Something To Cheer About Department
An American to be proud of:
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - When Capt. Ivan Castro joined the Army, he set goals: to jump out of planes, kick in doors and lead soldiers into combat. He achieved them all. Then the mortar round landed five feet away, blasting away his sight.
"Once you're blind, you have to set new goals," Castro said.
He set them higher.
Not content with just staying in the Army, he is the only blind officer serving in the Special Forces - the small, elite units famed for dropping behind enemy lines on combat missions.
Read the whole thing. And then resolve to “perform two ranks higher.”
Posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 06:59AM
by
Roy M. Jacobsen
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