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  Carter Tucker - Army +10 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  After two tours in Vietnam, Army chaplain Carter Tucker served in Germany and at Fort Benning. In Germany, he was also chaplain to a large civilian population of dependents, who could have it rough in a strange country. Even with all his time as a chaplain, and with his previous service in the Navy, he wonders if he'd done enough.

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  Jim Bolan - Army +13 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  It was a lousy assignment. Jim Bolan was one of the first Special Forces officers and, after Vietnam, he wound up in a training unit with no jump slot. Prodded by his wife, he went to Washington to dust off his most valuable inside contact, who was now the Army's Chief of Staff.

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  LTG (Ret) Lawson W. Magruder III - Army +14 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  Family and faith helped LTG Lawson Magruder cope with the harder parts of a long career. That and a resilient state of mind. The new digital world may be making this kind of balance more difficult.

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  Bob Nash - Army +2 Total Videos

  384th Military Police Battalion

  It was Bob Nash's job to provide security for supply trains running from postwar Germany to Austria and beyond. The main problem was Russian troops hijacking the trains and detaining GI's. They eventually put a stop to that. Another responsibility for the MP unit was guarding the Eagles Nest from possible damage.

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  Gen Walter Boomer - Marines +3 Total Videos

  I Marine Expeditionary Force

  General Boomer got to work with plenty of hardworking individuals during his time serving with the Marines. General Keys was one of them. To Boomer, he proved not only was he a worthy ally, but quite literally a lifesaver.

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  Changiz Lahidji - Army +8 Total Videos

  Green Beret

  It's tough to be a Green Beret. Changiz has broken both legs and dislocated his shoulder, among other injuries. Even the extreme training is dangerous, like the high altitude parachute jumps for which he set a record. He spent time in Haiti and Grenada and was in Somalia when the Blackhawk Down incident occurred.

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  Brooks Tucker - Marines +11 Total Videos

  1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment

  He was a newly minted rifle platoon leader in the Marine infantry. Brooks Tucker had no experience outside of training, so he worked hard to fit in and get respect in the historic unit, which counted Tarawa and Beirut in it's backstory.

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  Changiz Lahidji - Army +8 Total Videos

  Green Beret

  When Changiz Lahidji reported to Fort Bragg for Green Beret training, one of the team sergeants turned out to be someone he'd met in Iran during joint training with the Shah's Army. He was told he'd better make it through so he could join his team. He made it; the first Muslim to serve in US special forces.

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  MajGen Larry S. Taylor - Marines +15 Total Videos

  US Marine Corps Mobilization Command

  When he was recalled to active duty after the 9/11 attacks, General Larry Taylor insisted that he also get the newly required martial arts training that all Marine were supposed to have. One of his duties overseeing mobilization readiness was to pacify reserve units who were anxious to fight, but not yet sent into battle.

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  Bob Owen - Navy +7 Total Videos

  USS Rupertus

  While he and the rest of his unit were in China, one of the most significant missions they had was to safely escort the US Ambassador from there to Okinawa, Japan after the Chinese Communists breached the city limits. From there he goes on to talk about the naval base in the Philippines, Subic Bay, and the few stories he has from there. One of these was having the honor of meeting Douglas MacArthur.

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  Brooks Tucker - Marines +11 Total Videos

  1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment

  It was ironic that Brooks Tucker was born in Saudi Arabia, where his father worked in the oil industry. He decided to become a Marine and that set him on a path to return to that part of the world as a young officer.

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  Walt Richardson - Air Force +11 Total Videos

  Tuskegee Airmen

  His aim was to help put his sister through college. Walt Richardson scored so well on the tests that he was inducted into the Air Force. Perhaps it was the schooling he received at the school run by the mother of Chappie James, who became the first black Air Force 4-star General.

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  Stanley McChrystal - Army +9 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  The Ranger Creed is more than a mindless mantra to General Stanley McChrystal. It is a solemn promise to every other Ranger.

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  Tom Pemberton - Army +10 Total Videos

  US Army Port Inchon

  Six weeks after he got married, Tom Pemberton left for Cold War duty in Korea. The transportation officer had the title of Police and Sanitation officer on the troop ship, which was more desirable than it sounds.

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  Stanley McChrystal - Army +9 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  It's hard to say what Ranger School does to someone. It's definitely a journey of self-discovery. General Stanley McChrystal should know. He took a particular interest in the school when he commanded the Ranger Regiment.

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  Gail Taylor Black - Army +7 Total Videos

  440th Signal Battalion

  Gale Taylor Black wants everyone to remember that Bosnia was a real war, not just a peace keeping operation. She reflects on what it's like to be a woman soldier in a war zone and she contrasts the abilities of the service members of today with those of thirty years ago.

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  LTG Ken Keen - Army +7 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  After commanding the 75th Ranger Regiment, LTG Ken Keen's next assignment was with the US Southern Command. During an official visit to Haiti, he was caught up in the massive earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010. The value of his Ranger networking was proven in the relief effort that followed.

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  Stanley McChrystal - Army +9 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  In a time when only thirty percent of young people qualify to enlist in the armed forces, General Stanley McChrystal has become part of the Service Year Alliance, a group which promotes a paid year of national service.

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  Ken Preston - Army +33 Total Videos

  2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division

  Ken Preston's first duty was at Fort Hood, where he got a plum assignment in the headquarters company as a tank crewman. There were only three tanks in the section, including the battalion commander's tank. The unit spent a lot of time testing and evaluating new tanks to determine which technology the Army should adopt.

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  LTG Ken Keen - Army +7 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  During the earthquake relief effort in Haiti, LTG Ken Keen ran into a sergeant he knew who had a request for the commanders of the operation. He wanted to see friendly waves when he left, not other gestures.

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  Stanley McChrystal - Army +9 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  According to General Stanley McChrystal, the establishment of the modern Army Rangers during the post-Vietnam period helped build a new Army from the center out. As they became a premier light infantry unit, the growing terror threat pulled them into the area of special operations, where they must balance those two responsibilities.

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  Richard Jackson - Marines +15 Total Videos

  1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division

  Richard Jackson was enjoying football games at Camp Lejeune. His battalion was on alert when the word went out to deploy. Thinking it was another exercise, he was astonished to find himself on a plane to Cuba. Unknown to him, the Cuban Missile Crisis was in full swing. He made a fateful decision on that flight.

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  LTG (Ret) Lawson W. Magruder III - Army +14 Total Videos

  10th Mountain Division

  The 10th Mountain Division deployed to Somalia, where LTG Lawson Magruder worked with his Marine counterpart to secure distribution of humanitarian aid and stop the fighting between rival factions. It was not yet the Information Age, so he and his staff would huddle around a lone satellite phone every evening.

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  Henry Rice - Army +4 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  Henry Rice was having second thoughts. He had gone back in the Army, but they put him at Fort Polk, which was a miserable place to be. He pulled some strings and got better assignments, jobs with a lot of travel. Then it was a tour in Europe on a general's staff. That plum position eventually took him to Washington DC, which sounded great at first.

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  Walt Richardson - Air Force +11 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  Walt Richardson pays his respect to all the great leaders in his life, starting with his mother. She was the foundation for his fulfilling Air Force career.

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  Ben Knisely - Army +5 Total Videos

  498th Medical Company, Air Ambulance

  After getting back on flight status, Knisely also worked under General Schwarzkopf during Operation Desert Storm and Operation Desert Shield. He gives his reflections about the Vietnam War as a whole and what he wants people to take away from it.

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  Ken Preston - Army +33 Total Videos

  3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment

  Ken Preston figured that he'd risen as far as he could go in the Army and was looking for property in Texas for his retirement. But, once again, he stayed to move up. He became a Brigade Command Sgt Major and was not in that position for very long when he was asked to interview for the CSM job at 1st Armored Division.

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  LTG Ken Keen - Army +7 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  Based on the experience from a long career as an Army Ranger, LTG Ken Keen has some advice for young Rangers and some gratitude for those who have undergone extensive service following 9/11. He also notes how their influence has spread throughout the services since Gen. Creighton Abrams' charter which established the modern Ranger battalions.

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  Stanley McChrystal - Army +9 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  To General Stanley McChrystal, the Ranger practice of sending officers and NCO's to other units throughout the Army was a huge success. There was a nagging problem with Special Operations units, however. They didn't want the Rangers to ever leave!

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  Ken Preston - Army +33 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  It turned out that he had a knack for gunnery, so Ken Preston became a tank master gunner and was promoted to staff sergeant. That was while he was in Cold War Germany. His next stop was the armor school at Fort Knox, instructing in weapons systems. He was doing very well there and that got him a VIP assignment as an exchange instructor in England, where his family could enjoy another scenic location.