![]() ![]() ![]() I love League Park because you don’t know everything it has to offer until you step inside. My wife and I love Main Street Bistro, but we are also becoming big fans of the new Black Bear Diner. I originally began working with the Coalition during my own recovery efforts and over time I began helping other wounded veterans and their families make the transition from being injured or disabled to a successful, productive life. I am the Vice President of Field Operations and I serve as a national spokesperson. I was visiting the Houston-Galveston area frequently for my work with the Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes, so it just made sense for me and my family to move here. I see it as my duty to share what I learned and picked up along the way with other wounded veterans so their journey can be a little easier. When you are wounded and are faced with a long road to recovery, you become a self-advocate. Now I serve other veterans who are injured. I served for six years before my injuries forced me to retire. No one else in my family has ever been a Marine, so that intrigued me as well. I knew at that moment that I wanted to join them. I was in the Army ROTC in high school and I remember the day I saw the Marine Honor Guard perform during a ceremony. My wife Sarah and my three children Gabby, Kollin, and Everleigh inspire me to help others through my own story of recovery. Being wounded in action has only shown me that being alive and having a beautiful family and living in League City is truly a gift. Regardless, I won’t let that stop me or slow us down. While my physical wounds have healed, I still suffer from others that are related to my cognitive and mental abilities. I still to this day have the bullet in my brain. Wounded veterans and officers refer to the day of a near-fatal injury as a second birthday or alive day, because that is the day you came close to death but didn’t give in to your wounds. My medal says for “wounds received in action during Desert Storm” and lists the date of October 12, 2004. I was deployed with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Mahmoudiya, a city south of Baghdad, when I was shot in the face during a vehicle search. What did you receive your Purple Heart for?
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