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Personal Narrative: A Navy Seal At War

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“I never allowed myself to forget who was in command as I went through these paces. In the journal I kept, the final words in each entry were the same everyday: ‘Thank you, God, for one more day.’ No matter how bad things would get, I’d never forget to tell Him that.” (Service: A Navy Seal at War) Every time an Iraqi turned away from Al Qaeda and began cooperating with us, it was a double blow to the enemy.” (Service: A Navy Seal at War) “Our EOD tech, Andy Fayal, felt a cold chill come over him when he realized the implication of that Bradley driver being asleep for so long. More than just serving as the gate to the FOB, that vehicle was there to monitor the street outside as well, and keep it clear of bomb emplacers. If the crew was snoozing, well, who had been watching the road?” …show more content…

I pushed back on him. I told him I was still good to go, and that the boys would pick up my slack. We were a machine out there and it had a lot more miles on it. There was no way I entirely believed this myself, but I did my best to make the case. I didn’t want a bullshit op like Going South to be my swan

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