TSGT John Brown KIA 8/6/2011, Afghanistan Mile 10 of my 20-mile Memorial Day Run My friend Hardy was a Marine going to college & laughed when his roommate brought home an Airforce brochure. But AF PJ's had better marketing--John found his calling. 8 deployments. #Extortion17

SGT Jose Saenz III KIA 8/9/2010, Afghanistan Mile 9 of my 20-mile Memorial Day Run A strong family-man, Jose went out of his way to stay connecting to his loved ones over multiple deployments. The Marines names an arty fire base for him, and the fired a LOT from there.

We lost a legend in Charlie Kirk. As we process the emotions, remember that we can be a force for good and inspire our communities. At the end of the Memorial Day run, exhausted, after everyone was gone, my Chaplain from 2005 appeared on a Harley. It’s darkest before the dawn

Church packed this morning. Feast of Exaltation of the Cross—we take a Roman torture device and wear it in defiance. On 9/11 we run stairs in defiance. Wear the Freedom shirt in defiance. Defend what is good, no matter what names they call you. Good conquers evil

Every Green Beret who left the wire knows this exact thought process. It's like jumping out of a plane. Yeah, my parachute might not work but I can't think about that right now.