After raw started shooting, the truck kind of sped up and started swerving and doing all sorts of crazy stuff

that went off the road and then jumped back onto the highway.

For someone who joined the army specifically to get into combat, dealing with an unseen enemy is more than merely frustrating.

It can introduce the insidious notion of pointlessness into your life.

When there's no enemy to fight back against, the best you can do is hold on.

Be prepared to take care of your buddies and pray you get a chance for some payback.

And she said, well, what would you have if you shot at every vehicle that came close to your convoy?

And he started to cry and he said, well, maybe we'd have two more alive paratroopers.

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.

When Taylor Ardito was still in high school, he knew two things.

The first was that he wanted to be a cop and the second was that he had zero interest in going to college.

He figured that joining the army would give him the experience he needed to credibly pursue that goal without a degree.

Ardito had it in his mind that he would be a combat photographer, but that wasn't one of his options,

so he enlisted as an infantryman, which he figured would at least get him into combat.

When the recruiter asked him if he wanted to add airborne to his contract,

Ardito figured it couldn't hurt.

Everyone's school was easy, it was short.

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