Injured U.S. vets are now hunting child predators....AWESOME.

Ret. Sgt. Tom Block is sitting in the classroom, looking restless. He and 23 other highly specialized, highly coveted candidates are all vying for a job where they will be exposed to horrifying images of child sex abuse and the worst humanity has to offer..

Each candidate is a veteran of America’s recent wars. Many were part of the elite special ops forces. They conducted daring, covert missions to take out America’s most dangerous enemies.

Christian, an Army Ranger who fractured his spine during a mission in Afghanistan, says many of the veterans who come into HERO are hoping to regain that something they lost when they left the service.

“In one second their entire life changed. When that happens, I know from personal experience, you start to wonder, what can I now do? And once you find this opportunity, you know it’s truly your opportunity to step back into that role.”

They work alongside law enforcement teams executing warrants and serving as computer forensic analysts as part of a year-long unpaid internship. That means scanning computers and external hard drives on-site to determine whether the suspect possesses child pornography and, critically, whether the suspect is also producing child pornography.

During that year-long internship, HERO Corps trainees will sift through thousands of disturbing images of adults sexually assaulting children.

“You see groups of children being abused at levels the average American cannot fathom. If you imagine an infant getting gagged and bound tortured, it’s not a rare occurrence to come across,” says Christian.

“It’s an opportunity for me to go after bad guys again. The complete scope of the crime is a lot more than people probably think,” he says.


[link to kfor.com]



This is amazing. It can be hard for these guys to come back and not know what to do with their lives, and what better than helping to protect our children from monsters? These men are heroes in every sense of the word.