He was killed by RPG in an ambush, and so after that I joined the Marine Corps.

Revenge is as natural in inclination as it is a dangerous one.

On the face of it, it's a way to balance the scales to bring equity in a world that

doesn't treasure fairness, but the tough thing about revenge is it is a journey, not a destination.

It's a process that often requires you to trade in the best, most human parts of yourself

for the promise that one day you'll be made whole.

The thing is, revenge story is very rarely and well.

You know, we kind of wrestled just for a little bit on the ground.

I tried to pull the gun away from him, but yet it's slung around his neck and I've had

a hard time trying to pull it off of him, and I had my Tomahawk just hanging around

my waist, and so I grabbed that and used that against him.

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.

When your life is in danger every second, and it's either killed or be killed, from

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