I think it comes from my time as a kid going into the inner cities and um Seeing uh, you know like they would call it the north side and north side of Milwaukee It's a basically all black area And I think that's where it came from. Service and thinking of others was something my parents instilled in me But I also had the opportunity to see it at a very young age and see Hey man, like you you need to go do something.
Ephraim Mattos is the founder of Stronghold Rescue & Relief, a non-profit organization that protects and cares for families in conflict zones.
He is a former Navy SEAL, and the author of “City of Death: Humanitarian Warriors in the Battle of Mosul”.
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