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Surprisingly, surviving a fall like Lt. j.g. Levenson’s is not unheard of.

Multi-domain lethality not included

What was the plan here, fellas?

Well, that backfired almost immediately.

We are asking you to continue your service and pledge to help your fellow service members and veterans.

“At least he could have his guys with him when he dies,” I said.

It would be-who-of-you to stop utilizing this daggon nomenclature and re-orientate yourself in the direction of the nearest thesaurus.

'Hands down the most lightning that any of us on the crew had seen.'

“You’re in something that’s releasing an enormous amount of energy that’s unlike anything else out there.”

This is a safe space: Your terrible deployment movie and show choices will not be judged.

“My number one goal in my life is to be an Olympian."

American airpower had to start somewhere

"Nobody had a mental breakdown, but it was apparently epic."

This is a Pass/Fail kind of course.

Or you could just wear your unit sweater and, you know, not.

You have more options than barracks romance.

Tanks for the laughs!

“I stopped feeling like I mattered. Like what I was doing was insignificant."

"How's anyone gonna see my war face if I'm wearing a mask?"

"We got it as close as we could without people leaving this thing fully traumatized.”

What’s something you did in the military that was so dumb, looking back now you feel proud of it?

"The saying was ‘trust Shakira, her hips don’t lie, she’ll get you rounds on target.’”

What he did that day had never been attempted before, and has never been repeated since.

Seems about right.

Traumatic brain injury is an 'invisible wound' I've suffered 17 times.