaker 2>era released, nothing in the world matter to PTSC, the

465
00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:22.200
<v Speaker 2>depression of the anxiety. It all disappeared. So I lived

466
00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:24.319
<v Speaker 2>for seven seconds at a time, that was my life.

467
00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:28.279
<v Speaker 2>With the Paralympic program, all of us on the Paralympic program,

468
00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:30.599
<v Speaker 2>about ninety five percent of us on the Paralympic program

469
00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:33.920
<v Speaker 2>were veterans, and so I had the guys back. I

470
00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:36.960
<v Speaker 2>was able to be with guys who understood it was

471
00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:39.039
<v Speaker 2>exactly what I needed when I needed it, and it

472
00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:42.720
<v Speaker 2>was incredibly therapeutic. And then COVID hit in the world

473
00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:47.160
<v Speaker 2>shut down, which means that my therapy, my escape was gone,

474
00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:51.039
<v Speaker 2>and I needed something when it gets quiet as when

475
00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:54.559
<v Speaker 2>the demon's knock loudest, and COVID was very quiet, and

476
00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:56.160
<v Speaker 2>I needed something to get out of my head.

477
00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:59.279
<v Speaker 1>During COVID, Hasting knew that being alone with his thoughts

478
00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:03.400
<v Speaker 1>would become a problem, so he sought another outlet. He

479
00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:05.759
<v Speaker 1>had owned a guitar for years but never learned how

480
00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:09.039
<v Speaker 1>to play it, so in twenty twenty, he hopped on

481
00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:12.000
<v Speaker 1>YouTube and taught himself how to play four chords that

482
00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:15.359
<v Speaker 1>could be used to play thousands of different songs. Then

483
00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:17.960
<v Speaker 1>he learned how to write songs, and by the time

484
00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:22.279
<v Speaker 1>Nashville was starting to slowly reopen from COVID, Hasting decided

485
00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:24.559
<v Speaker 1>he was ready to play and sing in front of others,

486
00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:27.799
<v Speaker 1>with his first performance coming in front of just four

487
00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:31.000
<v Speaker 1>other people who were also there for an open mic night.

488
00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:32.839
<v Speaker 2>I don't know what that performance was like it was

489
00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:36.880
<v Speaker 2>probably awful, but for me it was. For me, it

490
00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:40.640
<v Speaker 2>was everything that escape in that sense of purpose, in

491
00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:44.359
<v Speaker 2>that therapy that I had found in everything else before

492
00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:47.680
<v Speaker 2>was there, but it was magnified a hundred times in

493
00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:52.400
<v Speaker 2>that moment. The stage became a sanctuary for me, and

494
00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:56.799
<v Speaker 2>I knew that that's what I needed to do forever.

495
00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:59.279
<v Speaker 2>Like I wanted to get on every stage i could,

496
00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:02.960
<v Speaker 2>because the therapy that I got from it was the

497
00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:06.839
<v Speaker 2>most amazing feeling I've ever felt. So I went to

498
00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:10.880
<v Speaker 2>every open mic night I could find until the world

499
00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:13.799
<v Speaker 2>started opening up again, and then through friends that these

500
00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:17.359
<v Speaker 2>open mic nights, I started hearing that, you know, down

501
00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:20.039
<v Speaker 2>on Broadway in Nashville, you can play three to four

502
00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:22.640
<v Speaker 2>hours at a time a day. And I was like, well,

503
00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:24.519
<v Speaker 2>you telling me for three to four hours a day,

504
00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:27.240
<v Speaker 2>I can all the PTSD, the depression, of the anxiety,

505
00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:29.920
<v Speaker 2>all that can be gone. That's what I want to do.

506
00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.920
<v Speaker 2>I want to do that. I don't care what it takes,

507
00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:34.079
<v Speaker 2>That's what I want to do. So I went down

508
00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:36.279
<v Speaker 2>on Broadway and I walked up and down Broadway for

509
00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:39.200
<v Speaker 2>a month and just bugged their crap out of people

510
00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:41.880
<v Speaker 2>until they let me on stage so much so that

511
00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:45.319
<v Speaker 2>eventually I was playing six days a week and three

512
00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:47.680
<v Speaker 2>to four hours at a time, and I lived for it,

513
00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:51.799
<v Speaker 2>you know, and my vocal cords hated me, absolutely hated me.

514
00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:55.799
<v Speaker 2>But the therapy that I got from those three to four

515
00:26:55.839 --> 00:27:00.920
<v Speaker 2>hours were priceless and unlike anything I have ever imagined.

516
00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:06.079
<v Speaker 2>And then it just slowly blossomed and has now become

517
00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.640
<v Speaker 2>a career.

518
00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:10.759
<v Speaker 1>But didn't Hastings say he permanently injured his hand when

519
00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:13.880
<v Speaker 1>he was wounded, So how does he play the guitar?

520
00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:17.480
<v Speaker 2>You know? I got to say, Luckily, I learned. I

521
00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:20.440
<v Speaker 2>learned how to play after my injury, because if I

522
00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:22.960
<v Speaker 2>knew how to play before my injury, I probably would

523
00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:26.200
<v Speaker 2>have given up. It was hard, yeah, I mean, you

524
00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:27.920
<v Speaker 2>got to think about it. I got no feeling on

525
00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:30.240
<v Speaker 2>my hand whatsoever. I have this much movement in my hand,

526
00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:33.160
<v Speaker 2>and that's all I have, So these three fingers just

527
00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:35.920
<v Speaker 2>kind of sit there. So it was painful, and it

528
00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:38.160
<v Speaker 2>was and it was hard, and it was, you know,

529
00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:41.440
<v Speaker 2>but the the therapy outweighed the pain, and it outweighed

530
00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:44.799
<v Speaker 2>how how hard it was to figure it out and

531
00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:48.480
<v Speaker 2>how hard it was to get this hand. And you know,

532
00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:51.799
<v Speaker 2>because I have no feeling from basically here down, so

533
00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:54.799
<v Speaker 2>the movement and everything that I have to make in

534
00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:57.920
<v Speaker 2>order to strum, like all of that, like trying to

535
00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:00.480
<v Speaker 2>find rhythm in a hand that you can't feel very

536
00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:05.599
<v Speaker 2>hard and you know so not had I not known

537
00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:07.440
<v Speaker 2>how to play. If I knew how to play, I

538
00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:10.480
<v Speaker 2>probably would have given up. So thank god I didn't

539
00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.440
<v Speaker 2>know how to play already.

540
00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:15.400
<v Speaker 1>Hasting didn't just play and sing. He did both really well.

541
00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:18.680
<v Speaker 1>In fact, just three years after picking up his guitar,

542
00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:21.400
<v Speaker 1>Hasting signed his first record deal.

543
00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:24.599
<v Speaker 2>It's very, very quick. Everything has been so incredibly quick,

544
00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:27.400
<v Speaker 2>and I would never take for granted where I'm at.

545
00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:30.039
<v Speaker 2>There are people on Broadway and there are people out

546
00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:33.640
<v Speaker 2>there who have dreamed of being where I am their

547
00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:36.400
<v Speaker 2>whole life and have worked on it and worked on

548
00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:41.039
<v Speaker 2>it for decades. And I've been doing this for five years.

549
00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:41.960
<v Speaker 4>And I.

550
00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:46.640
<v Speaker 2>Don't know how it has moved as fast as it has.

551
00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:49.720
<v Speaker 2>And it'll never go unnoticed by me that I am

552
00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:51.920
<v Speaker 2>in a place that so many people would dream to be.

553
00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:54.720
<v Speaker 1>In addition to the therapy he says comes from music,

554
00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:57.680
<v Speaker 1>Hasting says it's also helped him to stay connected with

555
00:28:57.720 --> 00:29:00.519
<v Speaker 1>his army brothers, and he even inc it's them and

556
00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.960
<v Speaker 1>some of his songs.

557
00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:04.400
<v Speaker 2>They love it. It's funny. I'll try to put him

558
00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:06.559
<v Speaker 2>in songs every once in a while. One of my

559
00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:09.400
<v Speaker 2>really dear friends, John Connor is and one of my

560
00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:12.359
<v Speaker 2>songs called the Stories that They Tell, his name is

561
00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:14.880
<v Speaker 2>in the song, and it's funny. That's become kind of

562
00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:17.039
<v Speaker 2>like his thing now. You know, he's like, man, anytime

563
00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:19.119
<v Speaker 2>my kids start thinking that they're so much cooler than me,

564
00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:21.000
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, yeah, but are you in a song? You know?

565
00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:24.160
<v Speaker 2>It's so funny, and you know, they try to come

566
00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:26.079
<v Speaker 2>out and support as much as possible. You know. I

567
00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:29.160
<v Speaker 2>remember my grand Ole Opry debut I had. I had

568
00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:31.640
<v Speaker 2>a couple of them in the crowd with me that day,

569
00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:33.920
<v Speaker 2>and it was it was so much fun, and it

570
00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:36.079
<v Speaker 2>was so much fun, and it's so cool to be

571
00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:40.440
<v Speaker 2>able to see them, and you know, hopefully, you know,

572
00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:42.200
<v Speaker 2>what I'm doing makes them proud.

573
00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:46.359
<v Speaker 1>Given his own battles with PTSD, hasting dedicates his music

574
00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:49.960
<v Speaker 1>in part to helping veterans and encouraging them to, as

575
00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:53.480
<v Speaker 1>he states it, put down the gun and move away

576
00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:58.640
<v Speaker 1>from suicidal thoughts and it's working. Hastings shared one very

577
00:29:58.680 --> 00:30:01.799
<v Speaker 1>powerful story from a com concert just before the super

578
00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:03.400
<v Speaker 1>Bowl in early twenty twenty three.

579
00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:05.680
<v Speaker 2>It was kind of the moment when I realized that

580
00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:10.160
<v Speaker 2>we were doing something that meant something. I was at

581
00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:13.400
<v Speaker 2>a show in Phoenix before the super Bowl. It was

582
00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:15.480
<v Speaker 2>the first time I ever got to open up for

583
00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:17.279
<v Speaker 2>an artist, and I got to open for Dave Girl,

584
00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:20.480
<v Speaker 2>which is crazy. Also, Dave Girl is one of the

585
00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:23.119
<v Speaker 2>most incredible people I've ever met in my entire life.

586
00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:25.680
<v Speaker 2>We did an acoustic show and I opened for him,

587
00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:28.079
<v Speaker 2>and I played a song that I had written two

588
00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:30.920
<v Speaker 2>days before that. There's a song called how Do You Choose?

589
00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:34.559
<v Speaker 2>And it's a song about my survivor's guilt about why

590
00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:38.519
<v Speaker 2>I'm here and my best friend isn't. And the event

591
00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:42.319
<v Speaker 2>that we played was four veterans, and it was there

592
00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:44.720
<v Speaker 2>was two hundred, maybe three hundred veterans in this room,

593
00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:49.559
<v Speaker 2>and I played how do You Choose, an incredibly personal

594
00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:52.240
<v Speaker 2>song to myself and something that I know that I

595
00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:55.200
<v Speaker 2>struggle with all the time about the Survivor's guild and

596
00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:57.759
<v Speaker 2>you know, why am I here? And I played the

597
00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:59.480
<v Speaker 2>song and it was the first time that I'd ever

598
00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.799
<v Speaker 2>played a song. And then it was just kind of

599
00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:03.880
<v Speaker 2>quiet afterwards, and I was like, oh my god, they

600
00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:06.240
<v Speaker 2>hated the song, like this song is my heart and soul,

601
00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:08.480
<v Speaker 2>and they hated it. And then I kind of opened

602
00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:10.799
<v Speaker 2>my eyes and realized that everyone was kind of consoling

603
00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:15.599
<v Speaker 2>each other. And that was when I realized that there

604
00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:18.839
<v Speaker 2>was something to that song and that we needed to

605
00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:21.319
<v Speaker 2>record it and that it needed to be out there.

606
00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:27.039
<v Speaker 2>Then fast forward another day and I get a message

607
00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:28.759
<v Speaker 2>from one of the guys who co wrote the song

608
00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:31.880
<v Speaker 2>with me named Jesse Wayne Taylor, and he had a

609
00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:35.799
<v Speaker 2>buddy who was in the military and he was in

610
00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:39.759
<v Speaker 2>he was in Phoenix, and the message went on to

611
00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:42.839
<v Speaker 2>say that he was in Phoenix and he was at

612
00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:46.039
<v Speaker 2>the show and the reason why he was messaging was

613
00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:47.799
<v Speaker 2>because Jesse Wayne Taylor helped me write it and I

614
00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:52.440
<v Speaker 2>said Jesse's name before I sang it, and he basically

615
00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:54.799
<v Speaker 2>the message was like, man, I'm going to be one

616
00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:56.359
<v Speaker 2>hundred percent honest with you, like I was going to

617
00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:59.279
<v Speaker 2>end it. I was going to end everything, and I

618
00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:01.079
<v Speaker 2>was going to be done with this like I was

619
00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:04.680
<v Speaker 2>over it. He said. You know, I figured before I did,

620
00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:07.079
<v Speaker 2>I've always wanted to see Dave Girl play and I

621
00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:10.440
<v Speaker 2>figured if tickets are free for veterans. I'll go watch

622
00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:12.440
<v Speaker 2>Dave Girl play and then I'll end it when I

623
00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:14.839
<v Speaker 2>get home. And they said, but I wasn't ready for

624
00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:18.440
<v Speaker 2>Scotty Like he played this song called how Do You Choose?

625
00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:23.079
<v Speaker 2>And it changed everything and He's like, man, I realized

626
00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:25.759
<v Speaker 2>that I'm not alone in this, Like I realized that

627
00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:28.680
<v Speaker 2>this is something that we all deal with. And Scotty

628
00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:34.680
<v Speaker 2>made me want to continue moving forward and man, like,

629
00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:38.559
<v Speaker 2>that's that's it. That's the whole reason I want to

630
00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:41.519
<v Speaker 2>do this. And that was the moment that made me

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<v Speaker 2>realize that that I could actually do some good. And

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<v Speaker 2>that was the moment that made me realize that we

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<v Speaker 2>have to do more and I have to be out

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<v Speaker 2>there and I have to let these veterans see me,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I have to let them see my heart

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<v Speaker 2>and my soul and I have to let them see

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<v Speaker 2>me be vulnerable and let them see me cry on

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<v Speaker 2>camera and let them understand that it's okay. That was

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<v Speaker 2>the moment that made me realize that we're doing something

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<v Speaker 2>that means something. And uh, and that was you know,

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<v Speaker 2>that was it, man, That was what lit the fire.

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<v Speaker 2>That was what lit the fire.

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<v Speaker 1>And Hasting has a simple message for any struggling veterans

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<v Speaker 1>and their families.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, my encouragement is just to keep moving forward,

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<v Speaker 2>you know that, and uh that and find something you

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<v Speaker 2>love to do and do it all the time. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>That's I've been lucky enough to be able to to

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<v Speaker 2>find something that I love, and I've been able to

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<v Speaker 2>reap the therapy and the benefits from it. And there's

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<v Speaker 2>so much therapy and finding something you love to do.

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<v Speaker 2>And I hope that with my music, I hope that,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, with my story, I hope that someone hears

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<v Speaker 2>it and it helps them in some way, shape or form,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever that looks like, whether it be you know, just

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<v Speaker 2>them understanding that they're not alone in feeling the feelings

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<v Speaker 2>that they're feeling, or that you know, PTSD depression and

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<v Speaker 2>anxiety is something that we all suffer from. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>even me, I still have bad days, you know, and

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<v Speaker 2>I get to do incredible things, things that I never

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<v Speaker 2>thought possible, you know, And I hope that it's just

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<v Speaker 2>it gives them some type of hope. You know, that

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have to be defined by the bad, but

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<v Speaker 2>you can be defined with what you do with them.

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<v Speaker 1>Scottie Hasting is a US Army veteran of the war

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<v Speaker 1>in Afghanistan, and he was seriously wounded there in April

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<v Speaker 1>of twenty eleven. He is now a rising star and

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<v Speaker 1>country music and continues to focus on helping veterans. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Greg Corumbus and this is Veterans Chronicles.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Greg Corumbus, and thanks for listening to Veterans Chronicles,

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