One of my good friends graduated from West Point in 2008. We live in a frenzied age, and it’s easy to forget there are young Americans risking their lives in far off places. Reading things like this gives me pause.
“Vogt, a 2010 graduate of West Point, had barely been in charge of his platoon for a month when he had heroically pushed one of his soldiers out of the way of a second IED and absorbed the brunt of the blast.”