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Today is a day that hits me like a ton of bricks.

It hits me in a way that it's really difficult to put into words.

It's a thousand cuts across my heart.

It's swimming through a river of glass in my mind.

And it's being tied to a cinder block being drowned in a sea of of tragedy and sorrow

and that's what memorial day is for me because as I imagine all of my close friends and teammates that have died over the last 20 plus years

and the GWAT it's the memory of of of those men and what they've meant to me is inescapable, as is their death.

Now, to compound that, it's also profoundly impactful that I think about all of my friends that have ultimately killed themselves as a result of their experiences fighting for this country.

And I look at their tragic loss as almost identical or even more catastrophic than the men who

actually died on the battlefields.

And so as I welcome today an individual on the show, Dr. Chris Free, I want you to realize that this man has been personally responsible for my ability to manage that sorrow and that heartache.

And he hasn't just done it for me.

He's literally done it for hundreds of other men and women that are affiliated with fighting

for your freedoms.

So without further ado, I'm so privileged and honored to welcome Chris, Dr. Chris Free to the show today to discuss Memorial Day Operator's Syndrome and what we can do to help our veterans.

So welcome, Chris.

Thank you.

Thank you, David.

Great to be here.

Great to see you again and be continuing this conversation we've been having now for nine years, ten years.

It's going on about nine, about 2016, yep.

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