"I don't think I understood the gravity of what I was going to do," she says. "We didn't, we didn't get a briefing... We didn't get like a cultural. Hey, this is what Afghanis are really like." She doesn't have any photos from her time in Afghanistan and blames herself for not taking one when she got home.
Founder and CEO of Brass & Unity, host of The Brass & Unity Podcast. Brass & Unity was started in 2016 as a way to help fellow soldiers.
After serving in Afghanistan as an Artillery Gunner at 19 years old and losing friends during battle, Kelsi came home with PTSD. After 7 years of anger and pain she decided to use her struggle for good, and try to help others through their struggle.
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