Derrick Van Orden: “Treating these, our folks, our brothers and sisters that are…”

“I go, where'd you leave that thing? And he goes, afghanistan. Where? He said, like singing. I go, I've been there. Yeah. And it's a dump. You know what I mean? So Treating these, our folks, our brothers and sisters that are grievously injured as human beings is critical to their mental health. And guess what? It's also critical to yours because we all know friends like that, and it helps us understand. You know, one, we did make it back, and.” (46:06–46:13)

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