“Cheeks” Aguillon

U.S. Army

U.S. Army Veteran, former chaplain assistant, film crew member, Vegas Veteran Voices team member who now serves on the Vegas Veteran Voices board

The story

“He goes, ‘You ever thought about being a chaplain assistant?’ And I was like, ‘No, I don't know. Sure. If you think it's cool.’”
Hear it at 26:19
“I looked back over the field and I saw an American come off of his feet and then land on his back.”
Hear it at 1:04:25
“He's the only armed [Afghan] out there. But I didn't see him do any of the shooting. So, I can't just start putting rounds into this guy.”
Hear it at 1:06:01
“I became that chaplain assistant that shot a guy.”
Hear it at 1:11:10
“He goes, ‘I'm [going to] put down that you have [tinnitus] only because I can't prove that you don't.’”
Hear it at 1:17:06
“People need to hear our stories. We have generations of Veterans that are disappearing without their stories being told.”
Hear it at 1:30:10
“You’re going to learn most of your lessons that you learn by going for it. It’s going to be through failure.”
Hear it at 1:32:42