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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.

Let me ask a quick question. When you think of a child with autism which one in the photo do you see? Don’t feel bad, don’t feel judged, just be honest. No one will know, unless you say it out loud.

I need to share a secret. There’s something I miss on long drives to work and days that never end. It’s that feeling, the mostly unachievable sensation you feel in the heart of combat.

I’m not talking about the adrenaline, or the notion of being all-powerful and vast in the midst of your brotherhood. Those types of feelings are hard-earned, paid for by long nights and hot days. With constant patrols, perpetual close calls, we earned the feeling of being great from the trials of combat. But...

Jeffrey Sabins is the Founder and CEO of Proven Valor Professionals, an operational business consulting organization. The primary mission is to not only help you build high-caliber processes and teams but to help you build operational processes that not only enhance your business but keep it moving upward on a positive trend. The overall goal is to achieve a self-sustaining unit that has fluidity among its ranks!

While serving in the Marine Corps, Jeff obtained his Master’s degree in...