The Purple Heart was introduced in 1782 by General George Washington as a military badge of merit. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the Purple Heart to be presented to all military services. U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Jeffrey A. Sabins, training chief for Headquarters and Support Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command, talks about his story, and sheds some light on the meaning of the Purple Heart.

In Episode 3, we talk with Jeffrey Sabins the founder and CEO at Proven Valor Professionals where he builds military veteran teams to attack daily business operations! Jeff is deeply passionate about the military community and has seen firsthand how they can truly impact corporate America. He was enlisted for 17 years as a United States Marine and while on active duty, was deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia as an Infantry Machine Gunner and Infantry Unit Leader.

Control often feels like safety. You have a weapon, some buddies and a mission and feel like the only difference between living and dying is execution, but there’s always also luck, or chance. For Jeffrey Sabins, learning to deal with the lack of control, over both his life and the lives of others was a lesson in humility and patience because even when you’re no longer worried for your own life, you want to live up to your promise to be a protector.