Episode 827: You Are Never Out of The Fight with Kyle Carpenter from the 2023 Street Cop Conference

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🗓️ 15 May 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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On today's special episode we present the youngest ever Metal of Honor recipient and American Hero, Kyle Carpenter's key note speech from our 2023 Street Cop Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. It was our honor to have him speak to over 1700 cops to share his story of heroism, perseverance and resiliency. William "Kyle" Carpenter (born October 17, 1989) is a medically retired United States Marine who received the United States' highest military honor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2010. Kyle Carpenter was the youngest living Medal of Honor recipient at the time. Kyle grew up in a loving household where sports, hard work, and dedication were supported. While this is a Marine that, as he says, "cuddled a grenade" and lived to tell about it, he is another example of how good men answer the call. His is also a story of overcoming the devastation of war with family love and hard work. If you like what you are hearing and want to stay in the loop with the latest in Street Cop Training, please follow our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/StreetCopTraining Don't forget to subscribe and rate the podcast, it truly helps! Sign up for classes here: https://streetcoptraining.com/course-list/Follow our podcast here: https://streetcoptraining.com/street-cop-podcast/ or https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/street-cop-podcast/id1538474515

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0:00.0	One another one can't get.
0:02.0	A lot of the police.
0:04.0	Uh-huh.
0:05.0	You trying to be a hot-up.
0:08.0	You trying to be a street cop?
0:11.0	Mager, Afghanistan, South of the 94.
0:14.8	Little Situation Report, and about 21-day stretch,
0:18.8	we've been in 19 firefights.
0:20.9	The man you see before you today, for Paul William Kyle Carpenter, should not be alive today.
0:27.2	Hand grenades are one of the most awful weapons of war.
0:32.1	They only weigh about a pound, but they're packed with TNT.
0:35.0	It happens so suddenly.
0:39.0	If one lands nearby, you have mere seconds to seek cover.
0:43.0	But are you just thinking like, this is my time, this is it?
0:46.0	So I don't remember what I was thinking I stepped up when I needed to.
0:50.0	This United States Marine faced down that terrible explosive power with his own body to protect a fellow Marine.
0:57.5	How did you not die?
0:58.5	That is the million dollar question and I closed my eyes for what I thought was going to be my last time on this earth.
1:05.4	The Medal of Honor, too. Lance Corporal William Kyle Carpenter, United States Marine Corps. Ladies and gentlemen, Kyle Carpenter. All this pain Ruh Rha?
1:44.0	All right, well let me get done with this first and I'll talk to you after.
1:51.0	But, uh, so funny story about that song it came out at the most
1:56.1	perfect time when I was clinging to life in the hospital and so I heard it as it was
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