We see sort of the spectral images sort of bound back and we go down and we clear past

this wall and there's a body on the ground.

From leading soldiers in Afghanistan to kicking down doors as part of the Ranger Regiment,

Eric Wage's career was marked by violence and close calls.

He had the kinds of tours that can wear on your humanity if you take a moment to stop

and think about it, but if you just keep running and fighting you can avoid dealing

with it for quite some time.

The thing about leading though, even in the United States Army, is that sometimes you have

to negotiate and when you do, you may want to access to a little of that empathy you've

worked so hard to keep buried.

We start hearing chance down the bomb at the hill and there's more and more of them

coming and it sounds like there's 500 dudes down there.

My interpreter, he's very nervous to say where the other guy is saying he says, hey man,

he's doing his death to America.

I can see the fear overwhelmed.

What is true bravery?

What makes a hero, a hero?

Tested by the worries of what's happening at home, thousands of miles away and the reality

of what you're facing here and now.

And your life is in danger every second and it's either killed or be killed.

From Wondery and in-congruity media, this is Anthony Russo and this is war.

Mark Waggy worked like hell to get into West Point, excelling in sports to sweeten his

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