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CHRIS MELENDEZ
By Carlos Kremer
When we think of a true American Hero, what comes to mind? Someone with incredible leadership qualities who inspires, motivates and comes back against all odds to accomplish the unimaginable and become a huge success… that’s what we think. Chris Melendez , Army veteran, Purple Heart recipient and TNA wrestling superstar is that and so much more. His amazing story begins as a young man who always had two goals in this life. First was to serve in our armed forces for our great nation and the other was to be a professional wrestler. Many people accomplish the first goal and that is admirable, respected and shows the great patriotism our country loves. The second goal seems like more of a fantasy, especially when one has to overcome the extreme challenges that were given to him as a result of achieving his first dream. Melendez has achieved both and is truly a remarkable story, one of passion, determination and drive with a refusal to let life limit him in any regard. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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Chris Melendez was raised in Spanish Harlem in New York City. He joined the Army at age 17 and was even more inspired to serve by the 9/11 tragedy that rocked the United States of America to its very core. His father, grandfather and uncle all served in our military and it was only natural for him to follow suit, stating that it was his duty and honor to do so. After training he was sent off to Baghdad, Iraq and in 2006 with only 23 days left on his tour there his life changed forever. Chris was to be off this day but instead volunteered to be in the lead Humvee operating as the gunner on a night patrol. Dangerous? Yes, but this is the type of man Chris is, one that leads by example and always up to protect our country. A few minutes after the patrol had begun Chris’ Humvee was hit by an IED. He immediately noticed a leg many feet away and thought, “Oh no, someone is in real trouble.” That’s when he looked and noticed his left leg was gone from the knee down. He was then sent to Germany for immediate hospitalization and treatment and could only breathe at 8% on his own. He was in a coma and resuscitated three times from death’s door. This is when his remarkable comeback began. He had lost his leg, part of his jaw that had to be replaced by a bone graft on his hip, and almost lost his left arm. He endured horrific nightmares that he still has to this day and countless other emotional and physical chalJEWELRY
Melendez cradles his young son but uses those strong arms in a different capacity in the ring. Photo courtesy TNA Wrestling.
lenges to overcome. Thru it all he kept an incredible PMA, or Positive Mental Attitude, that allowed him to conquer this insurmountable new challenge. Chris stated “I was so positive and had such a great attitude in my eight months of recovery in rehab to heal and walk again that people were truly concerned about my well-being. They thought something must be wrong and couldn’t believe that someone could have that kind of mental toughness.” Well, they were wrong. It’s that kind of attitude that brought him back training to fulfill his second dream, that of becoming a professional wrestler. Fast track to year 2011 and Chris is hungry, pursuing his goals. He found a small wrestling gym in Brooklyn where he trained for months and finally caught a big break. The Wounded Warrior Foundation and Ken Anderson helped Chris get in touch with the famous Bully Ray and Devon Tag team wrestlers who had their own gym in Florida called Team 3D Academy of Professional Wrestling. After hearing his story and all that he had been through, the tag team said, “If you can get over to our Academy you can train for free.” Another step closer to his impossible goal, Chris met and got his personal trainer, friend and life coach Dan Carr into his corner to help him and trained harder than ever. Two years later, he was found and signed by TNA Wrestling and the rest is history. Chris
MOVIES
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is now a big star and role model to so many. He can be seen on Spike TV every Wednesday night nationwide. His father and his friends have been amazed but not shocked by what Chris has done because he always has been a leader and never let life get him down. The 6’3” 232-pound warrior has made it back to the top of the mountain after a grueling eight-year comeback. When I asked him what message he has for others facing a physical challenge in life he quickly responded, “We are the only ones that set and can exceed limitations. If someone is embarrassed by an ailment or challenge I will stand on one leg and be that inspiration. We are not handicapped, we are challenged! Every one of us is challenged either physically or mentally and this for me is the same kind of fight, just a different battlefield.” To this day Chris still feels the phantom pain in his left leg and nonexistent foot. “I still feel the pain and feel my boots on that foot years later,” Chris states. This is a man who took tragedy, stared it down and destroyed it. It’s easy to see why Chris Melendez is a true American hero. When asked what message he has for our troops, he simply stated, “I feel guilty that I’m not over there in Iraq or anywhere else with them. They are my family.” This positive approach and mindset
is the reason why he has recovered so fast and didn’t let the loss of a leg take away his dreams and goals. Asked if he was loving life after all that he’d been thru, he replied, “We as a people must adapt and overcome. I was happy, believe it or not, when I was injured because I knew that I could handle it where others may have a tougher time. We need to remember who and what we are and that we are living in the greatest country on earth. Stop whining and realize what we have, then do something with your life.” I asked if his prosthetic leg limited him in the ring and he answered quickly, “You should see me move without it. I am trouble to anyone who takes me lightly.” We won’t make that mistake Chris and anyone in the ring who does will have a big surprise coming their way, that is for certain. Chris Melendez, Warrior, Motivator, Hero, and living proof that we as Americans can achieve our dreams no matter what stands in our way. Carlos Kremer, Military Press Sportswriter and Captain USMC (Ret.)
EDUCATION
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Harry S. Truman 33rd President of the United States Served from April 12, 1945 to Jan. 20, 1953
“I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they though it was hell.” — Harry Truman
Alben W. Barkley 35th Vice President of the U.S. Served from Jan. 20, 1959 to Jan. 20, 1953
World events
U.S. news
• Communist China • Great Brinks provides additional miliRobbery in Boston tary forces to Community • Truman approves North Korea construction of hydro• North Korea invades gen bomb South Korea, capturing • U.S. Defense ProducSeoul tion Act starts wage and • U.S. leads UN in Koprice controls rean War • Persecution of Commu• 12 nations agree to nists is initiated creation of the North by Sen. McCarEinstein Atlantic Treaty Organithy zation (NATO) for the • Albert Eindefense of the U.S. and stein warns that Europe nuclear war could lead to • Chinese invade Tibet mutual destruction • In South Africa, the Group Areas • Truman places AmerAct is passed formally segregating ica’s railroads under the races control of the U.S. Army • Earthquake and floods in India result in 575 deaths and 5 million believed homeless • President Harry Truman sends U.S. military to Vietnam to aid French forces
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Technology
Movies
•F irst TV remote control marketed • Diners Club credit card introduced • 8 million homes now own TVs
• Cinderella • Sunset Blvd. • All About Eve • Harvey • Cheaper by the Dozen • The Asphalt Jungle • Rio Grande
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Music
• “Don’t Be Cruel / Hound Dog,” Elvis Presley • “Rock Around The Clock,” Bill Haley and His Comets • “Autumn Leaves,” Roger Williams • “Singing the Blues,” Guy Mitchell • “Love Letters in the Sand,” Pat Boone • “Mack the Knife,” Bobby Darin • “Heartbreak Hotel,” Elvis Presley
TV shows
• Texaco Star Theatre • Fireside Theatre • Philco TV Playhouse • Your Show of Shows • The Colgate Comedy Hour • Gillette Cavalcade of Sports • The Lone Ranger • Hopalong Cassidy • Mama
BORN THIS YEAR: Bill Murray, actor. Above left: Victoria Principal, actress; Stevie Wonder, singer; Morgan Fairchild, actress; Jay Leno, talk show host.
Born this year
• Stevie Wonder, singer • Bill Murray, actor • Jay Leno, talk show host • Tom Petty, singer • Princess Anne, royalty • Ron Perlman, actor • Ed Harris, actor • Victoria Principal, actress • Morgan Fairchild, actress • Peter Frampton, guitarist
• Income per year ........ $3,210 • Minimum wage ............... $.75 • New house ................ $8,450 • Monthly rent ..................... $42 • New car ..................... $1,510 • Gallon of gas ................... 18¢ • Dozen eggs ..................... 65¢ • Gallon of milk .................. $.82 • Loaf of bread ................... 14¢ • First-class stamp ............... 3¢ • Movie ticket ..................... 37¢
• Martin Short, actor
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The shameful letter “A”
Whenever you shame is a belief talk about guilt you have about Chemical and shame you yourself. strike at the dark Shame sucks. heart of substance Think about it. with Keith Angelin use disorder. In You can’t change MBA, CADC-II, CNDAI a broader sense history or undo these feelings fall something you’ve under the topic of already done. It’s morals, principles, ethics, honesty and impossible. So you may have lied but decency. To those of us suffering from you’re not a liar, cheated but you’re not compulsive substance use, these things a cheater, stolen but you’re not a thief, are as far away as the moon is from punched someone but you’re not a batthe earth. Like the moon, we can see terer, abused drugs and alcohol but morality very clearly because we are you’re not an addict or alcoholic. Not painfully aware of our sins. Yet we just anymore. Turning shame into guilt recannot touch the honest light of truth. moves the “A.” It is too far away. Are you willing to stop punishI’m reminded of the classic Ameri- ing yourself for being something you can novel The Scarlet Letter by Na- are not? If so you can transform your thaniel Hawthorne. The story centers shame into guilt, then address each on a woman convicted of adultery. guilty act in a healthy way until your The year is 1642 and she is a Puritan. conscious is clear. Puritans were a strict religious group As a person in recovery, it was essenthat considered adultery a very serious tial for me to go through the process of sin indeed. The woman will not name turning my shame into guilt, then dealthe father. As a result she is forced to ing with the guilt. I was great at abuswear a big, red “A” sewn on her dress. ing drugs and alcohol, lying and manipThe “A” stands for adultery; an out- ulating. For me it was a 24-hour a day, ward sign of her inner sin. It is a sign 7-days a week job. I am not proud of the of shame. many things I did to fuel my habit. But The letter “A” could just as easily if I thought for one minute that any of represent Alcoholic or Addict because those things I did defined me, I would too many people struggling with sub- jump off a tall building. They were that stance abuse live as if there was a big, bad. Before recovery I couldn’t breathe red “A” branded on their chest. They under the weight of my shame. Instead live in shame, allowing what they did of jumping, I chose to act myself into to define who they are. This is a lie we thinking. I turned to AA, NA and CA. tell ourselves to stay stuck in our dis- I prayed. I got honest. I changed my ease. friends. I became responsible for my The woman in the story was more or actions. I dealt with the consequences less a victim of her times. Back then, of my past. I didn’t drink or use no matcommitting adultery made you an adul- ter what. I was forgiven by others and terer. You were your sin. Consequently by myself. she wore the “A” until she died, at I now choose to believe I am a good which time the “A” was chiseled into person, as you are. I am not the sum of her tombstone. End of story. my sins. Nor are you. But what about your story? Do you Keith Angelin, MBA, CADC-II, have to wear your “A” until you die? CNDAI, is a Master’s level, board-certiThere is a difference between guilt fied alcohol & drug counselor, and naand shame, and it’s important to know tionally certified intervention specialwhat it is because it will make a dif- ist. His 14-year battle with drugs and ference when it’s time to chisel your alcohol included multiple overdoses. tombstone. His recovery compelled him to re-evalGuilt refers to feeling bad about uate his life and share the miracle with something you did or failed to do. In others. He is author of the “At Home contrast, shame is the belief that you Recovery Workbook.” Learn more at are defective as a human being. Guilt is www.InterventionRx.com. Send your a feeling about a behavior, while comments to Keith4Counseling@ gmail.com.
Warfare
FOCUS ON...
Military family strengths By Kim Crosby, PhD., a FOCUS Site Director Every family has goals. Sometimes, you can reach a larger goal by setting a series of smaller, more achievable steps. This way you get the result you want without feeling like you’re making a huge effort. After reflecting on the goals of the Military families who come to FOCUS, I’ve noticed something: These amazing military families make small changes to help manage the ongoing stresses of military life. Below are four strategies that I see military families use every day to stay resilient and strong.
Show appreciation
Military families are really good at showing appreciation for each other. Parents hug their children, siblings praise each other, and families remember to say thank you. Appreciating where you are and what you have is important given the uncertainty of military life.
Go with the flow
Military families are incredibly flexible. They get creative and don’t sweat the small stuff. Families get news about an unexpected PCS or deployment and the parents say “Okay, we can work around that. We can figure out a way to get through this.” This flexible attitude helps
kids to feel safe during times of transition.
Value being togther
Military families seem to recognize that they are stronger when they are together. Of course, this does not always mean physically together. Military families are great at creating the feeling of ‘family togetherness” even when they are separated. This can be achieved through the Internet and phone calls, along with family meetings at home, family fun days, or staying connected with other supportive adults and organizations in the community.
Enhance your strengths
There is great strength in military families. One of the most important things military families do is to build on what they do well. They often discover their strengths though challenging times and build on them. They are able to see the silver lining in challenging situations and learn from the experience, honing their skills for the next go round. They don’t dwell on the past, and instead enhance their strengths to prepare for the future. I am grateful to military families for teaching me so much about resilience. I am proud to share what I’ve learned to help other families to bring appreciation, flexibility, togetherness, and strength into their daily lives.
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PART I
Why hiring a military veteran could be your best business decision Why aren’t hiring managers recruiting veterans? By Lida Citroën, Principal, LIDA360, LLC With the nation in recovery, investment in resources is growing. We see new commercial construction underway, roads and highways under repair, and consumer spending on the uptick. With all this new growth, companies are starting to loosen the stronghold on hiring freezes initiated when our economy was plummeting. Yes, as hiring managers and recruiters across the country seek to find talent, a highly untapped and ready workforce awaits employment. Currently there are roughly 163,000 unemployed post-9/11 veterans and more than 600,000 unemployed veterans overall. These individuals are the beneficiaries of more than $130 billion of investment in training, education, and skill building from the US government. Hiring former military personnel could be the best business decision a company (and a hiring manager) makes.
Why aren’t hiring managers recruiting veterans?
There is a disconnect between veterans and civilian hiring managers, and it goes both ways. Veterans overwhelmingly leave military service unprepared and unarmed with the tools to position themselves as viable candidates to civilian companies, and hiring managers are unskilled and untrained in how to recruit military veterans for jobs outside of service. The challenges include:
Reading the resume
Hiring managers often lack training to read and understand a military resume. What does being an E-6 mean? Did a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force hold more management responsibility than a Major in the Army? What does it mean that you did Command and Control Battle Management Operations in the Air Force, and how is it relevant for the position I’m recruiting for?
Inability to sell themselves
In the military culture, the focus is on mission, unit, and the person next to you, not on you. Self-promotion and self-focus are unacceptable and discouraged. Therefore, when veterans leave service, they struggle when answering questions such as, “Tell me about a success you had that you are most proud of.” To the veteran, this would mean being disloyal. To the hiring manager, not getting an answer is frustrating and suspicious.
order), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and the numerous other challenges former military live with after service. We intuitively believe that someone who has “seen the unthinkable” and lived in conditions of violence, hostility, and stress for a long period of time will undoubtedly have emotional effects long after the situations change. But what does that mean for a hiring manager looking to add a new team member to their company?
Skills not transferrable
Without a clear outline of which military skills translate to which civilian job responsibilities, it may be unreasonable to expect that hiring managers with no military experience can understand how someone who worked front lines in the infantry can lead their IT staff through a new project. Or, how a combat medic is qualified to hold a sales position in their pharmaceutical company.
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ACTIVE DUTY? Keep Serving in the California National Guard There are openings statewide for prior service personnel in both Officer and Enlisted Ranks
Fit in the organization
Hiring managers seek skills, experience, and talent in recruiting new employees, and they look for cultural fit as well. Each candidate is evaluated for the value they bring and can offer to new and existing teams, how well they will assimilate into the organization, and where they will lead. The perception that a military veteran is used to barking orders, meeting high-stress timelines, and putting feelings aside for execution on mission can deter recruiters from evaluating a veteran candidate.
So what can the veteran employee bring to the organization?
• Keep your retirement benefits • Maintain your rank • Healthcare benefits • Part-time service in your community • Up to 100% tuition assistance • Enjoy the camaraderie • S witch to a new career field or keep your current career
Veterans see their work as a career, not a job. To them, a job is the place you show up, perform work, and earn a wage for services. A career, on the other hand, is where you commit your whole self, build a foundation of skills, talents, and experience, and add value to the organization, the mission, and the team at every step.
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PTSD
Civilian media has not done an adequate job of educating the public about PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Dis-
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the Father again. “Well, no,” said the man. “You see, as the squirrel was running, an eagle came down out of the sky, grabbed the squirrel in his talons and began to fly away!” “Is THAT when you swore?” asked the amazed Priest. “No, not yet.” The man replied. “As the eagle carried the squirrel away in his claws, it flew towards the green. And as it passed over a bit of forest near the green, the squirrel dropped my ball.” “Did you swear THEN?” asked the now impatient Priest. “No, because as the ball fell it struck a tree, bounced through some bushes, careened off a big rock, and rolled through a sand trap onto the green and stopped within six inches of the hole.” “You missed the damn putt, didn’t you?” sighed the Priest.
Just for Laughs Golfer’s confession
PUZZLE PAGE
A man goes to the confessional. “Forgive me father, for I have sinned.” “What is your sin, my child?” The priest asks back. “Well,” the man starts, “I used some horrible language this week and feel absolutely terrible.” “When did you do use this awful language?” said the priest. “I was golfing and hit an incredible drive that looked like it was going to go over 250 yards, but it struck a phone line that was hanging over the fairway and fell straight down to the ground after going only about 100 yards.” “Is that when you swore?” “No, Father,” said the man. “After that, a squirrel ran out of the bushes and grabbed my ball in his mouth and began to run away.” “Is THAT when you swore?” asked
ACROSS 1. Chair 5. French for “Man” 10. Trickle 14. Song of praise 15. Submarine 16. Was a passenger 17. Mathematics 19. Harvard rival 20. Hairpiece 21. Artist’s workstand 22. Birch relative 23. Strong and proud 25. Under 27. East southeast 28. Envious 31. Young hog 34. Contagions 35. Ribonucleic acid 36. See the sights 37. Large bulrushes 38. Slaloms 39. Altitude (abbrev.) 40. Operatic solos 41. Legions 42. Darnel 44. Letter after sigma 45. Woodworking tools 46. Terrestrial 50. Ill-gotten gains 52. Fire residues 54. Mayday 55. Dwarf buffalo 56. Exact opposite 58. Male deer 59. Display 60. Lack of difficulty 61. Carry 62. Pariah 63. Caustics
Huntin’ license
A man named Jed went hunting near the border of Alabama and Georgia. When he was going back to his truck, a game warden came up to him and asked him what he had in the sack. “Three rabbits,” Jed said. The warden said, “Let me see one of those rabbits.” So Jed pulled out one of the rabbits. The warden sniffed the rabbit’s behind and said, “This is a Georgia rabbit.” Then the warden said, “Let me see your Georgia huntin’ license.”
DOWN 1. Wrap 2. Lofty nest 3. Spanish for “Friend” 4. Explosive 5. Compassionate 6. Overweight 7. Bit of dust 8. Letterboxes 9. And so forth 10. Livestock pen 11. Road maintenance (British) 12. Doing nothing 13. Equal
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18. Holdup 22. Beers 24. Close 26. Nights before 28. Cokes or Pepsis 29. Module 30. Back talk 31. Sun 32. Sacred 33. Overcoat 34. Power 37. Snare 38. Not sweet 40. Backside 41. Abrasive
So Jed showed him. Then the warden said, “Let me see another one of those rabbits.” So Jed pulled out another rabbit. Then the warden sniffed the rabbit’s behind, and said, “This is a Alabama rabbit. Let me see your Alabama huntin’ license.” So Jed showed them to him. Then the Warden said, “Where you from boy?” So Jed pulled his pants down and said, “You figure it out!”
The middle man
A woman walks in to a tattoo parlor and tells the artist she would like two tattoos, one of Robert Redford on her left upper thigh, and one of Paul Newman on her right thigh. After hours of work the tattoo artist is finished and holds a mirror in between the woman’s legs for her to view. The woman says, “I don’t know if these really look like Paul & Robert, and I ain’t paying’ for this if it isn’t right!” She tells the artist she will go just outside the business and ask someone walking down the street if they know who the two men are on her thighs, if they answer correctly she would pay the artist. She soon sees a man walking down the street, so she pulls up her skirt and asks him, “Can you tell me who the man on my right thigh and the man on my left thigh are?” The man replies, “I dunno, but the one in the middle looks like Willie Nelson.”
43. Carport 44. Move unsteadily 46. Yours (archaic) 47. An analytic literary composition 48. Clamor 49. S S S S 50. Not first 51. “Do ___ others...” 53. Stair 56. American Sign Language 57. Snake-like fish
NASCAR
What does it stand for? Non Athletic Sport Created Around Rednecks
Blind parachutist
A blind man tells his friend how much he enjoys parachuting. “My hand is placed on my release ring, and then they place me in the door and tell me when to jump. Out I go!” “But how do you know when to lift your legs for the final arrival on the ground?” ask his friend. “Oh,” replies the blind man, “as soon as the dog’s leash goes slack.”
Phillip Rivers’ contract
Spanos: How much you want next year? Phil: $32 million? Spanos: You crazy? Wait a minute, let me look -- alright, I’m gonna give you $32 million, but when the game starts, all you’re gonna have is a center and a wide receiver. You say you want some blocking? You got enough money; you better get some.
13 nieces and nephews
I’m like, ‘I ain’t taking 13 kids to no damn movies.’ I was like, ‘I’ll take two of them, and they can tell the rest what they’ve seen.”
SUDOKU The rules to play Sudoku are quite simple. Fill in the blanks so that each row, each column, and each of the nine 3x3 grids contain one instance of each of the numbers 1 through 9.
This week’s solutions:
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