I Was a Purple Heart Army Sniper — Then I Was Sent To Prison For 15 Years | Cody Boden

About this episode

Cody Boden shares his journey from being a Purple Heart Army sniper to facing addiction and prison, and now battling terminal liver failure.

Cody Boden grew up in Grand Junction Colorado, the son of an alcoholic father in a coal mining town. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, Cody shares how he found his purpose in the U.S. Army — becoming a sniper with the 1st 40th Cavalry, earning two Purple Hearts from a bombing and a VBIED attack, and witnessing horrors overseas that would follow him home forever. When he returned from war the military forced him into medical retirement — leaving him without the only life he'd ever known. What followed was a bar altercation, drug dealing, a 15 year sentence he served 5 years of, and a battle with opiate addiction he finally won in June 2017. Now he faces his greatest fight yet — terminal liver failure connected to an illness contracted during deployment, waiting for a donor since May 2023.This is a story of war, trauma, addiction, prison, redemption, fatherhood and faith — and a man the system tried to throw away who refused to give up. _____________________________________________ #PurpleHeart #VeteranStory #TrueCrime _____________________________________________ Connect with Cody Boden: Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@onemoremission Instagram…

People in this episode

Host: Ian Bick

Guest: Cody Boden

Topics covered

• military service
• addiction
• redemption
• prison
• fatherhood
• trauma
• health

Keywords

• Purple Heart
• Army sniper
• addiction
• prison
• redemption
• veteran
• trauma
• fatherhood
• liver failure
• Cody Boden

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. Army, 1st 40th Cavalry, UPMC

Places: Grand Junction Colorado

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