Jason Brooks

U.S. Marine Corps

Medically retired Marine, Recon and SERE instructor, firearms instructor

The story

“Before I joined the Marine Corps, believe it or not, I went to go join the Air Force because I wanted to go PJ.”
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“When that got taken away from me, I was devastated. I was depressed. You lose your identity. You lose your core.”
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“I felt like I lost part of my soul.”
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“I felt like I lost part of my soul. So I went to a deep dark place for a little bit.”
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“At one point they had me on seven different medications, for my PTSD, for my anxiety, for my freaking sleep problems.”
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“I literally lost like two years of my life because I can't remember it.”
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“Being born and raised in Vegas, I was a drinker. I was a heavy drinker.”
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“It might look like everything's closing in on you, but that's not the reality of the situation.”
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“There’s people out there that can help you and people out there that can walk you through it.”
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“There’s always something you’re going to be dealing with, but you have to know that that’s not the end for you. You can push through it.”
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“I didn’t go through all of this to be strong, just to come out here to be weak.”
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