Joining via zoom from Ohio is Austin Owens, a Prior U.S. Army Infantryman, who was awarded the Purple Heart after being wounded in combat while serving in Afghanistan in 2011.

Austin joined the U.S. Army at the age of 19 in 2009 and originally wanted to be a K9 Handler, but had to settle with 11Bravo. Austin discusses the lack of mental health awareness training during his time in the Army as they made fun of each other, Command would tell you to "Fuck Off", and it was expected to be a macho man.

In January of 2011, Austin (21 years of age) found himself in Afghanistan and was able to work and train with the Afghans, which was dangerous at times. On June 5, 2011, Austin and his team were ambushed via RPG's, where one nearly struck him. After this event, Austin was awarded the Purple Heart. Austin still has shrapnel in his leg and suffered major traumatic brain injury from the injuries.

After getting out of the U.S. Military, Austin found the gym which opened up a lot of doors for him. Austin believes physical fitness and the micro achievements within fitness greatly benefit our community.

Austin is now working with Catch A Lift Fund, which is a fantastic resource for our Veteran community. The Catch A Lift Fund enables post 9/11 combat injured veterans all over the U.S. to recover and rehabilitate both physically and mentally through physical fitness, motivation and support.

https://catchaliftfund.org/

Joining via zoom from San Diego, CA, is Kendall Wood, who's been a yoga therapist working with our first responder community for the past five years. Currently, Kendall works along side CAL Fire Firefighters at the training center teaching yoga. Kendall is also married to a CAL Fire Engineer.

Kendall offers 1:1 virtual yoga sessions, in person retreats, conferences, and corporate events. If you're in the San Diego area, Kendall can also see you in person upon request.

Schedule a free consultation by going to Kendall's website at Kendallanne.com or find Kendall on Instagram by searching @Kendallanneyoga.

Thank you all and don't forget to download The Overwatch Collective App to listen to T.O.C.'s Podcast in addition to others for our community.

Joining via zoom is Kristofor from the state of Texas! Kristofor is a prior Special Agent w/ U.S. Customs & Boarder Protection where he served honorably for 15 years. Kristofer is currently married with two children.

In this podcast, we talk about a call for service where Kristofor was 10 ft. away from someone who died via a self inflicting GSW, his involvement in the largest telefraud case in U.S. History, Boarder Agents killed off-duty, locating decomposing deceased bodies near the boarder, and Officer suicides within the federal agency.

Furthermore, Kristofor talks all about his book called, "In Valor, 365 Stoic Meditations For First Responders. This book give you the tools you need on and off duty to survive! Head over to Amazon to purchase the book today! You can also follow his podcast by searching The Stoic Responder, which will be added to T.O.C.'s App soon.

Thank you to Kristofor for supporting T.O.C. and for all your work in our First Responder in the past and present.