You know, instinctually I just stuck my leg across there to hold the gate from swing and

shut on my rifle and as soon as I got the gate pushed all the way back open with my right

leg, I took a three round burst from an AK.

At the bottom of what we think about service is the idea that we don't get to do what we

want.

We want to do what is needed.

For the better part of Nicholas Moore's career, what you might call the glory of battle

was overshadowed by the darker aspects of war and the trappings of a service to a cause

greater than yourself.

When the grenade was called he stayed right there, right by my side, you know, at the cost

of his own life.

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 wondering and in congruity media, this is Anthony Russo and this.

Is war.

Nicholas Moore caught a break when he enlisted in 1999.

His plan had been to enlist, get some money for college and then figure out what to do

with his life.

His recruiter suggested he go in as a ranger rather than as an infantryman saying that

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