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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.56,0:00:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And up next,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.25,0:00:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have another good friend of mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.00,0:00:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a former combat veteran\Nof the United States Marine Corps.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.19,0:00:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's passionate about\Nhelping veterans in distress.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.68,0:00:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen,\Nmy good friend, Mr. Ron Self.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.05,0:00:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.66,0:00:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.56,0:00:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.63,0:00:35.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just got to pet a dog\Nfor the first time in 19 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.78,0:00:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm feeling some kind\Nof way about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.30,0:00:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, here we go.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.09,0:00:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,November 9, 2011.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.54,0:00:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A regular day just like any other day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.33,0:00:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I walked into my cell.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.63,0:00:54.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stepped up on the toilet seat.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.66,0:00:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put a rope around my neck.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.56,0:00:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Attached it to the locker,\Nand stepped off.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.34,0:01:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About an hour and a half later,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.07,0:01:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I woke up on the floor.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.65,0:01:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rope had broke, which surprised me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.75,0:01:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I made the rope\Nout of a sheet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.49,0:01:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A four-grade rope
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.43,0:01:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soaked in water,\Nreal good tensile strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.77,0:01:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably made 100 of those\Nin the Marine Corps,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.02,0:01:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towed Humvees with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.03,0:01:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this one broke. Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.80,0:01:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Initially what I felt was two-fold:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.20,0:01:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shame for having attempted to kill myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.61,0:01:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shame for having not succeeded.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.87,0:01:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while I'm not a religious man,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.87,0:01:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at some level I felt the rope\Nbroke for a reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.18,0:01:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe I just wanted\Nto believe it broke.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.57,0:01:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so I figured\NI'd sit with that for a while.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.14,0:01:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About two weeks later,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.88,0:01:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in a prison university project\NEnglish 204 research class,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.90,0:01:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the end result being to produce
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.98,0:01:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a 15 to 25 page paper \Non the topic of your choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.61,0:01:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the beginning of the semester\Nand someone handed me a document.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.39,0:02:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep in mind, I didn't tell anyone\Ntried to kill myself, nobody knew that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.80,0:02:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so someone handed me this document.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.82,0:02:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what it was was a legal opinion,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.67,0:02:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,filed by Judge Reinhart\Nof the Ninth Circuit Court
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.83,0:02:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,September 2009, in response to a lawsuit
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.50,0:02:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,filed by the family of a veteran\Nwho committed suicide.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.94,0:02:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In his response, he cited\Na Katz suicide study,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.21,0:02:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which indicated that 18 veterans a day\Nwere committing suicide at that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.17,0:02:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout the course of the semester,\Nand in months to follow,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.64,0:02:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went on to discover something\Nthat I found incomprehensible.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.39,0:02:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is, in the 14 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.55,0:02:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the start of the Iraqi War\Nto include the Afghanistan War,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.97,0:02:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,6,855 American personnel\Nwere killed in action.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.56,0:02:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that same period of time,\N73,000 veterans committed suicide.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.07,0:02:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now when I share these statistics,\Nthese numbers, with people,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.16,0:02:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they think I must be mistaken.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.96,0:03:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm in prison, we don't have\Naccess to good information.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.72,0:03:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we actually, in the college program,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.89,0:03:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have real good access to a lot\Nof literature to do the research,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.29,0:03:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's an accurate number.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.58,0:03:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I went on to discover\Na few other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.26,0:03:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is that I don't know why\Nthat number's so high.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.91,0:03:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can only speak\Nfor a small percentage of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.05,0:03:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's what I'm going\Nto talk about right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.42,0:03:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I explain that to people,\Nwhat I ask them to understand,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.74,0:03:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the relationship forged\Nbetween men in combat
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.68,0:03:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is similar to that\Nbetween a parent and a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.75,0:03:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for a veteran, there's no greater loss\Nthan than that of a brother in combat.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.38,0:03:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To actually see him fall.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.47,0:03:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the biggest lie of your life, you tell\Nto yourself the rest of your life;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.14,0:03:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that being, you could have done\Nsomething different to alter that outcome
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.00,0:03:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you simply couldn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.14,0:03:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while you saw them fall,\Nyou know they're gone;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.07,0:03:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're not really gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.05,0:03:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because every night\Nwhen you close your eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.81,0:04:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see their faces\Nin the shadows of your dreams,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.28,0:04:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constant reminders of the brotherhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.73,0:04:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the camaraderie, of the family\Nyou search for the rest of your life
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.54,0:04:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but intuitively know you will never find.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.62,0:04:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now friends and family,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.44,0:04:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they try to span that emotional divide.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.42,0:04:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They try to bridge the gap.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.64,0:04:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's pointless.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.17,0:04:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, they may as well look\Nto the stars and try and talk to people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.43,0:04:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a distant galaxy as talk to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.41,0:04:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's because serving with men
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.79,0:04:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that died by your side,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.50,0:04:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes in your arms,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.50,0:04:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proving their worth to you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.10,0:04:43.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has rendered pre-war family and friends
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.01,0:04:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,untrustworthy, undependable.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.57,0:04:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Translation: there's a stranger among us.\NThat stranger's the veteran. Its me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.72,0:04:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, clearly the seeds of suicide,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.68,0:04:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my opinion,\Nare planted on the battlefield.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.50,0:05:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they remain dormant for the most part\Nwhile you're on the battlefield.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.14,0:05:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only now your tour of duty's up\Nand it's time to rotate back home,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.31,0:05:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you get injured.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.22,0:05:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Either way you're coming back home,\Nand that's where they start to grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.100,0:05:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the second\Nyou step foot on that plane
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.08,0:05:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and arrive at the very same airports
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.58,0:05:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our brothers and sisters\Nfrom Vietnam arrived at
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.35,0:05:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and were greeted by people\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.14,0:05:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,calling them names, like, "Baby killer,"\N"Murderer," "War criminal,"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.33,0:05:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Go away," "We don't want you\Nin our country."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.58,0:05:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got to say, America gave itself\Na good ass-kicking
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.22,0:05:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in how it treated Vietnam veterans.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.76,0:05:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only now it's 45 years later,\Nand this generation of veterans
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.77,0:05:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.96,0:05:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a dozen other places\Nyou've never heard of
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.12,0:05:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are returning home and they're arriving\Nat those very same airports.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.33,0:05:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's become an opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.02,0:05:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for those people that gave\Nthe Vietnam veterans
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.24,0:05:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such a hard time to redeem themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.67,0:05:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's become an opportunity\Nfor America to redeem itself
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.40,0:05:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in relation to how\Nit treats its veterans.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.57,0:05:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, we step off the plane.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.75,0:05:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are waving flags.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.34,0:06:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Welcome home, you're a hero,\Nwe love you, we're so proud of you."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.95,0:06:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while many of the Vietnam veterans
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.95,0:06:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would have appreciated \Nthat type of reception,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.33,0:06:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they, and this is the hard part,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.34,0:06:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as this generation of veterans knows,\Nthere's some truth to those insults.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.01,0:06:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see many of the things \Nthat happen in combat
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.70,0:06:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply do not translate\Ninto being a hero.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.46,0:06:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet you come back, and everybody's saying,\N"You're a hero. We're so proud of you."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.33,0:06:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we come back, and that's all\Nwe we ever wanted was to make it back.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.96,0:06:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now that you are back,\Nyou've never felt so alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.38,0:06:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You never felt so much\Nguilt and shame in your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.07,0:06:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you just want to go back.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.83,0:06:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you won't have to worry\Nabout thanking people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.14,0:06:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for thanking you for your service.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.90,0:06:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You won't have to worry about\Nfeeling like you're alienating people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.76,0:06:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's just what you do,\Nyou alienate everybody around you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.54,0:06:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's a reason for that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.95,0:06:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if you let anybody in,\Nif you let anybody get close,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.90,0:06:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might lose them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.24,0:06:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the thought of losing anyone else
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.84,0:07:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just brings you back to losing \Nyour brothers in combat.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.50,0:07:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for many veterans,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.92,0:07:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just that you can't go back to war.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.80,0:07:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can't go forward,\Nor you feel like you can't go forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.28,0:07:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The easiest solution for many\Nis just to chamber around.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.46,0:07:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And drop the hammer.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.94,0:07:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what many do.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.04,0:07:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another option, clearly my option,\Nis I came to prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.82,0:07:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coming to prison is a different path\Nto the same destination: death.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.66,0:07:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just a slower path.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.05,0:07:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only for me, as you know, the rope broke.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.31,0:07:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when the rope broke,\Na solution appeared to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.73,0:07:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in 2012, I founded "Veterans\NHealing Veterans From the Inside Out."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.96,0:07:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in it what I believe
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.37,0:07:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the solution to the problem\Nof the high rate of suicides.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.90,0:07:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, it's really simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.23,0:07:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As some things in life are.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.55,0:07:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you join the military,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.99,0:07:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's understood that you\Nhave to graduate boot camp
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.89,0:07:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go on to be a member\Nof that branch of service.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.52,0:08:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you think of society\Nas a branch of service, which it is,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.57,0:08:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before you can return to it\Nfrom the military,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.38,0:08:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to complete Boot Camp Out.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.27,0:08:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To not implement Boot Camp Out,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.32,0:08:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have veterans complete it, \Nin my opinion,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.26,0:08:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the equivalent of bringing\Na 60-ton Abrams tank back from war,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.53,0:08:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,painting it yellow,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.56,0:08:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slapping some stickers on it,\Nand calling it a school bus.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.88,0:08:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not going to work out too well.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.72,0:08:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine a big yellow Abrams tank,\Ncruising down the street,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.27,0:08:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaving a wake of torn-up asphalt,\Ncrushed cars behind it?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.05,0:08:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not trying to do that,\Nit's not trying to be destructive.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.47,0:08:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's a tank. It's a weapon of war.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.18,0:08:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the veteran comes back\Nfrom war,it's the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.13,0:08:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For that tank to be a school bus,\Nclearly some changes have to be made.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.75,0:08:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what Boot Camp Out's about;\Nit's about making those changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.74,0:08:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Boot Camp In,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.19,0:08:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first thing you do in the morning\Nis strap on your combat boots,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.21,0:08:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put your rucksack on, check your weapon,\Nmake sure it's sighted and good to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.34,0:08:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Boot Camp Out's the opposite of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.90,0:09:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First thing you do in the morning\Nis you put on your flip-flops,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.38,0:09:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your board shorts, baseball cap.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.81,0:09:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daily exercise begins with yoga, meditation,\Nmaybe a few laps in the pool,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.99,0:09:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mountain bike riding.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.83,0:09:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Definitely not a backpack carrying an M16.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.99,0:09:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The heart of the program would revolve \Naround narration therapy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.92,0:09:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, most veterans,\Nmyself included, will tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.48,0:09:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't need to write\Nmy experiences of war down.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.88,0:09:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lived them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.60,0:09:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're forever burned into my memories,\Netched into my soul."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.86,0:09:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's something\Nabout writing them down.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.75,0:09:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're tangible now.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.93,0:09:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can hold them, look at them,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.46,0:09:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relate to them in a different way\Nthan just thinking about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.52,0:09:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you share those experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.11,0:09:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with other veterans\Nthat have similar experiences,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.26,0:09:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something starts to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.86,0:09:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something unexpected, something \Nyou didn't think could ever happen again.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.40,0:09:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You start to feel a connection.\NYou start to feel alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.22,0:09:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you learn that it's okay
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.77,0:09:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take one step out of the shadows\Nof denial and depression.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.36,0:10:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that it's okay to share\Nthose repressed and subdued memories.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.04,0:10:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every time you do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.24,0:10:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time you share that\Nwith another group of veterans,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.39,0:10:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it gets easier.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.23,0:10:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.16,0:10:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the program I speak of\Nwill be unprecedented in military history
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.17,0:10:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it doesn't exist yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.68,0:10:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no Boot Camp Out.\NThere never has been.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.23,0:10:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the powers that be will say,\N"We're doing plenty.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.49,0:10:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're addressing the problem.\NWe have programs in place."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.24,0:10:29.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would say, as evidenced\Nby the high rate of suicide, the 73,000,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.100,0:10:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that those programs are ineffective.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.30,0:10:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now in the military,\Nit's all about the chain of command.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.16,0:10:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the orders come from the top down.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.49,0:10:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being here in prison, San Quentin,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.94,0:10:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't be any farther away\Nfrom that chain of command.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.31,0:10:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's why I need your help.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.97,0:10:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need people of power and influence\Nto help make this program happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.56,0:10:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without people of power and influence,\Nthis program won't exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.02,0:10:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now America claims\Nto love and support its veterans.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.77,0:11:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say, prove it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.100,0:11:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ask that you use your power,\Nyour influence,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.67,0:11:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to advocate for a change\Nin how veterans re-enter society.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.44,0:11:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Advocate for this change.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.59,0:11:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would ask you to contact "Veterans\NHealing Veterans From the Inside Out"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.39,0:11:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find out what you can do,\Nwhat more you can do,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.39,0:11:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help us save our brothers and sisters,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.96,0:11:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your brothers and sisters,\Nyour sons and daughters,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.39,0:11:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a fate that's undeserving of them\Nand their service to this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.15,0:11:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one other thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.88,0:11:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not often that people\Nfrom all walks of life
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.40,0:11:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can actually make history.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.74,0:11:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is what this is; an opportunity\Nfor everybody here, everybody in blue,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.66,0:11:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody that's come in from the street,\Neverybody that hears this message,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.44,0:11:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get involved and make\NBoot Camp Out happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.86,0:11:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We already have a version of it\Nhere at San Quentin Prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.47,0:11:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, it's a smaller,\Nscaled-down version.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.18,0:12:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think I can convince\Nthe Warden to put a pool in.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.30,0:12:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.48,0:12:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's a very successful program\Nthat we have here.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.68,0:12:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have several veterans
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.62,0:12:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have paroled from San Quentin\Nand they're thriving.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.62,0:12:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we have a good idea\Nof what to do and how to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.21,0:12:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just need your help to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.96,0:12:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, before I leave,\Nall I'm going to say is,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.72,0:12:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just asking for your help.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.99,0:12:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.55,0:12:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)