Marine Corps veteran James Greenlee truly believes in the healing power of music.
After serving nearly eight years and three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, Greenlee suffered head injuries that caused him to have seizures while also battling post-traumatic stress disorder. He told FOX 4, "After Afghanistan, the troubles in my marriage and my personal life. Work was really good. Everything else was falling apart."
Thankfully, Greenlee discovered that through one his passions, he could help veterans, such as himself, readjust to life back home.
Operation Rock the Troops, which plays shows for soldiers overseas and hosts music writing camps for veterans, believing that songwriting is an amazing form of therapy for many. Organization founder Matthew JC said, " They're getting healing because they're taking what's inside out as well as when the listener hears it. They were healing, realizing they're not alone."
Greenlee added, "I think for so many of us, there may not even be words to describe the situations people have dealt with overseas and back home. The ability to translate that."
"I think music is one of the few things out there that can reach in and reconfigure, help change you back," Greenlee said. "Not to who you were because that will never be, but help you on the road to who you want to be."
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