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Description

Kelsi Sheren is a veteran, artillery gunner, and founder of Brass and Unity. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  EPISODE LINKS:
  Kelsi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/kelsiburns
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  Charity: https://www.heroicheartsproject.org/
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  Notes from Underground (book): https://amzn.to/3mN5TRF
  Brothers in Arms (song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhdFe3evXpk
  
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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (07:50) - World War II
  (18:54) - Yeonmi Park, starvation, and mental health
  (33:10) - Kelsi’s 9/11 experience
  (36:39) - Becoming a soldier
  (43:07) - Artillery: The Hand of God
  (52:49) - Weapons training
  (1:10:35) - Pre-Deployment
  (1:26:42) - Arrival to Afghanistan
  (1:48:55) - Tragic war story
  (2:13:59) - Feelings after tragedy
  (2:17:41) - The Taliban
  (2:23:17) - Retrospective: 20 years in Afghanistan
  (2:39:57) - How war changes people
  (2:45:18) - PTSD
  (3:14:13) - Ayahuasca and mental recovery
  (3:46:09) - Love
  (4:04:12) - Advice for young people
  (4:07:33) - Death
  (4:13:22) - World War II

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