Part 2 with Mozey is a very candid look at the aftermath of Ramadi through stigma, medication, and a near-suicide. This is an unpolished conversation and the deeper takeaway is simple and hard: recovery isn’t a medal. It’s a practice, a conversation, and sometimes a long quiet run through the woods. If you’ve ever carried something heavy and silent - PTSD, grief, addiction - you’ll find some tools here: speak up, seek community, move with purpose, honor the fallen, and build spaces where you and others can heal.
We close with a ton of good memories and laughs from 2004, as it wasn't all trauma. The brotherhood remains and we remember why.
• unprocessed trauma after Ramadi and a fractured return
• stigma, weak PTSD support, and a suicide attempt
• Okinawa isolation and toxic drinking culture
• meds, numbness, and redeployment while sedated
• discovering ultrarunning as a coping tool
• building meaning through themed endurance events
• honoring 2/4 with the Magnificent Bastards Challenge
• ongoing recovery, speaking openly, rejecting machismo
• lighter memories from 2004 that kept morale alive
To learn more about Jason Mosel's organization and events, go here: https://racemozey.com/
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