Elias Garcia had been through U.S. Coast Guard boot camp, as well as search and rescue in Louisiana, following Hurricane Katrina to start a military career that continued with some high-intensity situations in the coming years. Then, the worst thing possible for a man like that happened: He was rotated to a desk job. Garcia had spent years training for a military career. Becoming a father as a teenager had helped him focus that goal after a few distractions.
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