1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: It's the week we're raising money for Warrior Foundation Freedom Station. 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 1: We've been doing this for years. We're gonna try to 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: raise five hundred thousand dollars this week at least. At 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: least UM, I'm hoping we blow past that. But these 5 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: are weird times, so we didn't know what to set 6 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: for a goal. UH. We thought maybe a real good 7 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,439 Speaker 1: way to just explain what it is, UM and UH 8 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:22,760 Speaker 1: tickle whatever bone we gotta tickle to make you want 9 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:27,479 Speaker 1: to donate. Is UH talking to one of one of 10 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: the heroes that have actually been it fitted from Warrior 11 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: Foundation Freedom Station. Isaac Blunt is with US. Isaak was 12 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:35,599 Speaker 1: part of the first Battalion, fifth Marine Regiment, based out 13 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: of Camp Pendleton, California, deployed to Afghanistan in eleven and 14 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: UH while serving his point man during a foot patrol, 15 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,239 Speaker 1: Isaac stepped on an i e d resulted in the 16 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: loss of both of his legs, his left eye, several 17 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 1: fingers on his left hand. Um, we've met Isaac. He 18 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: is a great dude and UH and his you know, 19 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: climbing back into the life with the help of Warrior 20 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 1: Foundation Freedom Station. I think it's good to talk to you. Man. 21 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: How are you doing. I'm doing well. Thanks for having me. 22 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 1: I really appreciate it. What was the road between being 23 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: blown up by the I E. D. And getting to 24 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 1: Warrior Foundation? What was happening in between? And how long 25 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 1: did that take? Oh? It was a blast, um so 26 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: my uh coming from Balboa, I actually um lived in 27 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: an apartment by myself for a little while and then UM, 28 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: I was on my way to UM. I had another 29 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 1: foundation that was building me a house up here in Fallbrook. 30 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,320 Speaker 1: And in between then I was at having to live, 31 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: um find an apartment and everything. In Warrior Foundation, actually 32 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: they saved a spot for me, um, and they kept 33 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: it open just to make sure that I actually had 34 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: a place to go if I needed a fallback somewhere. Hey, 35 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: how old were you when you were medically retired in shoot? Um? 36 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: Yeah so and at two having gone in the military, 37 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: I'm guessing you didn't have a lot of sperience with 38 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: living on your own. Oh no, not at all. Um. 39 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: I joined the military eighteen, and I was by the 40 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: time I was twenty, I was injured. UM just got it, 41 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: just got divorced, and I had no idea how it 42 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: was to live on my own and just being like 43 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: kind of sitting in a one bedroom apartment by myself. 44 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: It was it was a little lonely. You know, there 45 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 1: are v a programs available and and the Department of 46 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: Defense has some programs, but from what we've heard, they're 47 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: notoriously slow. And and if a guy in your life 48 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: situation has to wait like a year and a half 49 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: two years for this stuff to kick in, man, that 50 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: can be devastating. And that's that's why we're such a 51 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: big believers in Warrior Foundation Freedom Station. I know you 52 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 1: are too, absolutely. Um the Warrior Foundation, they help with 53 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: any if there's any type of meat needs that way, 54 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: they help you, like to fill that gap like that 55 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: time in between that you're waiting on things like that. 56 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: They they're there to kind of help with um, that 57 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 1: that in between time and make it make it so 58 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: much easier. And we've heard so many, so much from 59 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 1: you guys over the years about how the loss of 60 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 1: the camaraderie, the structure, everything that you had in the military. 61 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: You know, all that disappears overnight when you get wounded, Uh, 62 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: you get injured and then you're out on your own 63 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 1: and just all of that at once is you know, 64 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: it's too much for anybody to deal with. And Warrior 65 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: Foundation steps in and then how do they how do 66 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: they provide you structure and camaraderie? How does that factor 67 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: into your life? At the Freedom Station, they have UM 68 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:42,119 Speaker 1: houses right there. They have a little UM our huts 69 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: that kind of everybody's in close proximity. It's a gated, 70 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: gated area, so you know, nobody that doesn't isn't supposed 71 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: to be there is getting in. UM. There's other guys 72 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: that are there as well, other vets, other military personnel 73 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: that come in and they bring in the camaraderie like 74 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: just like that, especially with the wolf Pack. I mean 75 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: they bring veterans from UM, the Army, Navy, Marine Corps. 76 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: I don't think we have any we haven't had any 77 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: airmen in there yet, but UM just bringing us together 78 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: to play, play a game or a play spur it 79 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: that we all love. And it's the Warrior Foundation provides 80 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 1: for that. They make it where we They give us 81 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: the access to be able to do that, and the 82 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: UM excuse me, the mobility and the wheelchairs to keep 83 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: doing that, you know, right, and the guys are counting 84 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 1: on you, which I know means a lot to a 85 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 1: guy who is you know, a marine. It's it's a 86 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: team thing. Hey, Isaac is great to talk to you. Man. 87 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 1: We appreciate the time. We're doing our best. Our audience 88 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: is doing our best. And uh and thanks good to 89 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: talk to you. It's good talk. Good talking with you two. 90 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 1: Thank you. So it takes money to make Warrior Foundation 91 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 1: Freedom Station work. Beviously, we're trying to raise a half 92 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: million dollars this week. I'm just looking at this study 93 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: right here that a quarter of adults planned by a 94 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: Christmas present for themselves this year. The stock market closing 95 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: lyon the stock market closed almost thirty thou points yesterday. Now, 96 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: I know some of you are having the worst year 97 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 1: of your lives financially, but those of you who aren't 98 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: or her having the best year of your lives. Because 99 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 1: some people are, some businesses are exploding. How about you 100 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: throw with a little money go to Armstrong and Getty 101 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: dot com. Armstrong and Getty dot com. Just to sum 102 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: it up, it's at the point that these warriors at 103 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: the highest risk of homelessness, joblessness, suicide, the rest of it. 104 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: Warrior Foundation Freedom Stration Freedom Station is there for post 105 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury. They're there with transitional housing, 106 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: new prosthetic limbs, rehab, helping a kid who's never wanted 107 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: to be anything but a marine. Now he's not only 108 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: not a marine, but he's been injured, sometimes terribly. Yeah, 109 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: good luck by No No No Warrior Foundation Freedom Station 110 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: doesn't do that. They help these guys adjust and and 111 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: and make the transition to happy, productive lives. It's a beautiful, 112 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: beautiful thing, and we need your support. Go to Armstrong 113 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:12,479 Speaker 1: and getty dot com.