
I never planned to be anyone’s hero. At thirty-four, I was just Sergeant Daniel “Danny” Reyes, badge 2147, riding the…

My name is Raina Lewis. I’m a commander in the United States Navy, and on the day this whole thing…

I never raised my voice in thirty-three years of service. Not once. Not in Fallujah when an RPG took out…

I never thought the real war would be waiting for me at home. After two years in the dust-choked fields…

My name is Clare Dawson, RN, Level III Trauma, University of Louisville Health. People who only read my badge think…

I still remember that night like it was yesterday—the night that changed everything for me, and maybe for a little…

I never meant to be the center of anything that day. I only came to watch my son graduate. The…

I’m Sergeant David Ramirez, United States Marine Corps, three tours in the Middle East still rattling around my skull like…

I’m Jack Thompson, Sergeant, U.S. Army, fresh off a two-year tour in Afghanistan. I’ve faced down dust storms that swallowed…

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In the quiet suburbs of Pine Valley, a routine night patrol became the stuff of legends when Officer Mike Daniels’…