Its important to tell a story. He survived an tactic the cost him to devote his life as a bomb tech. Others serving eight years in activeduty, retired step sergeant such as the food came pain to serve veterans pretty for alongside on capitol hill and policy and House Veteran Affairs committee and the department of defense. And if in fact, you may have even seen him in a movie lincoln. Memorial day, is a day of reverence for any and celebrating the fact that they were americans. Dan was for golf professional and founder a Nonprofit Organization that is it more than 125 million of scholarships. The families of disabled or fallen warriors. Dan has included three tours of duty continues to serve at the base at the three and a first fire tears squadron. He won the call of Service Award and distinguished metal and iraqis freedom metal. Hes the author of the upcoming book, how to harness and faith on your assent to direct great its pretty. Kim hook or hot water, we were going to avenge and make him proud. Staff sergeant joined the army in 1999 and iraq in 2004 made during that tour, on november 10th, the Staff Sergeant wrist his own life and save the lives of the members during the second battle. Initially awarded the soldier star for his battlefield effort in 2019, his award was upgraded to the congressional medal of honor. At the white house, but president donald trump. Following his military career, he returned as a reporter to iraq in the account of his experiences. David was also the cofounder the best freedom and an organization i know and love. And continues to support Army Recruiting efforts and countless organizations. You go overseas pretty good, we get to know the people around you. You get to know you squadron your team. It gives a really close to them. They become the family. He joined the army in 2005 and soon earned the distinguished green beret. And he served in afghanistan in 2014 was the Third Special forces. While in active service, he played the Texas LonghornFootball Team for five years and was on the seattle seahawks, he resigned there is a 34 yearold rookie. The senior and emerging that suppliers where he dedicated his time to helping veterans and athletes transition their skills. Welcome, dan joey need to david. It is an honor to have you all here. Thank you for being here. We would like to talk about the real aspect of what the warriors faith on the battlefield. One of the biggest one is remembering the people and never came home. I think there are a lot of assumptions about how memorial day is observed it. Dave i will start with you. You wear the medal of honor around your neck. Its a demonstration of our generation predict how you about memorial date. David memorial day for me as a day of inventory. What kind of a man am i. Did i live my life for those 37 guys that we lost. How many numbers those grew over the years. Are we good fathers. Are we dependable, are we honorable people. Because we believe that these men that we lost, and prematurely, what with a have been if they work 45. So it is a day of obvious of holiness in question in a day when you take an inventory of are you living up to them and their memories. Joey obviously more change your life completely. Where is your head that when you think about this. Joey i love david said about a day of inventory. I would say day of gratitude and also inventory. Right after i got hurt, but it was my legs, i was given a check Second Chance at lives. And we will talk about another guy later but that same bond. Twentyfour in the marine corps that i served with the new almost all of them that he gotten into the war. And i think about them. There were two guys that i would that died afterwards. One in his own hand in the other one is that in effect from his injury. My guess would agree to be us this idea the v think full for every moment. Those guys did get to go home from war. They died and they didnt get to come home for memorial day. When people have this narrative of almost getting you into those who dare enjoy your hamburger hot dog. It is really not what its all about sabrina cant think of one guy that we lost that would be to stop because youre drinking a beer and eating a hamburger on memorial day. It is just connecting that back to the fact that sacrifice. Host thought you think it would be a little angry if he didnt. The marines i knew would be mad if you words drinking shots. But their more accessibl success of doing it. Just connecting the sapis experiences with your family. And really make that connection and however you need to do it. To be in love that idea david taking inventory. That a solid. Host joey, you mentioned personal stories and were going to share a number of those. These people have names and families futures device of experienced it personally. We will bring some of those names alive again today in the program as you share personal stories of people that you want to remember. Memorial day. Look forward to that tonights program. Nato want to go to next. When you go to highest of heights in the nfl. Youre in the late queen bracebridge well look back on memorial day how you look. Nate for small, those guys stole all of my answers. They articulated it so much better than i would. But thats exactly right. It is called memorial day for a reason. Its a cold morning date. His socalled beat yourself up day. Struggle with survivors guilt date. Blame yourself and blame others. Thats not what it is. Its our numbering those guys. And david alluded to the best way to honor them is the way you live your life everyday. Host santa monica to you, you dedicated your lifes mission and is used to continue to stir to actively memorializing the kids they didnt come home or were wounded. In particular story i think, a night mission. A ticket to anywhere you want on how you look at memorial day rated. Dan in the works for me, i go back to davids comment. Im going to drink some budweiser but i turned to scripture for a lot of things in life. And in john 1513 the man who would lay down his life once friend. No greater love. That is it. And what a sacrifice, never forgetting that. And recognizing the families that are still here. One of the things i never anticipated on this honor and journey, in the form of scholarships with the money. These families, one thing that truly matters, that you honor them. In particular he is a country. These men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. Memorial day as a debit reference predict and debris members of celebrating the fact that they were americans. I flew mission in iraq and it was one of the most intense nights of my entire life. It you sleep all day, he foot combat at night. Night vision goggles and on this particular mission, it was my second tour of duty in iraq read and there was a big storm that blew through and we took off and what would be about eight hours in the air over iraq. Five feelings and the entire time and an biggest night, often happened over there, when the weather was bad, the ground battle raged. In this collision was ongoing at the same time. We responded to several things that night. So its a truth in contact. So when the heroes of the ground are fighting in close proximity to the him an enemy, they call us up. And where the air support that comes in those situations. But this particular mission nothing to do with that comment and really god change me forever and set me on the staff ties directly to memorial day. The heroes that are looking up to be in the show with, we checked out of iraq thats night. And we were cleared by the kuwait center. My wingman that night was a rookie and we did a ton of combat together in the weather was so bad that i had to drag him back at about a 2mile radar trail. He was like a row, turn lights off. So i did and he said look up. It was i saw literally the most divine display of Natural Beauty that i ever witnessed in my life. It was a brutal night over iraq that night. And god called me. And i have no doubt is i was touching the face of angels pretty called me to continue to serve in a different way. At that point, i did not know what that was i had no context. But he planted did that in my heart. Host well said. Dan and 30, was a central factor into leading him to establish an initiative to provide scholarships to the children and families would follow thats. In this memorial day weekend, all the nation options will include a 5dollar donation to an incredible organization. So if you are not prescribed yet, is the perfect time. As a member of oxidation, you can always check out the extended version of this episode of modern warriors. Coming up, jones will tell the story of his friend and war fighter who served next to him. On the day he lost his leg. Host they celebrate the front line, from the marines to the modern warriors, shining light in the americans who risk their lives to fight for american tradition. Download the app its all right american everyday on fox nation. Have a grateful mission. I am totally blind. And non24 can make me show up too early. Or too late. Or make me feel like im not really there. Talk to your doctor, and call 8442342424. There are times when our need to connect really matters. To keep customers and employees in the know. To keep business moving. Comcast business is prepared for times like these. Powered by the nations largest gigspeed network. To help give you the speed, reliability, and security you need. Tools to manage your business from any device, anywhere. And a team of experts here for you 24 7. Weve always believed in the power of working together. Thats why, when every connection counts. You can count on us. Host this august marks the tenth anniversary date joey jones buses like in afghanistan while disarming an ied is not alone on the tape. It was with a fellow marine in one of his good friends join him as a bomb sweeper on the mission. What happened next change him forever. Joy tell us your story about the man you remember on memorial day rated. Joey thank you for give me a chance to talk about Corporal Daniel here. Greer. I would not automatically picked to be y good buddy. I grew up in the north side of georgia so i been rivals of the university of tennessee so anyone from knoxville, tennessee is 30 much in the taliban is for us were concerned. So we get to afghanistan and we are off rotation from the unit we are supporting so my first few months there were pretty heavy. That unit left in the new unit came in. We can bring engineers who are all actually service from the southeast so one of them on this corporate daniel greer from knoxville, tennessee. It was a fulltime fireman he did it for like he was doing enough post 911 so he became a reserved brain, an engineers job in the country is to help sweep for i ed sprint and then they could dispatch two units like the textual. So we get to Work Together early on in the deployment and later in the deployment when we were sent to go to bizarre full of ied components, stockpile. I really wanted him to be part of my unit. My little teen and on the sixth morning i woke up and daniel woke me up actually. He actually gotten up and was looking for me and said hey i found some components and im not sure about any device to come and check it out pretty so i will be on the wall to look at it and honestly dont remember what i saw. I was looking to see if it was initiated. My teammate walked off to establish columns with forensics analyst to take pictures of documents in the components predict it would not leave my side. Everything west of the wall i was near, we had it been to get brain i said man you need to get back in case something. And he said no, i got a rifle and i want to be here to overwatch. Long story short, i stepped on id in a blew up and it landed on my back i knew my leg provide free to attorney given what i did, my arm was still my left. Im going to die. I dont have legs and for my arms is messed up. And daniel was a 20 feet in another direction lying on his belly looking back at me. And i have a heavy breather. And i thought was a heavy breather. As i woke up a few days later. In the hospital in the first acid, a full the tube out of my mouths words daniel and the lady looked at me and said, dont worry honey. You will walk again and i thought it was strange that thats what she said. A few minutes later, col. With the doctor came and said, Corporal Greer was hit in the head and he suffered traumatic brain injury and we will have to give up life support his family just left. The reason i tell that story is not because its bad because they are not assignable is the same age as mine. In a new life, almost the same part of this country needed a very similar job and is it because the reminder, he is a constant reminder to be so thankful that i am still here living. A good friend of mine jake says, life is for the living and we owe it to those we lost her to live life and live well. As i was always speak to honor daniel. One of the two of his head into the day. And it was him. Since up to be delivered. Its really important for me and phil storytell historic. Host the close call, the day you survived. Anything about the day. And david i guess doug over to you as you are in the thick of it and you have a story the will talk to them later on in the store. That guys like come back thats like you as a shape the way you view your life. David i spent a tremendous amount of time in my adult civilian years. Inaudible. People trust. When there is a work environment, and relationship, whatever it is. Trust is such a huge important factor with human beings in one the things that the military gives you especially when you go to about, you want to get to know everything you need to know about that man. As soon as that bullet flies. They will block your way. There a cowboy fan in your giants fan, it does not matter. What the separation is or the differences are. When those bullets fly you will see what kind of human being is on your left and right. And once you have that bond. With that connection is there, really there is nothing else in life. You might disagree who likes pepsi or coke, who cares. I know what person you are. I can trust you Everything Else is fine. Is really the most beautiful and greatest ice breaker for a relationship in your life is to share something in common. Somewhat together that you have that you really to play through with producing possible. Where all effective because of combat. But its impossible to be victimized by it. We see so many people like what you just heard rated a buddy giving his life for another buddy. How can you be victimized by that. I am empowered by that. It is a day of thanksgiving because we have so many men and women who are willing to say, if america is under threats, we need to be there for each of the buried. Host god bless corporate greer. We stand in the soldiers of trancelike imprint still ahead, another incredible story. Another medal of honor recipient. No more than ever we need to be grateful for our families and friends. Celebrating the men and women on the front lines protecting your freedom with the grateful nation. 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One of the soldiers was david. And david if you would on the special day, this holy day really, sherry story. David some of you may have seen falkenberg. He decided to take it up as an elementary, principal, he would be a horrible failure. Luckily he chose to be a Sergeant Major. In his greatest legacy is the fact that he raised sons what they were his own. As our surrogate father predict you have the greatest relationship sometimes with Sergeant Major. They ar not your buddys prettye showed me everything a day how much he loved me and all of my friends all of my peers by the way he trained us. By the way he drawled tough lessons. Because he knew that one day we were going to be that combat in the zone and the only way we will get through it is by being together. And iraqis and american soldiers, the language barrier is huge. The cultural things that are different. But when you can just stand up next to someone and youre not even speaking their language but just by their actions, you pick up and you follow that person that tells you everything you need to know. And he was 45 when he lost his life rated at the time, i thought that was the oldest thing the world. [laughter]. What was he doing in the army. Fortyfive. His knees were breaking down. In a permanent scowl on his face. I will tell you, i am 45. That is holy and right now. And to think of how these men that we lost, and will never go three these days of the light that we got th