Warrior Poet Ryan McDermott
The concept of a Warrior Poet is not new. The Spartans, Knights Templar and Japanese Samurai all honored writing as much as fighting. Ryan McDermott is a West Point graduate who earned his Ranger tab and served in the Army from 2000-2006. Ryan led an infantry platoon during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and his platoon was the first unit to cross the Euphrates River and reach the tarmac of Saddam International Airport in April of 2003. Ryan shares a poem inspired [...]