1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:07,340 --> 00:00:09,570 I'm H . N . Cody stroke E . O . I'm a 3 00:00:09,570 --> 00:00:11,403 hospital Corman with the wounded 4 00:00:11,403 --> 00:00:12,459 warrior regiment . 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,280 Today we actually have a wounded 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,400 warrior service members from both 7 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:23,580 battalion East battalion West and some 8 00:00:23,580 --> 00:00:25,730 from Quantico . And we're doing a 20 9 00:00:25,730 --> 00:00:27,897 mile hike in the Appalachian Mountains 10 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:31,380 3 11 . It feels awesome . It feels 11 00:00:31,380 --> 00:00:33,547 rewarding , especially coming here and 12 00:00:33,547 --> 00:00:35,547 seeing all these recovering service 13 00:00:35,547 --> 00:00:37,769 members . It's super awesome . And just 14 00:00:37,769 --> 00:00:39,936 being able to be here . I'm grateful . 15 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:44,607 Being part of wounded warrior regiment 16 00:00:44,607 --> 00:00:46,829 benefits me because it allows me to see 17 00:00:46,829 --> 00:00:49,550 the resiliency of marines and see them 18 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,950 on a daily basis , adapt and overcome 19 00:00:53,020 --> 00:00:56,510 and just live that marine ethos . And 20 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,790 as the staff , we get to do what's best 21 00:00:59,790 --> 00:01:01,957 for the Marine Corps , which is taking 22 00:01:01,957 --> 00:01:04,012 care of marines and ensuring that we 23 00:01:04,012 --> 00:01:06,179 never leave a marine behind . Really , 24 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,062 it makes me feel extremely proud of the 25 00:01:09,062 --> 00:01:11,660 marines . Their efforts training to 26 00:01:11,660 --> 00:01:13,980 lead up to this point to , to let them 27 00:01:13,980 --> 00:01:17,000 see and understand that there's gonna 28 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,000 be ups and downs , there's gonna be 29 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,167 difficulties in their journey in their 30 00:01:21,167 --> 00:01:23,750 transition in their life moving forward 31 00:01:23,900 --> 00:01:25,956 and hopefully this will , they'll be 32 00:01:25,956 --> 00:01:27,789 able to reflect back on this and 33 00:01:27,789 --> 00:01:30,011 understand that they can overcome those 34 00:01:30,011 --> 00:01:32,233 challenges , whether it's the rain that 35 00:01:32,233 --> 00:01:34,289 we were in this afternoon or some of 36 00:01:34,289 --> 00:01:36,511 the steep up and down hills that we had 37 00:01:36,511 --> 00:01:38,567 and they'll be able to persevere and 38 00:01:38,567 --> 00:01:41,120 build and experience post traumatic 39 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:41,460 growth