Tinnacity is one of the most important qualities anyone can have.

When you get knocked off the horse, you saddle back up and you keep on going.

We've talked to a lot of folks on battleground about tenacity,

being resilient in the face of battles that we fight every single day.

By never giving up in the face of life's greatest challenges,

we discover just how much grit we really have.

Get back on the horse is a common expression,

but today's guest embodies it more than anyone.

Braxton McCoy is an army veteran who was blown up by a suicide bomber in 2006

and he was told that he would never walk again.

After a long journey to recovery, which he recounts in his book called The Glass Factory,

it's amazing, you should definitely go and get it, Braxton has made almost a full recovery and now he lives as a horse trainer

so if anyone knows what it means to get back on the horse of Braxton we had an

amazing conversation about life, about love of country, about service, loyalty, dedication,

and I hope that you enjoy it.

Braxton, welcome to Battleground man. Thank you so much for joining us.

Thanks for having me, Sean.

I've been excited to be us with you for a while, so.

Yeah, me too. I mean, you have such an incredible story.

You're an Iraq combat veteran, Ramadi, right? You were wounded in 2006, right?

Correct, yep. The same year I was wounded, only I was in Afghanistan, not Iraq.

And you just do some pretty amazing stuff. The story of your recovery is

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