Jul 26, 2018
They’re known as the tip of the spear. Trailblazers we ask to go in first. Highly trained. Fearless.
When America was attacked on 9/11, we needed those trailblazers on the ground in Afghanistan to find those responsible and stop their reign of terror.
Johnny Micheal “Mike” Spann was one of those who dared to enter...
Jul 19, 2018
An amazing photo from Afghanistan emerged in 2011 of a soldier kissing the helmet atop the battlefield cross for SSG Bryan Burgess. The 101st Airborne Screaming Eagle patch is prominent on medic Brit Jacob’s arm as his hand holds the back of the helmet.
The symbolic act signified something Burgess had done to each of...
Jul 12, 2018
“Because God wants me to kill bad people.” Mark Forester said that as if it were as normal as anything. He said it many times when asked why he chose to join the fight against terrorism. He never meant it as a flippant or cavalier statement, but one of fortitude and calling.
Friends and family knew that once he made...