Or young men who don’t come from military families, but love the country. In some ways, I fall into this category. I wanted to “be all that I can be.” I also think of two other high school friends. Neither played sports; neither was particularly tough or “cool.” But they came from good, patriotic, Christian families and went to basic training after high school. Call it duty, or a challenge—but they stepped up. One of those men just retired after twenty years as one of the Air Force’s top jump-masters. The other is still a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force. They went from weak and timid to
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