Patriot Profiles: I vowed that I would make the world a better place
‘Everything about America is what Hospital Corpsman Second Class (HM2) Harrison Mwanzi dreamed of, starting at a young age. The son of peasant farmers, he grew up in a remote village in Kenya, where healthcare was a luxury. At the tender age of seven, Mwanzi and his...
Patriot Profiles: ‘Army Trials awaken a new kind of courage’
“Success isn’t final, failure isn’t fatal; it’s courage that counts,” said five-time Olympic Gold medal swimmer Alicia Coutts. It was a different kind of courage that 1st Lt. Christopher Parks brandished when he powered himself through the water at the 2015 Army...
Patriot Profiles: Predicting the unpredictable stops terror on the move
“Every military, whether it’s us or the terrorists, tries to be unpredictable,” said Maj. BJ Grass, a Marine Corps Intelligence officer, recently returned from the Anbar region in Iraq. As part of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force — Crisis Response —...
Patriot Profiles: Meet Taya Kyle, an ‘American Wife’
The story of Chris and Taya Kyle is a testament to heroism on the battlefield and a tribute to love at its deepest level at home. Not that long ago in 2001, Taya and Navy SEAL Chris were making eyes at each other at Maloney’s in San Diego’s Gaslamp District. Chris...
Patriot Profiles: When troops need to move, U.S. Marines bridge the gap
In the spring of 2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom was underway and 1st Marine Division troops were on the march. Keeping the enemy off-balance and retaining its tactical momentum, the division conducted an assault bridging operation on April 7 while under fire to cross...
