I'm shooting at every muzzle flash that I see.

My buddy Palmer is up in the mark 19 and he's rocking it and he's just putting rounds

right into muzzle flashes and they were just everywhere.

Combat isn't about glory.

It's about serving the mission and doing what it needs to be done to achieve an objective,

but there's still something particular about the bond combat veterans form.

Arged in circumstances that most people really can't comprehend.

Maybe it's the day-to-day closeness or the reality that each day could be your last.

Or maybe seeing that someone else literally is willing to give their life for you transcends

conscious decisions about friendship and loyalty.

And I just remember there's this little tiny, just little hole right on his right cheek

and there's still a little bit of blood and I was like, I was like, who is that?

And they're like, it's Palmer.

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.

An original podcast from In-Congruity Media.

This is Anthony Russo and this is war.

As an upper middle class teenager, Barkley Davis was expected to do a lot of things but

joining the army as an infantryman wasn't one of them.

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