Marine Combat Veteran Born Addicted To Drugs Goes From Homeless to R&B Artist! 🎤

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This week’s Urban Valor episode features Marine veteran, Elliott Mckenzie. Elliot was born addicted to drugs because of his mother’s drug use while pregnant. He was placed in a foster home, went to a paramilitary High School, and enlisted into the Marine Corps’ infantry as a rifleman. Elliott and his Battalion served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and lost 16 Marines on his deployment. Upon transitioning, he almost went to jail for throwing a knife at his brother and ended up homeless because his...

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