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    Sgt. First Class Erik Shaw on his new book 'Brave Rifles'

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And first class air -- that more than a decade serving in the army now he's an advocate for fellow veterans they face challenges readjusting to civilian life.

-- is the author of brave rifles a book that navigates his experiences in the military and obstacles he faced after leaving he's -- out of tells more about his book.

And his company tactical sixteen taking so much for coming and thanks for.

Up a little bit about what it's like to try to re just having eaten -- many -- have diet and physical scars emotional scars and getting back into your career that you left off for starting it -- How -- of the town just like when you come back.

It's sick it's a confusing process you feel like you're you're by yourself.

You don't know where to turn depending on if you're single or if you have a family.

It's just a very confusing time very stressful.

And you we tried -- organizations.

To help them get through that process.

See you've written a book that talks about your experiences in and how you navigated the entire thing but it is also a sort of a launching point for what you're hoping you do for other bats now tell us about that.

Wrote the book I was asked by a lot of people write this book and it was just matter of timing can do to get it down to do it.

We wrote it we were shop in and around those working with Anthony Farina who's also my business partner.

We finished the book we are getting some very good press.

Preliminary stuff off it and we decided -- while we just break off and into our own thing so we start tackles sixteen.

Publishing.

We're gonna work with veterans on the PT SD severe PT ST does get them through writing.

Things of that nature just for their mind a little bit.

See you'll be offering a magazine also -- -- for other bats to write full length books and get them published he said as a way.

That's helped heal from their own experience yes we.

We got a magazine for for -- don't wanna write full book we can do short stories in the magazine.

It'll be available for -- web site it's it's an online magazine.

We.

A lot of people write us -- inception there -- done writing -- bitty mouse back and says you know after I was done right and that -- the best night's sleep I had five or six years.

It was at that point we knew we were we wrong to something with with -- guys cope with with that and various other ailments.

And and for folks who are not themselves in the military and he knew what -- way for them to be able to to understand what people have been through to read their stories and read about what -- answers they can do that online.

And -- those two who wanna try to submit a polite bucket which is quite an undertaking as you know having been through it.

They get your website tactical and a number sixteen is not congress.

And how does the process work then.

We will won't won't pull the book up we asked first about three chapters so so we can gauge their level writing and were -- stories going if it's something we can work with.

On the -- point Anthony like -- -- my business partner he'll come up with a plan for them.

We'll work with them through the -- step -- won't leave him behind we'll get to story out there.

Our books the difference between our publishing company a lot all the ones are books are going to be pretty Rawle.

But we found -- that's what people wanna hear you know we don't we don't have a third party don't for -- books.

And clean and a -- for us we were put a month there's a soldier's right.

And it's true their true that's stories there an SE we talked veteran Chris looked at these spokeswoman -- -- -- -- military but whatever helps these -- to heal through writing.

So again for folks who -- -- check it out it's tactical the number sixteen.

Dot com I'm sure it let's hear from you out there so we can read the stories of those with it went through thank you so much for your service that you entry what you're doing help others now.

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