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Scott Hastings

Scott Hastings

Sep 11, 2026

19:50
When and why did you join the Mother Army and what did you do?
19:53
Yeah, you know, I just, I joined in 2010, and I just felt like I needed to be a part of something that meant something at the time.
20:01
And, you know, I joined, I went straight to my recruiters, joined the United States Army as an infantryman, because growing up watching movies and TV, I mean, for me, what I saw as a soldier was someone who was out there fighting, and that's what I wanted to do.
20:18
And Joined then and then in 2011, April 21st, 2011, I was in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan and I ended up getting shot 10 times.
20:27
And the rest of my time in service was spent just trying to heal and trying to get back to a line unit until I was basically told that I could not go back to a line unit.
20:39
And then, you know, I've been blessed enough to be able to find music as a form of therapy from the PTSD and the depression and the anxiety.
20:46
And I, you know, I and beyond blessed and lucky enough to be able to do what I do.
21:21
I think you said that one of the reasons you went towards that was

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