This is War

I felt like at any time they could zombie swarm us and we'd be on Al Jazeera getting our heads cut off. thisiswar.com/episodes/tyler…

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Cody Jones lost a lot in #Afghanistan, and more at home, but it only made him stronger. #Marines bit.ly/2DlD5tG

Higens said his main concern was to make U.S. forces a little safer, but that also required patience, the willingness to cultivate sources, absorb the little defeats and learn from them, and then do your best going forward. #USArmy #ThisIsWar bit.ly/2ZgWSDL

We’re at the TEE Tournament, showing our Veterans there’s nothing they can’t accomplish. Love this! @DAVHQ #Sports4Vets #Inspiration #Wheelchair #AdaptiveGolf

We are having a great time brewing a Light Amber Lager with the folks from the @COVetsProject, @InlandIsland1, and Mint & Serif! $1 from every beer will be donated to help Colorado veterans! #SupportVeterans #Community

"Coming home for good, that was the hardest things I ever did; war just changes the way you view life forever. It’s hard for your brain to differentiate it. You don’t drive over a pot hole, someone drives fast at you, it freaks you out." thisiswar.com/episodes/josep…

For Brandon Mitilas,it wasn’t the kind of detail that he had expected, but over the course of his service it turned him from something of a selfish kid into the kind of man one would want to be sent home by. bit.ly/2VzTCEu

Kevin Rumley had excellent training and even a few months of practical combat experience, reacting perfectly during an attack right up until a nearby IED took him and the rest of his fire team out of the war. thisiswar.com/episodes/kevin…

"I think it was the first kill I ever had, and I just remember just being, like...I hated everything around me. That was like a kind of a dark time in my Marine Corps career...uh, like if he was a civilian too bad...if he was a bad guy, well thank God." bit.ly/2DSYOJN

Kara Lydy walked into the @USArmy recruiter’s office and asked what was the shortest route to becoming an active duty soldier. He told her it was 88 Mike, a truck driver, and at the time it was good enough for her. #ArmyVet #CombatReady bit.ly/2Xw8SzH

It's weird what your mind remembers, but I remember thinking, why am I not getting any traction? Why am I slipping all over the place? I know I'm in sand, but why am I slipping? And I looked down and I'm stepping on flesh. #Combat #MilitaryHistory bit.ly/2ZgWSDL

Davin Higens was running assets in Kosovo on 9/11 but quickly found himself in Iraq, parsing the language of shady interpreters and suspicious government officials. #ThisIsWar #Military #History bit.ly/2ZgWSDL

"That was our first like, boom, back to reality. Like you have to survive this. That's what I kept telling myself, you have to survive this, Ernie, you have to survive this." — Ernie Jimenez after a long day and too many casualties in Fallujah. bit.ly/2V50RF4

There’s a difference between being shot at at far away and walking up to a guy with a gun....seeing that body there for the first time up close and personal, I was just like, "Fuck yeah, that’s what you get. Don’t fuck with us." bit.ly/2H2QkjZ

"I have a lot of friends I worry about all the time. I’m no hero, I never wanted to be in a position where people that I love were taken for me, and I just want people to understand how hard it is to be a human." -Ian Mearns on dealing with coming home

Combat isn’t fair. It’s fickle. Sure, training and commitment help you stack the deck, they make you able to protect yourself and your buddies from everything and anything except chance.bit.ly/2V50RF4

My very heroic nephew.

When the dust cleared, five U.S. soldiers were dead and about 20, including Graves, were wounded. As the attack came to an end, Graves had wanted to stay on, shrugging off what he thought was just a knock in the head thisiswar.com/episodes/samue…