AJ Kehl

“I think the biggest revelation of it all was that it really was a safe environment.”

“I listed them all out and it was the first time in my life that I saw all these things on paper and we just started attacking them.”

“If I could see something right here, after I did EMDR, it was like way off in the distance.”

“I realized in that moment that our top leadership across the Department of Defense, I think they genuinely care.”

“I don't think they fully understand, and neither do I, to be frank, how to stop it.”

“What if that helped just one person get off the ledge? That would be a win, I think.”

“I’ll tell you this, I learned calm is contagious.”

“Your rank means nothing when you get out, man.”

“The next, I walk outside here in Vegas and I'm like, hello, does anybody need me? Can I help anybody?”

“Your rank has nothing to do with anything, man. Your character, your integrity would be the only things that go forward.”

“We are very marketable. We come with great experience, education, and these soft skills that I think a lot of these big companies are looking for.”

“Start going to medical, because nobody gives a [care] about your medical problems except for you.”

“When you go to do your disability claim, I found that you need help. I didn't know what to do exactly.”

“Everyone has it worse and better than you. But that doesn't mean that you're not important and that you didn't serve.”

“I deepen relationships with people when we’re talking real.”

“Nobody was really asking how the caretaker was doing.”

“There is an identity crisis that comes out of twenty plus years. You have to learn how to be a civilian.”