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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... soldier neck-deep in the surf off Omaha Beach until I could feel my pulse throbbing in my neck. I stared at the photo of American soldiers lying limp on the beach, with others moving beyond. I imagined myself walking up to the eight ...
... soldier neck-deep in the surf off Omaha Beach until I could feel my pulse throbbing in my neck. I stared at the photo of American soldiers lying limp on the beach, with others moving beyond. I imagined myself walking up to the eight ...
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... soldiers—and no place my team would rather be. We're here because we're Rangers, and we have a creed to uphold: Never leave a fallen comrade. It's 6:12 a.m. The eight-man flight crew is not under my command, but they share my resolve ...
... soldiers—and no place my team would rather be. We're here because we're Rangers, and we have a creed to uphold: Never leave a fallen comrade. It's 6:12 a.m. The eight-man flight crew is not under my command, but they share my resolve ...
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... soldiers is useless. The Academy has a strange affinity for leather—or maybe it's a cattle fixation. Any former cadet could cite the evidence: the insistence on outfitting us with leather equipment when much better materials were ...
... soldiers is useless. The Academy has a strange affinity for leather—or maybe it's a cattle fixation. Any former cadet could cite the evidence: the insistence on outfitting us with leather equipment when much better materials were ...
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... soldiers in the field. The ability to retain data such as radio call signs, frequencies, and written or verbal orders was at the heart of managing information on the battlefield. Still, in Beast Barracks, it was a simple, clever tool ...
... soldiers in the field. The ability to retain data such as radio call signs, frequencies, and written or verbal orders was at the heart of managing information on the battlefield. Still, in Beast Barracks, it was a simple, clever tool ...
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... soldiers? The blister on my left foot ruptured. It flooded my sock with pus as I stepped off the paved road onto a rocky trail. We trudged along in two files, one on each side of a drab, crushed-stone trail. As I ratcheted down the ...
... soldiers? The blister on my left foot ruptured. It flooded my sock with pus as I stepped off the paved road onto a rocky trail. We trudged along in two files, one on each side of a drab, crushed-stone trail. As I ratcheted down the ...
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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