Four years into the Air Force I was taken into deep action. After 9/11 happened, I was sent overseas for a year. There were many close calls, so many times I was almost killed, it was terrifying. I witnessed many deaths, those I called brothers/sisters. Those were the darkest days of my life and I still mourn them every single day. Yet I would never change my experience. I'm a better man because of it. I don't take my life or others for granted anymore. I still wear my dog tags, just so I can remember who I was, and who was left behind. I left the Air Force after ten years. I felt I had put
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