Col. (Ret.) Nate Slate: Young Heroes

Col. (Ret.) Nate Slate: Young Heroes

Grief moved at fast forward as young Soldiers bore loss with dignity, proving war’s pain can unite hearts in love and resilience.

Col (Ret) Nate Slate: Al Dujahl, Iraq

Col (Ret) Nate Slate: Al Dujahl, Iraq

We idled through Al Dujahl’s midnight arteries, numb and hollow, while men in the shadows watched us like witnesses at the thin border between heaven and hell.

Medal of Honor Monday: Fred B. McGee, King of Hill 528

Medal of Honor Monday: Fred B. McGee, King of Hill 528

Fred B. McGee wasn’t chasing glory on that Korean hillside—he was just stubbornly, relentlessly doing his job, one impossible step at a time, until every man he could save was off that mountain alive.

Col. (Ret) Nate Slate: Insurgency

Col. (Ret) Nate Slate: Insurgency

We were fighting a war without a front line, where cruelty was as much a weapon as any rifle, and the enemy’s strength lay in finding the weakest point to strike.