Tejano Space Cowboy

Yeah, it was a gigantic arm and it was like the first time that the VA in San Antonio had ever built a prosthetic, an upper extremity prosthetic. So they were terrible at it. And that's that kind of began my journey on like getting into prosthetics myself because I didn't know that not everybody could build prosthetics, upper extremity prosthetics at the level of like the best people.

Yeah, terrible.

Yeah, terrible.

Yeah, terrible.

Yeah, like, I fucking... I would really love to talk about the VA at some point, but... I'm sure we'll get there, brother. I feel bad... I feel bad talking about my situation, but this arm would not have come if the VA wasn't doing such a bad job. Because this guy who built this arm heard about my story and heard about my difficulty getting prosthetics from the VA. No background in prosthetics.

Yeah, like, I fucking... I would really love to talk about the VA at some point, but... I'm sure we'll get there, brother. I feel bad... I feel bad talking about my situation, but this arm would not have come if the VA wasn't doing such a bad job. Because this guy who built this arm heard about my story and heard about my difficulty getting prosthetics from the VA. No background in prosthetics.

Yeah, like, I fucking... I would really love to talk about the VA at some point, but... I'm sure we'll get there, brother. I feel bad... I feel bad talking about my situation, but this arm would not have come if the VA wasn't doing such a bad job. Because this guy who built this arm heard about my story and heard about my difficulty getting prosthetics from the VA. No background in prosthetics.

And he built this for me from scratch. And his background was aerospace. And, uh, so yeah, the VA, like I always tell people like, uh, like, Oh, the VA guy, cause I get a lot of that. Like the VA may just like, this has nothing to do with the VA. The VA did not do this. This is not a, it's a different level of prosthetic, but, um, I'm just noticing things like the Picatinny on the thumb.

And he built this for me from scratch. And his background was aerospace. And, uh, so yeah, the VA, like I always tell people like, uh, like, Oh, the VA guy, cause I get a lot of that. Like the VA may just like, this has nothing to do with the VA. The VA did not do this. This is not a, it's a different level of prosthetic, but, um, I'm just noticing things like the Picatinny on the thumb.

And he built this for me from scratch. And his background was aerospace. And, uh, so yeah, the VA, like I always tell people like, uh, like, Oh, the VA guy, cause I get a lot of that. Like the VA may just like, this has nothing to do with the VA. The VA did not do this. This is not a, it's a different level of prosthetic, but, um, I'm just noticing things like the Picatinny on the thumb.

Yeah, I put that on there. I got that from fucking people commented on TikTok for me to put a rail on there. And I was like, for a flashlight. And I had done that before lower, but I didn't do this. I never want to insult the guy who made this work. I mean, I did this. He did all this other stuff. I did this because I wanted to take a bite out of this notch right here because I'm I'm a dad.

Yeah, I put that on there. I got that from fucking people commented on TikTok for me to put a rail on there. And I was like, for a flashlight. And I had done that before lower, but I didn't do this. I never want to insult the guy who made this work. I mean, I did this. He did all this other stuff. I did this because I wanted to take a bite out of this notch right here because I'm I'm a dad.

Yeah, I put that on there. I got that from fucking people commented on TikTok for me to put a rail on there. And I was like, for a flashlight. And I had done that before lower, but I didn't do this. I never want to insult the guy who made this work. I mean, I did this. He did all this other stuff. I did this because I wanted to take a bite out of this notch right here because I'm I'm a dad.

And whenever I carry my son, this notch would dig into his, his back. So I just wanted to soften up that notch.

And whenever I carry my son, this notch would dig into his, his back. So I just wanted to soften up that notch.

And whenever I carry my son, this notch would dig into his, his back. So I just wanted to soften up that notch.

I joined the Marine Corps in 2007. Damn, you were an OG.

I joined the Marine Corps in 2007. Damn, you were an OG.

I joined the Marine Corps in 2007. Damn, you were an OG.

No, no, no. Afghanistan surge. Yeah, okay. Afghanistan surge. Yeah, I think I always say Iraq was a little bit before my time. I joined the Marine Corps to go to Afghanistan and specifically the Taliban. I still tell people, you know, I still think they're terrible people.