WEBVTT 00:09.809 --> 00:12.076 align:start >>> A NEW LAW BRINGING JOBS FOR 00:12.079 --> 00:14.545 align:start VETERANS ON THE BORDER. 00:14.548 --> 00:15.680 align:start >> PROVIDING FAST TRACKING FOR 00:15.683 --> 00:18.549 align:start THESE POSITIONS IMPORTANT FOR 00:18.552 --> 00:20.084 align:start SECURITY AND ALSO FOR ECONOMIC 00:20.087 --> 00:20.418 align:start OPPORTUNITIES AND TRADE WITH 00:20.421 --> 00:21.652 align:start MEXICO. 00:21.655 --> 00:25.056 align:start >> VETERANS DAY REMEMBERED WITH 00:25.059 --> 00:31.896 align:start PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS. 00:31.899 --> 00:46.944 align:start >> MORE THAN WHAT HAPPENED TO 00:46.947 --> 00:47.245 align:start ME, THINK ABOUT THE FRIENDS. 00:47.248 --> 00:53.317 align:start >>. 00:53.320 --> 00:55.053 align:start >> THIS IS "ARIZONA WEEK." 00:55.056 --> 00:56.888 align:start THIS WEEK, WE PAUSED TO REMEMBER 00:56.891 --> 00:58.222 align:start THE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM. 00:58.225 --> 01:00.858 align:start BEFORE FOR OUR VETERANS STORY, 01:00.861 --> 01:03.161 align:start WE SAT DOWN WITH MARTHA McSALLY. 01:03.164 --> 01:05.730 align:start THE VETERAN AND AUTHOR OF A NEW 01:05.733 --> 01:06.564 align:start LAW AIMED AT GETTING VETS JOBS 01:06.567 --> 01:08.433 align:start ON THE BORDER. 01:08.436 --> 01:10.368 align:start YOU JUST HAD A LAW SIGNED IN TO 01:10.371 --> 01:12.270 align:start LAW BY THE PRESIDENT DEALING 01:12.273 --> 01:13.938 align:start WITH VETERANS, HELPING THEM GET 01:13.941 --> 01:17.108 align:start JOBS ON THE BORDER. 01:17.111 --> 01:18.343 align:start THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR OUR 01:18.346 --> 01:19.243 align:start AREA, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE 01:19.246 --> 01:21.879 align:start BASES WITH PEOPLE SEPARATING AND 01:21.882 --> 01:22.313 align:start THE BORDER RIGHT HERE. 01:22.316 --> 01:22.780 align:start >> ABSOLUTELY. 01:22.783 --> 01:24.215 align:start IT'S A WIN-WIN. 01:24.218 --> 01:27.118 align:start WE WENT DOWN AND VISITED THE 01:27.121 --> 01:28.586 align:start DIFFERENT PORTS OF ENTRY AT 01:28.589 --> 01:31.055 align:start NOGALAS AND DOUGLAS. 01:31.058 --> 01:31.389 align:start WE HEARD THEY WERE UNDERSTOOD 01:31.392 --> 01:31.889 align:start MANNED. 01:31.892 --> 01:33.891 align:start WHAT'S THE ISSUE? 01:33.894 --> 01:35.860 align:start THEY SAID IT TAKE LONG TO FIND 01:35.863 --> 01:36.861 align:start PEOPLE, GETTING THEM THROUGH THE 01:36.864 --> 01:38.129 align:start VETTING AND WENT TO THE ONE STOP 01:38.132 --> 01:39.163 align:start FOR VETERANS AND THE CHALLENGING 01:39.166 --> 01:40.898 align:start THEY'RE HAVING WITH VETERANS 01:40.901 --> 01:42.433 align:start FINDING GOOD JOBS AND YOU LOOK 01:42.436 --> 01:43.968 align:start AT THEM LIKE, OKAY, THESE ARE 01:43.971 --> 01:45.570 align:start TWO THINGS WE COULD EASILY JUST 01:45.573 --> 01:47.305 align:start PUT TOGETHER AND HAVE A GOOD 01:47.308 --> 01:48.506 align:start INITIATIVE THAT IS A WIN-WIN, 01:48.509 --> 01:51.476 align:start GIVE GOOD JOBS FOR OUR VETERANS 01:51.479 --> 01:53.378 align:start AND PROVIDE THE FAST TRACKING TO 01:53.381 --> 01:54.345 align:start FILL THESE REALLY IMPORTANT 01:54.348 --> 01:56.514 align:start POSITIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR 01:56.517 --> 01:59.384 align:start SECURITY AND ALSO FOR ECONOMIC 01:59.387 --> 01:59.751 align:start OPPORTUNITIES AND TRADE WITH 01:59.754 --> 02:01.919 align:start MEXICO. 02:01.922 --> 02:03.054 align:start SO THAT'S THE MINDSET I HAVE IN 02:03.057 --> 02:05.023 align:start WASHINGTON, DC AND THEN LIKE, WE 02:05.026 --> 02:05.423 align:start SEE A PROBLEM, WE SEE A 02:05.426 --> 02:07.725 align:start SOLUTION. 02:07.728 --> 02:08.559 align:start LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT 02:08.562 --> 02:10.728 align:start DONE. 02:10.731 --> 02:12.030 align:start SPONSOR IT THROUGH THE HOUSE 02:12.033 --> 02:12.530 align:start UNANIMOUSLY, WORK WITH THE 02:12.533 --> 02:14.932 align:start SENATORS. 02:14.935 --> 02:15.933 align:start AND IT'S MY FIRST BILL SIGNED 02:15.936 --> 02:18.970 align:start INTO LAW. 02:18.973 --> 02:20.405 align:start SOME SUBSTANTIVE PIECES OF LAW 02:20.408 --> 02:20.705 align:start AND THEN HONORED TO HAVE ONE OF 02:20.708 --> 02:23.174 align:start THEM. 02:23.177 --> 02:23.641 align:start IT'S GOING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM IN 02:23.644 --> 02:25.943 align:start OUR COMMUNITY. 02:25.946 --> 02:30.915 align:start >> AND THE JOBS THAT WILL BE 02:30.918 --> 02:32.950 align:start AVAILABLE TO THESE VETERANS ARE 02:32.953 --> 02:33.284 align:start BORDER PATROL JOBS, CUSTOMS 02:33.287 --> 02:33.918 align:start ENTRY. 02:33.921 --> 02:35.186 align:start >> THE CUSTOMS AND BORDER 02:35.189 --> 02:37.922 align:start PROTECTION OFFICERS OF THIS 02:37.925 --> 02:38.923 align:start BILL, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES 02:38.926 --> 02:40.792 align:start THAT HAVE RIGHT NOW 800 02:40.795 --> 02:41.726 align:start POSITIONS THAT ARE UNFILLED. 02:41.729 --> 02:42.427 align:start THEY HAD INCREASED 02:42.430 --> 02:43.728 align:start AUTHORIZATIONS, BUT THEY JUST 02:43.731 --> 02:44.095 align:start HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FILL THESE 02:44.098 --> 02:45.596 align:start POSITIONS. 02:45.599 --> 02:47.398 align:start SO WE'RE TRYING TO FAST TRACK 02:47.401 --> 02:48.700 align:start THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT ELIGIBLE 02:48.703 --> 02:50.568 align:start VETERANS ARE GETTING THESE GOOD 02:50.571 --> 02:51.969 align:start JOBS AND THEY'RE MAKING THEM 02:51.972 --> 02:53.104 align:start ACTIVELY RECRUIT, WORKING 02:53.107 --> 02:55.273 align:start CLOSELY WITH THE PENTAGON AND 02:55.276 --> 02:55.907 align:start LOCAL BASES TO GET THEM INTO 02:55.910 --> 02:57.175 align:start THOSE JOBS. 02:57.178 --> 03:00.211 align:start SOMETIMES IT'S TAKING SIX MONTHS 03:00.214 --> 03:02.046 align:start TO A YEAR TO HIRE SOMEBODY, SO 03:02.049 --> 03:04.148 align:start THIS SHOULD ALLOW US TO BE ABLE 03:04.151 --> 03:07.051 align:start TO FILL THESE POSITIONS. 03:07.054 --> 03:08.052 align:start >> WORKED ON THE NATIONAL 03:08.055 --> 03:10.722 align:start DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT, 03:10.725 --> 03:12.890 align:start EVERYONE CALLS THE NDAA. 03:12.893 --> 03:14.258 align:start THIS IS THE BILL THAT TELLS THE 03:14.261 --> 03:17.128 align:start PENTAGON HOW TO SPEND ITS MONEY. 03:17.131 --> 03:21.766 align:start A COUPLE OF BIG THINGS FOR 03:21.769 --> 03:22.467 align:start ARIZONA, ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN 03:22.470 --> 03:24.135 align:start ARIZONA, THE E-10 IS RESERVED 03:24.138 --> 03:25.103 align:start FOR ANOTHER YEAR. 03:25.106 --> 03:26.371 align:start >> THIS IS A BIG WIN. 03:26.374 --> 03:29.507 align:start THE PRESIDENT DELIVERED HIS 03:29.510 --> 03:33.544 align:start BUDGET TO US WITH THE HM BEING 03:33.547 --> 03:35.780 align:start MOTH BALLS AND 50% OF THE EC 130 03:35.783 --> 03:36.881 align:start GOING INTO THE BONE YARD AND 03:36.884 --> 03:38.483 align:start ONLY AT DAVID AIR FORCE. 03:38.486 --> 03:42.020 align:start LED THE EFFORT IN THE HOUSE TO 03:42.023 --> 03:44.455 align:start MAKE SURE WE KEPT THE A-10 AND 03:44.458 --> 03:47.392 align:start EC 130 AND GOT AMENDED IN THE 03:47.395 --> 03:48.292 align:start LANGUAGE FOR THE A-10 TO PROTECT 03:48.295 --> 03:50.628 align:start ANY BACK DOOR THING FROM 03:50.631 --> 03:51.529 align:start HAPPENING LIKE LAST YEAR AND 03:51.532 --> 03:53.097 align:start THEN OFFERED AN AMENDMENT ON THE 03:53.100 --> 03:53.431 align:start FLOOR TO PROTECT IT IN A SIMILAR 03:53.434 --> 03:55.266 align:start MANNER. 03:55.269 --> 03:56.634 align:start WE HAD TO GO THROUGH SOME 03:56.637 --> 03:57.935 align:start CHALLENGES AND HURDLES ALONG THE 03:57.938 --> 04:00.538 align:start WAY, BUT FINALLY AT THE FINISH 04:00.541 --> 04:01.205 align:start LINE AND THE A-10 AND THE EC-30 04:01.208 --> 04:03.041 align:start PROTECTED TO FLY. 04:03.044 --> 04:05.643 align:start THESE ARE UNIQUE MISSIONS. 04:05.646 --> 04:06.911 align:start VERY IMPORTANT MISSIONS TO OUR 04:06.914 --> 04:07.879 align:start NATIONAL DEFENSE AND CRITICAL IN 04:07.882 --> 04:10.481 align:start THE COMMUNITY. 04:10.484 --> 04:10.815 align:start >> LET'S FIRST TALK ABOUT THE 04:10.818 --> 04:12.050 align:start EC-130. 04:12.053 --> 04:12.984 align:start PEOPLE MAY NOT REALIZE THAT 04:12.987 --> 04:16.587 align:start PLANE EVEN EXISTS. 04:16.590 --> 04:17.889 align:start IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR BASIC CARGO 04:17.892 --> 04:18.956 align:start PLANE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT 04:18.959 --> 04:21.893 align:start YOU'RE LOOK AT. 04:21.896 --> 04:24.162 align:start >> IT ONLY STATIONED AT THE AIR 04:24.165 --> 04:24.529 align:start FORCE AND AN ELECTRONIC 04:24.532 --> 04:25.997 align:start PLATFORM. 04:26.000 --> 04:28.966 align:start IT'S ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND AND 04:28.969 --> 04:30.535 align:start TWO SQUADRONS HERE, CURRENTLY 04:30.538 --> 04:33.338 align:start DEPLOYED TO TWO LOCATIONS IN 04:33.341 --> 04:34.072 align:start ISIS AND AFGHANISTAN. 04:34.075 --> 04:35.940 align:start AND ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO KEEP 04:35.943 --> 04:37.508 align:start OUR TRUCE ALIVE AND VERY 04:37.511 --> 04:38.476 align:start ADAPTIVE EVEN IN THE OPERATIONS 04:38.479 --> 04:40.311 align:start IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. 04:40.314 --> 04:42.180 align:start IT CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS, A LOT 04:42.183 --> 04:43.881 align:start IS HIGHLY CLASSIFIED BUT IT'S 04:43.884 --> 04:45.416 align:start RELATED TO ELECTRONIC 04:45.419 --> 04:46.584 align:start SURVEILLANCE AND JAMMING BUT THE 04:46.587 --> 04:48.986 align:start AIR FORCE AGAIN WANTED TO CUT 04:48.989 --> 04:50.288 align:start THE CAPABILITY IN HALF BEFORE WE 04:50.291 --> 04:51.856 align:start ACTUALLY HAD A REPLACEMENT. 04:51.859 --> 04:52.824 align:start THERE'S NO SUITABLE REPLACEMENT 04:52.827 --> 04:55.126 align:start RIGHT NOW. 04:55.129 --> 04:57.395 align:start AND WE'VE JUST BEEN PUSHING ON 04:57.398 --> 04:59.197 align:start THEM, HEY, UNTIL WE HAVE A 04:59.200 --> 05:00.098 align:start REPLACEMENT, YOU CAN'T BE TAKING 05:00.101 --> 05:00.531 align:start AWAY THESE CRITICAL 05:00.534 --> 05:03.167 align:start CAPABILITIES. 05:03.170 --> 05:07.472 align:start >> ALSO, THE DISTRICT, THERE WAS 05:07.475 --> 05:09.640 align:start MONEY FOR WAUCHUKA. 05:09.643 --> 05:14.612 align:start >> TOP EMPLOYER IN THE DISTRICT 05:14.615 --> 05:15.079 align:start AND CRITICAL PART OF THE 05:15.082 --> 05:16.748 align:start DEFENSIBILITIES. 05:16.751 --> 05:18.016 align:start A FEW SHOT THEIR MISSILES AND 05:18.019 --> 05:20.585 align:start VISITED THEIR FACILITY OUT 05:20.588 --> 05:21.819 align:start THERE, BUT SOME LIKE THE 05:21.822 --> 05:23.421 align:start TOMAHAWK LINE IS AN EXAMPLE. 05:23.424 --> 05:25.123 align:start IF YOU GO BELOW A CERTAIN 05:25.126 --> 05:25.656 align:start EXAMPLE, YOU CAN'T KEEP THE LINE 05:25.659 --> 05:27.025 align:start OPEN. 05:27.028 --> 05:27.992 align:start WE NEED TO MAKE SURE ESPECIALLY 05:27.995 --> 05:30.395 align:start WHEN WE ARE IN SITUATIONS WHERE 05:30.398 --> 05:32.130 align:start WE MIGHT NEED TO GO AFTER 05:32.133 --> 05:34.065 align:start TARGETS ON VERY SHORT NOTICE, 05:34.068 --> 05:42.173 align:start THESE ARE CRITICAL CAPABILITIES 05:42.176 --> 05:44.208 align:start FOR OUR COMMANDERS. 05:44.211 --> 05:45.710 align:start WE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T 05:45.713 --> 05:47.045 align:start SHUT DOWN THE ASSEMBLY LINES. 05:47.048 --> 05:50.048 align:start MAKE SURE THE JAY HAWK AND SOME 05:50.051 --> 05:51.449 align:start OF THE MISSILES ARE PROTECTED 05:51.452 --> 05:51.949 align:start AND HELPING THE ECONOMY IN 05:51.952 --> 05:53.284 align:start SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 05:53.287 --> 05:55.653 align:start >> SWITCHING GEARS AWAY FROM 05:55.656 --> 06:00.291 align:start VETERANS FOR A MOMENT, THE 06:00.294 --> 06:01.125 align:start HIGHWAY BILLS ARE MOVING THROUGH 06:01.128 --> 06:02.927 align:start SOUTHERN ARIZONA DELEGATION 06:02.930 --> 06:05.263 align:start INCLUDED GOT THINGS PUT IN THERE 06:05.266 --> 06:09.033 align:start FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA, THE 06:09.036 --> 06:09.467 align:start NORTHERN CORRIDOR AND SOME MORE 06:09.470 --> 06:10.935 align:start I-11 STUDIES WHICH, OF COURSE, 06:10.938 --> 06:11.803 align:start I-11 STUDIES WHICH, OF COURSE, 06:11.806 --> 06:14.205 align:start IMPACTS THE ENTIRE STATE. 06:14.208 --> 06:15.139 align:start >> WE HAD FOUR MAIN OBJECTIVES 06:15.142 --> 06:17.775 align:start CRITICAL FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 06:17.778 --> 06:20.611 align:start WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME 06:20.614 --> 06:21.312 align:start A TRADE HUB FOR MEXICO WITH 06:21.315 --> 06:22.880 align:start LOGISTICAL SUPPORT AND 06:22.883 --> 06:24.182 align:start MANUFACTURING, BUT WE CAN'T DO 06:24.185 --> 06:27.118 align:start IT WITHOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 06:27.121 --> 06:27.852 align:start CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS IN THE PAST 06:27.855 --> 06:29.120 align:start SORT OF BEAT US OUT, BUT WE'VE 06:29.123 --> 06:29.520 align:start GOT TO MAKE THE TRADE COME TO 06:29.523 --> 06:33.091 align:start US. 06:33.094 --> 06:35.693 align:start WE PUSHED HARD TO MAKE SURE THE 06:35.696 --> 06:37.695 align:start SONORAN CORRIDOR, OR A HIGH 06:37.698 --> 06:39.530 align:start PRIORITY CORRIDOR OR COMING UP 06:39.533 --> 06:41.199 align:start THROUGH ARIZONA TO NEVADA AS A 06:41.202 --> 06:43.234 align:start HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR, BUT IN 06:43.237 --> 06:44.202 align:start ADDITION, I-19 WASN'T EVEN 06:44.205 --> 06:45.370 align:start CONSIDERED PART OF THE FRIGHT 06:45.373 --> 06:46.637 align:start NETWORK IN THE PAST BILLS, AND 06:46.640 --> 06:48.373 align:start WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS 06:48.376 --> 06:49.140 align:start GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY 06:49.143 --> 06:51.009 align:start FEDERAL FUNDING. 06:51.012 --> 06:52.977 align:start SO WE GOT THAT INCLUDED, AND THE 06:52.980 --> 06:57.315 align:start LAST PIECE WAS A LITTLE TWO-LANE 06:57.318 --> 06:59.217 align:start ROAD THAT CONNECTS THE NOGALAS 06:59.220 --> 07:01.853 align:start PORT OF ENTRY. 07:01.856 --> 07:03.421 align:start WE CAN HAVE ALL THE GREAT 07:03.424 --> 07:05.123 align:start INTERSTATES BUT IF WE GO ON A 07:05.126 --> 07:06.524 align:start TWO LANE BOTTLENECK ROAD, WE'RE 07:06.527 --> 07:09.293 align:start STILL GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM. 07:09.296 --> 07:10.928 align:start WE HAVE LANGUAGE WE FOUGHT FOR 07:10.931 --> 07:12.363 align:start THAT ALLOWS THE STATE ROAD TO BE 07:12.366 --> 07:15.500 align:start ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE FEDERAL 07:15.503 --> 07:16.668 align:start FUNDING AND THAT IS A BIG WIN IN 07:16.671 --> 07:18.336 align:start THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY BILLS. 07:18.339 --> 07:19.604 align:start >> ONE-THIRD OF THE SOLDIERS IN 07:19.607 --> 07:19.971 align:start WORLD WAR II DIED FROM THEIR 07:19.974 --> 07:21.472 align:start INJURIES. 07:21.475 --> 07:22.874 align:start THAT NUMBER IS NOW DOWN TO LESS 07:22.877 --> 07:24.909 align:start THAN 10%. 07:24.912 --> 07:26.978 align:start BETTER BODY ARMOR AND BETTER, 07:26.981 --> 07:28.446 align:start FASTER CARE MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 07:28.449 --> 07:32.650 align:start WE NOW INTRODUCE YOU TO PURPLE 07:32.653 --> 07:34.952 align:start HEART RECIPIENTS. 07:34.955 --> 07:36.954 align:start SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN BATTLE. 07:36.957 --> 07:39.357 align:start MY COLLEAGUE SAT DOWN WITH 07:39.360 --> 07:43.628 align:start EDWARD MONTOYA BEFORE HE DIED TO 07:43.631 --> 07:48.333 align:start TALK ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES IN 07:48.336 --> 07:50.068 align:start WORLD WAR II. 07:50.071 --> 07:52.337 align:start EDWARD MONTOYA WAS BORN IN THE 07:52.340 --> 07:53.438 align:start EASTERN ARIZONA MINING TOWN OF 07:53.441 --> 07:55.873 align:start CLIFTON IN 1921. 07:55.876 --> 07:58.209 align:start GROWING UP, HE STRUGGLED WITH 07:58.212 --> 08:04.282 align:start LEARNING ENGLISH. 08:04.285 --> 08:04.649 align:start >> IN SCHOOL, NOTHING BUT 08:04.652 --> 08:06.150 align:start CHICANOS. 08:06.153 --> 08:06.651 align:start DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SPEAK 08:06.654 --> 08:12.256 align:start ENGLISH. 08:12.259 --> 08:13.324 align:start THE TEACHER WOULD SAY SPEAK 08:13.327 --> 08:16.227 align:start ENGLISH IN THE SCHOOL GROUNDS. 08:16.230 --> 08:23.301 align:start BUT I GO HOME AND MY PARENTS 08:23.304 --> 08:34.746 align:start SAY, THE LANGUAGE. 08:34.749 --> 08:37.815 align:start SO WE WOULD THERE. 08:37.818 --> 08:39.083 align:start LOOPEDY LOO, LOOPEDY LA. 08:39.086 --> 08:42.387 align:start WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT WAS. 08:42.390 --> 08:44.389 align:start MY SISTER AND MY MOTHER 08:44.392 --> 08:45.189 align:start INSISTED, NO, YOU'RE GOING TO 08:45.192 --> 08:45.757 align:start FINISH HIGH SCHOOL. 08:45.760 --> 08:47.191 align:start VERY IMPORTANT. 08:47.194 --> 08:50.762 align:start >> ONCE HE FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL, 08:50.765 --> 08:52.630 align:start HE WENT TO WORK AT PHELPS DODGE, 08:52.633 --> 08:56.768 align:start THE COPPER MINE THAT WAS THE 08:56.771 --> 08:57.101 align:start LARGEST EMPLOYER IN SOUTHERN 08:57.104 --> 09:04.175 align:start ARIZONA. 09:04.178 --> 09:08.079 align:start >> CHICANOS AT WORK. 09:08.082 --> 09:09.947 align:start WELL, WE ACCEPTED IT. 09:09.950 --> 09:14.619 align:start BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS RIGHT. 09:14.622 --> 09:18.923 align:start AND WE WERE VERY HUMBLE. 09:18.926 --> 09:19.223 align:start BUT I'M NOT A RADICAL BY NO 09:19.226 --> 09:21.459 align:start MEANS. 09:21.462 --> 09:22.760 align:start I HATE TO USE THE WORD FIGHT. 09:22.763 --> 09:25.396 align:start I'M NOT FIGHTING. 09:25.399 --> 09:31.602 align:start BECAUSE WHEN YOU FIGHT, YOU'RE 09:31.605 --> 09:37.842 align:start DESTROYING WHEN I'M THERE. 09:37.845 --> 09:40.411 align:start WHEN A CHICANO IS JUST A 09:40.414 --> 09:40.745 align:start WRINKLE, A TRADE, NO, I'M NOT 09:40.748 --> 09:44.148 align:start AFRAID. 09:44.151 --> 09:44.916 align:start WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE 09:44.919 --> 09:46.551 align:start AN AMERICAN. 09:46.554 --> 09:48.519 align:start >> WHEN WORLD WAR II BROKE OUT, 09:48.522 --> 09:52.457 align:start MONTOYA ANSWERED THE CALL TO 09:52.460 --> 09:57.328 align:start ARMS AS AN AMERICAN. 09:57.331 --> 09:58.162 align:start >> IN THIS STAGE OF AMERICA, I 09:58.165 --> 10:00.031 align:start VOLUNTEERED. 10:00.034 --> 10:00.365 align:start THEY WERE COMING, AND I DIDN'T 10:00.368 --> 10:01.933 align:start WANT IT. 10:01.936 --> 10:02.433 align:start I WANTED TO GO SEE WHAT IT WAS 10:02.436 --> 10:06.371 align:start ALL ABOUT. 10:06.374 --> 10:07.105 align:start >> MONTOYA WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED 10:07.108 --> 10:09.140 align:start IN OKINAWA. 10:09.143 --> 10:11.843 align:start THE 82 DAY BATTLE WAS THE 10:11.846 --> 10:14.379 align:start LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT OF 10:14.382 --> 10:16.214 align:start THE ISLANDS DURING WORLD WAR II. 10:16.217 --> 10:19.684 align:start 50,000 ALLIED CASUALTIES. 10:19.687 --> 10:21.452 align:start >> AND AFTER THIS TIME, I'M NOT 10:21.455 --> 10:24.922 align:start SORRY. 10:24.925 --> 10:25.256 align:start BECAUSE WHEN I LEFT, I WAS A 10:25.259 --> 10:31.029 align:start CHICANO. 10:31.032 --> 10:36.734 align:start AFTER TWO YEARS, I'M A SERVICE. 10:36.737 --> 10:37.468 align:start IN THE FRONT LINE. 10:37.471 --> 10:38.102 align:start I WAS A FULL BLOODED AMERICAN, 10:38.105 --> 10:41.039 align:start AND YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT. 10:41.042 --> 10:42.974 align:start I'M 100% AMERICAN. 10:42.977 --> 10:43.541 align:start >> THAT EXPERIENCE WOULD FOREVER 10:43.544 --> 10:46.944 align:start CHANGE HIM. 10:46.947 --> 10:49.213 align:start >> WHEN I WENT IN, I WENT LIKE A 10:49.216 --> 10:49.781 align:start LITTLE -- I WENT OUT LIKE A LION 10:49.784 --> 10:54.385 align:start CHAINED OUT. 10:54.388 --> 10:57.722 align:start YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT. 10:57.725 --> 11:01.592 align:start AND THAT COULD HURT ANYBODY. 11:01.595 --> 11:02.293 align:start BUT TO TRY ADJUST LIVES. 11:02.296 --> 11:04.329 align:start THE WORLD. 11:04.332 --> 11:06.898 align:start >> THE WORLD THAT YOU DON'T ASK 11:06.901 --> 11:08.066 align:start A MAN TO SHED BLOOD FOR HIS 11:08.069 --> 11:09.834 align:start COUNTRY AND THEN COME BACK HOME 11:09.837 --> 11:11.402 align:start AND PLAY BY THE OLD RULES. 11:11.405 --> 11:15.006 align:start >> WHEN I CAME OUT OF THE 11:15.009 --> 11:24.482 align:start SERVICE, THERE'S GOING TO BE 11:24.485 --> 11:29.187 align:start -- I WENT TO A SUPERINTENDENT. 11:29.190 --> 11:33.725 align:start AND HE LOOKED AT ME. 11:33.728 --> 11:37.428 align:start LIKE A COMMANDEER ALMOST. 11:37.431 --> 11:39.564 align:start HE SAID, MEXICANS. 11:39.567 --> 11:43.835 align:start YOU WENT OVER AND SERVED. 11:43.838 --> 11:44.569 align:start THAT MAN DOESN'T KNOW HOW PULLED 11:44.572 --> 11:48.373 align:start HIM OUT AND RIPPED THE HAIR OUT 11:48.376 --> 11:54.746 align:start OF HIM, BUT I HELD MYSELF. 11:54.749 --> 11:55.146 align:start I SAYS, YOU SON OF A BITCH, YOU 11:55.149 --> 11:56.481 align:start OWE ME ONE. 11:56.484 --> 11:56.781 align:start I WENT AND ORGANIZED THE MEXICAN 11:56.784 --> 12:01.452 align:start UNION. 12:01.455 --> 12:03.354 align:start AND WE DID. 12:03.357 --> 12:05.456 align:start >> OUR NEXT PURPLE HEART 12:05.459 --> 12:07.625 align:start RECIPIENT IS MIKE DIRE. 12:07.628 --> 12:08.292 align:start HE'S A VIETNAM VET AND COACHED 12:08.295 --> 12:11.429 align:start GENERATIONS OF BASKETBALL 12:11.432 --> 12:12.397 align:start PLAYERS AT MOUNTAINVIEW HIGH 12:12.400 --> 12:15.266 align:start SCHOOL NEAR TUCSON. 12:15.269 --> 12:15.600 align:start >> I WAS ONE OF THE CRAZY ONES. 12:15.603 --> 12:18.036 align:start REALLY. 12:18.039 --> 12:18.803 align:start IN THOSE DAYS, THEY THOUGHT I 12:18.806 --> 12:20.705 align:start WAS A STUD. 12:20.708 --> 12:21.806 align:start AND OF COURSE, MAYBE I WASN'T, 12:21.809 --> 12:23.808 align:start BUT BOOT CAMP WAS STUFF. 12:23.811 --> 12:25.977 align:start THEY WORKED US HARD. 12:25.980 --> 12:27.712 align:start IT REALLY CHANGED ME FROM A BOY 12:28.615 --> 12:29.547 align:start ♪ 12:32.018 --> 12:39.557 align:start >> WHEN WE GOT THERE, WHEN THEY 12:39.560 --> 12:42.060 align:start PUT THAT AX DOWN, THE SMELL, THE 12:42.063 --> 12:43.261 align:start HEAT, YOU WALK OUT ON THE 12:43.264 --> 12:46.698 align:start TARMAC, IT WAS JUST A WEIRD, ALL 12:46.701 --> 12:50.668 align:start OF YOUR SENSES WERE ALERTED, 12:50.671 --> 12:52.837 align:start SOMETHING WAS WRONG. 12:52.840 --> 12:54.272 align:start >> ABOUT HALFWAY INTO MY TOUR, 12:54.275 --> 12:55.540 align:start BECAUSE I SHOT REAL WELL, THEY 12:55.543 --> 12:57.809 align:start SENT ME TO THE NEXT ENTRY 12:57.812 --> 12:59.510 align:start STATION, THE SNIPER SCHOOL. 12:59.513 --> 13:02.680 align:start SO THEY SET ME UP AT NIGHT, 13:02.683 --> 13:05.616 align:start DROPPED ME OFF. 13:05.619 --> 13:07.852 align:start AND TOOK CARE OF THE HARASSERS. 13:07.855 --> 13:09.887 align:start WHEN WE WERE IN VIETNAM, WE'D GO 13:09.890 --> 13:10.188 align:start OUT ON NIGHT AMBUSHES EVERY 13:10.191 --> 13:11.723 align:start NIGHT. 13:11.726 --> 13:13.691 align:start AND SO YOU NEVER SLEPT MORE THAN 13:13.694 --> 13:15.727 align:start AN HOUR AT NIGHT. 13:15.730 --> 13:16.094 align:start WE RODE ON ARMORED PERSONNEL 13:16.097 --> 13:17.528 align:start CARRIERS. 13:17.531 --> 13:21.532 align:start WE CALLED THEM TRACKS. 13:21.535 --> 13:24.102 align:start AND ON THE WAY HOME BACK THROUGH 13:24.105 --> 13:26.270 align:start TO PUK, OUR BASE CAMP AFTER SIX 13:26.273 --> 13:28.373 align:start MONTHS, WE BUILT IT. 13:28.376 --> 13:30.508 align:start AND RAN OVER A MINE. 13:30.511 --> 13:31.743 align:start AND SO IT WAS ME AND THE DRIVER, 13:31.746 --> 13:35.613 align:start ALL OF US ON THE TRACK. 13:35.616 --> 13:37.682 align:start HE CAME TO GET ME. 13:37.685 --> 13:40.318 align:start AND I COULD REMEMBER FLYING 13:40.321 --> 13:42.453 align:start THROUGH THE AIR, IT WAS DARK. 13:42.456 --> 13:43.855 align:start OR IT WAS JUST BEFORE DAYLIGHT. 13:43.858 --> 13:46.391 align:start SO IT WAS REALLY DARK. 13:46.394 --> 13:48.459 align:start I COULD REMEMBER FLYING THROUGH 13:48.462 --> 13:53.264 align:start THE AIR AND I WAS WONDERING, I 13:53.267 --> 13:54.699 align:start CAN REMEMBER, AM I DEAD? 13:54.702 --> 13:56.367 align:start WHEN THEY WERE DONE WITH ME WITH 13:56.370 --> 13:57.835 align:start THE PAPERWORK, THEY TOLD ME, YOU 13:57.838 --> 13:58.803 align:start GUYS NEED TO TAKE OFF YOUR 13:58.806 --> 14:01.639 align:start UNIFORMS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO 14:01.642 --> 14:03.408 align:start BE GOING THROUGH THREE AIRPORTS. 14:03.411 --> 14:04.642 align:start SEA TAC, SAN FRANCISCO, AND 14:04.645 --> 14:07.779 align:start PHOENIX WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF 14:07.782 --> 14:09.647 align:start PROTESTERS, AND I SAID, WHAT? 14:09.650 --> 14:10.148 align:start I AM PROUD OF WHO I AM AND WHAT 14:10.151 --> 14:15.353 align:start I DID. 14:15.356 --> 14:15.753 align:start AND WHAT WE DID IN VIETNAM, AND 14:15.756 --> 14:16.421 align:start BEFORE THEM. 14:16.424 --> 14:17.755 align:start ALL OF THAT. 14:17.758 --> 14:18.990 align:start IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE THE WAY WE 14:18.993 --> 14:20.992 align:start WERE TREATED. 14:20.995 --> 14:23.961 align:start ALL THE WAR PROTESTS AND ALL 14:23.964 --> 14:29.634 align:start THAT. 14:29.637 --> 14:31.269 align:start IT MADE ME -- AND ALL THAT. 14:31.272 --> 14:32.537 align:start AND I THOUGHT WE WOULD BE 14:32.540 --> 14:35.473 align:start TREATED LIKE OUR FATHERS AND 14:35.476 --> 14:36.341 align:start UNCLES FROM WORLD WAR II. 14:36.344 --> 14:38.076 align:start AND IT'S HURT FOREVER. 14:38.079 --> 14:39.777 align:start IT'S HARD TO GET THAT OUT OF 14:39.780 --> 14:41.512 align:start YOUR MIND WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE 14:41.515 --> 14:44.015 align:start DONE SOMETHING, IT'S HARD TO 14:44.018 --> 14:49.787 align:start REALLY PUT IT ASIDE, MOVE ON. 14:49.790 --> 14:50.722 align:start WE HAVE, OBVIOUSLY. 14:50.725 --> 14:51.089 align:start MOVED ON. 14:51.092 --> 14:52.724 align:start MOVED ON. 14:52.727 --> 14:54.692 align:start BUT IT'S THERE IN MY BRAIN THAT 14:54.695 --> 14:56.260 align:start I CANNOT COMPLETELY FORGET THAT. 14:56.263 --> 14:58.696 align:start I DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY THAT I WAS 14:58.699 --> 14:59.497 align:start IN VIETNAM FOR PROBABLY 20 14:59.500 --> 15:01.866 align:start YEARS. 15:01.869 --> 15:04.402 align:start PROBABLY 20. 15:04.405 --> 15:06.104 align:start NOBODY KNEW. 15:06.107 --> 15:07.071 align:start EVEN I TALKED WITH ALL THE 15:07.074 --> 15:07.905 align:start PEOPLE. 15:07.908 --> 15:09.941 align:start >> WHY? 15:09.944 --> 15:10.274 align:start >> BECAUSE THE WAY I WAS 15:10.277 --> 15:12.510 align:start TREATED. 15:12.513 --> 15:14.178 align:start >> HE'S BIGGER THAN YOU, RICKY. 15:14.181 --> 15:16.180 align:start KEEP YOUR KNEES BENT. 15:16.183 --> 15:17.648 align:start KEEP YOUR KNEES BENT. 15:17.651 --> 15:19.484 align:start >> UNFORTUNATE, BECAUSE MY HIGH 15:19.487 --> 15:22.020 align:start SCHOOL TEACHER, AND I GET TO 15:22.023 --> 15:24.989 align:start TALK TO YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN 15:24.992 --> 15:30.128 align:start EVERY DAY, FROM BEFORE 9/11, I 15:30.131 --> 15:30.495 align:start THOUGHT THIS GENERATION WAS 15:30.498 --> 15:31.529 align:start TERRIBLE. 15:31.532 --> 15:37.268 align:start THAT OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN 15:37.271 --> 15:37.568 align:start THAT RESPONDED TO THAT, THE 15:37.571 --> 15:41.072 align:start BEST. 15:41.075 --> 15:43.341 align:start >> NOW WE INTRODUCE YOU TO MARY 15:43.344 --> 15:45.877 align:start HE 15:45.880 --> 15:48.279 align:start HERERA. 15:48.282 --> 15:51.182 align:start HER ARM WAS AMPUTATED IN 15:51.185 --> 15:51.549 align:start AFGHANISTAN AND REATTACHED IN A 15:51.552 --> 15:54.052 align:start HOSPITAL. 15:54.055 --> 15:54.786 align:start SHE NOW WORKS AT A V.A. HOSPITAL 15:54.789 --> 15:57.321 align:start IN TUCSON. 15:57.324 --> 16:03.561 align:start >> 9/11 HAPPENED, AND I WASN'T 16:03.564 --> 16:06.798 align:start READY FOR ANY PATRIOTIC SAY. 16:06.801 --> 16:11.436 align:start AND I WAS PRETTY PISSED. 16:11.439 --> 16:12.170 align:start I MAY NOT KNOW THE PEOPLE IN THE 16:12.173 --> 16:14.939 align:start TWIN TOWERS, BUT NOBODY COMES TO 16:14.942 --> 16:15.873 align:start MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND 16:15.876 --> 16:17.108 align:start EXPECTS ME NOT TO PICK A FIGHT. 16:17.111 --> 16:23.081 align:start THE PUBLIC DIDN'T KNOW THERE 16:23.084 --> 16:23.414 align:start WERE TROOPS STANDING BY IN 16:23.417 --> 16:26.884 align:start KUWAIT. 16:26.887 --> 16:28.553 align:start AS WE'RE LEAVING THE PLANE, THE 16:28.556 --> 16:30.154 align:start SCUD ALERTS WENT OFF. 16:30.157 --> 16:31.556 align:start ALL YOUR EQUIPMENT FOR 16:31.559 --> 16:32.390 align:start BIOLOGICAL WARFARE, SO THAT WAS 16:32.393 --> 16:34.025 align:start PRETTY SCARY. 16:34.028 --> 16:37.095 align:start THAT WAS OUR INITIAL, THAT WAS 16:37.098 --> 16:40.498 align:start THE VERY FIRST EXPERIENCE WE ALL 16:40.501 --> 16:42.500 align:start HAD BETWEEN OUR BOOTS IN THE 16:42.503 --> 16:44.369 align:start FOIL WAS THE MISSILES, HAVING 16:44.372 --> 16:45.903 align:start THE MASK AND THE FLIGHT 16:45.906 --> 16:46.270 align:start ATTENDANTS ARE CRYING AND 16:46.273 --> 16:49.640 align:start SCREAMING. 16:49.643 --> 16:50.808 align:start THEY PUT US ON BUSES THAT HAD 16:50.811 --> 16:51.909 align:start CURTAINS BECAUSE NOBODY KNEW 16:51.912 --> 16:52.176 align:start THERE WAS AMERICAN TROOPS THERE 16:52.179 --> 16:54.178 align:start YET. 16:54.181 --> 16:55.980 align:start AND WE WERE DOING THE MISSION 16:55.983 --> 16:58.883 align:start WITH SOME INTRIGUE AND THEY WERE 16:58.886 --> 17:02.987 align:start HIT WITH AN IED. 17:02.990 --> 17:05.423 align:start AND THE CARNAGE, YOU KNOW, THE 17:05.426 --> 17:08.126 align:start TRAUMA, THE BODY PARTS THAT I 17:08.129 --> 17:09.927 align:start WITNESSED, I WAS IN A GUNNER 17:09.930 --> 17:11.562 align:start WITH THAT POSITION. 17:11.565 --> 17:13.331 align:start I WAS INJURED, WE HAD SEEN A LOT 17:13.334 --> 17:15.667 align:start OF INJURIES BEFORE THAT, BUT FOR 17:15.670 --> 17:17.101 align:start SOME REASON AFTER THAT, I JUST 17:17.104 --> 17:18.169 align:start FELT SOME INCREDIBLE FEAR THAT 17:18.172 --> 17:19.904 align:start I'VE NEVER FELT BEFORE. 17:19.907 --> 17:26.144 align:start SO IT WAS JUST A ROUTINE MISSION 17:26.147 --> 17:28.246 align:start THAT MORNING. 17:28.249 --> 17:29.580 align:start WE WENT TO FALLUJA TO DROP OFF 17:29.583 --> 17:30.882 align:start THE PRISONERS. 17:30.885 --> 17:32.684 align:start WE WERE DRIVING OUT THE GATE, 17:32.687 --> 17:33.685 align:start AND IT'S FUNNY HOW YOU REMEMBER 17:33.688 --> 17:35.153 align:start EVERYTHING SO VIVIDLY. 17:35.156 --> 17:37.088 align:start AND SURE ENOUGH WHEN I LOOKED 17:37.091 --> 17:41.125 align:start UP, I SAW THE TRACE OF FIRE. 17:41.128 --> 17:41.793 align:start SO I STARTED FIRING OUT OF MY 17:41.796 --> 17:44.095 align:start WEAPON. 17:44.098 --> 17:47.332 align:start I WAS MAIN ASSAULT THERE AND I 17:47.335 --> 17:49.200 align:start STARTED FIRING, AND IMMEDIATELY, 17:49.203 --> 17:50.802 align:start RIGHT AFTER I WAS PULLING ON THE 17:50.805 --> 17:52.770 align:start TRIGGER, I FELT LIKE A FLICK ON 17:52.773 --> 17:53.604 align:start MY UPPER RIGHT ARM, JUST A 17:53.607 --> 17:55.440 align:start LITTLE FLICK. 17:55.443 --> 17:58.009 align:start IT DIDN'T KEEP ME FROM FIRING. 17:58.012 --> 17:58.376 align:start I FIGURED I WAS HIT BY A ROCK OR 17:58.379 --> 18:00.745 align:start SOMETHING. 18:00.748 --> 18:02.580 align:start I CONTINUED TO FIRE, AND AS I'M 18:02.583 --> 18:04.148 align:start FIRING WITH MY THUMB, HOLDING IT 18:04.151 --> 18:05.817 align:start WITH MY LEFT AND FIRING IT WITH 18:05.820 --> 18:06.818 align:start MY RIGHT, MY RIGHT ARM JUST FELL 18:06.821 --> 18:08.586 align:start TO MY LEFT. 18:08.589 --> 18:10.822 align:start I THOUGHT MY ARM HAD BEEN BLOWN 18:10.825 --> 18:11.155 align:start OFF SINCE I JUST -- I FELT 18:11.158 --> 18:12.557 align:start NOTHING. 18:12.560 --> 18:13.691 align:start SO I THOUGHT THAT I DIDN'T HAVE 18:13.694 --> 18:15.493 align:start AN ARM THEN. 18:15.496 --> 18:19.364 align:start BECAUSE FROM WHERE WE WERE AT TO 18:19.367 --> 18:20.164 align:start GET TO ROMATI, IT WAS A 35 18:20.167 --> 18:23.501 align:start MINUTE DRIVE. 18:23.504 --> 18:34.045 align:start WE JUST DROVE ON TO ROMATI AND 18:34.048 --> 18:35.580 align:start AS I CAME ON FROM THE CHURET, I 18:35.583 --> 18:36.414 align:start WAS FIGHTING THE PRESSURE TO 18:36.417 --> 18:38.850 align:start TURN ON MY RIFLE. 18:38.853 --> 18:40.551 align:start BUT I NEVER LOOKED AT MY 18:40.554 --> 18:40.852 align:start INJURIES BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT 18:40.855 --> 18:42.987 align:start PANIC. 18:42.990 --> 18:44.122 align:start I WAS LEANING BACK THERE IN THE 18:44.125 --> 18:50.662 align:start BACKSEAT OF THE HUMVEE, AND I 18:50.665 --> 18:53.498 align:start WAS LOOKING UP AT THE CHURRY, 18:53.501 --> 18:54.065 align:start AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PAIN BUT A 18:54.068 --> 18:55.466 align:start CALM COME THROUGH ME. 18:55.469 --> 18:56.734 align:start I HAD SIGNED MYSELF OFF. 18:56.737 --> 19:01.639 align:start I SPOKE TO GOD. 19:01.642 --> 19:04.142 align:start I TOLD HIM I WAS READY, AND, 19:04.145 --> 19:08.279 align:start EXCUSE ME. 19:08.282 --> 19:09.847 align:start AHEM. 19:09.850 --> 19:11.983 align:start SO I, I MADE MY PEACE. 19:11.986 --> 19:13.818 align:start AND I WAS READY. 19:13.821 --> 19:21.526 align:start THIS GUNSHOT THAT HIT ME UP 19:21.529 --> 19:21.926 align:start HERE, IT WAS RIPPED THROUGH THE 19:21.929 --> 19:23.761 align:start MAIN ARTERY. 19:23.764 --> 19:25.897 align:start THAT WASN'T AS BAD, BUT THIS ONE 19:25.900 --> 19:29.033 align:start HERE WITH THIS BIT, WHEN IT CAME 19:29.036 --> 19:30.335 align:start IN, IT BLEW EVERYTHING OUT. 19:30.338 --> 19:32.804 align:start THE ONLY THING ATTACHED TO MY 19:32.807 --> 19:36.307 align:start ARMS WAS THE SKIN. 19:36.310 --> 19:37.008 align:start I GOT MY PURPLE HEART AT BROOKE 19:37.011 --> 19:37.342 align:start ARLENE MEDICAL CENTER IN SAN 19:37.345 --> 19:38.876 align:start ANTONIO. 19:38.879 --> 19:39.243 align:start AFTER THE SURGERY, I DID GET A 19:39.246 --> 19:42.847 align:start CEREMONY. 19:42.850 --> 19:44.148 align:start I WAS IN HOSPITAL GEAR WITH 19:44.151 --> 19:45.683 align:start SLIPPERS AND SO THAT'S WHEN I 19:45.686 --> 19:48.119 align:start GOT PRESENTED BY PURPLE HEART. 19:48.122 --> 19:49.821 align:start I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE MOST 19:49.824 --> 19:50.355 align:start PRESTIGIOUS MEDALS IN THE 19:50.358 --> 19:51.823 align:start MILITARY. 19:51.826 --> 19:53.091 align:start TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, THE 19:53.094 --> 19:56.260 align:start PRIVILEGE, AND THE HONOR TO SAY 19:56.263 --> 19:58.863 align:start YOU'VE ADDED RED TO THE RED, 19:58.866 --> 19:59.297 align:start WHITE, AND BLUE, IT'S AN AMAZING 19:59.300 --> 20:02.567 align:start FEELING. 20:02.570 --> 20:03.601 align:start >> WOULD YOU DO IT ALL KNOWING 20:03.604 --> 20:04.569 align:start WHAT YOU KNOW NOW, WOULD YOU DO 20:04.572 --> 20:06.004 align:start IT AGAIN? 20:06.007 --> 20:08.639 align:start >> IN A HEARTBEAT. 20:08.642 --> 20:10.441 align:start EVEN KNOWING IN THE EXTENT OF 20:10.444 --> 20:11.409 align:start YOUR INJURIES, I WOULD DO IT 20:11.412 --> 20:11.976 align:start AGAIN IN A HEARTBEAT. 20:11.979 --> 20:14.245 align:start >> WHY IS THAT? 20:14.248 --> 20:19.283 align:start >> BECAUSE I LOVE MY COUNTRY. 20:19.286 --> 20:21.119 align:start >> THE FINAL SEGMENT, MONTOYA 20:21.122 --> 20:25.089 align:start INTRODUCES YOU TO SOMEONE YOU 20:25.092 --> 20:26.958 align:start MAY KNOW, RICHARD CARMONA. 20:26.961 --> 20:27.825 align:start HE WAS THE 17th SURGEON GENERAL 20:27.828 --> 20:29.794 align:start OF THE UNITED STATES AND 20:29.797 --> 20:32.664 align:start RECEIVED TWO PURPLE HEARTS 20:32.667 --> 20:33.264 align:start DURING HIS SERVICE IN THE ARMY'S 20:33.267 --> 20:34.432 align:start SPECIAL FORCES IN VIETNAM. 20:34.435 --> 20:35.633 align:start SPECIAL FORCES IN VIETNAM. 20:35.636 --> 20:36.034 align:start IT'S A TIME THAT'S DIFFICULT TO 20:36.037 --> 20:38.469 align:start TALK ABOUT. 20:38.472 --> 20:40.304 align:start >> WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU A GENERAL 20:40.307 --> 20:44.509 align:start -- I MEAN, I DON'T LIKE TO 20:44.512 --> 20:47.578 align:start REFLECT ON THOSE TOO MUCH. 20:47.581 --> 20:54.152 align:start >> WHY? 20:57.891 --> 21:08.466 align:start MORE THAN WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, 21:08.469 --> 21:10.935 align:start YOU THINK ABOUT THE FRIENDS THAT 21:14.274 --> 21:19.711 align:start I WAS LUCKY. 21:19.714 --> 21:20.978 align:start I GOT INTO A NUMBER OF BAD 21:20.981 --> 21:24.816 align:start SITUATIONS, AND ON A COUPLE OF 21:24.819 --> 21:25.116 align:start TIMES I WAS INJURED, BUT I CAME 21:25.119 --> 21:28.519 align:start HOME. 21:28.522 --> 21:35.026 align:start >> WHAT WERE YOUR INJURIES? 21:35.029 --> 21:38.496 align:start >> I HAD ALL OF THEM. 21:38.499 --> 21:41.265 align:start BLAST INJURIES TO MY LEG 21:41.268 --> 21:46.337 align:start FRAGMENTS IN THE EXPLOSIONS. 21:46.340 --> 21:49.841 align:start BAD KNEE INJURY WITH A ROCKET 21:49.844 --> 21:51.843 align:start HITTING A BOULDER AND KNEE HEAD 21:51.846 --> 21:53.644 align:start FALLING OFF WITH THE FRAGMENTS, 21:53.647 --> 21:55.079 align:start GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD. 21:55.082 --> 21:56.681 align:start FRAGMENTS IN MY BACK. 21:56.684 --> 22:00.051 align:start >> FOR THE VIETNAM VETS, WHEN 22:00.054 --> 22:00.485 align:start THEY CAME BACK, THERE WASN'T ANY 22:00.488 --> 22:02.653 align:start CELEBRATION. 22:02.656 --> 22:02.954 align:start DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU CAME 22:02.957 --> 22:04.188 align:start BACK? 22:04.191 --> 22:07.792 align:start WHAT WERE THOSE DAYS LIKE? 22:07.795 --> 22:11.062 align:start >> IT WAS A LOT OF PROTESTS. 22:11.065 --> 22:14.198 align:start I THINK THE SOCIETY HAD NOT 22:14.201 --> 22:14.932 align:start MATURED ENOUGH TO SEPARATE THE 22:14.935 --> 22:16.801 align:start SOLDIER FROM THE POLICY, SO WE 22:16.804 --> 22:19.570 align:start WERE ALL CAST AS BAD GUYS, AND 22:19.573 --> 22:21.105 align:start IT WAS ALL KINDS OF NEGATIVE 22:21.108 --> 22:22.674 align:start THINGS SAID ABOUT US. 22:22.677 --> 22:25.543 align:start YET WE WERE YOUNG KIDS. 22:25.546 --> 22:25.943 align:start WE DID WHAT OUR NATION ASKED US 22:25.946 --> 22:27.512 align:start TO DO. 22:27.515 --> 22:29.981 align:start GO AND FIGHT THIS WAR. 22:29.984 --> 22:32.216 align:start NONE OF US WERE OLD ENOUGH OR 22:32.219 --> 22:32.550 align:start MATURE ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND 22:32.553 --> 22:34.819 align:start POLICY. 22:34.822 --> 22:35.953 align:start WE TOOK ON FACE VALUE WHAT OUR 22:35.956 --> 22:37.088 align:start GOVERNMENT SAID TO DO, AND WE 22:37.091 --> 22:42.860 align:start WENT AND DID THE JOB OF THE 22:42.863 --> 22:45.396 align:start NATION THAT THEY ASSIGNED US. 22:45.399 --> 22:47.899 align:start AND 58,000 OF MY BUDDIES, SO TO 22:47.902 --> 22:51.736 align:start SPEAK, DIDN'T COME HOME AND A 22:51.739 --> 22:52.070 align:start QUARTER MILLION OF US WERE 22:52.073 --> 22:55.106 align:start WOUNDED. 22:55.109 --> 22:59.510 align:start AND SO A LOT OF US, I REALLY 22:59.513 --> 23:02.680 align:start TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS. 23:02.683 --> 23:04.248 align:start BUT WHEN I DO, AND THAT'S A 23:04.251 --> 23:06.084 align:start SMALL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS, MY 23:06.087 --> 23:09.187 align:start SPECIAL FORCES BUDDIES, MOST OF 23:09.190 --> 23:12.323 align:start THE TIME, IT'S THE FOND MEMORIES 23:12.326 --> 23:12.623 align:start OF THOSE GUYS WHO DIDN'T COME 23:12.626 --> 23:16.394 align:start BACK. 23:16.397 --> 23:18.496 align:start >> IS THERE A MESSAGE THAT YOU 23:18.499 --> 23:20.298 align:start WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE 23:20.301 --> 23:24.102 align:start CONVEYED BACK THEN THAT TODAY 23:24.105 --> 23:25.870 align:start YOU CAN CONVEY ABOUT THE MEN WHO 23:25.873 --> 23:28.506 align:start CAME BACK AND MEN AND WOMEN, 23:28.509 --> 23:30.241 align:start ACTUALLY, WHO CAME BACK? 23:30.244 --> 23:32.877 align:start >> I THINK THE MESSAGE I WOULD 23:32.880 --> 23:36.180 align:start CONVEY IS WHERE SOCIETY IS 23:36.183 --> 23:38.983 align:start TODAY, AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS 23:38.986 --> 23:41.085 align:start 40 YEARS AGO OR SO THAT OUR 23:41.088 --> 23:43.221 align:start NATION HAD NOT EVOLVED TO THE 23:43.224 --> 23:45.623 align:start POINT WHERE WE COULD HONOR THE 23:45.626 --> 23:46.891 align:start BRAVE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO 23:46.894 --> 23:48.559 align:start SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN A 23:48.562 --> 23:52.530 align:start SELFLESS WAY AND DO WHATEVER OUR 23:52.533 --> 23:54.298 align:start GOVERNMENT ASKED THEM TO DO. 23:54.301 --> 23:55.867 align:start AND IF I WAS SMART ENOUGH BACK 23:55.870 --> 23:59.704 align:start THEN AND MATURE ENOUGH, I WOULD 23:59.707 --> 24:02.940 align:start HAVE SAID, SEPARATE THE POLICY 24:02.943 --> 24:05.076 align:start FROM THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN 24:05.079 --> 24:05.343 align:start WHOSE NATION ASKED THEM WHAT TO 24:05.346 --> 24:07.378 align:start DO. 24:07.381 --> 24:08.680 align:start AND I THINK WE SEE TODAY THAT 24:08.683 --> 24:10.081 align:start EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE MAY BE 24:10.084 --> 24:14.218 align:start AGAINST THE WAR OR FOR THE WAR 24:14.221 --> 24:15.353 align:start OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN, THEY 24:15.356 --> 24:17.755 align:start UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY ONE OF 24:17.758 --> 24:20.558 align:start THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE 24:20.561 --> 24:20.892 align:start SIMPLY A TOOL OF AMERICAN 24:20.895 --> 24:22.894 align:start POLICY. 24:22.897 --> 24:26.664 align:start AND WE HONOR THEIR SERVICE 24:26.667 --> 24:27.265 align:start BECAUSE WE, THE PEOPLE, ASK THEM 24:27.268 --> 24:34.205 align:start TO SERVE. 24:34.208 --> 24:34.906 align:start SO AS A MIDDLE AGE GUY NOW, WHEN 24:34.909 --> 24:40.278 align:start I TRAVEL A LOT AND I SIT ON A 24:40.281 --> 24:46.884 align:start PLANE, AND WHEN I HEAR A 24:46.887 --> 24:50.621 align:start STEWARDESS ASK EVERYBODY TO STAY 24:50.624 --> 24:53.291 align:start SEATED BECAUSE WE HAVE VETERANS 24:53.294 --> 24:56.828 align:start FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN COMING 24:56.831 --> 25:03.868 align:start ON OR GETTING OFF, IT DOES BRING 25:03.871 --> 25:05.503 align:start TEARS TO MY EYES BECAUSE THAT 25:05.506 --> 25:07.238 align:start REALLY IS THE HOMAGE THAT WE OWE 25:07.241 --> 25:07.538 align:start THEM, TO THESE YOUNG MEN AND 25:07.541 --> 25:11.042 align:start WOMEN. 25:11.045 --> 25:12.610 align:start WE DIDN'T EXPERIENCE THAT, BUT 25:12.613 --> 25:16.481 align:start I'M PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL THAT OUR 25:16.484 --> 25:17.181 align:start NATION HAS EVOLVED TO THE POINT 25:17.184 --> 25:18.349 align:start WHERE WE UNDERSTAND THIS NOW. 25:18.352 --> 25:20.018 align:start >> ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE 25:20.021 --> 25:21.719 align:start TEND TO FORGET ABOUT IS THAT FOR 25:21.722 --> 25:25.156 align:start EVERY SOLDIER WHO COMES BACK AND 25:25.159 --> 25:27.925 align:start HAS PTSD OR WHATEVER THE 25:27.928 --> 25:28.860 align:start CONTINUUM IS, THERE'S A FAMILY 25:28.863 --> 25:30.828 align:start THAT IS SUFFERING, THAT IS 25:30.831 --> 25:31.396 align:start PAYING THE PRICE RIGHT ALONGSIDE 25:31.399 --> 25:34.599 align:start OF THEM. 25:34.602 --> 25:36.701 align:start WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OUT THERE TO 25:36.704 --> 25:37.068 align:start THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THOSE 25:37.071 --> 25:38.536 align:start FAMILIES? 25:38.539 --> 25:40.672 align:start >> LET ME SAY SOMETHING ABOUT 25:40.675 --> 25:41.039 align:start FAMILY BECAUSE IT'S REAL 25:41.042 --> 25:42.473 align:start IMPORTANT. 25:42.476 --> 25:43.207 align:start I STILL WORK A LOT WITH THE 25:43.210 --> 25:44.042 align:start GOVERNMENT, WITH THE DEPARTMENT 25:44.045 --> 25:45.643 align:start OF DEFENSE. 25:45.646 --> 25:49.147 align:start I SIT ON BOARD AND I DEAL WITH 25:49.150 --> 25:52.717 align:start THESE ISSUES. 25:52.720 --> 25:55.586 align:start THE FAMILY, WHEN THE WARRIOR 25:55.589 --> 25:55.853 align:start GOES TO WAR, THE FAMILY'S AT WAR 25:55.856 --> 25:58.456 align:start TOO. 25:58.459 --> 26:02.093 align:start BECAUSE THAT WIFE OR HUSBAND OR 26:02.096 --> 26:02.827 align:start CHILDREN ARE LIVING THE BATTLES 26:02.830 --> 26:04.095 align:start VICARIOUSLY EVERY DAY. 26:04.098 --> 26:06.230 align:start EVERY SINGLE DAY. 26:06.233 --> 26:07.432 align:start I FIRST LEARNED FROM THAT WHEN I 26:07.435 --> 26:08.566 align:start CAME HOME FROM MY TOUR IN 26:08.569 --> 26:10.968 align:start VIETNAM AND MY LITTLE BROTHER 26:10.971 --> 26:12.637 align:start SAID TO ME, RICHIE, I WATCH THE 26:12.640 --> 26:12.904 align:start NEWS EVERY NIGHT TO SEE IF I SAW 26:12.907 --> 26:14.806 align:start YOU. 26:14.809 --> 26:17.342 align:start AND I KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT 26:17.345 --> 26:19.210 align:start THAT, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK, THE 26:19.213 --> 26:20.478 align:start FAMIIES AT HOME, WHETHER 26:20.481 --> 26:21.579 align:start THEY'RE POOR OR RICH, THEY'RE 26:21.582 --> 26:23.481 align:start WORRIED ABOUT YOU EVERY DAY. 26:23.484 --> 26:25.450 align:start SO THE STRESS OF BATTLE IS ON 26:25.453 --> 26:25.817 align:start THEM TOO, BUT THE BATTLE IS 26:25.820 --> 26:28.619 align:start DIFFERENT. 26:28.622 --> 26:29.721 align:start THE BATTLE IS WORRYING ABOUT 26:29.724 --> 26:31.689 align:start YOUR SURVIVAL AND YOUR HEALTH 26:31.692 --> 26:37.128 align:start AND YOUR WELL BEING FOR THAT MOM 26:37.131 --> 26:38.229 align:start OR DAD OR CHILD OR GRANDPA, 26:38.232 --> 26:39.564 align:start WHOEVER THAT FAMILY IS. 26:39.567 --> 26:41.799 align:start THEY ALL SUFFER AS WELL AND WE 26:41.802 --> 26:42.767 align:start SEE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN 26:42.770 --> 26:43.534 align:start THE FAMILIES. 26:43.537 --> 26:45.770 align:start YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT THE ONES 26:45.773 --> 26:47.372 align:start AT WAR, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 26:47.375 --> 26:48.639 align:start THEY ARE VICARIOUSLY, BUT EVERY 26:48.642 --> 26:51.042 align:start DAY, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH IN 26:51.045 --> 26:52.910 align:start THEIR MIND ALL OF THE CHALLENGES 26:52.913 --> 26:53.611 align:start OF WHAT IF HE OR SHE DOESN'T 26:53.614 --> 26:54.846 align:start COME HOME? 26:54.849 --> 26:55.880 align:start WHAT IF THEY COME HOME INJURED 26:55.883 --> 26:58.583 align:start OR WOUNDED? 26:58.586 --> 26:59.884 align:start WILL DADDY OR MOMMY BE THE SAME? 26:59.887 --> 27:01.019 align:start IT'S REALLY A BIG ISSUE AND WE 27:01.022 --> 27:02.587 align:start ARE ONLY UNDERSTANDING AND 27:02.590 --> 27:05.089 align:start SEEING THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG 27:05.092 --> 27:11.362 align:start RIGHT NOW. 27:11.365 --> 27:13.831 align:start RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF 27:13.834 --> 27:15.800 align:start YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WITH 27:15.803 --> 27:18.369 align:start INJURIES AND A HUGE ECONOMIC 27:18.372 --> 27:19.937 align:start BURDEN THAT WILL BE WITH US FOR 27:19.940 --> 27:21.806 align:start MAYBE A HALF CENTURY BECAUSE 27:21.809 --> 27:23.074 align:start THESE 20 YEARS OLD COMING HOME 27:23.077 --> 27:24.075 align:start FROM BATTLE WHO WILL NEED OUR 27:24.078 --> 27:25.443 align:start SUPPORT, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED 27:25.446 --> 27:26.911 align:start IT FOR DECADES TO COME. 27:26.914 --> 27:29.580 align:start THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY IS STILL 27:29.583 --> 27:29.847 align:start GOING TO BE 70 OR 80 OR 90 YEARS 27:29.850 --> 27:31.182 align:start OLD. 27:31.185 --> 27:33.584 align:start AND SO WHAT IS THE 27:33.587 --> 27:34.719 align:start INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE TO 27:34.722 --> 27:36.554 align:start ENSURE THAT THEY WILL ALWAYS GET 27:36.557 --> 27:37.422 align:start THE BEST CARE FOR WHATEVER THEIR 27:37.425 --> 27:38.990 align:start NEEDS ARE? 27:38.993 --> 27:41.092 align:start THAT IS THE OBLIGATION THAT WE 27:41.095 --> 27:42.694 align:start HAVE INCURRED AS A NATION. 27:42.697 --> 27:44.095 align:start >> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW, 27:44.098 --> 27:46.731 align:start HONORING VETERANS. 27:46.734 --> 27:47.098 align:start I'M CHRISTOPHER CONOVER, THANKS