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Thirty Four Years Ago Today… I scrambled from the back of a 5-ton Army truck and landed in a different universe Before me stood men Whose disdain for my existence was visceral Though I had excelled in all of the tests required to arrive at this place – none of it mattered. I hadn’t proven my worth to THEM. And… until I did I was nothing Welcome to Day Zero
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Apr 5, 2020
Apr 5, 2020 at 1:15 PM UTC
Day Zero
Thirty Four Years Ago Today… I scrambled from the back of a 5-ton Army truck and landed in a different universe Before me stood men Whose disdain for my existence was visceral Though I had excelled in all of the tests required to arrive at this place – none of it mattered. I hadn’t proven my worth to THEM. And… until I did I was nothing Welcome to Day Zero
The arduous road to reach the Ranger Battalion was smooth and downhill compared to the climb that I would undertake to remain there.
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Apr 5, 2020
Apr 5, 2020 at 1:15 PM UTC
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