WEBVTT - A Warrior Story: Isaac Blunt Talks about the Warrior Foundation.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the week we're raising money for Warrior Foundation Freedom Station.

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<v Speaker 1>We've been doing this for years. We're gonna try to

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<v Speaker 1>raise five hundred thousand dollars this week at least. At

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<v Speaker 1>least UM, I'm hoping we blow past that. But these

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<v Speaker 1>are weird times, so we didn't know what to set

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<v Speaker 1>for a goal. UH. We thought maybe a real good

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<v Speaker 1>way to just explain what it is, UM and UH

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<v Speaker 1>tickle whatever bone we gotta tickle to make you want

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<v Speaker 1>to donate. Is UH talking to one of one of

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<v Speaker 1>the heroes that have actually been it fitted from Warrior

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<v Speaker 1>Foundation Freedom Station. Isaac Blunt is with US. Isaak was

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<v Speaker 1>part of the first Battalion, fifth Marine Regiment, based out

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<v Speaker 1>of Camp Pendleton, California, deployed to Afghanistan in eleven and

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<v Speaker 1>UH while serving his point man during a foot patrol,

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<v Speaker 1>Isaac stepped on an i e d resulted in the

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<v Speaker 1>loss of both of his legs, his left eye, several

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<v Speaker 1>fingers on his left hand. Um, we've met Isaac. He

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<v Speaker 1>is a great dude and UH and his you know,

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<v Speaker 1>climbing back into the life with the help of Warrior

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<v Speaker 1>Foundation Freedom Station. I think it's good to talk to you. Man.

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<v Speaker 1>How are you doing. I'm doing well. Thanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>I really appreciate it. What was the road between being

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<v Speaker 1>blown up by the I E. D. And getting to

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<v Speaker 1>Warrior Foundation? What was happening in between? And how long

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<v Speaker 1>did that take? Oh? It was a blast, um so

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<v Speaker 1>my uh coming from Balboa, I actually um lived in

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<v Speaker 1>an apartment by myself for a little while and then UM,

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<v Speaker 1>I was on my way to UM. I had another

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<v Speaker 1>foundation that was building me a house up here in Fallbrook.

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<v Speaker 1>And in between then I was at having to live,

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<v Speaker 1>um find an apartment and everything. In Warrior Foundation, actually

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<v Speaker 1>they saved a spot for me, um, and they kept

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<v Speaker 1>it open just to make sure that I actually had

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<v Speaker 1>a place to go if I needed a fallback somewhere. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>how old were you when you were medically retired in shoot? Um?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah so and at two having gone in the military,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm guessing you didn't have a lot of sperience with

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<v Speaker 1>living on your own. Oh no, not at all. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>I joined the military eighteen, and I was by the

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<v Speaker 1>time I was twenty, I was injured. UM just got it,

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<v Speaker 1>just got divorced, and I had no idea how it

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<v Speaker 1>was to live on my own and just being like

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<v Speaker 1>kind of sitting in a one bedroom apartment by myself.

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<v Speaker 1>It was it was a little lonely. You know, there

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<v Speaker 1>are v a programs available and and the Department of

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<v Speaker 1>Defense has some programs, but from what we've heard, they're

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<v Speaker 1>notoriously slow. And and if a guy in your life

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<v Speaker 1>situation has to wait like a year and a half

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<v Speaker 1>two years for this stuff to kick in, man, that

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<v Speaker 1>can be devastating. And that's that's why we're such a

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<v Speaker 1>big believers in Warrior Foundation Freedom Station. I know you

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<v Speaker 1>are too, absolutely. Um the Warrior Foundation, they help with

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<v Speaker 1>any if there's any type of meat needs that way,

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<v Speaker 1>they help you, like to fill that gap like that

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<v Speaker 1>time in between that you're waiting on things like that.

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<v Speaker 1>They they're there to kind of help with um, that

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<v Speaker 1>that in between time and make it make it so

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<v Speaker 1>much easier. And we've heard so many, so much from

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<v Speaker 1>you guys over the years about how the loss of

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<v Speaker 1>the camaraderie, the structure, everything that you had in the military.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, all that disappears overnight when you get wounded, Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you get injured and then you're out on your own

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<v Speaker 1>and just all of that at once is you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's too much for anybody to deal with. And Warrior

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<v Speaker 1>Foundation steps in and then how do they how do

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<v Speaker 1>they provide you structure and camaraderie? How does that factor

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<v Speaker 1>into your life? At the Freedom Station, they have UM

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<v Speaker 1>houses right there. They have a little UM our huts

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of everybody's in close proximity. It's a gated,

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<v Speaker 1>gated area, so you know, nobody that doesn't isn't supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to be there is getting in. UM. There's other guys

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<v Speaker 1>that are there as well, other vets, other military personnel

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<v Speaker 1>that come in and they bring in the camaraderie like

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<v Speaker 1>just like that, especially with the wolf Pack. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>they bring veterans from UM, the Army, Navy, Marine Corps.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think we have any we haven't had any

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<v Speaker 1>airmen in there yet, but UM just bringing us together

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<v Speaker 1>to play, play a game or a play spur it

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<v Speaker 1>that we all love. And it's the Warrior Foundation provides

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<v Speaker 1>for that. They make it where we They give us

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<v Speaker 1>the access to be able to do that, and the

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<v Speaker 1>UM excuse me, the mobility and the wheelchairs to keep

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<v Speaker 1>doing that, you know, right, and the guys are counting

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<v Speaker 1>on you, which I know means a lot to a

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<v Speaker 1>guy who is you know, a marine. It's it's a

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<v Speaker 1>team thing. Hey, Isaac is great to talk to you. Man.

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<v Speaker 1>We appreciate the time. We're doing our best. Our audience

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<v Speaker 1>is doing our best. And uh and thanks good to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to you. It's good talk. Good talking with you two.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you. So it takes money to make Warrior Foundation

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<v Speaker 1>Freedom Station work. Beviously, we're trying to raise a half

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<v Speaker 1>million dollars this week. I'm just looking at this study

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<v Speaker 1>right here that a quarter of adults planned by a

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas present for themselves this year. The stock market closing

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<v Speaker 1>lyon the stock market closed almost thirty thou points yesterday. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I know some of you are having the worst year

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<v Speaker 1>of your lives financially, but those of you who aren't

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<v Speaker 1>or her having the best year of your lives. Because

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<v Speaker 1>some people are, some businesses are exploding. How about you

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<v Speaker 1>throw with a little money go to Armstrong and Getty

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. Armstrong and Getty dot com. Just to sum

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<v Speaker 1>it up, it's at the point that these warriors at

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<v Speaker 1>the highest risk of homelessness, joblessness, suicide, the rest of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Warrior Foundation Freedom Stration Freedom Station is there for post

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<v Speaker 1>traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury. They're there with transitional housing,

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<v Speaker 1>new prosthetic limbs, rehab, helping a kid who's never wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to be anything but a marine. Now he's not only

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<v Speaker 1>not a marine, but he's been injured, sometimes terribly. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>good luck by No No No Warrior Foundation Freedom Station

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't do that. They help these guys adjust and and

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<v Speaker 1>and make the transition to happy, productive lives. It's a beautiful,

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful thing, and we need your support. Go to Armstrong

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<v Speaker 1>and getty dot com.