hero, coming back from war, that isn t reluctant to be called a hero. well, this is what we expect from men and women in uniform. we have to do whatever it takes. so for us, it s about the team. it s about the person to the left of you and the person of the right of you. you don t have to worry about yourself, because the person to the left and to the right of you will worry about you. and we have to take care of each other. we re all in this together. it is one team and one fight. that night in the korengal valley, it was just that. brothers looking out for brothers. in no way, shape, or form, if telling this story is a painting, my brushstroke wasn t the first brushstroke or the last one, and it wasn t the most beautiful or the most amazing, it was just one more brushstroke in time that helped paint this picture of this moment in the korengal valley in afghanistan. the men around me fired so many more shots. they did so much more true fighting. i was able to do what i did because o