This is an I-Heart podcast.

So it's Memorial Day.

And obviously on Memorial Day, we take a moment.

We take a day to remember the following,

to remember the heroes who have paid the ultimate sacrifice

to defend this nation, defend our country.

We honor the families who have lost loved ones

in the pursuit of freedom to protect this great country.

But beyond taking the time to remember, shouldn't we also reflect?

And shouldn't we also reflect on mistakes that we've made as a country and things we could change moving forward and being more

judicious with the lives of our military men and women shouldn't the people in charge shouldn't

their sole duty with our military men and women be to avoid casualties avoid sending them to

unnecessary wars so that we have less men and women who have to pay the ultimate

sacrifice and the pursuit of freedom. So that's why I wanted to do this Memorial Day, not only

honor the fallen and honor their bravery and honor the people who give everything for this

country that they love and that we love, but also take a time to reflect. And one of those wars

is Afghanistan, you know know it was the longest

war in american history 20 years we lost so many service members so many service men and women

in afghanistan so what are the lessons we could learn there what should we take from that and

do differently moving forward and who better to talk to than Sean Parnell?

He is a former U.S. Army Airborne Ranger who served in the legendary 10th Mountain Division

for six years, retiring as a captain. He received two bronze stars, one for valor, and a

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