Major Ed Pulido to serve as the keynote speaker at AAMP’s 82nd Convention
Major Ed Pulido, U.S. Army (retired), will be the keynote speaker at the welcoming session of the 82nd American Convention ofMeat Processors & Suppliers’ Exhibition, July 15, 2021, in Oklahoma City, Okla. Attend the session and get an overview of the convention week. AAMP President Rick Reams, RJ’s Meats, Hudson, Wis, will offer opening remarks along with the presentation of the F.W. Witt Supplier of the Year Award and the Stephen F. Krut Scholarship Award. Afterward, attendees will hear from Major Pulido.
Major Pulido is a vision of resiliency after a traumatic life-changing event while serving the U.S. Army. On August 17, 2004, he was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) or roadside bomb in Iraq. During his time in the hospital, Pulido experienced the inner darkness of depression, PTSD, and suicidal ideation that would cripple his positive spirit, along with eventually losing his leg with what happened that day. He described this inner darkness as a “deep wounding of a soldier’s spirit.” It was at this time, he understood that a warrior could not walk alone in this journey. At that moment, he asked for help from God, country, family, and the American people.