Two Wars: One Hero's Fight on Two Fronts--Abroad and WithinFormer army ranger Nate Self, a hero from the Robert’s Ridge rescue in Afghanistan, tells his whole story—from the pulse-pounding battle in the mountains of Afghanistan to the high-stakes battle he has waged against post traumatic stress disorder. This book will become a go-to book for understanding the long-term effects of the war on terror. Thousands of families are fighting this battle, and Nate opens up his life—including his successes, tragedies, struggles with thoughts of suicide—to show how his faith and his family pulled him through. Includes 8 pages of color photos. In a nutshell:
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... mountain, banking hard right, looking for our target. Though it's just before dawn in Afghanistan, the sky is dark, clear, and cold. “Where's this landing zone?” “On top of a ten-thousand-foot mountain,” says a voice on the radio ...
... mountain, banking hard right, looking for our target. Though it's just before dawn in Afghanistan, the sky is dark, clear, and cold. “Where's this landing zone?” “On top of a ten-thousand-foot mountain,” says a voice on the radio ...
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... mountains, jagged and ominous. Knowing what's been happening among these peaks for the last two days demands respect—we're entering the sanctum of warfare. It's our nation's freshest battlefield, where American infantrymen have been ...
... mountains, jagged and ominous. Knowing what's been happening among these peaks for the last two days demands respect—we're entering the sanctum of warfare. It's our nation's freshest battlefield, where American infantrymen have been ...
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... mountain, the sun's arrival is imminent, and with it, a reprieve for the enemy. Whatever this mission requires of us, we'll accomplish it without the advantage of our night training and technology. I do nothing to my equipment. I'm ...
... mountain, the sun's arrival is imminent, and with it, a reprieve for the enemy. Whatever this mission requires of us, we'll accomplish it without the advantage of our night training and technology. I do nothing to my equipment. I'm ...
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... had been lost. It was then I realized my psychological metamorphosis had just begun. I regained focus as the road curved to reveal Bull Hill. The mountain seemed to shoot out of the earth. The upperclassmen 1 6 ☆ TWO WARS.
... had been lost. It was then I realized my psychological metamorphosis had just begun. I regained focus as the road curved to reveal Bull Hill. The mountain seemed to shoot out of the earth. The upperclassmen 1 6 ☆ TWO WARS.
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... mountain, it would be, quite literally, all downhill from there. The group of new cadets ahead were piling up at the base of the mountain after embarking on their climb and then slowing to a crawl. Rather than feed the bottleneck, our ...
... mountain, it would be, quite literally, all downhill from there. The group of new cadets ahead were piling up at the base of the mountain after embarking on their climb and then slowing to a crawl. Rather than feed the bottleneck, our ...
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Page 136 - The LORD watches over you — the LORD is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD will keep you from all harm — he will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
Page 257 - From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Page 180 - You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen.
Page 67 - For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Page 166 - I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, though death was levelling my companions on every side...
Page 47 - But what a cruel thing is war; to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world ; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful .world...
Page 136 - The LORD will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now andforevermore.
Page 358 - A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother