WEBVTT 00:04.040 --> 00:07.250 now proudly serving those who serve . 00:07.740 --> 00:10.450 Yeah this is around the services . 00:12.340 --> 00:14.507 Hello and welcome . I'm Staff sergeant 00:14.507 --> 00:16.396 josh Hauser the leader of U . S . 00:16.396 --> 00:18.396 Strategic command and U . S . Cyber 00:18.396 --> 00:20.451 command were on capitol hill Tuesday 00:20.451 --> 00:22.790 testifying about the fiscal year 13 00:22.790 --> 00:25.170 budget and the growing role cyber 00:25.170 --> 00:27.440 technology will play in our national 00:27.440 --> 00:30.290 defense . Through this extraordinary 00:30.290 --> 00:32.012 period of challenge and change 00:32.012 --> 00:34.179 stratagems focus has remained constant 00:34.540 --> 00:36.540 to partner with the other combatant 00:36.540 --> 00:38.596 commands to deter detect and prevent 00:38.596 --> 00:40.540 attacks on the United States , our 00:40.540 --> 00:42.707 allies and partners and to be prepared 00:42.707 --> 00:44.929 to employ force as needed in support of 00:44.929 --> 00:47.096 our national security objectives . Our 00:47.096 --> 00:50.360 priorities are clear deter attack . 00:50.940 --> 00:53.107 Partner with the other commands to win 00:53.107 --> 00:55.273 today respond to the new challenges in 00:55.273 --> 00:58.070 space , build cyberspace capability and 00:58.070 --> 01:00.960 capacity and prepare for uncertainty 01:01.840 --> 01:03.729 cyber com commander General keith 01:03.729 --> 01:05.960 alexander says although his command is 01:05.960 --> 01:08.250 responsible for the D . O . D . S I . T 01:08.260 --> 01:10.550 infrastructure , most cyber threats 01:10.550 --> 01:13.660 come from outside the network . Our 01:13.660 --> 01:15.660 work is affected by threats outside 01:15.660 --> 01:17.730 diodes , networks , threats . The 01:17.730 --> 01:20.420 nation cannot ignore what we see both 01:20.420 --> 01:22.970 inside and outside Diode . D . O . D . 01:22.980 --> 01:25.480 Information systems underscores the 01:25.480 --> 01:28.260 imperative to act now to defend America . 01:28.270 --> 01:31.000 In cyberspace . The american people 01:31.000 --> 01:33.110 expect broad and efficient access to 01:33.110 --> 01:35.990 cyberspace . Military and civilian 01:35.990 --> 01:37.850 sectors rely on accessibility , 01:38.530 --> 01:40.760 increased interconnectedness of 01:40.760 --> 01:43.010 information systems . Growing 01:43.010 --> 01:45.320 sophistication of cyber criminals and 01:45.320 --> 01:47.130 foreign intelligence actors has 01:47.130 --> 01:50.030 increased our risk , generals killer 01:50.030 --> 01:52.050 and alexander acknowledged the ever 01:52.050 --> 01:54.680 changing atmosphere of the cyber world 01:54.690 --> 01:56.801 and said it was imperative the United 01:56.801 --> 01:58.746 States continue to invest in cyber 01:58.746 --> 02:00.523 defense to deter and defeat any 02:00.523 --> 02:02.750 potential cyber attacks and Defense 02:02.750 --> 02:05.260 Secretary leon Panetta is in Ottawa for 02:05.260 --> 02:07.204 meetings with Canadian and Mexican 02:07.204 --> 02:09.316 defense officials . Secretary Panetta 02:09.316 --> 02:11.260 arrived . The late monday pentagon 02:11.260 --> 02:13.316 officials say issues to be discussed 02:13.316 --> 02:15.538 include counter narcotics cooperation , 02:15.538 --> 02:17.640 humanitarian assistance and disaster 02:17.640 --> 02:19.473 response operations , as well as 02:19.473 --> 02:21.584 support for North and South America's 02:21.584 --> 02:24.700 defense initiatives . And commander in 02:24.700 --> 02:26.644 chief Barack Obama is meeting with 02:26.644 --> 02:28.589 Pakistan's prime minister in Seoul 02:28.589 --> 02:30.256 officials say the leaders are 02:30.256 --> 02:32.478 discussing ways to improve ties between 02:32.478 --> 02:34.700 the two countries . The president is in 02:34.700 --> 02:36.589 the Republic of Korea attending a 02:36.589 --> 02:38.200 nuclear security summit with 02:38.200 --> 02:40.311 representatives of 50 other nations . 02:40.311 --> 02:42.311 President Obama said the world is a 02:42.311 --> 02:44.422 safer place because the international 02:44.422 --> 02:46.256 community has made it harder for 02:46.256 --> 02:48.478 terrorists to acquire nuclear weapons . 02:48.478 --> 02:50.478 All this week , we're profiling the 02:50.478 --> 02:52.700 wounded warrior amputee softball team . 02:52.700 --> 02:54.756 They're a group of war vets who have 02:54.756 --> 02:56.811 lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan . 02:56.811 --> 02:58.700 And now thanks to prosthetics and 02:58.700 --> 03:00.589 they're amazing can do attitude . 03:00.589 --> 03:02.867 They're playing softball competitively . 03:02.867 --> 03:02.850 Today we hear from the players 03:02.850 --> 03:05.320 themselves about how they ended up on a 03:05.330 --> 03:08.450 field of dreams . Mhm . 03:09.740 --> 03:13.290 Yeah . Oh , come on , come on , come on 03:13.290 --> 03:16.230 call . Yeah , there you go . 03:16.230 --> 03:19.560 So there you go , 03:19.560 --> 03:21.160 josh . 03:28.940 --> 03:31.550 In 2009 while serving in Afghanistan , 03:32.140 --> 03:34.360 My vehicle rolled over an IED and I 03:34.360 --> 03:36.527 lost both of my legs below the knee as 03:36.527 --> 03:40.480 a result of that ? No , we rolled over 03:40.480 --> 03:42.860 a pressure plate IED and all that Is , 03:42.860 --> 03:44.990 is there some you roll over it , you 03:44.990 --> 03:47.240 set off a trigger mechanism and then it 03:47.240 --> 03:50.700 goes off and the bomb was just big 03:50.700 --> 03:52.867 enough to punch through the hole where 03:52.867 --> 03:55.090 I was sitting and it took both my legs 03:55.090 --> 03:56.590 dramatically at the spot . 04:00.540 --> 04:04.460 It was October 16 , 04:04.460 --> 04:07.020 2006 . I was in the Al Anbar province 04:07.020 --> 04:10.080 of Iraq doing a night patrol sweeping 04:10.080 --> 04:13.900 the roads for IEDs and Found 04:13.900 --> 04:17.780 one the hard way , drove home 04:17.780 --> 04:19.840 via right over top of it , blew up , 04:19.850 --> 04:22.072 took all my muscle and nerves out of my 04:22.072 --> 04:24.017 forearm and then a year and a half 04:24.017 --> 04:26.072 later I made the decision to have my 04:26.072 --> 04:28.183 hand amputated because it didn't work 04:28.183 --> 04:27.150 anymore 04:31.850 --> 04:35.060 going down . It was february 5th 04:35.060 --> 04:38.730 2005 just on a mobile patrol in Iraq , 04:38.740 --> 04:41.770 in Ramadi Iraq and uh improvised 04:41.770 --> 04:44.530 explosive device was set off underneath 04:44.530 --> 04:48.470 my humvee as a driving resulted 04:48.470 --> 04:51.220 in the amputation of my left leg , uh 04:51.230 --> 04:53.900 broken wrist , broken elbow , broken 04:53.900 --> 04:57.710 fingers , broken elbow , they had to 04:57.720 --> 05:00.730 go in here and my eyelid was completely 05:00.730 --> 05:02.619 gone . They had to reconstruct my 05:02.619 --> 05:06.580 eyelid . Uh so and then bad hearing 05:06.580 --> 05:09.260 damage and my head got rocks . So they 05:09.260 --> 05:11.482 call it a traumatic brain injury that I 05:11.482 --> 05:15.450 got , you 05:15.460 --> 05:17.900 told me there will be elements in their 05:17.910 --> 05:20.820 going to and from March 22nd 05:20.820 --> 05:24.790 2003 we uh have been doing a lot of 05:24.790 --> 05:27.012 operations , taking out bases and stuff 05:27.012 --> 05:29.123 like that and uh farmhouse didn't get 05:29.123 --> 05:31.346 searched about 100 and 50 yards out and 05:31.346 --> 05:33.512 distance off from one of their bases . 05:33.512 --> 05:37.500 Hey , coming , thank you . We 05:37.500 --> 05:39.500 got ambushed the vehicle . I was in 05:39.500 --> 05:41.333 grade five RPgs rocket propelled 05:41.333 --> 05:43.500 grenades . It's like I blinked my eyes 05:43.500 --> 05:45.722 in the whole world to change . I pulled 05:45.722 --> 05:47.944 the driver out , got him out of there . 05:47.944 --> 05:50.222 Shut too bad guys coming down the road , 05:50.222 --> 05:52.444 went back in the vehicle and got master 05:52.444 --> 05:54.556 guns out because he was very close to 05:54.556 --> 05:54.450 the blast . Also , he was he was in 05:54.450 --> 05:56.506 good shape there the whole time they 05:56.506 --> 05:58.617 were trying to grab me . So it was at 05:58.617 --> 06:00.728 that point I realized that although I 06:00.728 --> 06:02.894 wasn't hurting real bad , something uh 06:02.894 --> 06:05.117 more serious was going on . They set us 06:05.117 --> 06:06.950 down , they say grab him and him 06:06.950 --> 06:06.840 happened to be me and they drugged me 06:06.840 --> 06:08.896 in there and they're like , son , we 06:08.896 --> 06:11.062 gotta cut your leg off , we gotta stop 06:11.062 --> 06:10.920 this bleeding . They said all my ankle 06:10.920 --> 06:13.031 bones were shattered and most of them 06:13.031 --> 06:15.087 are missing and whatever hit my left 06:15.087 --> 06:17.031 leg hit my right leg also broke my 06:17.031 --> 06:19.440 right leg and uh have a huge skin graft , 06:19.440 --> 06:21.440 it's about a foot long , about four 06:21.440 --> 06:23.718 inches wide on my right calf with an M . 06:23.718 --> 06:25.773 16 had uh melted all the skin off my 06:25.773 --> 06:27.773 leg so it took a piece of skin from 06:27.773 --> 06:29.940 here , Put it down there , and then he 06:29.940 --> 06:32.051 cut me from down here to down here to 06:32.051 --> 06:33.884 bleed off the pressure from that 06:33.884 --> 06:35.884 fracture because this fracture , it 06:35.884 --> 06:35.560 just broke apart this way , it didn't 06:35.560 --> 06:38.880 break through the skin and uh , they're 06:38.880 --> 06:41.102 afraid I was gonna lose this leg also . 06:41.102 --> 06:43.213 And I mean I shrunk two inches from , 06:43.213 --> 06:45.730 uh , from the height . I was before I 06:45.730 --> 06:47.841 got hurt to the height . I am now . I 06:47.841 --> 06:51.710 was 6195 , 11 . Always 06:51.710 --> 06:53.543 been very athletic . Always love 06:53.543 --> 06:55.488 playing sports . Any sport it is , 06:55.488 --> 06:57.766 whether it's tennis , golf , admitting . 06:57.766 --> 07:00.043 Air hockey , soccer , I don't get that . 07:00.043 --> 07:02.154 I'm gonna be better than you at it or 07:02.154 --> 07:04.266 try to be better than you at and I'll 07:04.266 --> 07:06.432 play it competitively in a heartbeat . 07:06.432 --> 07:08.870 I played ball in high school . I was a 07:08.880 --> 07:10.880 converted shortstop , went into the 07:10.880 --> 07:13.020 outfield . My buddy , I was in center 07:13.020 --> 07:14.964 field , I was in left field and it 07:14.964 --> 07:17.187 wasn't really many balls that would hit 07:17.187 --> 07:19.060 the ground and did a little beer 07:19.060 --> 07:20.949 leagues for softball , slow pitch 07:20.949 --> 07:22.616 softball . So I did have some 07:22.616 --> 07:24.782 experience before I came here and this 07:24.782 --> 07:26.838 is , this is the best team I've ever 07:26.838 --> 07:28.727 been on him for slow pitch wise . 07:28.727 --> 07:32.520 Warriors on 3123 . Okay , you're 07:32.520 --> 07:36.400 kind of a ragtag bunch and we weren't 07:36.410 --> 07:39.020 that good in the beginning . We've had 07:39.020 --> 07:41.187 a lot of practice and got to know each 07:41.187 --> 07:43.353 other's strengths and weaknesses so we 07:43.353 --> 07:45.520 can help each other out with that . So 07:45.520 --> 07:47.576 we've got , we've progressed quite a 07:47.576 --> 07:49.960 bit in the year . I actually credit to 07:49.960 --> 07:52.293 be in the right place at the right time . 07:52.293 --> 07:54.550 I'm not most lucky guy out there . But 07:55.110 --> 07:57.360 I actually was working out at the mat , 07:57.360 --> 07:59.582 See the military advance trading center 07:59.582 --> 08:02.050 at walter reed and the right guy 08:02.050 --> 08:04.161 happened to walk by . It wasn't David 08:04.161 --> 08:06.272 Van sleep . The coach , our founder , 08:06.272 --> 08:08.383 it was one of his good friends and he 08:08.383 --> 08:10.550 saw me doing agility drills and he saw 08:10.550 --> 08:12.717 that I could move fairly well . And he 08:12.717 --> 08:14.939 asked me if I played softball and I was 08:14.939 --> 08:17.106 waiting for an opportunity like that . 08:17.106 --> 08:16.990 As soon as softball came out of his 08:16.990 --> 08:20.100 mouth , I was like , yes , I me up this . 08:20.540 --> 08:22.810 It means everything to me because I've 08:22.820 --> 08:25.042 been retired for a few years and I have 08:25.640 --> 08:29.150 nothing to spur me on , you know , to 08:29.150 --> 08:31.660 keep me going . So this now is 08:31.660 --> 08:33.940 something I look forward to got back in 08:33.940 --> 08:36.130 shape and go to the batting cages 08:36.140 --> 08:39.090 before this . I really didn't have any 08:39.090 --> 08:41.400 reason to , you know , look forward to 08:41.400 --> 08:43.456 the next day . You know , I saw this 08:43.456 --> 08:46.660 team and was inspired and went from , 08:47.040 --> 08:49.990 you know , no reason to live too . Now . 08:49.990 --> 08:52.046 Looking forward to every day . These 08:52.046 --> 08:54.480 guys watching what they do out here and 08:54.480 --> 08:57.290 that they didn't quit . Mhm . You 08:57.290 --> 08:59.660 shouldn't quit and I didn't quit and 09:00.240 --> 09:02.760 you know , life still goes on . So 09:03.240 --> 09:06.010 don't give up . It's a blessing . I 09:06.010 --> 09:08.360 mean , it's truly a blessing . I mean , 09:09.240 --> 09:11.240 I never thought I'd play ball or do 09:11.240 --> 09:13.462 anything like this again . And I get to 09:13.462 --> 09:15.573 share it with Cyrus members can't get 09:15.573 --> 09:19.530 any better . Yeah , yeah . Thank you . 09:19.530 --> 09:23.510 Thanks . I'm staff sergeant , 09:23.510 --> 09:25.566 josh Hauser for everyone here at the 09:25.566 --> 09:27.843 Pentagon Channel . Thanks for watching , 09:29.040 --> 09:29.660 you know .