 My world was crushed because the Army was all I knew and I'm like, well, what am I going to do now? You know, I still, I guess it's just the whole thing about being part of something, being part of something bigger, you know, a team, a family, and I have been doing this for nine years and I'm like, what do I do now? Me personally coming to Army Trials, it gives me another opportunity to compete for the United States, compete for the Army. And you know, hopefully from here, I can, you know, kind of restart my adaptive career and, you know, continue maybe someday, get back into the Paralympics and wear red, white blue on my back again. Adaptive sports, the word games, the Trials, I mean, it might recover and save my life. You know, I was in a bad spot and I had a guy one day, just one day say things happened for a reason. He called me in the hallway and he kind of was like, hey man, if you're scared to play, don't come and play. Ever since then, I've been in the Trials, the games, and just being competitive again to save my life. I was pretty frustrated when I first had to get retired because I didn't want to. I didn't want to leave Iraq. When I was injured, I was fully conscious. I was awake when they had to amputate me. I couldn't have any pain medicine because I had lost so much blood. I remember yelling at my company commander and he's telling me, you need to go home. I still have my trigger figure started, sir, and I didn't want to leave my guys. I felt like I failed my mission and I felt like I was abandoning them. I feel like I'm not forgotten by the Army. I feel like I'm still a part of the Army somehow and I'd like to hope I can still help contribute to give something back and serve in a small way. Even if it's just letting freshly injured amputees, burn victims, PTSD, whatever level of injuries, I never compare injuries. Pain is pain. And I think it would be, it feels good to know that they can see a trip we have and say, hey, maybe I can give this a shot, maybe, and I see them and I say, oh, I can give that a shot too and we, we just pick each other up just as if we were in a line unit. Everybody comes out support. You guys are awesome. The staff, the squad leaders, the cadre, the coaches are amazing. And most of all, the athletes, you know, it wouldn't be possible without the athletes. You know, go team Army and let's go down to Tampa and work some butt. I know you here for a reason. There's so many people who could have been here, but they picked you. You must understand there's so many people out there who want to replace you. This is your moment to shine. Nobody takes that from you. Nobody can beat you and you're proving that faith.