Episode 594: Lee Stuckey, Former Major in the Marines, Founder and President of AHERO and Operation Phoenix
SOFREP Radio
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4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2022
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s podcast, Rad interviews Lee Stuckey, a former major in the Marines, and Founder and President of AHERO and Operation Phoenix. Lee tells the story of his three combat deployments to Iraq, the trauma that he kept under wraps, and his brush with death.
Now focused on healing, Lee shares how his farm has grown and the evolving programs AHERO has for its veteran community. He talks about AHERO's events which connect veterans to the experts who can help them heal, whether it's for anger management or addiction.
Music for a Hero has been particularly healing and Kevin Adair also comes on the show to perform and bring awareness to their advocacy. Lee further shares the work they do with Operation Phoenix and advises veterans that healing is possible and it’s best done with a community.
Lee's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-stuckey-8216697b/
Lee's email: [email protected]
AHERO website: https://aherousa.org/
Kevin Adair's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kevinadairmusic
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to software, radio, special operations, military meals, and straight talk with the guys in the community. |
| 0:30.0 | Hey, what's going on? This is another episode of software, radio, and I am your host, Rad. |
| 0:42.0 | And I am kicking it today with former major of the United States Marine Corps, 03-11. |
| 0:48.0 | That is infantry, Lee Stucky, who also is running a HeroUSA.org or, if I could better say, participating, working with. |
| 0:57.0 | I'm going to let Lee say hello, so go ahead and introduce yourself. |
| 1:01.0 | Yeah, hey, Rad, I really appreciate you all having me on the show. |
| 1:04.0 | I want to thank Zach Armstrong for connecting us, a long, long classmate for Marine Military Institute. |
| 1:09.0 | We won't go into why I went there. |
| 1:12.0 | Wonderful. Yeah, Zach was a great guest. I look forward to talking to him again. |
| 1:15.0 | I actually, you know, what a great episode. Go check that out if you're listening to software. |
| 1:19.0 | I also just want to say real quick to those of you listening. |
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| 1:33.0 | which is because you're listening to me and Lee talk, we'll give you half off. |
| 1:37.0 | So make sure you go check that out. |
| 1:38.0 | So let's kick off this interview. Yeah, okay, so Lee, you join the Marines because why? |
| 1:44.0 | Set it back up a little bit. A couple years before that, I was mischievous. |
| 1:49.0 | We'll leave it at that. And I was offered the opportunity to go to military school. |
| 1:55.0 | My parents said you can go to military school or Juvie. |
| 1:58.0 | And I chose A. So I went to military school. |
| 2:01.0 | And while I was in military school, I remember specifically a staff sergeant Sutton who was a reconnaissance Marine. |
| 2:08.0 | And I mean, the guy knew exactly what he wanted to do all the time. |
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