Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, Ufc Warriors, and Myself

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As fathers, it’s our natural instinct to act like everything is under control. We don’t want our kids to see us failing or hurting. We don’t want to appear weak. But true strength lies in being real, and if we don’t allow our kids watch how we navigate the ups and downs in life, they won’t know how to deal with adversity themselves. Marc Raimondi and Damon Martin (September 28, 2014). "Stoolgate: Tim Kennedy irate about controversial loss to Yoel Romero". foxsports.com . Retrieved September 28, 2014. At the gate, Kennedy sees his own share of horrors. He witnesses mothers passing their infants over the sea of strangers like beach balls at a concert in last-ditch efforts to get them over the fence so they might have a chance at a better life. Kennedy recalls some mothers making even more desperate attempts to save their children: “In the worst cases, mothers throw their babies over the wall, hoping someone will catch them on the other side. Instead, those children hit the concertina wire on the inside of the wall and bleed out.”

After graduating, Kennedy joined the United States Army under the Special Forces training program called 18x in 2003. He later received ‘Basic Combat Training,’ ‘Advanced Individual Training,’ ‘Basic Airborne Course,’ and the ‘Special Forces Qualification’ courses at Fort Benning, Georgia as an 11 B (infantry). He then continued Special Forces training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, before being awarded Green Beret in 2005. Kennedy vs. Prangley at "Strikeforce: Los Angeles" on June 16". mmajunkie.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010 . Retrieved May 26, 2010.Staff (August 21, 2013). "Lyoto Machida drops to 185, meets Tim Kennedy at UFC Fight for the Troops 3". mmajunkie.com . Retrieved August 21, 2013. Kennedy grew up the second son of three children in a Christian family in Atascadero, California. He is of Irish descent. [7] As a youth, Kennedy's mother placed him in cooking and piano lessons. To offset her influence on him, Kennedy's father enrolled Tim and his brother in boxing lessons, wrestling teams, and Japanese ju-jitsu classes. [8] Military career [ edit ] staff (October 1, 2013). "Tim Kennedy gets Rafael Natal at UFC's 'Fight for the Troops 3' ". mmajunkie.com . Retrieved October 1, 2013.

Annual Ranger Muster 2010" (PDF) (Press release). US Army Ranger Association. 2010 . Retrieved June 24, 2013.Kennedy also explained that the miseries of people getting to the airport were terrible, noting how hazardous it is to get them through the gates when hundreds of thousands of people are pushing their way across. Green Beret. Sniper. Combat veteran. Television star. Cop. Firefighter. Professional UFC fighter. These are just some of the many titles that apply to Tim Kennedy. And now, with the release of his new memoir, Scars and Stripes : An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself , we can also add “author” to that list. and am currently in post production on my first feature film where I made my directorial debut. The Tristen Critchfield (November 26, 2016). "Pending commission approval, Tim Kennedy vs. Kelvin Gastelum set for UFC 206". sherdog.com . Retrieved November 26, 2016. we’ve learned and survived can be applied to almost anything. I barely made my college football team,