Send us a text From a 12-year-old kid in Montana wearing hand-me-downs to Command Sergeant Major—this is the story of what happens when you almost lose everything, and the fallen hero who saved you one last time. Command Sergeant Major Michael Burke (Ret.) served 14 deployments, completed 1,000+ combat operations, and rose from struggling private to the top enlisted ranks. But on October 22, 2015, when he learned his mentor MSG Joshua Wheeler was killed in action, everything came crashing dow...
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Send us a text From a 12-year-old kid in Montana wearing hand-me-downs to Command Sergeant Major—this is the story of what happens when you almost lose everything, and the fallen hero who saved you one last time. Command Sergeant Major Michael Burke (Ret.) served 14 deployments, completed 1,000+ combat operations, and rose from struggling private to the top enlisted ranks. But on October 22, 2015, when he learned his mentor MSG Joshua Wheeler was killed in action, everything came crashing dow...
3 of 7 | Carl Hoover | Special Forces Medic Couldn't Save His Best Friend - The Day Everything Changed
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3 of 7 | Carl Hoover | Special Forces Medic Couldn't Save His Best Friend - The Day Everything Changed
Send us a text 🎖️ THE HARDEST STORY A SPECIAL FORCES MEDIC EVER HAD TO TELL Carl Hoover was the Team Sergeant and Special Forces medic who held his dying teammate in his arms. Master Sergeant Gregory Trent was shot in the head during a firefight in Afghanistan, and Carl - despite all his training - couldn't save him. This is Carl's story. Raw. Unfiltered. Heartbreaking. Carl was blown off a roof by an RPG earlier that deployment, suffered 7 days of amnesia, and earned a Purple Heart. But noth...
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Send us a text From a 12-year-old kid in Montana wearing hand-me-downs to Command Sergeant Major—this is the story of what happens when you almost lose everything, and the fallen hero who saved you one last time. Command Sergeant Major Michael Burke (Ret.) served 14 deployments, completed 1,000+ combat operations, and rose from struggling private to the top enlisted ranks. But on October 22, 2015, when he learned his mentor MSG Joshua Wheeler was killed in action, everything came crashing dow...