For many injured soldiers returning home from serving in the armed forces, transitioning back into normal life can be difficult especially when it means saying goodbye to feeling like the competent hero in daring missions and instead feeling useless and weak.
To give these soldiers purpose again, the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative, or HERO, program is giving wounded, injured, and ill veterans the chance to chase down the bad guys again to take down predators who are sexually exploiting innocent children.
“In one second their entire life changed. When that happens, I know from personal experience, you start to wonder, what can I now do? And once you find this opportunity, you know it’s truly your opportunity to step back into that role, J. Christian, CEO of the National Association to Protect Children (Protect), said.
Ret. Sgt. Tom Block is one of the injured soldiers in training to become part of the HERO program. He struggled to find a purpose after his military career ended when he lost his eye, which has now been replaced with the Captain America shield, but has since fought his way back from his injury for his new mission. “It’s an opportunity for me to go after bad guys again.”
Soldiers like Block take part in an 11-week intensive course followed by a 1-year internship where they will be scanning computers and hard drives for child pornography, and working alongside law enforcement teams get the predators before they find another innocent child.
“You see groups of children being abused at levels the average American cannot fathom. If you imagine an infant getting gagged and bound tortured, it’s not a rare occurrence to come across,” Christian said.
“It’s horrible. But that’s my motivation, that’s my drive,” Block said. “To get after these guys. Get them off the internet and hopefully, I can get to them before they get to another child.”
Watch the entire video below to see how these wounded soldiers are finding new purpose in hunting down the monsters within our own country.
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Injured Soldiers Find New Purpose In Hunting Down Child Predators is an article from: LifeDaily