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>> The biggest,
soul-crushing thing for me
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to hear was when my wife
would say to my kids,
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"Calm down.
Be quiet!
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You don't want
to upset Dad."
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The place that
my kids and my wife,
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or anybody should
be the most safe
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or feel
the most protected
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is in their home
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and here I am
just an absolute monster.
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After suffering with
severe PTSD, Branden Kunath
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found healing, hope, identity,
and a sense of purpose.
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♪
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JAMES: I'm so glad
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you joined us today.
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I'm James Robison.
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My wife Betty
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and I welcome you
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to Life Today.
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The people that I think
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are the greatest heroes
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on the planet are
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the military and
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the armed service members,
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and all those who
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are the first responders.
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I think you're heroes.
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Some of you might live
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a pretty rough life.
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You've got to be pretty
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rough and pretty tough
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to take care of all of us
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who come under such
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fierce assault and
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do such foolish things,
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oftentimes, because you have
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to put your life in danger.
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And all of you in
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the armed services,
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you are risking your life
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and your limbs
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for our future
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and for freedom.
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I can't tell you how much
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Betty and I love you.
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We do help.
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I ask God to give us
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a way as a ministry
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because when you're feeding
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the hungry and saving
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their lives and
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their very life depends on it,
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they have no tomorrow
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if you don't feed them.
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Drilling water wells
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and they've never
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had fresh water.
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They have deadly,
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germ-infested,
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contaminated water
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that kills their children,
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their grandchildren,
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and their families.
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And we set people free
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from sexual slavery
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and bondage.
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It is amazing.
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We give shoes and smiles
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for Christmas.
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We've built a hospital
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that takes care of
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facial and body injuries,
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physical, overseas.
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It is in Uganda.
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It is amazing.
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You do these things.
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Now then we say
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God, how can we help
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our first responders?
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How can we help
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the armed service members?
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God gave us Mighty Oaks
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as an answer to prayer.
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We brought the couple in
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that you heard this week.
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You can go back online
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and listen to them,
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Suzanne and Jeremy Stalnecker.
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We have Jeremy today
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and one of the military,
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pretty rough guys.
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I'm going to ask him
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exactly how bad were you
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in the military doing what
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you were supposed to do?
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But then what happened?
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You're going to meet him.
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So, Jeremy, I want
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to welcome you back
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to Life Today.
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JEREMY: Thank you.
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It's great to be with you.
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JAMES: I want you to tell us
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about your guest.
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He's a pretty big
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strong guy.
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I wouldn't cross him.
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I know you're a Marine,
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I know you're tough,
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but I believe
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I'd leave him alone.
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Tell me about him.
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JEREMY: This is
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Branden Kunath.
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Branden is a retired Marine;
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served in a number
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of capacities.
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I think his claim to fame is,
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he will tell you he is
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a machine gunner, which
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he was for a long time.
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A lot of machine gunners
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did six combat deployments
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in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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And came to the Mighty Oaks
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programs, one of our programs
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back in 2013?
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BRANDEN: 2013.
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JEREMY: 2013, by way
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of the Wounded Warrior
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Battalion and Marine Corps.
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Wounded service members can
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go to a place to get help.
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We had a good relationship
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at the time with that unit
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at Camp Pendleton.
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Branden came to one
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of our programs.
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I won't speak for him but
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I think it changed his life.
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What's interesting about
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what we do at Mighty Oaks,
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and we say this all the time,
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is that there aren't
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professional clinicians.
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It is not a doctor speaking
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down to patients.
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Those who lead our programs,
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those who teach
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in our programs.
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Branden is our
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National Programs Director;
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leads all of our programs
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for Mighty Oaks.
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We've all found help,
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hope, and healing
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and had the opportunity
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to stand in the place
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where we can say,
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we know where you are
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because we've been there.
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We've struggled the way
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that you've struggled but
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God worked in our life
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and will help you as well.
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That's what Branden is doing
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every day at Mighty Oaks.
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JAMES: You mentioned to me,
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Branden, you had a pretty
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rough time in your life,
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your childhood, and so forth.
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Why did you have
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those tough times when
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you were younger?
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BRANDEN: Well, I come from
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a military family.
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My dad was in the army.
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I was born in Germany
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and we bounced back and forth
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from Fort Knox, Kentucky
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to Germany.
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I would tell you early on,
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I always wanted
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to join the military.
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That culture early on
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ingrained itself into me,
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the drinking, the partying,
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and all that stuff,
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I thought that was the norm.
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And then quickly,
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after the first Gulf War,
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after Desert Storm was done,
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my dad got out of the army.
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That changed the home dynamic.
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I just struggled to figure out
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who I was, what was going on.
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I had some early abuse
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that happened.
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My dad was trying
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to figure himself out.
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He had his own trials
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and tribulations that
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he was struggling through.
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And unfortunately, he took
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it out on my sister and I.
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That pushed us down
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this road to where I grew up
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trying to figure out who
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I was, not letting anybody
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hurt me or abuse me.
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Then I was in and out
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of juvenile hall.
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I thought that was
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the cool thing at that time.
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It gave me some notoriety
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or something, almost like
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a badge of honor.
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Then I threw a desk at
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my teacher in the 10th grade
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and then that kicked me out
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of the entire school board
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of Kentucky school system.
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I was like, "Dad,
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you joined the army
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so I'll join the army."
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So we went to see
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the recruiter.
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The recruiter was like,
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"Hey, we'd love to have you
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but you don't have
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any diploma.
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You don't have
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a high school diploma or GED
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or anything like that.
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There is nothing we can do."
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As I was about to leave,
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she interrupted me.
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She's like, "There is
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this thing I can
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introduce you to.
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It is a military academy.
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You can try to go there.
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You can apply and see
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if they'll accept you.
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It is a correctional
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military academy."
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I guess I was the perfect
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candidate for them because
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they accepted me right away,
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and so I went.
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I went through
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that military academy.
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Funny enough, I graduated
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as an honor graduate,
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top of my class.
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Which I always joke,
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my mom doesn't like when
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I do it, but I always joke
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that all that means is that
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I was the most improved
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of the bad kids.
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[Laughter]
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So quickly from that,
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I literally graduated from
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that military academy
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and next thing I know
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I'm at Marine Corps boot camp
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in Parris Island,
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South Carolina
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learning what a Marine was
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and how to become a Marine.
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JAMES: And went where?
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Where was your service?
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BRANDEN: So my first duty
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station was in Spain,
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Rota Spain.
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I was part of
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an anti-terrorism
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task force unit.
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At that time, 9/11 hadn't
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happened just yet.
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So the mission there
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and the environment was
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much different.
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We were protecting things.
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Then we saw the Twin Towers
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and what happened.
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That just shifted everything.
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I think anybody that was
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around at that time knows
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exactly where they were at.
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I was at a school training.
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I remember
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all the training stopped.
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We were brought
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into a classroom
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and they had the TV on.
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I looked up and I honestly
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thought I was looking at
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a movie.
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I thought it was a scene
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out of Die Hard that
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I'd never seen before,
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or some movie I'd never seen.
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And then the captain,
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the officer in charge
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walks in and tells us
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what happened.
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And that shifted everything.
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And then after that,
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I ended up in Iraq
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right after the initial push.
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So Jeremy went in early,
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early on.
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I called it where we came in
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and we were pretty much
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the tail end and we were
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sweeping up behind them.
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We were part of a Marine
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expeditionary unit
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so we were on a ship.
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We floated over,
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flew in to a place called
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Umm Qasr, which was
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one of the main port areas.
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So we were doing
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anti-smuggling
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counter operations there.
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And then just some
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other security stuff.
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From that time, we had
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to get back on the ship
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because we had to make
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our way back home.
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So that deployment,
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even though things happened,
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we were in Iraq,
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and the war was going on,
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I left that deployment
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feeling a little disappointed;
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like I didn't get
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the combat deployment I wanted
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or hoped for.
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I joined the Marine Corps
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to be an infantry guy.
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I became a machine gunner
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with that in mind.
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I knew what my job was.
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I knew what I was
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supposed to do.
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There was no war when
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I joined but the idea that
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it could happen was there.
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So leaving that deployment,
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I felt a little bit down.
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I had just enough time
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on that first contract
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to where I could easily
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go back over.
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A unit needed
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non-commissioned officers
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to go over again.
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So I did what we call
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cross-decking and I just
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turned and burned
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and went on another one.
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JAMES: As a machine gunner?
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BRANDEN: As a machine gunner.
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So I went from the unit,
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First Battalion First Marines,
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to Second Battalion
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First Marines.
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I was part of echo company.
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I found myself in a city
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called Fallujah.
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JAMES: And you ended up
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in Afghanistan too, right?
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BRANDEN: In 2010,
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I ended up in Afghanistan.
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And through that time,
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the short time between 2005
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and 2008 was really the only
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time I did not deploy.
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I was a combat instructor.
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JAMES: Did you realize
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how dangerous these people
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were that you were with
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in Afghanistan?
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BRANDEN: One hundred percent.
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JAMES: It was incredible.
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Because I knew Reagan and
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I knew General Daniel Graham,
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and the people that
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were the power in Afghanistan
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where Reagan was told
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these are the most
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dangerous people.
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They are more dangerous
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than the Soviet Union.
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You're resisting
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and using them to resist.
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They're actually
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more dangerous than
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the soviets would ever be.
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And of course, that proved
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to be very, very true.
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So you did finish out
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your service there, right?
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BRANDEN: I did. Yes, sir.
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JAMES: Why did you come home
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and when did you come home?
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BRANDEN: Well, through
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that time, 2005,
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I perfected my craft
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as a machine gunner.
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I made that a part of me,
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the culture, especially
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the infantry,
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is who's the strongest?
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Who's the toughest?
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Who can drink the most,
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yell the most, cuss the most,
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get with the most ladies?
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All those things
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and just be rough, tough.
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JAMES: That makes me sad
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when you're doing something
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so right, and yet
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the enemy can twist you up
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in your life to do
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so much so wrong.
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That's really the way
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the enemy operates.
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He is the greatest
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manipulator, deceiver.
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He's cunning, he's crafty,
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he's deadly.
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He's destructive.
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By the way, that's the enemy
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we're standing against.
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It is not people,
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it is spiritual --
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deceiving spirits
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and Satan.
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Okay, now we need to cut
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to the place where
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he reached a point
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where things fell apart --
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everything was coming apart.
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You end up involved
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with Mighty Oaks.
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Who wants to tell us
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how that happened,
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that connection?
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JEREMY: What I knew about
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Branden when he came
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to Mighty Oaks was,
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and what I learned about
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Branden was his marriage
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was falling apart.
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This is the story --
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its sad to say to your point,
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this is the common story
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that the marriage
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is falling apart.
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We've tried everything else
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and there is really
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nowhere else to go.
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I think that's fair
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to say, right?
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JAMES: Did you have children?
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And everything
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is coming apart?
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BRANDEN: Everything was
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coming apart.
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JAMES: Would you say
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it is the after-effect
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of the war and all the things
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that have been programmed
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into you that were not
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necessarily healthy
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and meaningful, and now
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it is coming to a head?
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BRANDEN: Everything came
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to a head.
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That last deployment
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I was on was a non-combat
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deployment.
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It was just an operation.
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That's where
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it felt like I hit mud
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and just stopped.
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The best way that I was
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able to operate was
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when I was really busy.
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Like during firefights
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or under stress,
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I could think the clearest.
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Everything slowed down and
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I could separate real well.
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But when I was at home,
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if we didn't order fast enough
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in the drive-through
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at a fast food restaurant
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I would lose my mind.
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Or if something didn't happen
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the way I wanted it to,
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I would lose my mind.
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So I could operate
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the best I could as a Marine
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but when I went home,
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I was a complete mess.
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I didn't know how
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to communicate with my wife.
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I did not know how
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to communicate with my kids.
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There was a moment
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when I came back from
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a training event
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and my daughter was two.
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I walked in the door,
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it was late at night,
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and I remember her falling
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off the couch where my wife
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and daughter were resting.
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She got tangled up
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in the blanket;
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she was so excited to see me.
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She went to run over because
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I came through the door
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as I'd just come home
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from training.
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I don't remember a moment
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like that later on.
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It was actually
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where's Camille?
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Where's my daughter?
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When I'd come home, my son,
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they would disappear.
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They scattered because
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they didn't know what dad
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was going to come home.
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They didn't know what
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was going to set me off.
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The biggest soul-crushing
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thing for me to hear
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was when my wife would say
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to my kids, "Calm down!
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Be quiet.
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We don't want to upset Dad."
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The place that my kids,
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my wife, anybody should
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be the most safe
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or feel the most protected
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is in their home
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and here I am just
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an absolute monster.
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I could say it was because
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of my deployments.
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I could say it was because
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of childhood trauma,
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all those things, but
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I chose to act that way.
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Now there are things
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that happened inside of me,
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the way I would respond
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to certain sounds, smells,
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those are normal,
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those are natural.
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But I chose to respond
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this way, to be a menace.
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BETTY: When did you feel like
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you had gotten to a point
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where you had to have help
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or you were going to do
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something really bad?
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BRANDEN: It never came
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to that point.
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It was here and there
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I would notice it but
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I'd pushed it down.
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I got to the point where
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I didn't even care that
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I didn't even care anymore.
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Like most people would
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be like, man,
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what's going on with me?
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I would do that, but
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I just didn't
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even care about it.
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When my wife and I would
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get into a fight,
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I would laugh about it.
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I would hurt people or --
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it was easy to destroy
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other things because I felt
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like I didn't deserve it.
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I didn't know how
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to operate anything.
00:16:04.330 --> 00:16:06.732 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53%
I was like Ferdinand.
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I would destroy everything
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around me on purpose.
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But it finally got to
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the point where I said,
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I'm done.
00:16:13.339 --> 00:16:14.273 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50%
I kept hearing about
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this thing, Mighty Oaks
00:16:15.607 --> 00:16:16.642 align:start line:85% position:10% size:33%
at that unit.
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I didn't want to take part
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in the events
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or the groups there.
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But this one, just something
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spoke to me in it.
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JAMES: Was there
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a Mighty Oaks close by?
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BRANDEN: The program was
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about four hours
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from Camp Pendleton.
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A church that I would
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end up going to later
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actually volunteered
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to drive a group of us up
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when we went.
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But I went with
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completely selfish reasons.
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I went to get away.
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I just wanted to get away.
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The place looked nice.
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They said you're going
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to go to a really nice place.
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You're going to get fed well
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and other things will happen.
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It is faith-based,
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and they kind of left
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a little bread crumbs for us
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but I went to just
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completely get away.
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JAMES: Okay. We've got
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just a few minutes left
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but what happened there?
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BRANDEN: Well, I didn't like
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what I was hearing at all.
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The truth hurts,
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especially when someone
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is poking you in the chest
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and asking those
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hard questions.
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When you don't have
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the ability to answer it
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properly where you can't
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answer when you became a man.
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What does a man look like?
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What does that mean?
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And then when you ask
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that question of the legacy
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that you're going to leave,
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is it going to be one
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worth leaving?
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We're going to leave one
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regardless of whether
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we want to or not, but
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if I was to box me up,
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hand it over to my kids
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or my wife or anybody
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that would take it,
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and wonder what they were
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going to do with it,
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I didn't like the response
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whether they kept it,
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chucked it.
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I was not leading my family.
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I wasn't leading my home.
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I was not in any way, shape,
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or form leaving
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an inheritance for
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my children's children.
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And for me to answer
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that question of my eternity
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and where I truly will
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end up, I didn't like
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the answer to that.
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So I submitted my life
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to Christ on a Wednesday night
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there and just dedicated
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everything.
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I think about Romans 10:14.
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"How will they know
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the truth that's out there
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if no one is preaching it?"
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So I kind of dedicate myself
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to that, and making sure
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that the same hope, healing,
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and restoration that
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I've been introduced,
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God remolding my heart,
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putting a new one in me,
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I can make that opportunity
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for other people.
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JEREMY: That's good.
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JAMES: And you were changed?
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BRANDEN: One hundred percent.
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JAMES: Could your wife tell?
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BRANDEN: My wife had
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no idea who Jesus was.
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She had never opened
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a Bible before that.
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So when I was telling her,
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okay, I'm doing this
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and all these other things,
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I thought she was going
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to be on board.
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I was clueless
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and pretty naive.
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What I didn't realize is that,
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as my wife would say,
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I was on this new road
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to righteousness because
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I had wiped my slate clean --
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not me but my slate
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was wiped clean,
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I was good.
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But what I forgot was
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all the destruction and mayhem
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that I had left in the past.
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So my wife felt left out.
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She felt like
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I was leaving her behind.
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She was used to me
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saying, "Sorry!
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I won't do it again."
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She was waiting for me
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to pick her up and
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slam her back down because
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I had said it before.
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I'm done drinking.
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I'm sorry, didn't mean
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to do this, that,
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and the other.
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I'd immediately go back to it
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because it was behavior
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changes and modifications
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but I didn't have
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a heart change.
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For me to feel that I was
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changed and actually feel
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-- I cried like a baby
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in front of a whole bunch
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of strangers at a place
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called Sky Rose Ranch
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in central California
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almost 11 years ago.
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It was the first time
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I had emotions.
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I just had this wave
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that I couldn't deny
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Christ working in me.
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JAMES: Thank you, God!
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And she saw it
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and she's changed?
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JEREMY: Yeah.
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Jeanette's story is that
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she accepted Christ
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through Mighty Oaks as well.
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And now, you've heard
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about our women's program,
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she is very, very involved
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with our women's program.
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Same thing, to Branden's
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testimony of preaching
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to others what Christ
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has done in her life.
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JAMES: This is the story
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of Mighty Oaks.
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Branden is one
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of the leaders.
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His wife is helping
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and a source of inspiration.
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We're asking you to help us
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put another man like this
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through the Mighty Oaks
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experience and be changed.
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It takes $3500,
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isn't that right,
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for a man to go through?
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You pay everything.
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You get their
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transportation there, home,
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take care of everything
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while they're there --
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period, men and women.
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Would you pay someone's way?
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We want to send
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30 men through;
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that's our goal this week.
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One week --
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that's $105,000.
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That's why we're doing
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all the other things
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we have to do.
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You don't want to take
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from a hungry child
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or somebody that needs
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clean water and
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do something different.
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This is something
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we're doing right now,
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this week.
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Could you help?
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Would you help, please?
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Would you say thank you
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to the armed service members
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and the first responders
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for their protection
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of our freedom and
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our future and our families?
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Would you please do that?
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Would you right now
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get your bank card
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or your checkbook,
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make the biggest gift you can
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and call and tell us
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it's going in the mail?
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Or I put it online,
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and put it on my card now.
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Please do it.
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Branden, we're so thankful
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to God for changing you.
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So thankful you're spending
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your life now helping
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the other service members.
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We want to thank you,
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Jeremy, for what you
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and your wife are doing,
00:22:02.521 --> 00:22:03.789 align:start line:10% position:10% size:75%
and what Mighty Oaks is doing.
00:22:03.855 --> 00:22:04.956 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55%
Let's be a part of it.
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Help us right now this week
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to perform a miracle.
00:22:08.226 --> 00:22:09.261 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45%
We're going to see
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30 men's lives changed.
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We're going to say thank you
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to a whole lot more
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than that by showing them
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how much we love them
00:22:16.768 --> 00:22:17.969 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50%
and appreciate them.
00:22:18.036 --> 00:22:19.037 align:start line:10% position:10% size:38%
You do what God
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is leading you to do.
00:22:21.106 --> 00:22:24.409 align:start line:58% position:15% size:68%
We live in a country with
nearly 23 million veterans.
00:22:24.476 --> 00:22:26.411 align:start line:58% position:23% size:53%
Sadly, many of
those who have served
00:22:26.478 --> 00:22:29.614 align:center line:58% position:50% size:68%
come home carrying
the invisible scars of war.
00:22:29.681 --> 00:22:31.917 align:start line:10% position:20% size:60%
With 22 veteran suicides
each day,
00:22:31.983 --> 00:22:33.919 align:center line:10% position:50% size:58%
and so many
of our nation's heroes,
00:22:33.985 --> 00:22:35.921 align:center line:10% position:50% size:43%
including
first responders,
00:22:35.987 --> 00:22:37.923 align:center line:10% position:50% size:55%
suffering
post-traumatic stress,
00:22:37.989 --> 00:22:39.925 align:center line:10% position:50% size:55%
these men and women
often live in despair.
00:22:39.991 --> 00:22:42.194 align:start line:58% position:23% size:53%
But you can help make
a difference today
00:22:42.260 --> 00:22:44.763 align:center line:58% position:50% size:60%
and offer these warriors
a bright new future.
00:22:44.830 --> 00:22:47.365 align:start line:10% position:15% size:68%
LIFE Outreach International
is excited to honor
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our nation's
bravest men and women
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as we partner
to send 30 veterans
and first responders
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through the legacy program
offered by Mighty Oaks.
00:22:55.774 --> 00:22:57.843 align:start line:10% position:15% size:68%
Here these heroes
will be equipped with tools
00:22:57.909 --> 00:22:59.845 align:center line:10% position:50% size:43%
to fight through
life's challenges
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and uncover their
God-given purpose in life.
00:23:02.481 --> 00:23:05.617 align:start line:10% position:28% size:45%
At a cost of $3500
per participant,
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a total of $105,000 is needed
to make this possible.
00:23:10.322 --> 00:23:13.358 align:start line:10% position:18% size:65%
Please give what you can
as a way of providing hope
00:23:13.425 --> 00:23:15.360 align:center line:10% position:50% size:50%
and saying thank you
00:23:15.427 --> 00:23:18.263 align:center line:10% position:50% size:63%
to those at the core
of the freedoms we enjoy.
00:23:18.330 --> 00:23:20.799 align:start line:10% position:25% size:50%
Call, write, or make
your gift online.
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JAMES: Well I'm thanking
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Jeremy, and I thank Branden.
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Of course, Suzanne
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for all that they're doing,
00:23:30.208 --> 00:23:31.510 align:start line:58% position:10% size:75%
all that Mighty Oaks is doing.
00:23:31.576 --> 00:23:32.711 align:start line:58% position:10% size:33%
Thank you for
00:23:32.778 --> 00:23:33.945 align:start line:58% position:10% size:43%
helping us today.
00:23:34.012 --> 00:23:35.113 align:start line:58% position:10% size:50%
Betty, this has been
00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.448 align:start line:58% position:10% size:60%
a real answer to prayer.
00:23:36.515 --> 00:23:37.749 align:start line:58% position:10% size:45%
Just thank God for
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the armed service members,
00:23:39.417 --> 00:23:40.886 align:start line:58% position:10% size:63%
for the first responders,
00:23:40.952 --> 00:23:42.287 align:start line:58% position:10% size:65%
and let them know how much
00:23:42.354 --> 00:23:43.355 align:start line:58% position:10% size:43%
they mean to you.
00:23:43.421 --> 00:23:44.523 align:start line:58% position:10% size:50%
Go over and buy them
00:23:44.589 --> 00:23:45.590 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55%
a meal sometime if you
00:23:45.657 --> 00:23:46.725 align:start line:58% position:10% size:63%
see them at a restaurant.
00:23:46.792 --> 00:23:47.826 align:start line:58% position:10% size:35%
Just tell them
00:23:47.893 --> 00:23:48.894 align:start line:58% position:10% size:35%
you love them.
00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:50.028 align:start line:58% position:10% size:65%
See somebody with a badge,
00:23:50.095 --> 00:23:51.163 align:start line:58% position:10% size:65%
thank them for wearing it.
00:23:51.229 --> 00:23:52.330 align:start line:58% position:10% size:35%
Thank them for
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standing up for freedom.
00:23:53.532 --> 00:23:54.633 align:start line:58% position:10% size:50%
I love you two guys.
00:23:54.699 --> 00:23:55.700 align:start line:58% position:10% size:30%
I really do.
00:23:55.767 --> 00:23:56.768 align:start line:58% position:10% size:43%
I'm proud of you.
00:23:56.835 --> 00:23:58.003 align:start line:58% position:10% size:70%
Y'all stay in touch with us.
00:23:58.069 --> 00:23:59.104 align:start line:58% position:10% size:58%
We're going to keep you
00:23:59.171 --> 00:24:00.172 align:start line:58% position:10% size:68%
informed of what's going on
00:24:00.238 --> 00:24:02.674 align:start line:58% position:10% size:70%
and what happened this week.
00:24:02.741 --> 00:24:03.942 align:start line:58% position:10% size:45%
I pray we go above
00:24:04.009 --> 00:24:04.943 align:start line:58% position:10% size:38%
and beyond what
00:24:05.010 --> 00:24:06.144 align:start line:58% position:10% size:50%
we're talking about.
00:24:06.211 --> 00:24:07.145 align:start line:58% position:10% size:35%
But you do all
00:24:07.212 --> 00:24:08.547 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48%
you can do to help.
00:24:08.613 --> 00:24:10.148 align:start line:58% position:10% size:53%
Betty and I thank you
00:24:10.215 --> 00:24:11.149 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55%
for putting God's arms
00:24:11.216 --> 00:24:12.918 align:start line:58% position:10% size:58%
around a lot of people.
00:24:12.984 --> 00:24:14.019 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48%
It means a lot that
00:24:14.085 --> 00:24:15.420 align:start line:58% position:10% size:63%
you're putting God's arms
00:24:15.487 --> 00:24:17.122 align:start line:58% position:10% size:68%
around the first responders
00:24:17.189 --> 00:24:19.357 align:start line:58% position:10% size:75%
and the armed service members.
00:24:19.424 --> 00:24:20.559 align:start line:58% position:10% size:53%
They are true heroes.
00:24:20.625 --> 00:24:21.760 align:start line:58% position:10% size:40%
They really are.
00:24:21.827 --> 00:24:23.495 align:start line:58% position:10% size:50%
To me, you're a hero
00:24:23.562 --> 00:24:25.197 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48%
by sharing his love
00:24:25.263 --> 00:24:26.932 align:start line:58% position:10% size:33%
and his will.
00:24:26.998 --> 00:24:29.034 align:start line:58% position:10% size:45%
Thank you so much.
00:24:39.110 --> 00:24:41.913 align:start line:10% position:15% size:68%
>> You're not dead until
you're no longer breathing,
00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:44.015 align:center line:10% position:50% size:68%
and yet there are a lot
of people who are breathing
00:24:44.082 --> 00:24:46.084 align:center line:10% position:50% size:45%
who are living
like they're dead.
00:24:46.151 --> 00:24:48.153 align:start line:10% position:28% size:45%
>> I started
listening to them.
00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:50.222 align:start line:10% position:15% size:70%
Everything they said
kept hitting me in the heart
00:24:50.288 --> 00:24:52.290 align:center line:10% position:50% size:73%
over and over and over again;
it is like all the things
00:24:52.357 --> 00:24:54.426 align:center line:10% position:38% size:55%
that I didn't know
that I needed to hear.
00:24:54.492 --> 00:24:57.896 align:start line:58% position:48% size:43%
I opened my heart
to God that week.
00:24:57.963 --> 00:25:00.198 align:start line:53% position:28% size:45%
I've been
a different person
ever since.
00:25:00.265 --> 00:25:03.301 align:start line:53% position:30% size:53%
I can't even describe
how quickly all that
emptiness that I had
00:25:03.368 --> 00:25:05.537 align:center line:58% position:50% size:40%
that I couldn't
fill with women,
00:25:05.604 --> 00:25:09.174 align:start line:58% position:28% size:60%
with drugs, with liquor,
with anything --
00:25:09.241 --> 00:25:11.176 align:end line:63% position:90% size:38%
[snaps fingers]
00:25:11.243 --> 00:25:13.245 align:center line:63% position:73% size:13%
Boom!
00:25:18.516 --> 00:25:22.921 align:start line:10% position:28% size:63%
>> I was immediately
greeted by a staff of men
00:25:22.988 --> 00:25:25.023 align:start line:10% position:28% size:50%
that knew what
I was going through,
00:25:25.090 --> 00:25:27.025 align:start line:10% position:30% size:53%
had been in my shoes.
00:25:27.092 --> 00:25:30.662 align:start line:10% position:23% size:68%
>> You could imagine a rope
with a thousand knots
00:25:30.729 --> 00:25:36.434 align:center line:10% position:50% size:68%
and little by little
each knot was being undone.
00:25:36.501 --> 00:25:39.070 align:start line:10% position:28% size:45%
>> Everything that
I was told here
00:25:39.137 --> 00:25:41.072 align:center line:10% position:50% size:55%
just made sense to me.
00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:44.276 align:start line:10% position:30% size:50%
It's given me like
a new lease on life.
00:25:44.342 --> 00:25:48.146 align:start line:10% position:33% size:35%
>> I thank God
for saving me.
00:25:48.213 --> 00:25:50.582 align:start line:10% position:25% size:48%
>> They're exposing
the pain
00:25:50.649 --> 00:25:53.985 align:start line:10% position:30% size:60%
for you to understand
where it is coming from.
00:25:54.052 --> 00:25:55.987 align:start line:10% position:30% size:40%
And for you
to move forward.
00:25:56.054 --> 00:25:57.989 align:start line:10% position:28% size:63%
>> This is the first week
in a long time
00:25:58.056 --> 00:26:03.128 align:center line:10% position:50% size:45%
where I've laughed
and I smiled.
00:26:03.194 --> 00:26:05.263 align:start line:10% position:28% size:43%
>> When I think
about my husband,
00:26:05.330 --> 00:26:08.099 align:start line:10% position:30% size:58%
I can't imagine the man
that he was before.
00:26:08.166 --> 00:26:11.436 align:start line:10% position:28% size:63%
And now,
he is the one that brings
the peace in our home.
00:26:11.503 --> 00:26:13.438 align:start line:10% position:30% size:38%
In the past two
to three years,
00:26:13.505 --> 00:26:16.908 align:start line:10% position:30% size:48%
we've been through
some of the hardest
things personally
00:26:16.975 --> 00:26:19.477 align:start line:10% position:30% size:60%
as parents
and just a lot of trials
00:26:19.544 --> 00:26:21.479 align:start line:10% position:30% size:38%
that we've ever
been through,
00:26:21.546 --> 00:26:23.481 align:start line:10% position:28% size:60%
and I know it would have
wrecked our marriage
00:26:23.548 --> 00:26:25.784 align:start line:10% position:28% size:43%
if we didn't
have Mighty Oaks.
00:26:28.186 --> 00:26:30.655 align:end line:10% position:90% size:20%
[Cheers]
00:26:35.060 --> 00:26:37.295 align:start line:10% position:33% size:35%
>> I know
I needed help.
00:26:37.362 --> 00:26:39.531 align:center line:10% position:50% size:55%
I felt like I was
at the end of my rope.
00:26:39.597 --> 00:26:43.134 align:start line:10% position:18% size:63%
I come here to
this Mighty Oaks program,
00:26:43.201 --> 00:26:45.837 align:center line:10% position:50% size:28%
it has been
so good!
00:26:47.605 --> 00:26:50.575 align:start line:58% position:15% size:68%
For over 60 years,
LIFE Outreach International
00:26:50.642 --> 00:26:53.178 align:center line:58% position:50% size:68%
has shared the transforming
truth of God's love
00:26:53.244 --> 00:26:55.180 align:center line:58% position:50% size:30%
in both word
and deed.
00:26:55.246 --> 00:26:57.649 align:start line:58% position:13% size:73%
We are forever grateful
to everyone who has joined us
00:26:57.716 --> 00:26:59.985 align:center line:53% position:50% size:45%
in our mission
of providing water
to the thirsty,
00:27:00.051 --> 00:27:03.221 align:center line:58% position:50% size:55%
food to the hungry,
shelter to the orphan,
00:27:03.288 --> 00:27:05.857 align:center line:58% position:50% size:73%
and meeting the various needs
of those who are struggling.
00:27:05.924 --> 00:27:07.859 align:start line:58% position:25% size:50%
Our ministry to
the lost and hurting
00:27:07.926 --> 00:27:09.961 align:center line:58% position:50% size:55%
is only made possible
because of the prayers
00:27:10.028 --> 00:27:12.464 align:center line:58% position:50% size:68%
and generous gifts
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00:27:12.530 --> 00:27:15.000 align:center line:58% position:50% size:58%
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Become a Friend
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along with encouraging
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00:27:23.074 --> 00:27:26.177 align:center line:58% position:50% size:73%
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00:27:26.244 --> 00:27:28.179 align:start line:58% position:15% size:68%
Best of all,
you will be blessed to know
00:27:28.246 --> 00:27:30.615 align:center line:58% position:50% size:60%
that your ongoing gift
is helping make possible
00:27:30.682 --> 00:27:32.617 align:center line:58% position:50% size:35%
the outreaches
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Call now or go online
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00:27:37.956 --> 00:27:40.058 align:center line:58% position:50% size:50%
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00:27:40.125 --> 00:27:43.895 align:center line:58% position:50% size:48%
to a world in need
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>> And there were times
that I thought
00:28:04.282 --> 00:28:05.650 align:center line:10% position:50% size:45%
he's going to take
his own life.
00:28:05.717 --> 00:28:08.787 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68%
After struggling with PTSD,
this former Marine
00:28:08.853 --> 00:28:11.623 align:center line:63% position:50% size:68%
is now helping other heroes
dealing with trauma.
00:28:12.624 --> 00:28:16.061 align:start line:10% position:13% size:73%
LIFE Today is made
possible by the supporters of
LIFE Outreach International.
00:28:16.127 --> 00:28:19.164 align:center line:10% position:50% size:70%
Your gift will be
used exclusively for
the exempt purposes of LIFE.
00:28:19.230 --> 00:28:21.232 align:start line:10% position:23% size:53%
The ministry features
specific outreaches
00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:23.301 align:center line:10% position:50% size:68%
as examples of the programs
it supports and conducts.
00:28:23.368 --> 00:28:25.370 align:start line:10% position:18% size:63%
Gifts are considered
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00:28:25.437 --> 00:28:27.505 align:center line:10% position:50% size:68%
as to use unless explicitly
stipulated by the donor.
00:28:27.572 --> 00:28:29.808 align:center line:10% position:50% size:60%
The ministry is a member
of the ECFA.