1 00:00:09,809 --> 00:00:12,076 >>> A NEW LAW BRINGING JOBS FOR 2 00:00:12,079 --> 00:00:14,545 VETERANS ON THE BORDER. 3 00:00:14,548 --> 00:00:15,680 >> PROVIDING FAST TRACKING FOR 4 00:00:15,683 --> 00:00:18,549 THESE POSITIONS IMPORTANT FOR 5 00:00:18,552 --> 00:00:20,084 SECURITY AND ALSO FOR ECONOMIC 6 00:00:20,087 --> 00:00:20,418 OPPORTUNITIES AND TRADE WITH 7 00:00:20,421 --> 00:00:21,652 MEXICO. 8 00:00:21,655 --> 00:00:25,056 >> VETERANS DAY REMEMBERED WITH 9 00:00:25,059 --> 00:00:31,896 PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS. 10 00:00:31,899 --> 00:00:46,944 >> MORE THAN WHAT HAPPENED TO 11 00:00:46,947 --> 00:00:47,245 ME, THINK ABOUT THE FRIENDS. 12 00:00:47,248 --> 00:00:53,317 >>. 13 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,053 >> THIS IS "ARIZONA WEEK." 14 00:00:55,056 --> 00:00:56,888 THIS WEEK, WE PAUSED TO REMEMBER 15 00:00:56,891 --> 00:00:58,222 THE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM. 16 00:00:58,225 --> 00:01:00,858 BEFORE FOR OUR VETERANS STORY, 17 00:01:00,861 --> 00:01:03,161 WE SAT DOWN WITH MARTHA McSALLY. 18 00:01:03,164 --> 00:01:05,730 THE VETERAN AND AUTHOR OF A NEW 19 00:01:05,733 --> 00:01:06,564 LAW AIMED AT GETTING VETS JOBS 20 00:01:06,567 --> 00:01:08,433 ON THE BORDER. 21 00:01:08,436 --> 00:01:10,368 YOU JUST HAD A LAW SIGNED IN TO 22 00:01:10,371 --> 00:01:12,270 LAW BY THE PRESIDENT DEALING 23 00:01:12,273 --> 00:01:13,938 WITH VETERANS, HELPING THEM GET 24 00:01:13,941 --> 00:01:17,108 JOBS ON THE BORDER. 25 00:01:17,111 --> 00:01:18,343 THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR OUR 26 00:01:18,346 --> 00:01:19,243 AREA, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE 27 00:01:19,246 --> 00:01:21,879 BASES WITH PEOPLE SEPARATING AND 28 00:01:21,882 --> 00:01:22,313 THE BORDER RIGHT HERE. 29 00:01:22,316 --> 00:01:22,780 >> ABSOLUTELY. 30 00:01:22,783 --> 00:01:24,215 IT'S A WIN-WIN. 31 00:01:24,218 --> 00:01:27,118 WE WENT DOWN AND VISITED THE 32 00:01:27,121 --> 00:01:28,586 DIFFERENT PORTS OF ENTRY AT 33 00:01:28,589 --> 00:01:31,055 NOGALAS AND DOUGLAS. 34 00:01:31,058 --> 00:01:31,389 WE HEARD THEY WERE UNDERSTOOD 35 00:01:31,392 --> 00:01:31,889 MANNED. 36 00:01:31,892 --> 00:01:33,891 WHAT'S THE ISSUE? 37 00:01:33,894 --> 00:01:35,860 THEY SAID IT TAKE LONG TO FIND 38 00:01:35,863 --> 00:01:36,861 PEOPLE, GETTING THEM THROUGH THE 39 00:01:36,864 --> 00:01:38,129 VETTING AND WENT TO THE ONE STOP 40 00:01:38,132 --> 00:01:39,163 FOR VETERANS AND THE CHALLENGING 41 00:01:39,166 --> 00:01:40,898 THEY'RE HAVING WITH VETERANS 42 00:01:40,901 --> 00:01:42,433 FINDING GOOD JOBS AND YOU LOOK 43 00:01:42,436 --> 00:01:43,968 AT THEM LIKE, OKAY, THESE ARE 44 00:01:43,971 --> 00:01:45,570 TWO THINGS WE COULD EASILY JUST 45 00:01:45,573 --> 00:01:47,305 PUT TOGETHER AND HAVE A GOOD 46 00:01:47,308 --> 00:01:48,506 INITIATIVE THAT IS A WIN-WIN, 47 00:01:48,509 --> 00:01:51,476 GIVE GOOD JOBS FOR OUR VETERANS 48 00:01:51,479 --> 00:01:53,378 AND PROVIDE THE FAST TRACKING TO 49 00:01:53,381 --> 00:01:54,345 FILL THESE REALLY IMPORTANT 50 00:01:54,348 --> 00:01:56,514 POSITIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR 51 00:01:56,517 --> 00:01:59,384 SECURITY AND ALSO FOR ECONOMIC 52 00:01:59,387 --> 00:01:59,751 OPPORTUNITIES AND TRADE WITH 53 00:01:59,754 --> 00:02:01,919 MEXICO. 54 00:02:01,922 --> 00:02:03,054 SO THAT'S THE MINDSET I HAVE IN 55 00:02:03,057 --> 00:02:05,023 WASHINGTON, DC AND THEN LIKE, WE 56 00:02:05,026 --> 00:02:05,423 SEE A PROBLEM, WE SEE A 57 00:02:05,426 --> 00:02:07,725 SOLUTION. 58 00:02:07,728 --> 00:02:08,559 LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT 59 00:02:08,562 --> 00:02:10,728 DONE. 60 00:02:10,731 --> 00:02:12,030 SPONSOR IT THROUGH THE HOUSE 61 00:02:12,033 --> 00:02:12,530 UNANIMOUSLY, WORK WITH THE 62 00:02:12,533 --> 00:02:14,932 SENATORS. 63 00:02:14,935 --> 00:02:15,933 AND IT'S MY FIRST BILL SIGNED 64 00:02:15,936 --> 00:02:18,970 INTO LAW. 65 00:02:18,973 --> 00:02:20,405 SOME SUBSTANTIVE PIECES OF LAW 66 00:02:20,408 --> 00:02:20,705 AND THEN HONORED TO HAVE ONE OF 67 00:02:20,708 --> 00:02:23,174 THEM. 68 00:02:23,177 --> 00:02:23,641 IT'S GOING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM IN 69 00:02:23,644 --> 00:02:25,943 OUR COMMUNITY. 70 00:02:25,946 --> 00:02:30,915 >> AND THE JOBS THAT WILL BE 71 00:02:30,918 --> 00:02:32,950 AVAILABLE TO THESE VETERANS ARE 72 00:02:32,953 --> 00:02:33,284 BORDER PATROL JOBS, CUSTOMS 73 00:02:33,287 --> 00:02:33,918 ENTRY. 74 00:02:33,921 --> 00:02:35,186 >> THE CUSTOMS AND BORDER 75 00:02:35,189 --> 00:02:37,922 PROTECTION OFFICERS OF THIS 76 00:02:37,925 --> 00:02:38,923 BILL, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES 77 00:02:38,926 --> 00:02:40,792 THAT HAVE RIGHT NOW 800 78 00:02:40,795 --> 00:02:41,726 POSITIONS THAT ARE UNFILLED. 79 00:02:41,729 --> 00:02:42,427 THEY HAD INCREASED 80 00:02:42,430 --> 00:02:43,728 AUTHORIZATIONS, BUT THEY JUST 81 00:02:43,731 --> 00:02:44,095 HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FILL THESE 82 00:02:44,098 --> 00:02:45,596 POSITIONS. 83 00:02:45,599 --> 00:02:47,398 SO WE'RE TRYING TO FAST TRACK 84 00:02:47,401 --> 00:02:48,700 THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT ELIGIBLE 85 00:02:48,703 --> 00:02:50,568 VETERANS ARE GETTING THESE GOOD 86 00:02:50,571 --> 00:02:51,969 JOBS AND THEY'RE MAKING THEM 87 00:02:51,972 --> 00:02:53,104 ACTIVELY RECRUIT, WORKING 88 00:02:53,107 --> 00:02:55,273 CLOSELY WITH THE PENTAGON AND 89 00:02:55,276 --> 00:02:55,907 LOCAL BASES TO GET THEM INTO 90 00:02:55,910 --> 00:02:57,175 THOSE JOBS. 91 00:02:57,178 --> 00:03:00,211 SOMETIMES IT'S TAKING SIX MONTHS 92 00:03:00,214 --> 00:03:02,046 TO A YEAR TO HIRE SOMEBODY, SO 93 00:03:02,049 --> 00:03:04,148 THIS SHOULD ALLOW US TO BE ABLE 94 00:03:04,151 --> 00:03:07,051 TO FILL THESE POSITIONS. 95 00:03:07,054 --> 00:03:08,052 >> WORKED ON THE NATIONAL 96 00:03:08,055 --> 00:03:10,722 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT, 97 00:03:10,725 --> 00:03:12,890 EVERYONE CALLS THE NDAA. 98 00:03:12,893 --> 00:03:14,258 THIS IS THE BILL THAT TELLS THE 99 00:03:14,261 --> 00:03:17,128 PENTAGON HOW TO SPEND ITS MONEY. 100 00:03:17,131 --> 00:03:21,766 A COUPLE OF BIG THINGS FOR 101 00:03:21,769 --> 00:03:22,467 ARIZONA, ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN 102 00:03:22,470 --> 00:03:24,135 ARIZONA, THE E-10 IS RESERVED 103 00:03:24,138 --> 00:03:25,103 FOR ANOTHER YEAR. 104 00:03:25,106 --> 00:03:26,371 >> THIS IS A BIG WIN. 105 00:03:26,374 --> 00:03:29,507 THE PRESIDENT DELIVERED HIS 106 00:03:29,510 --> 00:03:33,544 BUDGET TO US WITH THE HM BEING 107 00:03:33,547 --> 00:03:35,780 MOTH BALLS AND 50% OF THE EC 130 108 00:03:35,783 --> 00:03:36,881 GOING INTO THE BONE YARD AND 109 00:03:36,884 --> 00:03:38,483 ONLY AT DAVID AIR FORCE. 110 00:03:38,486 --> 00:03:42,020 LED THE EFFORT IN THE HOUSE TO 111 00:03:42,023 --> 00:03:44,455 MAKE SURE WE KEPT THE A-10 AND 112 00:03:44,458 --> 00:03:47,392 EC 130 AND GOT AMENDED IN THE 113 00:03:47,395 --> 00:03:48,292 LANGUAGE FOR THE A-10 TO PROTECT 114 00:03:48,295 --> 00:03:50,628 ANY BACK DOOR THING FROM 115 00:03:50,631 --> 00:03:51,529 HAPPENING LIKE LAST YEAR AND 116 00:03:51,532 --> 00:03:53,097 THEN OFFERED AN AMENDMENT ON THE 117 00:03:53,100 --> 00:03:53,431 FLOOR TO PROTECT IT IN A SIMILAR 118 00:03:53,434 --> 00:03:55,266 MANNER. 119 00:03:55,269 --> 00:03:56,634 WE HAD TO GO THROUGH SOME 120 00:03:56,637 --> 00:03:57,935 CHALLENGES AND HURDLES ALONG THE 121 00:03:57,938 --> 00:04:00,538 WAY, BUT FINALLY AT THE FINISH 122 00:04:00,541 --> 00:04:01,205 LINE AND THE A-10 AND THE EC-30 123 00:04:01,208 --> 00:04:03,041 PROTECTED TO FLY. 124 00:04:03,044 --> 00:04:05,643 THESE ARE UNIQUE MISSIONS. 125 00:04:05,646 --> 00:04:06,911 VERY IMPORTANT MISSIONS TO OUR 126 00:04:06,914 --> 00:04:07,879 NATIONAL DEFENSE AND CRITICAL IN 127 00:04:07,882 --> 00:04:10,481 THE COMMUNITY. 128 00:04:10,484 --> 00:04:10,815 >> LET'S FIRST TALK ABOUT THE 129 00:04:10,818 --> 00:04:12,050 EC-130. 130 00:04:12,053 --> 00:04:12,984 PEOPLE MAY NOT REALIZE THAT 131 00:04:12,987 --> 00:04:16,587 PLANE EVEN EXISTS. 132 00:04:16,590 --> 00:04:17,889 IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR BASIC CARGO 133 00:04:17,892 --> 00:04:18,956 PLANE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT 134 00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:21,893 YOU'RE LOOK AT. 135 00:04:21,896 --> 00:04:24,162 >> IT ONLY STATIONED AT THE AIR 136 00:04:24,165 --> 00:04:24,529 FORCE AND AN ELECTRONIC 137 00:04:24,532 --> 00:04:25,997 PLATFORM. 138 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,966 IT'S ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND AND 139 00:04:28,969 --> 00:04:30,535 TWO SQUADRONS HERE, CURRENTLY 140 00:04:30,538 --> 00:04:33,338 DEPLOYED TO TWO LOCATIONS IN 141 00:04:33,341 --> 00:04:34,072 ISIS AND AFGHANISTAN. 142 00:04:34,075 --> 00:04:35,940 AND ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO KEEP 143 00:04:35,943 --> 00:04:37,508 OUR TRUCE ALIVE AND VERY 144 00:04:37,511 --> 00:04:38,476 ADAPTIVE EVEN IN THE OPERATIONS 145 00:04:38,479 --> 00:04:40,311 IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. 146 00:04:40,314 --> 00:04:42,180 IT CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS, A LOT 147 00:04:42,183 --> 00:04:43,881 IS HIGHLY CLASSIFIED BUT IT'S 148 00:04:43,884 --> 00:04:45,416 RELATED TO ELECTRONIC 149 00:04:45,419 --> 00:04:46,584 SURVEILLANCE AND JAMMING BUT THE 150 00:04:46,587 --> 00:04:48,986 AIR FORCE AGAIN WANTED TO CUT 151 00:04:48,989 --> 00:04:50,288 THE CAPABILITY IN HALF BEFORE WE 152 00:04:50,291 --> 00:04:51,856 ACTUALLY HAD A REPLACEMENT. 153 00:04:51,859 --> 00:04:52,824 THERE'S NO SUITABLE REPLACEMENT 154 00:04:52,827 --> 00:04:55,126 RIGHT NOW. 155 00:04:55,129 --> 00:04:57,395 AND WE'VE JUST BEEN PUSHING ON 156 00:04:57,398 --> 00:04:59,197 THEM, HEY, UNTIL WE HAVE A 157 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:00,098 REPLACEMENT, YOU CAN'T BE TAKING 158 00:05:00,101 --> 00:05:00,531 AWAY THESE CRITICAL 159 00:05:00,534 --> 00:05:03,167 CAPABILITIES. 160 00:05:03,170 --> 00:05:07,472 >> ALSO, THE DISTRICT, THERE WAS 161 00:05:07,475 --> 00:05:09,640 MONEY FOR WAUCHUKA. 162 00:05:09,643 --> 00:05:14,612 >> TOP EMPLOYER IN THE DISTRICT 163 00:05:14,615 --> 00:05:15,079 AND CRITICAL PART OF THE 164 00:05:15,082 --> 00:05:16,748 DEFENSIBILITIES. 165 00:05:16,751 --> 00:05:18,016 A FEW SHOT THEIR MISSILES AND 166 00:05:18,019 --> 00:05:20,585 VISITED THEIR FACILITY OUT 167 00:05:20,588 --> 00:05:21,819 THERE, BUT SOME LIKE THE 168 00:05:21,822 --> 00:05:23,421 TOMAHAWK LINE IS AN EXAMPLE. 169 00:05:23,424 --> 00:05:25,123 IF YOU GO BELOW A CERTAIN 170 00:05:25,126 --> 00:05:25,656 EXAMPLE, YOU CAN'T KEEP THE LINE 171 00:05:25,659 --> 00:05:27,025 OPEN. 172 00:05:27,028 --> 00:05:27,992 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE ESPECIALLY 173 00:05:27,995 --> 00:05:30,395 WHEN WE ARE IN SITUATIONS WHERE 174 00:05:30,398 --> 00:05:32,130 WE MIGHT NEED TO GO AFTER 175 00:05:32,133 --> 00:05:34,065 TARGETS ON VERY SHORT NOTICE, 176 00:05:34,068 --> 00:05:42,173 THESE ARE CRITICAL CAPABILITIES 177 00:05:42,176 --> 00:05:44,208 FOR OUR COMMANDERS. 178 00:05:44,211 --> 00:05:45,710 WE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T 179 00:05:45,713 --> 00:05:47,045 SHUT DOWN THE ASSEMBLY LINES. 180 00:05:47,048 --> 00:05:50,048 MAKE SURE THE JAY HAWK AND SOME 181 00:05:50,051 --> 00:05:51,449 OF THE MISSILES ARE PROTECTED 182 00:05:51,452 --> 00:05:51,949 AND HELPING THE ECONOMY IN 183 00:05:51,952 --> 00:05:53,284 SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 184 00:05:53,287 --> 00:05:55,653 >> SWITCHING GEARS AWAY FROM 185 00:05:55,656 --> 00:06:00,291 VETERANS FOR A MOMENT, THE 186 00:06:00,294 --> 00:06:01,125 HIGHWAY BILLS ARE MOVING THROUGH 187 00:06:01,128 --> 00:06:02,927 SOUTHERN ARIZONA DELEGATION 188 00:06:02,930 --> 00:06:05,263 INCLUDED GOT THINGS PUT IN THERE 189 00:06:05,266 --> 00:06:09,033 FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA, THE 190 00:06:09,036 --> 00:06:09,467 NORTHERN CORRIDOR AND SOME MORE 191 00:06:09,470 --> 00:06:10,935 I-11 STUDIES WHICH, OF COURSE, 192 00:06:10,938 --> 00:06:11,803 I-11 STUDIES WHICH, OF COURSE, 193 00:06:11,806 --> 00:06:14,205 IMPACTS THE ENTIRE STATE. 194 00:06:14,208 --> 00:06:15,139 >> WE HAD FOUR MAIN OBJECTIVES 195 00:06:15,142 --> 00:06:17,775 CRITICAL FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 196 00:06:17,778 --> 00:06:20,611 WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME 197 00:06:20,614 --> 00:06:21,312 A TRADE HUB FOR MEXICO WITH 198 00:06:21,315 --> 00:06:22,880 LOGISTICAL SUPPORT AND 199 00:06:22,883 --> 00:06:24,182 MANUFACTURING, BUT WE CAN'T DO 200 00:06:24,185 --> 00:06:27,118 IT WITHOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 201 00:06:27,121 --> 00:06:27,852 CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS IN THE PAST 202 00:06:27,855 --> 00:06:29,120 SORT OF BEAT US OUT, BUT WE'VE 203 00:06:29,123 --> 00:06:29,520 GOT TO MAKE THE TRADE COME TO 204 00:06:29,523 --> 00:06:33,091 US. 205 00:06:33,094 --> 00:06:35,693 WE PUSHED HARD TO MAKE SURE THE 206 00:06:35,696 --> 00:06:37,695 SONORAN CORRIDOR, OR A HIGH 207 00:06:37,698 --> 00:06:39,530 PRIORITY CORRIDOR OR COMING UP 208 00:06:39,533 --> 00:06:41,199 THROUGH ARIZONA TO NEVADA AS A 209 00:06:41,202 --> 00:06:43,234 HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR, BUT IN 210 00:06:43,237 --> 00:06:44,202 ADDITION, I-19 WASN'T EVEN 211 00:06:44,205 --> 00:06:45,370 CONSIDERED PART OF THE FRIGHT 212 00:06:45,373 --> 00:06:46,637 NETWORK IN THE PAST BILLS, AND 213 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:48,373 WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS 214 00:06:48,376 --> 00:06:49,140 GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY 215 00:06:49,143 --> 00:06:51,009 FEDERAL FUNDING. 216 00:06:51,012 --> 00:06:52,977 SO WE GOT THAT INCLUDED, AND THE 217 00:06:52,980 --> 00:06:57,315 LAST PIECE WAS A LITTLE TWO-LANE 218 00:06:57,318 --> 00:06:59,217 ROAD THAT CONNECTS THE NOGALAS 219 00:06:59,220 --> 00:07:01,853 PORT OF ENTRY. 220 00:07:01,856 --> 00:07:03,421 WE CAN HAVE ALL THE GREAT 221 00:07:03,424 --> 00:07:05,123 INTERSTATES BUT IF WE GO ON A 222 00:07:05,126 --> 00:07:06,524 TWO LANE BOTTLENECK ROAD, WE'RE 223 00:07:06,527 --> 00:07:09,293 STILL GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM. 224 00:07:09,296 --> 00:07:10,928 WE HAVE LANGUAGE WE FOUGHT FOR 225 00:07:10,931 --> 00:07:12,363 THAT ALLOWS THE STATE ROAD TO BE 226 00:07:12,366 --> 00:07:15,500 ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE FEDERAL 227 00:07:15,503 --> 00:07:16,668 FUNDING AND THAT IS A BIG WIN IN 228 00:07:16,671 --> 00:07:18,336 THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY BILLS. 229 00:07:18,339 --> 00:07:19,604 >> ONE-THIRD OF THE SOLDIERS IN 230 00:07:19,607 --> 00:07:19,971 WORLD WAR II DIED FROM THEIR 231 00:07:19,974 --> 00:07:21,472 INJURIES. 232 00:07:21,475 --> 00:07:22,874 THAT NUMBER IS NOW DOWN TO LESS 233 00:07:22,877 --> 00:07:24,909 THAN 10%. 234 00:07:24,912 --> 00:07:26,978 BETTER BODY ARMOR AND BETTER, 235 00:07:26,981 --> 00:07:28,446 FASTER CARE MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 236 00:07:28,449 --> 00:07:32,650 WE NOW INTRODUCE YOU TO PURPLE 237 00:07:32,653 --> 00:07:34,952 HEART RECIPIENTS. 238 00:07:34,955 --> 00:07:36,954 SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN BATTLE. 239 00:07:36,957 --> 00:07:39,357 MY COLLEAGUE SAT DOWN WITH 240 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:43,628 EDWARD MONTOYA BEFORE HE DIED TO 241 00:07:43,631 --> 00:07:48,333 TALK ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES IN 242 00:07:48,336 --> 00:07:50,068 WORLD WAR II. 243 00:07:50,071 --> 00:07:52,337 EDWARD MONTOYA WAS BORN IN THE 244 00:07:52,340 --> 00:07:53,438 EASTERN ARIZONA MINING TOWN OF 245 00:07:53,441 --> 00:07:55,873 CLIFTON IN 1921. 246 00:07:55,876 --> 00:07:58,209 GROWING UP, HE STRUGGLED WITH 247 00:07:58,212 --> 00:08:04,282 LEARNING ENGLISH. 248 00:08:04,285 --> 00:08:04,649 >> IN SCHOOL, NOTHING BUT 249 00:08:04,652 --> 00:08:06,150 CHICANOS. 250 00:08:06,153 --> 00:08:06,651 DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SPEAK 251 00:08:06,654 --> 00:08:12,256 ENGLISH. 252 00:08:12,259 --> 00:08:13,324 THE TEACHER WOULD SAY SPEAK 253 00:08:13,327 --> 00:08:16,227 ENGLISH IN THE SCHOOL GROUNDS. 254 00:08:16,230 --> 00:08:23,301 BUT I GO HOME AND MY PARENTS 255 00:08:23,304 --> 00:08:34,746 SAY, THE LANGUAGE. 256 00:08:34,749 --> 00:08:37,815 SO WE WOULD THERE. 257 00:08:37,818 --> 00:08:39,083 LOOPEDY LOO, LOOPEDY LA. 258 00:08:39,086 --> 00:08:42,387 WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT WAS. 259 00:08:42,390 --> 00:08:44,389 MY SISTER AND MY MOTHER 260 00:08:44,392 --> 00:08:45,189 INSISTED, NO, YOU'RE GOING TO 261 00:08:45,192 --> 00:08:45,757 FINISH HIGH SCHOOL. 262 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:47,191 VERY IMPORTANT. 263 00:08:47,194 --> 00:08:50,762 >> ONCE HE FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL, 264 00:08:50,765 --> 00:08:52,630 HE WENT TO WORK AT PHELPS DODGE, 265 00:08:52,633 --> 00:08:56,768 THE COPPER MINE THAT WAS THE 266 00:08:56,771 --> 00:08:57,101 LARGEST EMPLOYER IN SOUTHERN 267 00:08:57,104 --> 00:09:04,175 ARIZONA. 268 00:09:04,178 --> 00:09:08,079 >> CHICANOS AT WORK. 269 00:09:08,082 --> 00:09:09,947 WELL, WE ACCEPTED IT. 270 00:09:09,950 --> 00:09:14,619 BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS RIGHT. 271 00:09:14,622 --> 00:09:18,923 AND WE WERE VERY HUMBLE. 272 00:09:18,926 --> 00:09:19,223 BUT I'M NOT A RADICAL BY NO 273 00:09:19,226 --> 00:09:21,459 MEANS. 274 00:09:21,462 --> 00:09:22,760 I HATE TO USE THE WORD FIGHT. 275 00:09:22,763 --> 00:09:25,396 I'M NOT FIGHTING. 276 00:09:25,399 --> 00:09:31,602 BECAUSE WHEN YOU FIGHT, YOU'RE 277 00:09:31,605 --> 00:09:37,842 DESTROYING WHEN I'M THERE. 278 00:09:37,845 --> 00:09:40,411 WHEN A CHICANO IS JUST A 279 00:09:40,414 --> 00:09:40,745 WRINKLE, A TRADE, NO, I'M NOT 280 00:09:40,748 --> 00:09:44,148 AFRAID. 281 00:09:44,151 --> 00:09:44,916 WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE 282 00:09:44,919 --> 00:09:46,551 AN AMERICAN. 283 00:09:46,554 --> 00:09:48,519 >> WHEN WORLD WAR II BROKE OUT, 284 00:09:48,522 --> 00:09:52,457 MONTOYA ANSWERED THE CALL TO 285 00:09:52,460 --> 00:09:57,328 ARMS AS AN AMERICAN. 286 00:09:57,331 --> 00:09:58,162 >> IN THIS STAGE OF AMERICA, I 287 00:09:58,165 --> 00:10:00,031 VOLUNTEERED. 288 00:10:00,034 --> 00:10:00,365 THEY WERE COMING, AND I DIDN'T 289 00:10:00,368 --> 00:10:01,933 WANT IT. 290 00:10:01,936 --> 00:10:02,433 I WANTED TO GO SEE WHAT IT WAS 291 00:10:02,436 --> 00:10:06,371 ALL ABOUT. 292 00:10:06,374 --> 00:10:07,105 >> MONTOYA WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED 293 00:10:07,108 --> 00:10:09,140 IN OKINAWA. 294 00:10:09,143 --> 00:10:11,843 THE 82 DAY BATTLE WAS THE 295 00:10:11,846 --> 00:10:14,379 LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT OF 296 00:10:14,382 --> 00:10:16,214 THE ISLANDS DURING WORLD WAR II. 297 00:10:16,217 --> 00:10:19,684 50,000 ALLIED CASUALTIES. 298 00:10:19,687 --> 00:10:21,452 >> AND AFTER THIS TIME, I'M NOT 299 00:10:21,455 --> 00:10:24,922 SORRY. 300 00:10:24,925 --> 00:10:25,256 BECAUSE WHEN I LEFT, I WAS A 301 00:10:25,259 --> 00:10:31,029 CHICANO. 302 00:10:31,032 --> 00:10:36,734 AFTER TWO YEARS, I'M A SERVICE. 303 00:10:36,737 --> 00:10:37,468 IN THE FRONT LINE. 304 00:10:37,471 --> 00:10:38,102 I WAS A FULL BLOODED AMERICAN, 305 00:10:38,105 --> 00:10:41,039 AND YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT. 306 00:10:41,042 --> 00:10:42,974 I'M 100% AMERICAN. 307 00:10:42,977 --> 00:10:43,541 >> THAT EXPERIENCE WOULD FOREVER 308 00:10:43,544 --> 00:10:46,944 CHANGE HIM. 309 00:10:46,947 --> 00:10:49,213 >> WHEN I WENT IN, I WENT LIKE A 310 00:10:49,216 --> 00:10:49,781 LITTLE -- I WENT OUT LIKE A LION 311 00:10:49,784 --> 00:10:54,385 CHAINED OUT. 312 00:10:54,388 --> 00:10:57,722 YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT. 313 00:10:57,725 --> 00:11:01,592 AND THAT COULD HURT ANYBODY. 314 00:11:01,595 --> 00:11:02,293 BUT TO TRY ADJUST LIVES. 315 00:11:02,296 --> 00:11:04,329 THE WORLD. 316 00:11:04,332 --> 00:11:06,898 >> THE WORLD THAT YOU DON'T ASK 317 00:11:06,901 --> 00:11:08,066 A MAN TO SHED BLOOD FOR HIS 318 00:11:08,069 --> 00:11:09,834 COUNTRY AND THEN COME BACK HOME 319 00:11:09,837 --> 00:11:11,402 AND PLAY BY THE OLD RULES. 320 00:11:11,405 --> 00:11:15,006 >> WHEN I CAME OUT OF THE 321 00:11:15,009 --> 00:11:24,482 SERVICE, THERE'S GOING TO BE 322 00:11:24,485 --> 00:11:29,187 -- I WENT TO A SUPERINTENDENT. 323 00:11:29,190 --> 00:11:33,725 AND HE LOOKED AT ME. 324 00:11:33,728 --> 00:11:37,428 LIKE A COMMANDEER ALMOST. 325 00:11:37,431 --> 00:11:39,564 HE SAID, MEXICANS. 326 00:11:39,567 --> 00:11:43,835 YOU WENT OVER AND SERVED. 327 00:11:43,838 --> 00:11:44,569 THAT MAN DOESN'T KNOW HOW PULLED 328 00:11:44,572 --> 00:11:48,373 HIM OUT AND RIPPED THE HAIR OUT 329 00:11:48,376 --> 00:11:54,746 OF HIM, BUT I HELD MYSELF. 330 00:11:54,749 --> 00:11:55,146 I SAYS, YOU SON OF A BITCH, YOU 331 00:11:55,149 --> 00:11:56,481 OWE ME ONE. 332 00:11:56,484 --> 00:11:56,781 I WENT AND ORGANIZED THE MEXICAN 333 00:11:56,784 --> 00:12:01,452 UNION. 334 00:12:01,455 --> 00:12:03,354 AND WE DID. 335 00:12:03,357 --> 00:12:05,456 >> OUR NEXT PURPLE HEART 336 00:12:05,459 --> 00:12:07,625 RECIPIENT IS MIKE DIRE. 337 00:12:07,628 --> 00:12:08,292 HE'S A VIETNAM VET AND COACHED 338 00:12:08,295 --> 00:12:11,429 GENERATIONS OF BASKETBALL 339 00:12:11,432 --> 00:12:12,397 PLAYERS AT MOUNTAINVIEW HIGH 340 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,266 SCHOOL NEAR TUCSON. 341 00:12:15,269 --> 00:12:15,600 >> I WAS ONE OF THE CRAZY ONES. 342 00:12:15,603 --> 00:12:18,036 REALLY. 343 00:12:18,039 --> 00:12:18,803 IN THOSE DAYS, THEY THOUGHT I 344 00:12:18,806 --> 00:12:20,705 WAS A STUD. 345 00:12:20,708 --> 00:12:21,806 AND OF COURSE, MAYBE I WASN'T, 346 00:12:21,809 --> 00:12:23,808 BUT BOOT CAMP WAS STUFF. 347 00:12:23,811 --> 00:12:25,977 THEY WORKED US HARD. 348 00:12:25,980 --> 00:12:27,712 IT REALLY CHANGED ME FROM A BOY 349 00:12:28,615 --> 00:12:29,547 ♪ 350 00:12:32,018 --> 00:12:39,557 >> WHEN WE GOT THERE, WHEN THEY 351 00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:42,060 PUT THAT AX DOWN, THE SMELL, THE 352 00:12:42,063 --> 00:12:43,261 HEAT, YOU WALK OUT ON THE 353 00:12:43,264 --> 00:12:46,698 TARMAC, IT WAS JUST A WEIRD, ALL 354 00:12:46,701 --> 00:12:50,668 OF YOUR SENSES WERE ALERTED, 355 00:12:50,671 --> 00:12:52,837 SOMETHING WAS WRONG. 356 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:54,272 >> ABOUT HALFWAY INTO MY TOUR, 357 00:12:54,275 --> 00:12:55,540 BECAUSE I SHOT REAL WELL, THEY 358 00:12:55,543 --> 00:12:57,809 SENT ME TO THE NEXT ENTRY 359 00:12:57,812 --> 00:12:59,510 STATION, THE SNIPER SCHOOL. 360 00:12:59,513 --> 00:13:02,680 SO THEY SET ME UP AT NIGHT, 361 00:13:02,683 --> 00:13:05,616 DROPPED ME OFF. 362 00:13:05,619 --> 00:13:07,852 AND TOOK CARE OF THE HARASSERS. 363 00:13:07,855 --> 00:13:09,887 WHEN WE WERE IN VIETNAM, WE'D GO 364 00:13:09,890 --> 00:13:10,188 OUT ON NIGHT AMBUSHES EVERY 365 00:13:10,191 --> 00:13:11,723 NIGHT. 366 00:13:11,726 --> 00:13:13,691 AND SO YOU NEVER SLEPT MORE THAN 367 00:13:13,694 --> 00:13:15,727 AN HOUR AT NIGHT. 368 00:13:15,730 --> 00:13:16,094 WE RODE ON ARMORED PERSONNEL 369 00:13:16,097 --> 00:13:17,528 CARRIERS. 370 00:13:17,531 --> 00:13:21,532 WE CALLED THEM TRACKS. 371 00:13:21,535 --> 00:13:24,102 AND ON THE WAY HOME BACK THROUGH 372 00:13:24,105 --> 00:13:26,270 TO PUK, OUR BASE CAMP AFTER SIX 373 00:13:26,273 --> 00:13:28,373 MONTHS, WE BUILT IT. 374 00:13:28,376 --> 00:13:30,508 AND RAN OVER A MINE. 375 00:13:30,511 --> 00:13:31,743 AND SO IT WAS ME AND THE DRIVER, 376 00:13:31,746 --> 00:13:35,613 ALL OF US ON THE TRACK. 377 00:13:35,616 --> 00:13:37,682 HE CAME TO GET ME. 378 00:13:37,685 --> 00:13:40,318 AND I COULD REMEMBER FLYING 379 00:13:40,321 --> 00:13:42,453 THROUGH THE AIR, IT WAS DARK. 380 00:13:42,456 --> 00:13:43,855 OR IT WAS JUST BEFORE DAYLIGHT. 381 00:13:43,858 --> 00:13:46,391 SO IT WAS REALLY DARK. 382 00:13:46,394 --> 00:13:48,459 I COULD REMEMBER FLYING THROUGH 383 00:13:48,462 --> 00:13:53,264 THE AIR AND I WAS WONDERING, I 384 00:13:53,267 --> 00:13:54,699 CAN REMEMBER, AM I DEAD? 385 00:13:54,702 --> 00:13:56,367 WHEN THEY WERE DONE WITH ME WITH 386 00:13:56,370 --> 00:13:57,835 THE PAPERWORK, THEY TOLD ME, YOU 387 00:13:57,838 --> 00:13:58,803 GUYS NEED TO TAKE OFF YOUR 388 00:13:58,806 --> 00:14:01,639 UNIFORMS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO 389 00:14:01,642 --> 00:14:03,408 BE GOING THROUGH THREE AIRPORTS. 390 00:14:03,411 --> 00:14:04,642 SEA TAC, SAN FRANCISCO, AND 391 00:14:04,645 --> 00:14:07,779 PHOENIX WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF 392 00:14:07,782 --> 00:14:09,647 PROTESTERS, AND I SAID, WHAT? 393 00:14:09,650 --> 00:14:10,148 I AM PROUD OF WHO I AM AND WHAT 394 00:14:10,151 --> 00:14:15,353 I DID. 395 00:14:15,356 --> 00:14:15,753 AND WHAT WE DID IN VIETNAM, AND 396 00:14:15,756 --> 00:14:16,421 BEFORE THEM. 397 00:14:16,424 --> 00:14:17,755 ALL OF THAT. 398 00:14:17,758 --> 00:14:18,990 IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE THE WAY WE 399 00:14:18,993 --> 00:14:20,992 WERE TREATED. 400 00:14:20,995 --> 00:14:23,961 ALL THE WAR PROTESTS AND ALL 401 00:14:23,964 --> 00:14:29,634 THAT. 402 00:14:29,637 --> 00:14:31,269 IT MADE ME -- AND ALL THAT. 403 00:14:31,272 --> 00:14:32,537 AND I THOUGHT WE WOULD BE 404 00:14:32,540 --> 00:14:35,473 TREATED LIKE OUR FATHERS AND 405 00:14:35,476 --> 00:14:36,341 UNCLES FROM WORLD WAR II. 406 00:14:36,344 --> 00:14:38,076 AND IT'S HURT FOREVER. 407 00:14:38,079 --> 00:14:39,777 IT'S HARD TO GET THAT OUT OF 408 00:14:39,780 --> 00:14:41,512 YOUR MIND WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE 409 00:14:41,515 --> 00:14:44,015 DONE SOMETHING, IT'S HARD TO 410 00:14:44,018 --> 00:14:49,787 REALLY PUT IT ASIDE, MOVE ON. 411 00:14:49,790 --> 00:14:50,722 WE HAVE, OBVIOUSLY. 412 00:14:50,725 --> 00:14:51,089 MOVED ON. 413 00:14:51,092 --> 00:14:52,724 MOVED ON. 414 00:14:52,727 --> 00:14:54,692 BUT IT'S THERE IN MY BRAIN THAT 415 00:14:54,695 --> 00:14:56,260 I CANNOT COMPLETELY FORGET THAT. 416 00:14:56,263 --> 00:14:58,696 I DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY THAT I WAS 417 00:14:58,699 --> 00:14:59,497 IN VIETNAM FOR PROBABLY 20 418 00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:01,866 YEARS. 419 00:15:01,869 --> 00:15:04,402 PROBABLY 20. 420 00:15:04,405 --> 00:15:06,104 NOBODY KNEW. 421 00:15:06,107 --> 00:15:07,071 EVEN I TALKED WITH ALL THE 422 00:15:07,074 --> 00:15:07,905 PEOPLE. 423 00:15:07,908 --> 00:15:09,941 >> WHY? 424 00:15:09,944 --> 00:15:10,274 >> BECAUSE THE WAY I WAS 425 00:15:10,277 --> 00:15:12,510 TREATED. 426 00:15:12,513 --> 00:15:14,178 >> HE'S BIGGER THAN YOU, RICKY. 427 00:15:14,181 --> 00:15:16,180 KEEP YOUR KNEES BENT. 428 00:15:16,183 --> 00:15:17,648 KEEP YOUR KNEES BENT. 429 00:15:17,651 --> 00:15:19,484 >> UNFORTUNATE, BECAUSE MY HIGH 430 00:15:19,487 --> 00:15:22,020 SCHOOL TEACHER, AND I GET TO 431 00:15:22,023 --> 00:15:24,989 TALK TO YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN 432 00:15:24,992 --> 00:15:30,128 EVERY DAY, FROM BEFORE 9/11, I 433 00:15:30,131 --> 00:15:30,495 THOUGHT THIS GENERATION WAS 434 00:15:30,498 --> 00:15:31,529 TERRIBLE. 435 00:15:31,532 --> 00:15:37,268 THAT OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN 436 00:15:37,271 --> 00:15:37,568 THAT RESPONDED TO THAT, THE 437 00:15:37,571 --> 00:15:41,072 BEST. 438 00:15:41,075 --> 00:15:43,341 >> NOW WE INTRODUCE YOU TO MARY 439 00:15:43,344 --> 00:15:45,877 HE 440 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,279 HERERA. 441 00:15:48,282 --> 00:15:51,182 HER ARM WAS AMPUTATED IN 442 00:15:51,185 --> 00:15:51,549 AFGHANISTAN AND REATTACHED IN A 443 00:15:51,552 --> 00:15:54,052 HOSPITAL. 444 00:15:54,055 --> 00:15:54,786 SHE NOW WORKS AT A V.A. HOSPITAL 445 00:15:54,789 --> 00:15:57,321 IN TUCSON. 446 00:15:57,324 --> 00:16:03,561 >> 9/11 HAPPENED, AND I WASN'T 447 00:16:03,564 --> 00:16:06,798 READY FOR ANY PATRIOTIC SAY. 448 00:16:06,801 --> 00:16:11,436 AND I WAS PRETTY PISSED. 449 00:16:11,439 --> 00:16:12,170 I MAY NOT KNOW THE PEOPLE IN THE 450 00:16:12,173 --> 00:16:14,939 TWIN TOWERS, BUT NOBODY COMES TO 451 00:16:14,942 --> 00:16:15,873 MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND 452 00:16:15,876 --> 00:16:17,108 EXPECTS ME NOT TO PICK A FIGHT. 453 00:16:17,111 --> 00:16:23,081 THE PUBLIC DIDN'T KNOW THERE 454 00:16:23,084 --> 00:16:23,414 WERE TROOPS STANDING BY IN 455 00:16:23,417 --> 00:16:26,884 KUWAIT. 456 00:16:26,887 --> 00:16:28,553 AS WE'RE LEAVING THE PLANE, THE 457 00:16:28,556 --> 00:16:30,154 SCUD ALERTS WENT OFF. 458 00:16:30,157 --> 00:16:31,556 ALL YOUR EQUIPMENT FOR 459 00:16:31,559 --> 00:16:32,390 BIOLOGICAL WARFARE, SO THAT WAS 460 00:16:32,393 --> 00:16:34,025 PRETTY SCARY. 461 00:16:34,028 --> 00:16:37,095 THAT WAS OUR INITIAL, THAT WAS 462 00:16:37,098 --> 00:16:40,498 THE VERY FIRST EXPERIENCE WE ALL 463 00:16:40,501 --> 00:16:42,500 HAD BETWEEN OUR BOOTS IN THE 464 00:16:42,503 --> 00:16:44,369 FOIL WAS THE MISSILES, HAVING 465 00:16:44,372 --> 00:16:45,903 THE MASK AND THE FLIGHT 466 00:16:45,906 --> 00:16:46,270 ATTENDANTS ARE CRYING AND 467 00:16:46,273 --> 00:16:49,640 SCREAMING. 468 00:16:49,643 --> 00:16:50,808 THEY PUT US ON BUSES THAT HAD 469 00:16:50,811 --> 00:16:51,909 CURTAINS BECAUSE NOBODY KNEW 470 00:16:51,912 --> 00:16:52,176 THERE WAS AMERICAN TROOPS THERE 471 00:16:52,179 --> 00:16:54,178 YET. 472 00:16:54,181 --> 00:16:55,980 AND WE WERE DOING THE MISSION 473 00:16:55,983 --> 00:16:58,883 WITH SOME INTRIGUE AND THEY WERE 474 00:16:58,886 --> 00:17:02,987 HIT WITH AN IED. 475 00:17:02,990 --> 00:17:05,423 AND THE CARNAGE, YOU KNOW, THE 476 00:17:05,426 --> 00:17:08,126 TRAUMA, THE BODY PARTS THAT I 477 00:17:08,129 --> 00:17:09,927 WITNESSED, I WAS IN A GUNNER 478 00:17:09,930 --> 00:17:11,562 WITH THAT POSITION. 479 00:17:11,565 --> 00:17:13,331 I WAS INJURED, WE HAD SEEN A LOT 480 00:17:13,334 --> 00:17:15,667 OF INJURIES BEFORE THAT, BUT FOR 481 00:17:15,670 --> 00:17:17,101 SOME REASON AFTER THAT, I JUST 482 00:17:17,104 --> 00:17:18,169 FELT SOME INCREDIBLE FEAR THAT 483 00:17:18,172 --> 00:17:19,904 I'VE NEVER FELT BEFORE. 484 00:17:19,907 --> 00:17:26,144 SO IT WAS JUST A ROUTINE MISSION 485 00:17:26,147 --> 00:17:28,246 THAT MORNING. 486 00:17:28,249 --> 00:17:29,580 WE WENT TO FALLUJA TO DROP OFF 487 00:17:29,583 --> 00:17:30,882 THE PRISONERS. 488 00:17:30,885 --> 00:17:32,684 WE WERE DRIVING OUT THE GATE, 489 00:17:32,687 --> 00:17:33,685 AND IT'S FUNNY HOW YOU REMEMBER 490 00:17:33,688 --> 00:17:35,153 EVERYTHING SO VIVIDLY. 491 00:17:35,156 --> 00:17:37,088 AND SURE ENOUGH WHEN I LOOKED 492 00:17:37,091 --> 00:17:41,125 UP, I SAW THE TRACE OF FIRE. 493 00:17:41,128 --> 00:17:41,793 SO I STARTED FIRING OUT OF MY 494 00:17:41,796 --> 00:17:44,095 WEAPON. 495 00:17:44,098 --> 00:17:47,332 I WAS MAIN ASSAULT THERE AND I 496 00:17:47,335 --> 00:17:49,200 STARTED FIRING, AND IMMEDIATELY, 497 00:17:49,203 --> 00:17:50,802 RIGHT AFTER I WAS PULLING ON THE 498 00:17:50,805 --> 00:17:52,770 TRIGGER, I FELT LIKE A FLICK ON 499 00:17:52,773 --> 00:17:53,604 MY UPPER RIGHT ARM, JUST A 500 00:17:53,607 --> 00:17:55,440 LITTLE FLICK. 501 00:17:55,443 --> 00:17:58,009 IT DIDN'T KEEP ME FROM FIRING. 502 00:17:58,012 --> 00:17:58,376 I FIGURED I WAS HIT BY A ROCK OR 503 00:17:58,379 --> 00:18:00,745 SOMETHING. 504 00:18:00,748 --> 00:18:02,580 I CONTINUED TO FIRE, AND AS I'M 505 00:18:02,583 --> 00:18:04,148 FIRING WITH MY THUMB, HOLDING IT 506 00:18:04,151 --> 00:18:05,817 WITH MY LEFT AND FIRING IT WITH 507 00:18:05,820 --> 00:18:06,818 MY RIGHT, MY RIGHT ARM JUST FELL 508 00:18:06,821 --> 00:18:08,586 TO MY LEFT. 509 00:18:08,589 --> 00:18:10,822 I THOUGHT MY ARM HAD BEEN BLOWN 510 00:18:10,825 --> 00:18:11,155 OFF SINCE I JUST -- I FELT 511 00:18:11,158 --> 00:18:12,557 NOTHING. 512 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:13,691 SO I THOUGHT THAT I DIDN'T HAVE 513 00:18:13,694 --> 00:18:15,493 AN ARM THEN. 514 00:18:15,496 --> 00:18:19,364 BECAUSE FROM WHERE WE WERE AT TO 515 00:18:19,367 --> 00:18:20,164 GET TO ROMATI, IT WAS A 35 516 00:18:20,167 --> 00:18:23,501 MINUTE DRIVE. 517 00:18:23,504 --> 00:18:34,045 WE JUST DROVE ON TO ROMATI AND 518 00:18:34,048 --> 00:18:35,580 AS I CAME ON FROM THE CHURET, I 519 00:18:35,583 --> 00:18:36,414 WAS FIGHTING THE PRESSURE TO 520 00:18:36,417 --> 00:18:38,850 TURN ON MY RIFLE. 521 00:18:38,853 --> 00:18:40,551 BUT I NEVER LOOKED AT MY 522 00:18:40,554 --> 00:18:40,852 INJURIES BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT 523 00:18:40,855 --> 00:18:42,987 PANIC. 524 00:18:42,990 --> 00:18:44,122 I WAS LEANING BACK THERE IN THE 525 00:18:44,125 --> 00:18:50,662 BACKSEAT OF THE HUMVEE, AND I 526 00:18:50,665 --> 00:18:53,498 WAS LOOKING UP AT THE CHURRY, 527 00:18:53,501 --> 00:18:54,065 AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PAIN BUT A 528 00:18:54,068 --> 00:18:55,466 CALM COME THROUGH ME. 529 00:18:55,469 --> 00:18:56,734 I HAD SIGNED MYSELF OFF. 530 00:18:56,737 --> 00:19:01,639 I SPOKE TO GOD. 531 00:19:01,642 --> 00:19:04,142 I TOLD HIM I WAS READY, AND, 532 00:19:04,145 --> 00:19:08,279 EXCUSE ME. 533 00:19:08,282 --> 00:19:09,847 AHEM. 534 00:19:09,850 --> 00:19:11,983 SO I, I MADE MY PEACE. 535 00:19:11,986 --> 00:19:13,818 AND I WAS READY. 536 00:19:13,821 --> 00:19:21,526 THIS GUNSHOT THAT HIT ME UP 537 00:19:21,529 --> 00:19:21,926 HERE, IT WAS RIPPED THROUGH THE 538 00:19:21,929 --> 00:19:23,761 MAIN ARTERY. 539 00:19:23,764 --> 00:19:25,897 THAT WASN'T AS BAD, BUT THIS ONE 540 00:19:25,900 --> 00:19:29,033 HERE WITH THIS BIT, WHEN IT CAME 541 00:19:29,036 --> 00:19:30,335 IN, IT BLEW EVERYTHING OUT. 542 00:19:30,338 --> 00:19:32,804 THE ONLY THING ATTACHED TO MY 543 00:19:32,807 --> 00:19:36,307 ARMS WAS THE SKIN. 544 00:19:36,310 --> 00:19:37,008 I GOT MY PURPLE HEART AT BROOKE 545 00:19:37,011 --> 00:19:37,342 ARLENE MEDICAL CENTER IN SAN 546 00:19:37,345 --> 00:19:38,876 ANTONIO. 547 00:19:38,879 --> 00:19:39,243 AFTER THE SURGERY, I DID GET A 548 00:19:39,246 --> 00:19:42,847 CEREMONY. 549 00:19:42,850 --> 00:19:44,148 I WAS IN HOSPITAL GEAR WITH 550 00:19:44,151 --> 00:19:45,683 SLIPPERS AND SO THAT'S WHEN I 551 00:19:45,686 --> 00:19:48,119 GOT PRESENTED BY PURPLE HEART. 552 00:19:48,122 --> 00:19:49,821 I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE MOST 553 00:19:49,824 --> 00:19:50,355 PRESTIGIOUS MEDALS IN THE 554 00:19:50,358 --> 00:19:51,823 MILITARY. 555 00:19:51,826 --> 00:19:53,091 TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, THE 556 00:19:53,094 --> 00:19:56,260 PRIVILEGE, AND THE HONOR TO SAY 557 00:19:56,263 --> 00:19:58,863 YOU'VE ADDED RED TO THE RED, 558 00:19:58,866 --> 00:19:59,297 WHITE, AND BLUE, IT'S AN AMAZING 559 00:19:59,300 --> 00:20:02,567 FEELING. 560 00:20:02,570 --> 00:20:03,601 >> WOULD YOU DO IT ALL KNOWING 561 00:20:03,604 --> 00:20:04,569 WHAT YOU KNOW NOW, WOULD YOU DO 562 00:20:04,572 --> 00:20:06,004 IT AGAIN? 563 00:20:06,007 --> 00:20:08,639 >> IN A HEARTBEAT. 564 00:20:08,642 --> 00:20:10,441 EVEN KNOWING IN THE EXTENT OF 565 00:20:10,444 --> 00:20:11,409 YOUR INJURIES, I WOULD DO IT 566 00:20:11,412 --> 00:20:11,976 AGAIN IN A HEARTBEAT. 567 00:20:11,979 --> 00:20:14,245 >> WHY IS THAT? 568 00:20:14,248 --> 00:20:19,283 >> BECAUSE I LOVE MY COUNTRY. 569 00:20:19,286 --> 00:20:21,119 >> THE FINAL SEGMENT, MONTOYA 570 00:20:21,122 --> 00:20:25,089 INTRODUCES YOU TO SOMEONE YOU 571 00:20:25,092 --> 00:20:26,958 MAY KNOW, RICHARD CARMONA. 572 00:20:26,961 --> 00:20:27,825 HE WAS THE 17th SURGEON GENERAL 573 00:20:27,828 --> 00:20:29,794 OF THE UNITED STATES AND 574 00:20:29,797 --> 00:20:32,664 RECEIVED TWO PURPLE HEARTS 575 00:20:32,667 --> 00:20:33,264 DURING HIS SERVICE IN THE ARMY'S 576 00:20:33,267 --> 00:20:34,432 SPECIAL FORCES IN VIETNAM. 577 00:20:34,435 --> 00:20:35,633 SPECIAL FORCES IN VIETNAM. 578 00:20:35,636 --> 00:20:36,034 IT'S A TIME THAT'S DIFFICULT TO 579 00:20:36,037 --> 00:20:38,469 TALK ABOUT. 580 00:20:38,472 --> 00:20:40,304 >> WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU A GENERAL 581 00:20:40,307 --> 00:20:44,509 -- I MEAN, I DON'T LIKE TO 582 00:20:44,512 --> 00:20:47,578 REFLECT ON THOSE TOO MUCH. 583 00:20:47,581 --> 00:20:54,152 >> WHY? 584 00:20:57,891 --> 00:21:08,466 MORE THAN WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, 585 00:21:08,469 --> 00:21:10,935 YOU THINK ABOUT THE FRIENDS THAT 586 00:21:14,274 --> 00:21:19,711 I WAS LUCKY. 587 00:21:19,714 --> 00:21:20,978 I GOT INTO A NUMBER OF BAD 588 00:21:20,981 --> 00:21:24,816 SITUATIONS, AND ON A COUPLE OF 589 00:21:24,819 --> 00:21:25,116 TIMES I WAS INJURED, BUT I CAME 590 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:28,519 HOME. 591 00:21:28,522 --> 00:21:35,026 >> WHAT WERE YOUR INJURIES? 592 00:21:35,029 --> 00:21:38,496 >> I HAD ALL OF THEM. 593 00:21:38,499 --> 00:21:41,265 BLAST INJURIES TO MY LEG 594 00:21:41,268 --> 00:21:46,337 FRAGMENTS IN THE EXPLOSIONS. 595 00:21:46,340 --> 00:21:49,841 BAD KNEE INJURY WITH A ROCKET 596 00:21:49,844 --> 00:21:51,843 HITTING A BOULDER AND KNEE HEAD 597 00:21:51,846 --> 00:21:53,644 FALLING OFF WITH THE FRAGMENTS, 598 00:21:53,647 --> 00:21:55,079 GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD. 599 00:21:55,082 --> 00:21:56,681 FRAGMENTS IN MY BACK. 600 00:21:56,684 --> 00:22:00,051 >> FOR THE VIETNAM VETS, WHEN 601 00:22:00,054 --> 00:22:00,485 THEY CAME BACK, THERE WASN'T ANY 602 00:22:00,488 --> 00:22:02,653 CELEBRATION. 603 00:22:02,656 --> 00:22:02,954 DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU CAME 604 00:22:02,957 --> 00:22:04,188 BACK? 605 00:22:04,191 --> 00:22:07,792 WHAT WERE THOSE DAYS LIKE? 606 00:22:07,795 --> 00:22:11,062 >> IT WAS A LOT OF PROTESTS. 607 00:22:11,065 --> 00:22:14,198 I THINK THE SOCIETY HAD NOT 608 00:22:14,201 --> 00:22:14,932 MATURED ENOUGH TO SEPARATE THE 609 00:22:14,935 --> 00:22:16,801 SOLDIER FROM THE POLICY, SO WE 610 00:22:16,804 --> 00:22:19,570 WERE ALL CAST AS BAD GUYS, AND 611 00:22:19,573 --> 00:22:21,105 IT WAS ALL KINDS OF NEGATIVE 612 00:22:21,108 --> 00:22:22,674 THINGS SAID ABOUT US. 613 00:22:22,677 --> 00:22:25,543 YET WE WERE YOUNG KIDS. 614 00:22:25,546 --> 00:22:25,943 WE DID WHAT OUR NATION ASKED US 615 00:22:25,946 --> 00:22:27,512 TO DO. 616 00:22:27,515 --> 00:22:29,981 GO AND FIGHT THIS WAR. 617 00:22:29,984 --> 00:22:32,216 NONE OF US WERE OLD ENOUGH OR 618 00:22:32,219 --> 00:22:32,550 MATURE ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND 619 00:22:32,553 --> 00:22:34,819 POLICY. 620 00:22:34,822 --> 00:22:35,953 WE TOOK ON FACE VALUE WHAT OUR 621 00:22:35,956 --> 00:22:37,088 GOVERNMENT SAID TO DO, AND WE 622 00:22:37,091 --> 00:22:42,860 WENT AND DID THE JOB OF THE 623 00:22:42,863 --> 00:22:45,396 NATION THAT THEY ASSIGNED US. 624 00:22:45,399 --> 00:22:47,899 AND 58,000 OF MY BUDDIES, SO TO 625 00:22:47,902 --> 00:22:51,736 SPEAK, DIDN'T COME HOME AND A 626 00:22:51,739 --> 00:22:52,070 QUARTER MILLION OF US WERE 627 00:22:52,073 --> 00:22:55,106 WOUNDED. 628 00:22:55,109 --> 00:22:59,510 AND SO A LOT OF US, I REALLY 629 00:22:59,513 --> 00:23:02,680 TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS. 630 00:23:02,683 --> 00:23:04,248 BUT WHEN I DO, AND THAT'S A 631 00:23:04,251 --> 00:23:06,084 SMALL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS, MY 632 00:23:06,087 --> 00:23:09,187 SPECIAL FORCES BUDDIES, MOST OF 633 00:23:09,190 --> 00:23:12,323 THE TIME, IT'S THE FOND MEMORIES 634 00:23:12,326 --> 00:23:12,623 OF THOSE GUYS WHO DIDN'T COME 635 00:23:12,626 --> 00:23:16,394 BACK. 636 00:23:16,397 --> 00:23:18,496 >> IS THERE A MESSAGE THAT YOU 637 00:23:18,499 --> 00:23:20,298 WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE 638 00:23:20,301 --> 00:23:24,102 CONVEYED BACK THEN THAT TODAY 639 00:23:24,105 --> 00:23:25,870 YOU CAN CONVEY ABOUT THE MEN WHO 640 00:23:25,873 --> 00:23:28,506 CAME BACK AND MEN AND WOMEN, 641 00:23:28,509 --> 00:23:30,241 ACTUALLY, WHO CAME BACK? 642 00:23:30,244 --> 00:23:32,877 >> I THINK THE MESSAGE I WOULD 643 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,180 CONVEY IS WHERE SOCIETY IS 644 00:23:36,183 --> 00:23:38,983 TODAY, AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS 645 00:23:38,986 --> 00:23:41,085 40 YEARS AGO OR SO THAT OUR 646 00:23:41,088 --> 00:23:43,221 NATION HAD NOT EVOLVED TO THE 647 00:23:43,224 --> 00:23:45,623 POINT WHERE WE COULD HONOR THE 648 00:23:45,626 --> 00:23:46,891 BRAVE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO 649 00:23:46,894 --> 00:23:48,559 SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN A 650 00:23:48,562 --> 00:23:52,530 SELFLESS WAY AND DO WHATEVER OUR 651 00:23:52,533 --> 00:23:54,298 GOVERNMENT ASKED THEM TO DO. 652 00:23:54,301 --> 00:23:55,867 AND IF I WAS SMART ENOUGH BACK 653 00:23:55,870 --> 00:23:59,704 THEN AND MATURE ENOUGH, I WOULD 654 00:23:59,707 --> 00:24:02,940 HAVE SAID, SEPARATE THE POLICY 655 00:24:02,943 --> 00:24:05,076 FROM THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN 656 00:24:05,079 --> 00:24:05,343 WHOSE NATION ASKED THEM WHAT TO 657 00:24:05,346 --> 00:24:07,378 DO. 658 00:24:07,381 --> 00:24:08,680 AND I THINK WE SEE TODAY THAT 659 00:24:08,683 --> 00:24:10,081 EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE MAY BE 660 00:24:10,084 --> 00:24:14,218 AGAINST THE WAR OR FOR THE WAR 661 00:24:14,221 --> 00:24:15,353 OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN, THEY 662 00:24:15,356 --> 00:24:17,755 UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY ONE OF 663 00:24:17,758 --> 00:24:20,558 THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE 664 00:24:20,561 --> 00:24:20,892 SIMPLY A TOOL OF AMERICAN 665 00:24:20,895 --> 00:24:22,894 POLICY. 666 00:24:22,897 --> 00:24:26,664 AND WE HONOR THEIR SERVICE 667 00:24:26,667 --> 00:24:27,265 BECAUSE WE, THE PEOPLE, ASK THEM 668 00:24:27,268 --> 00:24:34,205 TO SERVE. 669 00:24:34,208 --> 00:24:34,906 SO AS A MIDDLE AGE GUY NOW, WHEN 670 00:24:34,909 --> 00:24:40,278 I TRAVEL A LOT AND I SIT ON A 671 00:24:40,281 --> 00:24:46,884 PLANE, AND WHEN I HEAR A 672 00:24:46,887 --> 00:24:50,621 STEWARDESS ASK EVERYBODY TO STAY 673 00:24:50,624 --> 00:24:53,291 SEATED BECAUSE WE HAVE VETERANS 674 00:24:53,294 --> 00:24:56,828 FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN COMING 675 00:24:56,831 --> 00:25:03,868 ON OR GETTING OFF, IT DOES BRING 676 00:25:03,871 --> 00:25:05,503 TEARS TO MY EYES BECAUSE THAT 677 00:25:05,506 --> 00:25:07,238 REALLY IS THE HOMAGE THAT WE OWE 678 00:25:07,241 --> 00:25:07,538 THEM, TO THESE YOUNG MEN AND 679 00:25:07,541 --> 00:25:11,042 WOMEN. 680 00:25:11,045 --> 00:25:12,610 WE DIDN'T EXPERIENCE THAT, BUT 681 00:25:12,613 --> 00:25:16,481 I'M PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL THAT OUR 682 00:25:16,484 --> 00:25:17,181 NATION HAS EVOLVED TO THE POINT 683 00:25:17,184 --> 00:25:18,349 WHERE WE UNDERSTAND THIS NOW. 684 00:25:18,352 --> 00:25:20,018 >> ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE 685 00:25:20,021 --> 00:25:21,719 TEND TO FORGET ABOUT IS THAT FOR 686 00:25:21,722 --> 00:25:25,156 EVERY SOLDIER WHO COMES BACK AND 687 00:25:25,159 --> 00:25:27,925 HAS PTSD OR WHATEVER THE 688 00:25:27,928 --> 00:25:28,860 CONTINUUM IS, THERE'S A FAMILY 689 00:25:28,863 --> 00:25:30,828 THAT IS SUFFERING, THAT IS 690 00:25:30,831 --> 00:25:31,396 PAYING THE PRICE RIGHT ALONGSIDE 691 00:25:31,399 --> 00:25:34,599 OF THEM. 692 00:25:34,602 --> 00:25:36,701 WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OUT THERE TO 693 00:25:36,704 --> 00:25:37,068 THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THOSE 694 00:25:37,071 --> 00:25:38,536 FAMILIES? 695 00:25:38,539 --> 00:25:40,672 >> LET ME SAY SOMETHING ABOUT 696 00:25:40,675 --> 00:25:41,039 FAMILY BECAUSE IT'S REAL 697 00:25:41,042 --> 00:25:42,473 IMPORTANT. 698 00:25:42,476 --> 00:25:43,207 I STILL WORK A LOT WITH THE 699 00:25:43,210 --> 00:25:44,042 GOVERNMENT, WITH THE DEPARTMENT 700 00:25:44,045 --> 00:25:45,643 OF DEFENSE. 701 00:25:45,646 --> 00:25:49,147 I SIT ON BOARD AND I DEAL WITH 702 00:25:49,150 --> 00:25:52,717 THESE ISSUES. 703 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,586 THE FAMILY, WHEN THE WARRIOR 704 00:25:55,589 --> 00:25:55,853 GOES TO WAR, THE FAMILY'S AT WAR 705 00:25:55,856 --> 00:25:58,456 TOO. 706 00:25:58,459 --> 00:26:02,093 BECAUSE THAT WIFE OR HUSBAND OR 707 00:26:02,096 --> 00:26:02,827 CHILDREN ARE LIVING THE BATTLES 708 00:26:02,830 --> 00:26:04,095 VICARIOUSLY EVERY DAY. 709 00:26:04,098 --> 00:26:06,230 EVERY SINGLE DAY. 710 00:26:06,233 --> 00:26:07,432 I FIRST LEARNED FROM THAT WHEN I 711 00:26:07,435 --> 00:26:08,566 CAME HOME FROM MY TOUR IN 712 00:26:08,569 --> 00:26:10,968 VIETNAM AND MY LITTLE BROTHER 713 00:26:10,971 --> 00:26:12,637 SAID TO ME, RICHIE, I WATCH THE 714 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:12,904 NEWS EVERY NIGHT TO SEE IF I SAW 715 00:26:12,907 --> 00:26:14,806 YOU. 716 00:26:14,809 --> 00:26:17,342 AND I KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT 717 00:26:17,345 --> 00:26:19,210 THAT, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK, THE 718 00:26:19,213 --> 00:26:20,478 FAMIIES AT HOME, WHETHER 719 00:26:20,481 --> 00:26:21,579 THEY'RE POOR OR RICH, THEY'RE 720 00:26:21,582 --> 00:26:23,481 WORRIED ABOUT YOU EVERY DAY. 721 00:26:23,484 --> 00:26:25,450 SO THE STRESS OF BATTLE IS ON 722 00:26:25,453 --> 00:26:25,817 THEM TOO, BUT THE BATTLE IS 723 00:26:25,820 --> 00:26:28,619 DIFFERENT. 724 00:26:28,622 --> 00:26:29,721 THE BATTLE IS WORRYING ABOUT 725 00:26:29,724 --> 00:26:31,689 YOUR SURVIVAL AND YOUR HEALTH 726 00:26:31,692 --> 00:26:37,128 AND YOUR WELL BEING FOR THAT MOM 727 00:26:37,131 --> 00:26:38,229 OR DAD OR CHILD OR GRANDPA, 728 00:26:38,232 --> 00:26:39,564 WHOEVER THAT FAMILY IS. 729 00:26:39,567 --> 00:26:41,799 THEY ALL SUFFER AS WELL AND WE 730 00:26:41,802 --> 00:26:42,767 SEE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN 731 00:26:42,770 --> 00:26:43,534 THE FAMILIES. 732 00:26:43,537 --> 00:26:45,770 YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT THE ONES 733 00:26:45,773 --> 00:26:47,372 AT WAR, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 734 00:26:47,375 --> 00:26:48,639 THEY ARE VICARIOUSLY, BUT EVERY 735 00:26:48,642 --> 00:26:51,042 DAY, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH IN 736 00:26:51,045 --> 00:26:52,910 THEIR MIND ALL OF THE CHALLENGES 737 00:26:52,913 --> 00:26:53,611 OF WHAT IF HE OR SHE DOESN'T 738 00:26:53,614 --> 00:26:54,846 COME HOME? 739 00:26:54,849 --> 00:26:55,880 WHAT IF THEY COME HOME INJURED 740 00:26:55,883 --> 00:26:58,583 OR WOUNDED? 741 00:26:58,586 --> 00:26:59,884 WILL DADDY OR MOMMY BE THE SAME? 742 00:26:59,887 --> 00:27:01,019 IT'S REALLY A BIG ISSUE AND WE 743 00:27:01,022 --> 00:27:02,587 ARE ONLY UNDERSTANDING AND 744 00:27:02,590 --> 00:27:05,089 SEEING THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG 745 00:27:05,092 --> 00:27:11,362 RIGHT NOW. 746 00:27:11,365 --> 00:27:13,831 RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF 747 00:27:13,834 --> 00:27:15,800 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WITH 748 00:27:15,803 --> 00:27:18,369 INJURIES AND A HUGE ECONOMIC 749 00:27:18,372 --> 00:27:19,937 BURDEN THAT WILL BE WITH US FOR 750 00:27:19,940 --> 00:27:21,806 MAYBE A HALF CENTURY BECAUSE 751 00:27:21,809 --> 00:27:23,074 THESE 20 YEARS OLD COMING HOME 752 00:27:23,077 --> 00:27:24,075 FROM BATTLE WHO WILL NEED OUR 753 00:27:24,078 --> 00:27:25,443 SUPPORT, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED 754 00:27:25,446 --> 00:27:26,911 IT FOR DECADES TO COME. 755 00:27:26,914 --> 00:27:29,580 THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY IS STILL 756 00:27:29,583 --> 00:27:29,847 GOING TO BE 70 OR 80 OR 90 YEARS 757 00:27:29,850 --> 00:27:31,182 OLD. 758 00:27:31,185 --> 00:27:33,584 AND SO WHAT IS THE 759 00:27:33,587 --> 00:27:34,719 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE TO 760 00:27:34,722 --> 00:27:36,554 ENSURE THAT THEY WILL ALWAYS GET 761 00:27:36,557 --> 00:27:37,422 THE BEST CARE FOR WHATEVER THEIR 762 00:27:37,425 --> 00:27:38,990 NEEDS ARE? 763 00:27:38,993 --> 00:27:41,092 THAT IS THE OBLIGATION THAT WE 764 00:27:41,095 --> 00:27:42,694 HAVE INCURRED AS A NATION. 765 00:27:42,697 --> 00:27:44,095 >> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW, 766 00:27:44,098 --> 00:27:46,731 HONORING VETERANS. 767 00:27:46,734 --> 00:27:47,098 I'M CHRISTOPHER CONOVER, THANKS