How I learned to live
July 30th, 2010
I had gone through Army combat skills training at Ft. Lewis, Wash. I had squared away all my financial and legal documents. I even found a new confidence and a love for the military.
My brother, Army Sgt. Ian Ralston, a combat medic, and I spoke on the phone while I was at Baltimore International Airport, just hours before I boarded my first flight overseas.
He offered me advice, motivation and insight into the Army way of doing things, as I was deploying with the 10th Mountain Division.
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