This is Jocco Podcast number 199.

With Echo Charles and me, Jocco Willink.

Good evening, Echo.

Good evening.

I have not been on this Earth long,

but I've been through more than most wood in lifetime.

I served six years in the United States Marine Corps

as a helicopter door gunner and airframes mechanic.

On my last deployment to Afghanistan,

I was involved in a helicopter crash.

June 23, 2012 was the defining moment in my life.

I suffered a traumatic brain injury, severe facial trauma,

a left leg above the knee amputation,

damaged to my cervical spine, and damaged to my upper arms.

I remember screaming with tears rolling down my face

when they said they were taking my leg above the knee.

I thought it was all over.

That all of my dreams were turned into nightmares.

I have it on repeat in my head.

A scream encompassing terror, pain,

and fear of what my life might become.

And those are the words and thoughts of a wounded warrior,

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