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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington Army Major Mike Kelvington needs help to Save Dave.  An Afghan who served as Kelvington’ s linguist and cultural advisor, this young man faced IED’s and hostile fire right alongside our troops.  The same as he had done for other US military commanders before Major Kelvington. When the US entered conflict in Afghanistan, there was a steep learning curve. Trusted local advisors and translators were needed.  Thousands of Afghans stepped up to fulfill [...]

Photo Credit: Matthew McKee F-35 A Heritage Flight Pilot Major William "D-Rail" Andreaotta describes what it is like to fly one of the most advanced fighter aircraft in the world. He is based at Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix. Luke has been designated a training base for both US forces and allied nations that will be flying this aircraft. He spent the majority of his career flying the F-16 before transferring to the F-35 program. Davis Monthan [...]

Credit: US Air Force Did you know the FIRST military helicopter rescue mission took place in World War II? It was flown by an Air Commando. How can you not love a unit that began by being told by their Commander “..to hell with paperwork – go out and FIGHT!” Col. Brenda Cartier - Vice Commander, Air Force Special Operations Warfare Center shares some insights into this special group and talks about one of my favorite airplanes - [...]

“Tyler Mack” spent 10 years in the US Army, five as a member of the elite Green Berets.  As a member of the elite 3rd Special Forces Group he had two deployments to Iraq and one deployment to Afghanistan.  Due to the nature of his service, he appears on American Warrior and Havok Journal under an assumed name. He discusses the subject of the things he carried while an officer with the Green Berets and the things that carried him [...]