Gary Brecka

You know, you know, so, you know, I think I think reflection is very important.

You know, starting to how how did you get to the military?

Right.

Like why?

Because that's not a choice that a lot of people make.

And, you know, I was born in a small town.

We didn't have stoplights.

Like it was that small.

The nearest Walmart was 15 minutes away.

So we had a gas station and like a convenience store.

And I was born and taken back to a double wide trailer.

And then my mom got pregnant with me when she was 17.

My dad was, you know, was out of the picture from the very beginning.

And it was me and my mom.

And my grandparents were around and my mom was working two jobs all the way, I mean, shoot, until as far as I can remember, she was working two jobs.

She was driving, she was commuting an hour to work a nine to five and driving an hour back and then working overnights at the gas station.

And then, and so I was rotating a lot through my grandparents' house and

Um, you know, fast forwarding, uh, my mom got married when I was, um, probably 10 and that was where, that was where all of the trauma really like where it started.

And at that point, uh, I had a little brother, uh, who was probably three.

Um, so I actually, I was probably 12.