And I remember somebody in the vehicle handing me the radio handset and as I bent down

to grab it, one of the enemy snipers had gotten a fire to a 762 by 540 rim round that

had gone through and it hit me right in the Cavalar helmet.

It's so often feels like safety.

You have a weapon, somebody's and a mission and feel like the only difference between

living and dying is execution.

But there's always also luck or chance.

For Jeffrey Sabin's learning to deal with the lack of control both over his life and

the lives of others was a lesson in humility and patience because even when you are no

longer worried for your own life, you want to live up to your promise to be a protector.

And then as we rolled back out, truck one had a mine roller and their mine roller had

the pressure plate and like it threw that thing around like it was nothing.

It went through the air like you were just throwing legos.

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 kill or be killed.

An original podcast from In-Congruity Media.

This is Anthony Russo and this…

is war.

Jeffrey Sabin's didn't want to be a Marine so much as he wanted to do something exciting

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