I was blown up on a nighttime raid in Sadr City, Baghdad, in 2005. At first I thought I had lost my arm; it suddenly felt … not there. Once I got outside, I looked at it. From several inches above my wrist to my shoulder it looked like hamburger meat. Plus I saw I had an arterial bleed – and uh that’s not good. I looked at it for a couple seconds and then I looked away. Based on the damage...
Stood on the cliffs of Pointe Du Hoc today where 70 years ago 2nd Ranger Battalion scaled under intense German fire to take the objective and accomplish the mission. Of the 225 Rangers that started on the beach only 90 were in fighting condition at the end of the mission when they...
So I’m at the airport buying a protein bar as the flight across from me is unloading when all of the sudden everyone starts clapping loudly. I turn to see what all the commotion is about but as the airline rep gets on the speaker and starts to announce said reason I already know and this person needs no introduction...
