Patriot Profiles: ‘Experiences good or bad, you’re never going to forget them’
This column presents “Patriot Profiles” to provide readers insight into the lives of our country’s heroes. By Jeanne McKinney Mobility across natural obstacles can save lives in war. The capture of the Ludendorff Bridge that spanned the Rhine River at Remagen,...
Patriot Profiles: ‘We were seriously alone and unafraid up there’
This column presents “Patriot Profiles” to provide readers insight into the lives of our country’s heroes. By Jeanne McKinney Before sun up on Patrol Base Dehana, Afghanistan, a 22-year- old Marine Corps Infantry officer was busy planning and gathering manpower for...
Patriot Profiles: ‘Find the positive in everything you do’
This column presents “Patriot Profiles” to provide readers insight into the lives of our country’s heroes. By Jeanne McKinney A soldier needs stress unless it leads to distress. “Stress causes energy-pumping hormones like cortisol and adrenaline to be released into...
Patriot Profiles: ‘We try to focus energy on guys we can save’
This column presents “Patriot Profiles” to provide readers insight into the lives of our country’s heroes. By Jeanne McKinney The twang of an Ibanez guitar wafts out of a medical tent on Forward Operating Base Nolay, Afghanistan. The music is cathartic — smoothing the...
Patriot Profiles: ‘It’s like a human game of chess’
This column presents “Patriot Profiles” to provide readers insight into the lives of our country’s heroes. By Jeanne McKinney A cleared, mud-walled compound serving as a battlement suddenly explodes with gunfire. A Marine Infantryman peers through the high-powered...
