From Marine to Actor: Maurice P. Kerry on PTSD, Betrayal & Starting Over
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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What lessons did Maurice learn from his experience as a Marine?
Today's guest is someone who truly embodies resilience and reinvention. Maurice P. Carey is an actor, director, and producer and decorated United States Marine Corps combat veteran who served during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. Like so many who served, his transition back to civilian life came with real challenges, and he's turned that lived experience into strength and forward momentum. Today, he's starring on CBS's Beyond the Gates as Randy Parker. Maurice, I'm honored to have you here. You served as a Marine during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. What did that experience teach you about discipline, brotherhood, and survival? Well, the most important thing was, and we use the phrase often while we were there, is complacency kills.
and staying vigilant. Keeping vigilant will keep you alive. And remember your training. And with that, you had to stick to the things that you were taught. You had to listen to your command, even if you didn't agree with what they were saying, you had to stick with them. Because ultimately, the main thing we wanted to do was just come back home alive. I didn't realize how important and how strong how strong, you know, mentally going to combat would make me. One of the things that I say all the time is I say in Iraq, I was shot at in bond and my enemy couldn't kill me. So what do you think your opinion can do to a man like me? You know, people will say things, especially in the industry that I'm in now, people will say things and other type of people will crumble.
I'm like this, this life we live is cake. in comparison to what it could be. What do you think about what's going on right now with the war? How do you feel about that? I mean, to not ask you, a veteran, on this show, a question about a war in the Middle East, it would be like the height of... It would be just right. Missed opportunities. Thank you for that. Thank you for that. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, I fought I fought in the Middle East. And as far as what's going on right now, I don't as it stands now, I don't know enough about the sides to be able to give an informed opinion. You know, I mean, like I would love to. But right now I would be speaking from. Ignorance. I would genuinely be speaking from ignorance to give an opinion on something that I haven't researched.
You know, what I do know is that I am for liberate liberation. I'm for human rights and freedoms of people. That is what I am for. And that is what I stand for. I always say to this day, I stand for women and children. So as long as we are protecting women and children and I align with that, if we start going against the things that go against the things that are fundamental to me as a man, not protecting women, not protecting children, I'm not winning. So you've got a daughter then? Absolutely. Full-time single father for the past 16 years. She'll be 17 next month. I've got a 16-year-old daughter. Oh, so you know. Yeah. It was tough. It was tough 14 and 15, but 16 is a cakewalk. Yeah. I was at my daughter's concert last night and I constantly tell her how proud I am of her, but I think it's partly self-serving because I've raised her by myself her whole life and
Just to see the person that she's becoming almost 17 years old, AP classes, AP student, gifted classes her entire life. And I like I'm proud of her because she's so much smarter. The only thing I tell her all the time, the only thing that I have on my daughter, the only thing I have is time and experience and wisdom. That's what I got. If she had my time and my experience, I couldn't touch her.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:47
2
What lessons did Maurice learn from his experience as a Marine?
0:47–16:32
3
How did Maurice cope with the challenges of transitioning to civilian life?
16:32–24:02
4
What personal struggles did Maurice face after returning home from deployment?
24:02–40:03
5
How did Maurice's experiences shape his views on PTSD?
40:03–44:30
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