SAME HAIRCUT. >> WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. THEY RISK THEIR LIVES TO
PROTECT OURS. BUT ONCE THEIR
MISSION IS COMPLETE, VETERANS
FACE A VERY DIFFERENT TYPE OF
BATTLE THAT TRANSITION TO
CIVILIAN LIFE. IT COULD BE A
DIFFICULT JOURNEY FILLED WITH
INTENSE EMOTIONS, STRESS AND
ISOLATION. BUT THERE’S HELP
STEVEN CAVASOS SADDLES UP AND
TAKES US TO A TEXAS RANCH WHERE
HEROES ARE FINDING HEALING AND
HOPE.
♪
HOPE. ♪ >> I’VE BEEN TRYING TO GET BACK
ON THE HORSE. IS THAT EVER
GOING TO FEEL GOOD? SO?
♪
♪
♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ >> AND THEN JUST FOR YOURSELF
UP AND OVER.
THAT FEELS IT FEELS PRETTY
COMFORTABLE RIGHT.
>> NOW YOU’RE TAKING A LEFT
BRAIN. YOU’RE GOING TO PULL
OUT. WELL LEFT, WHO LEFT NEXT?
ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS WHERE YOU LEARN TO COME
TO OUR ATTENTION DONOR NERVES
OR NOT SO MUCH. IN FACT, IT
TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO GET
COMFORTABLE HERE AT THE
STONEWALL SORTING RANGE DECIDED
TO USE YOUR RIGHT HAND THE POOL
AND YOU’RE GOING TO KICK.
>> HAHA JAMES HOLBERT
UNDERSTANDS THAT REWARDING
FEELING ANY TELLS ME FOR
VETERANS COPING WITH THEIR
MENTAL HEALTH. NOT IT CAN BE
LIFE CHANGING. YOU KNOW, WE
TALK ABOUT STEPPING ON A HORSE
FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT WAS THAT
FEELING OF LIKE, OKAY. GOT TO
BE DISTRAUGHT. I CAN’T BE
DISTRACTED ANY RIGHT. PRESENT
HERE.
>> HOW HARD WAS THAT? IT IS
VERY HARD TO CONCENTRATE THE
MINDS. ALWAYS RACINE. YEAH.
WITH YOU’RE PTSD PROBLEMS.
IT’S CONSTANTLY TRYING TO FIND
ANOTHER WAY TO TO THINK OF
SOMETHING. SO YEAH, YOU’RE
COSTLY. HAVE TO BE PRESIDENT
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN
YOURSELF. SO YOU’RE WATCHING US
ANIMAL BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T YOU
FEEL SOMETHING GOING WRONG.
ABOUT 1000 UNITED STATES NAVY
WAS A NAVY CORPSMAN WITH THAT
3RD MARINES OUT OF A CAN ONLY
BAY HAWAII.
>> I DID MY TOWARD TO THAN US
2007, 2008 TO PRESSURE RALLY
AND THE AND YOU HAVE TO FINISH
THE MISSION. AND THAT MISSION
IS GETTING HOME. THE MISSION
WAS COMPLETE. HOLBERT WAS HOME,
BUT HIS TRAUMA FOLLOWED HIM.
>> PTSD WILL DO TO SOME
VETERANS MYSELF. AND WHAT THEY
DID TO
ME WAS MAYBE WANT TO ISOLATE
AND SAY NO TO EVERYTHING
BECAUSE I WAS IN MY BUBBLE.
I WAS IN MY COMFORT ZONE AND I
DIDN’T WANT TO SAY YES TO
ANYTHING. SO WITH SEMPER FI
AND AMERICAS SPAWN AS WHAT THEY
DID WAS FOUND SOMETHING THAT
VETERANS CAN USE TO HELP COME
BACK AS A GROUP COME BACK AND
BE AROUND LIKE-MINDED VETERANS.
COLONEL JOHN MAYOR TELLS ME
THE IMPACT THE PROGRAM HAS HAD
THIS REALLY IS IS DESIGN.
>> TO REJUVENATE THE SPIRIT GUY
GETS WELL WOUNDED, CRITICALLY
AIRS, INJURED OR AS A A
CRITICAL ILLNESS. WE WANT TO BE
ABLE TO GET THAT SPIRIT BACK
AND SHOWN THAT THERE’S STILL NO
MATTER WHAT THE DISABILITY IS.
STILL GOT ABILITIES PROGRAMS
VERY UNIQUE IN THAT IT AT THE
BIG BRANCHES OUT WEST AND THEY
WORK AND SUPPORT OR THE RANCHER
AS A TEAM ACCOMPLISHING THE
MISSION FOR DOING THE TRICK.
>> AND USUALLY IT’S SOMETHING
LIGHT MOVING CATTLE INTO A
NATIONAL FOREST FROM GREAT OUT
HELPING GATHER AND BRAND OR
THEIR CABS
EVERY YEAR.
>> OR AND WHAT THEY’RE DOING
NOW IS SORTING THE CATTLE
MARKET UNIT SHIPMENT DECIDED
TO GIVE IT A TRY. I’LL BE
HONEST. THIS RICKY WAS PRETTY
NERVOUS, BUT WITH SOME
ENCOURAGEMENT AND TRUST, I WAS
IN CONTROL. THE WORST DOESN’T
CARE ABOUT YOUR PAST. DOESN’T
CARE IF YOU’VE BEEN BLOWN UP,
THEN CARE THAT YOU’RE MISSING
AN ARM OR LEG.
>> WE DIDN’T CARE WHERE YOU’RE
GOING WITH. THE CARES ABOUT IS
RIGHT NOW. AND THAT’S THE
BEAUTY. OF COURSE I MET RICHARD
CARSON, A FORMER U.S. ARMY LINE
MEDIC. HE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED
IN AFGHANISTAN BACK IN 2010 AND
EVENTUALLY LEARN TO WALK AGAIN
USING A CANE. BUT IN 2017, THE
TERRIBLE CAR CRASH.
>> LEFT HIM PARALYZED. IT WAS
IT WAS VERY I REALLY DID.
>> WE HAD NO INTEREST. NO, A
LOT OF
LIKE DURING A I DIDN’T REALLY
WANT TO GO OUT AND WE’RE DOING
THAT. THIS WAS HIS FIRST TIME
ON THE RANCH, HIS FIRST TIME
GETTING BACK ON A HORSE.
I’VE BEEN TRYING TO GET BACK
ON. THE HORSE IS THE MEMBER OF
MY NECK. I HAD MY OWN HORSES
BEFOREHAND. ALL I DID WAS WRITE
HORSES IN WORK. AND SO FOR ME,
IT THE OPPORTUNITY CAME OUT
HERE. I DIDN’T KNOW IF IT WAS
GOING TO WORK VERY GOOD OR NOT.
BUT I WAS LIKE AT LEAST I CAN
TRY AND SEE WHERE IT GOES.
HE DID NOT KNOW ANY OF THE
OTHER VETERANS BUT PLACED HIS
TRUST AND THEN
>> AS HE WAS LIFTED FROM HIS
CHAIR AND SAFELY SETTLED.
>> BACK INTO A FAMILIAR
FEELING. IT WAS AMAZING.
IT WAS FREEING ITS ITS
WHEELCHAIR DOING SOMETHING
THAT’S
>> WE’RE GETTING BACK TO
SOMETHING THAT I LOVE DOING
THAT HELP ME DEAL A LOT WITH
MY PTSD PERSON TELLS ME THE
REAL HEALING BEGINS. WHEN YOU
SEE. YES, IT DOESN’T MATTER
WHAT YOUR DISABILITY IS.
IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN
SOMETHING, THERE’S THERE’S A
WAY TO TO TRY. IT MIGHT NOT
BE THE SAME AS WHAT YOU’RE USED
TO IN THE PAST, BUT THERE’S
STILL A WAY TO. PARTICIPATE IN
THAT ACTIVITY AND TO ENJOY IT.
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