Going to the Show: What War Taught Me About Preparing for the Future
Opinion & Essay
By Brandon Young | May 22, 2021
War. It’s an experience that I craved from the first time I had memories.
As a Gen-X, latchkey kid I was raised by Rambo, Commando, The Punisher, and Rocky. I was also fed a trickle of lies from a stolen valor dad while he was around. This created a perfect storm of fight and fury inside my young mind. That mind was shaped by the images I saw on TV and the conflict I sought in school, in the streets, and in the kickboxing ring. But that conflict was never enough.
I craved more. I had to see war. I wanted the ultimate test.
I wanted to be a soldier since I can remember — and more than that, I wanted to go out knee-deep in grenade pins and a pile of spent brass. Surrounded by enemy dead — a warrior’s death. That was my combat dream.
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