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^- Hey, Marine Sergeant Alex Smith here.

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^Marine Veteran Rob Jones is running

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31 marathons in 31 days in 31 cities.

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Crazy, I know.

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Jones is a Sergeant in the Marine Corp from 2007 to 2011.

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He was injured during an area clearing operation

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while serving as a combat engineer in Afghanistan in 2010.

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His mission, during this month of marathons

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is to show that wounded veterans can stay in the fight.

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^- I've come to know that just because a veteran comes back

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wounded psychologically, physically,

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and they may be struggling, that doesn't mean

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that they're broken or they're incapable

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of being, of staying in the fight,

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of staying in the Marine Corp's fight,

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and in America's fight and still contributing to society.

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- You can find all of the information on Jones' journey

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on Twitter @RobJonesJourney and that's your Marine Minute.