Walk the Blue Line, Jim Patterson, and I are very, very proud of this book. Fantastic accounts from men and women, who serve our local state and federal law enforcement agencies from Big to small east to west City to rural. It doesn't matter. We capture them all. And I think what I hope readers, most of all will understand is that these men and women The moment they leave safety of their home to go to work until they get back whether day or night doesn't matter. They are at risk of death at any moment. It's not hyperbole, it's not a grandiose statement coming from Central Casting himself movie Set know these men and women protect us from evil. That is out there and my gosh there's a lot of it there. There are just there dozens of stories of these men and women that make split-second life and death decisions. Shoot don't shoot in positions predicaments that most of us would crumble in a second. So before anybody comes up with an opinion, that's - about these men and women, I would suggest you read this book and do it with your eyes wide open and understand. We are thankful that they're there.

Is it okay to ask a veteran? If they have taken a life as a rule of thumb? No, it's not. Okay, it does depend on context or so. If I was speaking to one of the veteran or just it came up naturally in conversation, then I wouldn't mind answering that question 2 - I posted on my dance. We had, no, I haven't killed somebody but it's a really hard question to ask people. You don't know what you're going to bring up and that can work on either side of the coin saw. If somebody has taken a life, it's generally not something that anybody. Buddy. Relishes, at least not somebody of a stable State of Mind anywhere. And if they haven't, then there might be regret that they haven't. But I personally didn't take a life, but I did watch. Unfortunately, a lot of people get killed and injured. And I, for a long time. Wanted to go back to Afghanistan and to try and make it even to try and kill people. They the insurgents in reality that would never work. So I would he would never have done me any good but I regretted not being in that position for a long. Long time even though that would have been the wrong thing to do. So to answer your question generally speaking, no it is not okay to ask that if you do a skit you need to have a really good reason for asking it and make sure you're asking a sensitively. And if you do ask it, be prepared for them to not answer and potentially be offended by it. So short answer. No, not really take out.

Currently in the military Community, I help veterans transition from active duty to civilian life. I do that with the help of organizations that take veterans hunting or fishing or doing nature hikes getting out in the outdoors. And also, currently, I'm working on a book to help veterans deal with post-traumatic stress and, you know, just staying in touch with my Fellow veterans and helping out other members of the military Community as they transition from a civilian into the military.

Hey, what's up guys? Jason Redman question right here is how do you think the lessons you learn in the military can be applied to other fields? Such as health care or nonprofit? Know it's pretty interesting guys. I retired in 2013 so I'm coming up on ten years in August and what I've come to learn and so many guys and businesses are very unilateral in their thinking, they think. Oh well, this guy was an infantryman or this guy was a radio men of this guy fired mortars or whatever it is. And they only think specifically A about that job so that doesn't translate and their mind to the civilian world and even a lot of veterans think the same thing. Well, if I was a shooter, how can I work in business? Or how can I work in this? And guys, it is the intangible skills in the military that make you incredibly successful and wanted in the civilian world, we learn how to lead, we learn how to build teams, we learn now to deal with adversity, we learn how to set goals and accomplish those goals. We learn to look at metrics. And the numbers and find out, are we on track with this? And then we know how to problem, solve to figure out how to get back. On course, guys, so many intangible skills. Those are the skills that you need to focus on when you're heading out into the civilian World. Those are the skills that businesses need to be focused on when we're looking at hiring. If you work in h.r., you should be hiring veterans. If you're a veteran, you should be looking at your intangible skills. All right. Get out there and crush it. I'm out.

Hey, Noah, the best way to stay relaxed in any situation that stents or high stress. This is simply take a deep breath, okay? This allows you to collect your thoughts and plan your next course of action. You don't need to feel Rush, man. It mean, when you take a take a deep breath, you're also allowing your body and your mind. To prepare itself for the next steps.

How do you feel about what has happened in Afghanistan since the Coalition forces left in a word or two words? Heartbroken, we always knew that we were gonna have to leave eventually. And we did always know that at some point. The Taliban would take over again. When that happened, when you, they were waiting for us to leave, however, the speed at which your happened and the speed at which things just returned back to the way they were before we were ever there. R is what shocked, the veteran community and really broke our hearts because we lost friends lost family. We share blood. I personally suffer severe mental health issues as a consequence of my time in Afghanistan and it felt like I'm work there, didn't matter what I try to tell myself, however, is that we did, give the Afghan, people some improvement on their quality of life, for 10, 11 years for the most part. Art. But yeah, the veteran Community is pretty heartbroken. Generally speaking, I can't speak for everybody but a lot of the the sense that I get speaking to other veterans annoyed as well, and that's how it was done. It was just so quick. It was just so careless we put lives at risk doing it especially local lives. So yeah, pretty Hard. Workin pretty annoyed about it. A lot of wasted lives time energy and money there. Take care.