Send us a text We trace John’s path from Marine combat engineer to addiction, homelessness, and back to purposeful service, detailing how brotherhood, hard choices, and real treatment rebuilt his life. We also break down gaps in VA community care and how Haven for Heroes moves fast in crises. • choosing the Marine Corps and combat engineer path • deployments to Helmand and the bond of brotherhood • surviving IED blasts and lingering concussion effects • non‑deployable status and the slide in...
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Send us a text We trace John’s path from Marine combat engineer to addiction, homelessness, and back to purposeful service, detailing how brotherhood, hard choices, and real treatment rebuilt his life. We also break down gaps in VA community care and how Haven for Heroes moves fast in crises. • choosing the Marine Corps and combat engineer path • deployments to Helmand and the bond of brotherhood • surviving IED blasts and lingering concussion effects • non‑deployable status and the slide in...
Ep. 62 - Bob: From High School Drop Out at 16 to Vietnam At 17 to The Streets For 18 Years to Saving Veterans
The VetsConnection Podcast
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Ep. 62 - Bob: From High School Drop Out at 16 to Vietnam At 17 to The Streets For 18 Years to Saving Veterans
Send us a text A veteran’s life arcs from a 17-year-old paratrooper in Vietnam to 18 years on New York streets, to a late-life mission rescuing fellow veterans. Raw scenes of war, failed recovery, homelessness, and hard-earned redemption shape a clear path to purpose. • early enlistment, jump school, 1962 Vietnam operations • traumatic recoveries, Saigon bombing aftermath • post-war collapse, suicide attempt, coma • marriage under strain, untreated PTSD • walking into homelessness, survival ...
The VetsConnection Podcast
Send us a text We trace John’s path from Marine combat engineer to addiction, homelessness, and back to purposeful service, detailing how brotherhood, hard choices, and real treatment rebuilt his life. We also break down gaps in VA community care and how Haven for Heroes moves fast in crises. • choosing the Marine Corps and combat engineer path • deployments to Helmand and the bond of brotherhood • surviving IED blasts and lingering concussion effects • non‑deployable status and the slide in...
