Emilio Mackie
U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy Veteran, surface warfare officer
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From Aboard a Submarine: What No One Tells You About Life After Service
In their words
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Hear it at 2:31“After I got out in July, I took the conscious effort to take a break.”
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Hear it at 3:50“Every time you get out, it feels like you're the first person to ever leave the military.”
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Hear it at 4:21“I realized that if I had to train my body to be prepared for the military, I needed to train my mind to get ready to get out.”
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Hear it at 4:29“I actually went through Military OneSource to find a therapist who was specifically trained in transitioning service members.”
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Hear it at 5:28“We all kind of have the same loss of identity and we have all of these tools, but we don’t know what to do with them.”
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Hear it at 10:33“The first step in any challenge is to address the fact that you have a problem and then call on help.”
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Hear it at 11:31“What I realized in the moments when I was alone was that I never truly was.”
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Hear it at 12:58“At the end of the day, community is everything.”
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Hear it at 13:33“Hurt people also have the responsibility to heal people as well.”
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Hear it at 13:42“And man, did it hurt getting out of the military.”
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Hear it at 31:28“The advice that I have is take a break. You’ve earned it.”