A former U.S. Marine is offering a rare glimpse inside Bexar County’s Felony Veterans Treatment Court, a specialized program designed to rehabilitate veterans facing criminal charges.

The veteran, Travis Westbrook, who served in Afghanistan, said his path to the courtroom was shaped by years of unresolved trauma, personal loss, and a search for meaning after military service.

“I joined the Marine Corps in 2007,” he said. “I was stationed in Okinawa, and I deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. I got out in 2011.”

But his motivation to enlist ran deeper than a desire to serve.

“My brother was killed in Iraq,” Westbrook said. “So I joined not only to finish what he started but honestly … I wanted to pull the trigger on some bad guys.”

He described carrying “a lot of hate” into combat and said

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