WEBVTT - A Warrior Story:   Josue Barron & His Path Back Home 

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<v Speaker 1>One week a year, all right, one week a year.

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<v Speaker 1>We ask you for money, and we're very careful about

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<v Speaker 1>who we choose to ask money for. UM, for you

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<v Speaker 1>to donate to and Warrior Foundation Freedom Station is is

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<v Speaker 1>what we're all into. And UM, we've been doing this

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<v Speaker 1>for years and a lot of you. Man, as soon

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<v Speaker 1>as we opened it up on Monday, you jumped on

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<v Speaker 1>right away and you were donating money because you've heard

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<v Speaker 1>over the years what a great, great organization where your

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<v Speaker 1>foundation Freedom Station is. But in case you're not up

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<v Speaker 1>to speed on it, maybe we thought we would talk

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<v Speaker 1>to somebody who's actually benefited from this great organization, UM

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<v Speaker 1>and have them on the air and now we'll see

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<v Speaker 1>if you want to donate after this. Well, it's a

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<v Speaker 1>pleasure to welcome back to the Armstrong and Getty Show.

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<v Speaker 1>Host Sway Barone U S Marine retired. Always great to

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<v Speaker 1>talk host Way, how are you, sir? I'm doing good.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Thank you for having me. Oh of course, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's our our pleasure and our honor. Just a quick

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<v Speaker 1>background to Hostwai, who joined the Marines at age seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>conducting a foot patrol in Afghanistan when his Filam Marine

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<v Speaker 1>stepped on an improvid is the explosive device. They're both injured,

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<v Speaker 1>with hot Waite losing his left egg and left eye

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<v Speaker 1>in the blast. Transported back to Naval Medical Center, San

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<v Speaker 1>Diego for treatment and recovery. UM and and at that point,

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<v Speaker 1>hose Way, you can take up the tail. There you

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<v Speaker 1>are in the hospital. How did you become aware of

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<v Speaker 1>Warrior Foundation Freedom Station? What? What were you feeling at

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<v Speaker 1>that point? What was what did the world seem like

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<v Speaker 1>in those days? Yeah? So, um, there was that at

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<v Speaker 1>the Naval Medical Center in San Diego about to begin,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a long growth to recovery. And I was

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one years old at that time, and and I

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<v Speaker 1>just felt like my world was over. I just felt

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<v Speaker 1>like I didn't know what, you know, how an ampity

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<v Speaker 1>was going to live a life for how somebody would

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<v Speaker 1>a disability like mine was gonna you know, continue a life,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, build a family or just just you know,

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<v Speaker 1>pick myself up. I had no idea, UM. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>when when I met you know, Sandy from the Warrior

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<v Speaker 1>Foundation and and just people that were there to uplift

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<v Speaker 1>us and help us out and show us that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's still a lot more that we can do, and

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more UM that was going to continue to do.

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<v Speaker 1>And I met Um Sandy from the Warrior Foundation at

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<v Speaker 1>an event. UH me and my wife had gone to

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<v Speaker 1>an event. I met her there and she had a

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<v Speaker 1>picture of the Warrior of the Freedom Station, the first

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<v Speaker 1>one that they ever built, And I asked her what

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<v Speaker 1>was that, you know, housing four and she told me

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<v Speaker 1>it was for veterans or guys wounded warriors that were

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<v Speaker 1>transitioning from from the military to civilian, you know, to

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<v Speaker 1>the civilian world, and that it was, you know, meant

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<v Speaker 1>for us. And I asked her, you know, if I

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<v Speaker 1>can live there, you know, if there was any way

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<v Speaker 1>I can join them, and you know, she made it happen.

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<v Speaker 1>And from there a lot of my neighbors that lived there,

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<v Speaker 1>for other Ampuchees, guys, even guys from my unit that

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<v Speaker 1>I knew um that ended up living there. So just

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<v Speaker 1>ending up in the place like that, you know, building

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<v Speaker 1>a community, knowing that there was other guys going through

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<v Speaker 1>the same thing that I was going through, really really

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<v Speaker 1>help me out. And just having the resources from Sandy

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<v Speaker 1>or staff and you know, all the other people that

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<v Speaker 1>were there to help us, just made a huge, huge

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<v Speaker 1>difference towards my recovery. So brave veterans like Josue, who

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<v Speaker 1>are you know, transitioning from the military to civilian life

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<v Speaker 1>is hard enough for anybody, but then you're transitioning with

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<v Speaker 1>these injuries, and there you are at Freedom Station, surrounded

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<v Speaker 1>on all sides by other injured veterans that you can

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<v Speaker 1>talk to and get support from, including as you mentioned,

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<v Speaker 1>several from your own unit. We've visited Freedom Station many

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<v Speaker 1>times to see these guys. The way they come together

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<v Speaker 1>and and you know, and and have each other's backs

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<v Speaker 1>and support each other. It's really something. I mean, it's

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<v Speaker 1>something that I was about to say money can't buy,

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<v Speaker 1>but money can buy it when you go to Armstrong

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<v Speaker 1>and getty dot com and you click on the banner

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<v Speaker 1>and you donate some money so we can have more

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<v Speaker 1>stories like this in the future. Yeah, I mean, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a place. You know, what's a place where where guys

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<v Speaker 1>here and where at piece you know, and and just

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<v Speaker 1>have a story from where right across street from from

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<v Speaker 1>the Freedom Station to the Starbucks. And when I first

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<v Speaker 1>got injured, I was afraid to go out in the

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<v Speaker 1>public because I didn't know how people are going to

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<v Speaker 1>react to, you know, an happy t or somebody like myself.

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<v Speaker 1>I just felt different and and I had asked Andy,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know a couple of ladies that were volunteering

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<v Speaker 1>if they helped me go to that Starbucks and just

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<v Speaker 1>walk with me, and just having that little bit of support,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, made a huge difference, because if I was

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<v Speaker 1>by myself, I don't know if I would have had

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<v Speaker 1>the guts to do it at that time. Yeah, that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's something a lot of us can't relate to,

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<v Speaker 1>but we've heard it from so many guys. Um, it's

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely true that support is just critical to making that transition.

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<v Speaker 1>And speaking of transitions, now A might correct you have

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<v Speaker 1>three boys? Yeah, now you know. Now I have three boys,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know I've been married for eleven years now,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, I got to build a family that

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<v Speaker 1>that that I wanted. You know, that's fantastic, that's beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>working contributing, and I assume, well, I know this, actually,

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<v Speaker 1>but you're doing what you can to help out guys

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<v Speaker 1>are going through similar experiences. Yeah, I mean, I just

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like I got injured at a young age,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was I was in my in my prime

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<v Speaker 1>and I felt like I was becoming a leader in

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<v Speaker 1>the Marine Corps. But you know, the injury my career

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<v Speaker 1>short there. And once I got back on my feet

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<v Speaker 1>out here as a civilian, as a veteran, I felt

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<v Speaker 1>like there was more to me that needed to be done.

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<v Speaker 1>And if I can, you know, inspire other veteran, inspire

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<v Speaker 1>other people with disabilities, I felt like, you know, that's

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<v Speaker 1>my purpose. Well, you're a good man. We appreciate it,

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<v Speaker 1>and we appreciate you helping us raise money for Warrior Foundation.

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<v Speaker 1>Freedom Station host Wait bar own host Wait. Great to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to you man. Best of luck and best wishes

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<v Speaker 1>to your whole family. Thank you very much. We send

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<v Speaker 1>these people out to keep the free world free. When

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<v Speaker 1>they get injured in the line of duty, we owe

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<v Speaker 1>it to them to give him these sorts of opportunities

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<v Speaker 1>your leg blown off, I'm guessing um, donate some money

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