One Native veteran's new mission: Fill in the gaps of VA care on his reservation

Army veteran and Fort Peck tribal member Jestin Dupree helps Native veterans on the reservation get the medical help they need. (Sarah Mosquera for NPR)

POPLAR, Mont. — When Jestin Dupree got out of the Army in 2014 after 17 years, he was tired.

"I ended up doing five tours of duty overseas. I went to Bosnia in 2001, Afghanistan in 2003, Iraq in 2005, Iraq in 2007. And then [Iraq] again in 2010," he says, "My body was ... the 'check engine' light came on."