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This is War

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This is War

Incongruity

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, History, Social Sciences, Science

4.92.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Choices open and close doors to our futures, they both can help define who we are and hold us accountable to the person we want to be. Most important, though, they can’t be unmade. Once Andrew Hunt chose to join the National Guard all of his decisions were based on honoring his oath, but what he would come to discover is that living up to your choices means accepting the person who made them.

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Whether they were confused about what was going on, I don't know, but the kernel was escaping

0:12.5

and his guys opened up fire on the tanks.

0:15.0

Choices open and close doors to our futures.

0:18.1

They can both help define who we are and hold us accountable to the person we want to be.

0:23.6

Most important though, they can't ever be unmade.

0:27.4

Once Andrew Hunt chose to join the National Guard, all of his decisions were based on honoring

0:32.0

his oath.

0:33.3

But what he would come to discover is that living up to your choices means accepting

0:37.3

the person who made them.

0:39.2

I immediately just grabbed my M16 and I crawled out on top of the tank and I started

0:44.8

opening fire on this truck.

0:46.2

I dumped a full magazine, dropped that one reloaded and I'm firing and I'm like, I can't

0:53.1

believe this truck's not stopping.

0:57.4

What is true bravery?

1:07.3

What makes a hero a hero?

1:10.5

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

1:15.6

of what you're facing here and now.

1:19.2

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

1:25.2

podcast from In-Congruity Media.

1:29.0

This is Anthony Russo and this is War.

1:52.0

The main appeal of the National Guard, especially to high schoolers, is that it offers a taste

1:56.4

of military life, money for college, and even a paycheck in exchange for a part-time commitment.

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