Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Ep. 59 Operation Enduring Warrior-Jeremy’s American Story
On May 7th, 2016 Jeremy Scharlow was involved in an OIS (Officer Involved Shooting.) After his physical injuries healed, Jeremy found himself fighting a new battle, PTSD. He now work diligently to spread awareness for PTSD in the First Responder Community.
Jeremy Scharlow is a public speaker, advocate for military and law enforcement veterans, and author of the book, “My Brother’s Keeper: Relearning to Live with PTSD.” He served as a patrol officer for Mahomet Police Department for ten years, nine of those as a METRO SWAT member, until he medically retired after his on-duty shooting incident. Jeremy completed his Master of Art’s in Legal Studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield and went on to found Relearningtolive.com.
In addition to advocating for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Suicide Awareness in the law enforcement community, he is currently an honoree with Operation Enduring Warrior and serves as the Program Manager for their Warrior Voice Program.
Operation Enduring Warrior's (OEW) mission is to honor empower, and motivate our nation's wounded military and law enforcement veterans. Through programs ranging from skydiving, public speaking, archery, endurance races, and much more, their honorees overcome adversity and hardship through innovation, teamwork, and perseverance. Together, their team, honorees, and supporters make the OEW family.
Operation Enduring Warrior-Honoring Their Sacrifice.
You can find Jeremy at the following:
And you can help Jeremy pay for his volunteer trip to Alaska in order to help build the PTSD retreat by going here: gofundme Alaskan PTSD Wilderness Retreat Build
In Jeremy's episode we mentioned several previous guests. If you have not heard their stories, there is no time like the present.
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