Texas Chiropractic College is honored to announce that Dr. Howard Wasdin, best-selling co-author of his memoir SEAL Team Six and practicing chiropractor from Georgia, will be speaking at the College’s Russell Auditorium on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 at 11 a.m.
“I am looking forward to speaking to Texas Chiropractic College to promote the ‘Winning as a Team’ concept for our profession,” said Dr. Wasdin. “We need to do more to educate the general population about chiropractic care.”
This free event is open to the public, with limited seating available. The presentation will be immediately followed by the opportunity to purchase copies ofSEAL Team Six to be personally signed by Dr. Wasdin. Priority will be given to those who have purchased the book prior to the event, and Dr. Wasdin will only be available for short period of time following his presentation. An underwriters’ reception will be hosted on campus following the book signing.
“It’s an honor for us to welcome Dr. Wasdin to Texas Chiropractic College,” said Dr. Richard G. Brassard, President of TCC. “This is a gentleman who helped keep our country safe and secure during his distinguished service in the Navy, and now keeps the members of his community safe and healthy as a chiropractor. I’m looking forward to hearing him speak to our community in February.”
Every year about 1,000 candidates sign up for Basic Underwater Demolition/Selection (BUD/S) Training. About 75-80% of the men never complete the notoriously brutal course. The ones who do become members of the Navy’s elite special operations force: the Navy SEALS. As a member of Team Six, Dr. Wasdin was trained to conduct the military’s most dangerous counterterrorism missions.
Dr. Wasdin graduated with BUD/S Class 143 and was a top sniper on Team Six. He was awarded a Silver Star for his involvement in the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993, where he nearly lost both legs. SEAL Team Six is an extremely rare insider account of SEAL training, what it takes to earn a place among America’s elite warriors, and what it means to be one. Since its publication in May 2011, it has become a New York Times bestseller.
He was a member of the US Navy for twelve years before retiring due to injuries sustained in Somalia. Dr. Wasdin is a 2009 graduate of Life University and lives with his wife and daughter in Georgia, where he owns and operates Absolute Precision Chiropractic.
Groups of 10 or more may contact Jackie Medina, TCC Director of Development & Marketing, at 281-998-6088 or jmedina@txchiro.edu to reserve seating. Texas Chiropractic College is located at 5912 Spencer Highway in Pasadena, Texas.
Excerpt from SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper; Wasdin and Templin; St. Martin’s Press, 2011:
I have always been a “show me” person and resisted going to a chiropractor for a long time, but chemicals couldn’t fix my structural problem. The chemicals only hid my pain. A general practitioner can’t do everything for a patient, and a chiropractor can’t do everything. Working as a team, as I learned my whole life, we become more efficient. Local doctors refer patients to me, and I refer patients to them. The patients benefit the most. (p. 303)
About Texas Chiropractic CollegeFounded in San Antonio in September 1908, TCC relocated to Pasadena in 1965 to accommodate growing enrollment and is today recognized as a leader in chiropractic education. The College’s Moody Health Center provides health services to the public, and is a model integrative health care facility featuring traditional chiropractic care, family practice by medical doctors, acupuncture and massage. Highly ranked programs, together with world-class faculty, unparalleled opportunities for hands-on training, and an uncommonly close campus family environment have earned TCC a reputation as one of the nation’s finest producers of skilled, thoughtful, and ethical Doctors of Chiropractic.
