1 00:00:00,140 --> 00:00:02,251 Hey everybody! What's up? My name's 2 00:00:02,251 --> 00:00:04,196 Travis Mills . I'm a retired staff 3 00:00:04,196 --> 00:00:05,973 sergeant from the 82nd Airborne 4 00:00:05,973 --> 00:00:08,251 Division , and I'm a quadruple amputee . 5 00:00:08,251 --> 00:00:10,307 I want to tell you how important the 6 00:00:10,307 --> 00:00:12,584 Armed Services blood program really is . 7 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,180 Back in 2012 , I was injured by a 8 00:00:15,190 --> 00:00:17,523 improvised explosive device an I.E.D. 9 00:00:17,523 --> 00:00:19,746 roadside bomb, whatever you want to call 10 00:00:19,746 --> 00:00:21,970 it , and during that explosion I lost 11 00:00:21,980 --> 00:00:24,570 both arms and both legs. While they were 12 00:00:24,570 --> 00:00:26,630 working on me in the hospital , they 13 00:00:26,630 --> 00:00:29,000 used over 400 units of blood , which at 14 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,278 the time was the most blood ever given . 15 00:00:31,278 --> 00:00:33,389 And the blood bank at the hospital in 16 00:00:33,389 --> 00:00:35,556 Kandahar , ran out of blood that day , 17 00:00:35,556 --> 00:00:37,500 and people had to rush to donate A+ 18 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:39,722 and universal blood to keep me 19 00:00:39,722 --> 00:00:41,944 alive. From their veins right directly 20 00:00:41,944 --> 00:00:44,167 to mine. I'm alive because people care, 21 00:00:44,167 --> 00:00:46,056 because people donate blood , and 22 00:00:46,056 --> 00:00:48,111 without the blood given to the Armed 23 00:00:48,111 --> 00:00:51,020 Service Blood Program , I would not be 24 00:00:51,020 --> 00:00:53,190 able to stand here and tell you about 25 00:00:53,190 --> 00:00:55,190 how important it is . So I hope you 26 00:00:55,190 --> 00:00:57,940 guys will donate your blood , give back 27 00:00:57,940 --> 00:01:00,162 to the community and make sure that you 28 00:01:00,162 --> 00:01:02,384 can keep people alive and going forward 29 00:01:02,384 --> 00:01:04,218 in life . I want to thank you in 30 00:01:04,218 --> 00:01:06,273 advance for taking the time to watch 31 00:01:06,273 --> 00:01:08,273 this video and tell you right now. 32 00:01:08,273 --> 00:01:10,450 your donation of blood does matter . 33 00:01:10,940 --> 00:01:13,051 Take care , have a great day . Thanks 34 00:01:13,051 --> 00:01:13,850 for all you're gonna do!