At 19, Your Brain Hasn't Finished Wiring

I Was Surprised How Open And Unguarded The Military Was. I Expected More Scrutiny, More Supervision From Command.

Each Javelin Round Costs $80,000, And The Idea That It's Fired By A Guy Who Doesn't Make That In A Year At A Guy Who Doesn't Make That In A Lifetime Is Somehow So Outrageous It Almost Makes The War Seem Winnable.

No One Will Remember That President Obama Supported The Arab Spring If It Eventually Fails And The Region Collapses Back Into The Political Dark Ages. If We Actively Engage These Movements With Advice, With Money, And, When Necessary, With Military Force, Then We Get A Vote In How It All Turns Out.

Combat Isn't Where You Might Die -- Though That Does Happen -- It's Where You Find Out Whether You Get To Keep On Living. Don't Underestimate The Power Of That Revelation. Don't Underestimate The Things Young Men Will Wager In Order To Play That Game One More Time.

The Negative Effects Of Combat Were Nightmares, And I'd Get Jumpy Around Certain Noises And Stuff, But You'd Have That After A Car Accident Or A Bad Divorce. Life's Filled With Trauma. You Don't Need To Go To War To Find It It's Going To Find You. We All Deal With It, And The Effects Go Away After Awhile. At Least They Did For Me.